An Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method

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Thompson, Brown & Company, 1874 - Arithmetic - 176 pages
 

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Page 100 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 95 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce. marked oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, u qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton,
Page 64 - There is an orchard consisting of 8 rows of trees, having 12 trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? • 4.
Page 171 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 27 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 6 -i- 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3.
Page 95 - TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 9. 3 scruples " 1 dram, dr. or 3. .8 drams " 1 ounce, oz. or §. 12 ounces
Page 64 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Page 65 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 133 - J of $ ? 35. A man owning £ of a ship, sold ^ of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part had he left?
Page 94 - WEIGHT is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, marked dwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce, " oz. 12 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 1. How many grains in 2dwt.

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