The Primary School Arithmetic: Designed for Primary and Intermediate SchoolsThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1850 - 72 pages |
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11 are once 11 are twice 12 leaves 16 ounces 17 leaves 9 45 dollars 9 and 9 9 are once 9 dollars 9 leaves 9 sheep 9 times 9 9 yards barrels of flour boys bushels cents apiece cents for pencils cents for pins dollars a barrel dollars a cord drams eighths ell Flemish ell French equal farmer paid farmer sold five four fifths four sixths furlong gallons girls inches Jane gave leaves is called marbles merchant received nails ninths of 9 numbers in 12 nuts ofis ofis Once 9 orange cost paid 9 cents pence pennyweights pens pints plums pounds cost pupil quarters receive apiece Robert caught sevenths shillings slate square feet square rod square yard tens and units thing be divided thirds three fifths three fourths travel 8 miles twelfths twenty-fourths whole numbers worth 4 dollars yard of cloth
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Page 72 - ... 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 64 - TABLE. 16 drams, (drs.) make • 1 ounce, - marked - oz. 16 ounces ----- 1 pound, ----- Ib. 28 pounds ----- 1 quarter, ----- qr. 4 quarters ----- 1 hundred weight, - - cwt. 20 hundred weight - - 1 ton, ------ T.
Page 67 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu. 36 bushels - 1 chaldron, - ch.
Page 36 - ... 3 in 12 - 4 times. 3 in 15 5 times. 3 in 18 6 times. 3 in 21 7 times. 3 in 24 8 times. 3 in 27 9 times. 3 in 30 10 times.
Page 67 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute,...'. 60 minutes " 1 degree, . . . °. 30 degrees " 1 sign S. 12 signs, or 360°,
Page 9 - ... 5 and 1 are 6 •5 and 2 are 7 5 and 3 are 8 5 and 4 are 9 5 and 5 are 10 5 and 6 are 11 5 and 7 are 12 5 and 8 are 13 5 and 9 are 14 5 and 10 are 15...
Page 55 - In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 11 ? 5. How many times is 6 contained in 1 ? In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4?
Page 66 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 32 - ... 5 from 5 leaves . 0 5 from 6 leaves 1 5 from 7 leaves 2 5 from 8 leaves 3 5 from 9 leaves 4 5 from 10 leaves 5 5 from 11 leaves 6 5 from 12 leaves 7 5 from 13 leaves 8 5 from 14 leaves 9 5 from 15 leaves 10...
Page 64 - Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, jewels, liquors, &c., and is generally adopted in philosophical experiments. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, marked pwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce " oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound,