The Practical Arithmetic on the Inductive Plan: Including Oral and Written Exercises

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American Book Company, 1878 - Arithmetic - 391 pages
 

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Page 166 - 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 290 - Multiply each debt by its term of credit and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 340 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 69 - Multiplying or dividing both Dividend and Divisor by the same number does not change the Quotient.
Page 173 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 178 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces =1 pound. (Ib.) Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines.
Page 322 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 182 - ANGULAR MEASURE. 60 seconds (") = 1 minute ('). 60 minutes = 1 degree (°). 360 degrees = 1 circumference.
Page 64 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, write a cipher in the quotient, annex the next figure of the dividend and proceed as before.
Page 56 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.

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