University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and General Rules for Their Application |
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acres amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-We apiece bought bushels of oats bushels of wheat called cents a pound ciphers cloth cost column common difference composite number compound containing cords of wood cube root cubic feet cubic inches currency decimal fraction denominate numbers denote diameter Divide division dollars drams dry measure duodecimals equal EXAMPLES expressed figure foot four fractional unit gallons grains greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction interest least common dividend leaves measure merchant miles millionths mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pennyweights pints prefixing proper fraction quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods RULE.-I shillings simple numbers sold square root subtract tens third thousand thousandths tons Troy weight United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Page 111 - 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 11 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 30 - January has 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, and December 31.
Page 262 - The square of a number is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 297 - CD, his executors, administrators, or assigns; for which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, severally and firmly, by these presents.
Page 189 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Page 290 - To find the solid contents of a prism. Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the contents (Bk.
Page 186 - When any decimal number is to i-4 divided by 10, 100, 1000, &.c. the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are...
Page 264 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 143 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator; as, f, f.