Manual of Intellectual Arithmetic: An Independent Treatise Upon the Basis of Mental Arithmetic |
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Page 82 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 30 - ... miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 4 hours ? 10 hours ? Why ? 4.
Page 84 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 125 - The head of a fish is 12 inches long, the tail is as long as the head + £ of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish ? 4.
Page 86 - Time is a measured portion of duration. Table. 60 seconds (sec.) are 1 minute, m. 60 minutes, 1 hour. h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 365 days, 1 common year, cy 366 days, 1 leap year, 1. y. Also, 7 days are 1 week, w.
Page 126 - A and B start from the same point, and travel in the same direction around a square, each side of which measures 5 miles ; A travels at the rate of 4| miles an hour, and B at the rate of 3 miles an hour ; in what time will they be together again ? How many miles will each have traveled ? How many times will each .have been around the square ? 16.
Page 77 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 30 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
Page 31 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Page 117 - Two men can each do f- of a piece of work in 1 day; how long will it take them both to do the whole ? 6. Two men set out to mow a field ; the first...