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acres altitude avoirdupois bank discount base bought brokerage bushels cent commission containing cube cubic feet cubic foot decimal decimeters deducting denominator diameter Divide dividend divisor equal Face of note feet high feet long feet wide Find the amount Find the area Find the cost Find the interest Find the number fraction gain gallons greatest common divisor horses hundredths hypotenuse improper fraction inches wide least common multiple length longitude marked price measuring meters miles miles per hour minuend mixed number months Multiply number of square Oral Exercises Oral Problems ounces paid par value pence percentage pound sterling pounds principal profit pupils quotient ratio receive remainder rods long selling price side Sight Exercises slant height sold square feet square yard term thick triangle weighs whole number Written Exercises Written Problems
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Page 153 - 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 197 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 170 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 140 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES
Page 202 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 298 - ... in. A hand, used in measuring the height of horses, = 4 in. A knot, used in measuring distances at sea, = 1.15 mi.
Page 269 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors.
Page 13 - C 4£ days to do a piece of work, how long will it take to do the work if all three work together ? 8.
Page 139 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 207 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of the number of units in the'base and the number of units in the altitude.