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12 cents 12 inches 25 cents 50 cents 9 cents 9 tens acres ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION apples bought bushels cents a pound cents a yard Common Fractions contains Copy and add cost cubic inches decimal denomination dimes divided them equally dividend divisor dollars dozen Draw DRY MEASURES earn eight equal oblongs Find the sum following numbers foot four fourths fractions gallons George planted hundred inches long measure melon MENTAL EXERCISE miles minuend MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS month multiplicand MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION multiplication table Multiply muslin numbers ending one-inch squares oranges ounces paid pairs paper pecks pencils pints planted pupil quarts quotient Read the following receive remainder roses rows sell small squares sold spend square inches SUBTRACTION BY ENDINGS subtraction table ten-thousands thousand triangles walk week whole square Write the numbers yard of ribbon yards of cloth
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Page 268 - 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 270 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 267 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 273 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 263 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 265 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 55 - M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Page 104 - ... fish ; ^ of them were perch. How many were perch ? 4. If a man can walk 4 miles per hour, how long will it take him to walk 28 miles at this rate ? 5. 3 is ^ of what number ? 3 is ^ of what number ? 6. 3 boys bought a melon for 15 cents. What shall each boy pay ? 7. Harry had 32 marbles and sold ^ of them. How many did he sell ? How many had he left ? 8. Frank bought a pair of rabbits for 35 cents and sold them for 50 cents. What did he gain ? 9. What will 3 pints of milk cost at 6^ per quart?...
Page 64 - When a letter is placed after one of greater value, its value is to be added to that of the greater. Thus, VI represents 6 ; XV.