Book one (1924)

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Rand McNally, 1917 - Arithmetic
 

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Page 239 - This textbook may be borrowed for two weeks, with the privilege of renewing it once. A fine of five cents a day is incurred by failure to return a book on the date when it is due. The Education Library is open from 9 to 5 daily except Saturday when it closes at 12.30.
Page 239 - 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 167 - ... 83|249 The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which you divide is called the divisor. 16 - Name the dividends in examples 4 to 15. 17 - Name the divisors in examples 4 to 15. 18 - Check your answers to examples 12, 13, 14, and 15. Multiply the divisor by the quotient and add the remainder. The result will be the dividend if your work is correct. Find the quotients and remainders. If there is 0 remainder, write "and no r.
Page 201 - Week 1 - How many dozen did she sell the first week? 2 - How many dozen did she sell the second week? 3 - How many dozen did she sell the third week? 4 - The fourth week?
Page 88 - J of 12 hours=. . . .hours. £ of 12 hours=... .hours. ^ of 12 hours=. .. .hours. 1 - How many minutes does it take the minute hand to go from 2 to 3? From 2 to 4? 2 - From 2 to 9 ? From 12 around to 12 again ? From 12 to 1? From 12 to 2? From 12 to 8? 3 - What part of an hour is 30 minutes? How many minutes make ^ hr. or one sixth of an hour? What part of an hour is 15 minutes ? How many minutes are there in an hour and a half? 4 - How many minutes are there in f hr. or three quarters of an hour?...
Page 1 - Consequently they differ from past practice in the following respects: Nothing is included merely for mental gymnastics. Training is obtained through content that is of intrinsic value. The preparation given is not for the verbally described problems of examination papers, but for the actual problems of life. In particular, .problems whose answers must be known to frame the problems or whose conditions are fantastic are rigorously excluded. Reasoning is treated, not as a mythical faculty which may...
Page 1 - These books apply the principles discovered by the psychology of learning, by experimental education, and by the observation of successful school practice, to the teaching of arithmetic.
Page 195 - George's average earnings per week in the first -quarter? In the second? In the third? In the fourth? Remember to put a decimal point in your quotients to show which numbers mean dollars and which numbers mean cents. Do not write "and 3 remainder
Page 233 - The empty wagon weighs 838 lb. How much does the coal weigh? 27- How many half-pint glasses will 3 gallons of lemonade make? 28- If a gallon of paint is enough for 160 sq. ft., how many gallons will be required to paint both sides of a fence 4 ft. high and 260 ft. long? 29. How many square feet of wall paper are there in a roll 18 yards long and 2 ft. wide? 30- A ten-dollar bill equals how many 5-cent pieces ? 31- Mr. Russell sold 255 Ib. of butter in 17 weeks. How many pounds did he sell per week?...

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