The science and art of arithmetic, by A. Sonnenschein and H.A. Nesbitt.d Pt.1 |
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Page 163 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 130 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 164 - Time. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 44 - The number to be repeated, or multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier, and shows how many times the multiplicand is to be repeated or taken.
Page 120 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 164 - Measure. 2 pints (pts.) = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 2 gallons ... = 1 peck (pk. ) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bus.) 8 bushels ... = 1 quarter (qr.) 6 quarters...
Page 115 - To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 126 - The opening of these ditches costs 10 cents a running meter; the tiles are 30™ long and cost $ 15 a thousand. He pays 2 cents a meter for laying the tiles, and 4 cents a meter for filling the ditches. What is the cost of draining the field? CHAPTER X. MULTIPLES AND MEASURES OF NUMBERS. 216. If one number can be divided by another number, without remainder, the divisor is called a factor, or measure, of the dividend, and the dividend a multiple of the -divisor. Thus, 35 can be divided by 5 without...
Page 157 - ... their GCM the quotients are prime to each other ; (d) that any number which is divisible by two other numbers will be divisible by their...
Page 100 - Conceive two baskets with pebbles in them, in the first of which are 100 pebbles more than in the second. If I put 50 more pebbles into each of them, there are still only 100 more in the first than in the second.