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12 cents 18 feet 20 feet apples barrels of flour bill bought bushels cents a pound ciphers common denominator common divisor common fraction common multiple contains cords of wood cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimal point dimes Divide dividend division dollar dozen earn equal feet deep feet high feet wide figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the product Find the sum following numbers fourths gained by selling gallons greatest common divisor hundred hundred-thousand hundredths improper fractions inches wide Inductive Exercises integer James least common multiple miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply NOTE ORAL EXERCISES paid piece pounds cost pounds of sugar quotient ream remainder Roman Numerals smallest terms sold Solution square feet square yard Subtract subtrahend ten-thousands tens tenths thousand thousandths tons of coal week weighing write WRITTEN EXERCISES yard wide yards cost
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Page 150 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 74 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 120 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 92 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 86 - A bill is Receipted when its payment is acknowledged in writing by the creditor, or by some one authorized to sign for him. NOTE. M. stands for " thousand
Page 45 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 174 - ... month ? 30. 1 ^ months ? 265. Interest is money paid for the use of money. 266. The Principal is the money for whose use interest is paid. 267. The Rate of interest is the number of hundredths of the principal paid for its use one year.
Page 134 - The denominator of a decimal, though never expressed, is always the unit, 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal.
Page 93 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.