An Introductory Arithmetic

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Silver, Burdett and Company, 1903 - Arithmetic - 256 pages
 

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Page 191 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 199 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 184 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 169 - Write the numbers so that units of the same order « stand in the same column, and add as in addition of whole numbers.
Page 179 - Ex. 31, and knowing that copper is 8.95 times as heavy as water, what is the weight of a cubic foot of copper ? 35.
Page 209 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 147 - To multiply a fraction by a whole number. Multiply the numerator, or divide the denominator by the whole number.
Page 65 - Multiplication is the process of taking a number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 73 - At 8 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 48 cents ? For 50 cents ? For 58 cents ? For 62 cents ? For 64 cents ? 29.
Page 196 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES

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