The Complete Arithmetic: Combining Oral and Written Exercises in a Natural and Logical System of Instruction |
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30 dollars 50 cents acres acres of land amount apples avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels cents a pound ciphers column commission common denominator common fraction compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cows cube cubic decimal difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars dols earn Explanation farm feet figure following RULE gallon gold greatest common divisor hence horses cost hundreds improper fractions insured integer least common multiple Let the pupil longitude lowest terms measure merchant miles mills minuend mixed number Multiply muslin ORAL EXERCISE paid pairs payable payment pennyweights pints premium prime factors principal PRINCIPLES.-1 quart quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder root SECTION sell shares sheep SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square subtract tens thousands units weigh wheat whole number worth WRITTEN PROBLEMS
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Page 146 - 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 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 130 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny, d. 12 pence = 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings = 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings = 1 guinea, G.
Page 302 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 144 - Time. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 135 - MEASURE 12 inches (in.), .... =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet, ........ =1 yard (yd.) 5 . 5 yards, ....... =1 rod (rd.) 40 rods, ....... =1 furlong (fur.) 8 furlongs, ...... =1 mile (mi.) 1 mi.
Page 130 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 171 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 235 - ... 3 per cent. ? 4£ per cent. ? 5 per cent. ? 6 per cent. ? 7 per cent. ? 7£ per cent. ? 8 per cent.? 9 per cent. ? 10 per cent.
Page 81 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.