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Page 198 - Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile...
Page 180 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off...
Page 199 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 195 - Multiply the first term by that power of the ratio whose index is one less than the number of terms, and the product will be the...
Page 188 - From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required.
Page 175 - To change dollars and cents to cents, or dollars, cents, and mills to mills, remove the decimal point and the sign, $. 5.
Page 178 - If the number of any denomination in the subtrahend exceed that of the same denomination in the minuend, add to the number in the minuend as many units as make one of the next higher...
Page 153 - If 18 men can dig a trench 200 yards long, 3 yards wide, and 2 yards deep, in 6 days of 10 hours each, in how many days of 8 hours each will 10 men dig a trench 100 yards long, 4 yards wide, and 3 yards deep ? 4.
Page 198 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 190 - Write the multiplier under the multiplicand so that units of the same order shall stand in the same column.