Elementary Arithmetic, Part 1; Part 3

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C. Scribner's Sons, 1910 - Arithmetic - 334 pages
 

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Page 114 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 252 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 232 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 280 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 194 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 216 - How many cubic feet of earth must be removed in digging a cellar 18 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 9 feet deep?
Page 246 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Page 259 - When there are mixed numbers and whole numbers, add the fractions first, and if their sum is an improper fraction, reduce it to a mixed number and add the whole number with the other whole numbers.
Page 231 - The multiplier is the number by which we multiply, and denotes the numbejr of times the multiplicand is to be taken. The product is the result, or number produced by the multiplication.
Page 199 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.

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