The Normal Standard Arithmetic: By Analysis and Induction, Designed for Public and Private Schools, Normal Schools, Academies, Etc |
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50 cents acres altitude amount Avoirdupois bank barrel base bill bought brokerage bushels called ciphers circumference common fraction common multiple composite number compound number contained cord cost cube root cubic feet decimal diameter discount divided dividend divisible dollars dozen draft factors gain gallons grains greatest common divisor Hence the following hundred hundredths improper fractions inches insured integer interest least common multiple longitude measure miles minuend minus months multiply number equals number of terms OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES ounce paid par value payment pennyweights pound premium principles quarts quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder rods Rule.-I sell shares sides slant height sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If subtract subtrahend surface tens tenths thousand thousandths tons TROY WEIGHT units weight wide worth write WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Page 172 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 326 - Divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts, and the quotient will be the average term of credit, estimated from the date selected.
Page 168 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 175 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 314 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 171 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 351 - 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 410 - ... from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom, the length of the two arms extended.
Page 358 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 96 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.