Rapid Calculations

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Gregg, 1925 - Arithmetic - 224 pages
 

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Page 127 - Dry Measure 2 pints 1 quart 8 quarts 1 peck 4 pecks 1 bushel...
Page 52 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 124 - LENGTH. 12 Inches .................... 1 foot. 3 Feet ...................... 1 yard. 5£ Yards ................... 1 rod, pole, or perch. 40 Poles ..................... 1 furlong. 8 Furlongs, or 1,760 yds, 1 mile.
Page 52 - ... form a number divisible by 8 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9 10 if it ends in 0 The divisibility rule for 7 is complicated.
Page 52 - ... is divisible by 8. 9 If the sum of the digits is divisible by 9, then the number is divisible by 9.
Page 183 - If A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in ten days ; how many days would it take each to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Page 53 - A number is divisible by 11 if the sum of the digits in the even places equals the sum of the digits in the odd places, or if the difference between these two sums is 11 or a multiple of 11.
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Page 188 - ... opposite angle, be formed into two right angles. 43. Hence the area of every oblique-angled triangle is just half as much as the area of that square or rectangle, whose length and breadth are equal to the longest side and perpendicular of the triangle. RULES FOR FINDING THE AREAS OF SUPERFICES. 44. To find the area of a square or rectangle. — Multiply the length by the breadth. 45. To find the area of a rhomboid or rhombus. — Multiply its length by its perpendicular height.

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