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The Alexander-Dewey Arithmetic: Intermediate Book (Classic Reprint) Georgia Alexander No preview available - 2018 |
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25 cents 30 cents 50 cents acres Add upward Albert read Alice answer apples basket bottles bought boys bushels cake candles candy cents a dozen chickens child cider Complete and learn CONCRETE Country Mouse cows DAILY FLASH PRACTICE DICTATION dime Divide dollar dolls dozen eggs Drawing DRY MEASURE Exercise farm Farmer Brown feet long feet wide foot gallons girls grocer Haru horse hundred inches long kernels Malaga grapes maple syrup marbles cost MEASURE miles milk minuend minutes mother Multiply muslin NUMBERS ENDING ORAL PROBLEMS oranges paid pairs paper paper of pins passengers peck picked a box piece planted pupils quarts rabbits REVIEW PRACTICE Roman numerals Say Think sell sheep side sold spent square feet Subtract thousand thrift stamps trees tulip week weigh Write in figures Write in words Write Think WRITTEN PROBLEMS yards long
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Page 224 - Weight. 349. The standard unit of weight in common use is a pound Avoirdupois. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 ounces (oz.) =' 1 pound (lb.). 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). The abbreviation for 1 hundredweight (100 lb ) is cwt, MISCELLANEOUS WEIGHTS. 1 gallon of water = about 8J lb. 1 gallon of milk = about 8 6 lb.
Page 224 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 182 - 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 224 - 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 11 - ... one ten, two tens, three tens, four tens, five tens, six tens, seven tens, eight tens, nine tens.
Page 224 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 160 - Washington died in 1799, at the age of 67. In what year was he born ? 16.
Page 118 - Given distance and rate to find how long. At 25 miles an hour, how long will it take an automobile to go 160 miles? 9. Given distance and number of units of time to find rate. In 3.2 hours a man walks 12.32 mi. How far does he walk in one hour? Find the rate of speed per hour made by an airship traveling 218.05 miles in 3.5 hour. 10. A fractional part of a whole is given to find the whole. If, when 18...
Page 186 - J50 60 70 80 37 49 54 124 272 234 563 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 8. What will 40 tons of hay cost at $18 a ton? 9. A bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds. What is the weight of 231 bushels? 10. If a train goes at the rate of 40 miles an hour, how far will it go in 24 hours? 11. How many times will a clock strike in 30 days, if it strikes 156 times each day?