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9 ft 9 mo acre agent altitude apothem avoirdupois base bill bought bushel Cash circumference commission compound interest cubic feet cubic foot dealer debt decimal denominator deposited diameter discount divided dividend divisor dollars draft dry measure due date endowment policy equal exchange figure Find the amount Find the area Find the cost Find the interest Find the number fraction gain per cent gallon guaranty hundredths hypotenuse indorse invested July July 12 June June 12 length loss marked price Mdse MENTAL PROBLEMS money being worth multiply number of days OPERATION paid parallelogram payable payment pound premium present worth principal PROBLEMS Find rate per cent regular polygon selling price Sept side sold square root square yards storage thick triangle units wall weighing wide Write
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Page 79 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 77 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 78 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 41 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f...
Page 79 - SURVEYORS' SQUARE MEASURE. 144. This measure is used by surveyors in computing the area or contents of land. TABLE. 625 Square Links (sq. 1. ) make 1 Pole P. 16 Poles " 1 Square Chain . sq. ch. 10 Square Chains " 1 Acre A. 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile . . sq. mi. 36 Square Miles (6 miles square)
Page 52 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 82 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 35 - Similarly, any term may be transposed from one member of an equation to the other by changing its sign.
Page 82 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty and one, Except February, which hath twenty-eight alone.
Page 32 - Multiplying or dividing both Dividend and Divisor by the same number does not change the Quotient.