The Normal Written Arithmetic: By Analysis and Synthesis, Designed for Common Schools, Normal Schools, High Schools, Academies, EtcSower, Barnes & Potts, 1863 |
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25 per cent acres acres of land amount annuity Arithmetic Avoirdupois B's money barrels bought bushels called ciphers column common denominator common difference common fraction compound interest compound number contained cost cows cube root cubic decimal diameter dimes discount Divide dividend dollars draft equal factors equals the number EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange feet figure Find the sum flour frustum gallons give given greatest common divisor Hence the following horses hundred hundredths inches integer least common multiple length longitude measure method miles mills minuend minus mixed number Multiply NOTE NOTES.-I number equals number of terms OPERATION paid par value payment pound premium prime factors principles PROP pupil quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder required the number rods RULE.-Multiply shares sheep simple numbers sold SOLUTION square root subtract subtrahend tens thousand thousandths Troy Weight units weighs whole number yards
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Page 145 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 139 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 74 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 143 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 148 - Paper. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles — 1 bale.
Page 253 - In arithmetical progression, there are five things to be considered, viz.: 1, The first term. 2, The last term. 3, The common difference. 4, The number of terms. 5, The sum of all the terms.
Page 230 - ... 3 per cent. ? 4£ per cent. ? 5 per cent. ? 6 per cent. ? 7 per cent. ? 7£ per cent. ? 8 per cent.? 9 per cent. ? 10 per cent.
Page 41 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, write a cipher in the quotient, annex the next figure of the dividend, and proceed as before.
Page 107 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more fractions is the least number which can be exactly divided by each of them, giving a whole number for a quotient.