Graded Problems in Arithmetic and Mensuration

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J.H. Butler & Company, 1880 - Arithmetic - 232 pages
 

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Page 178 - 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 170 - 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 179 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 177 - 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 177 - 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 165 - To change dollars and cents to cents, or dollars, cents, and mills to mills, remove the decimal point and the sign, $. 5.
Page 168 - 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 143 - 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 178 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 177 - Write the multiplier under the multiplicand so that units of the same order shall stand in the same column.

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