New Practical Arithmetic: In which the Science and Its Applications are Simplified by Induction and Analysis. Prepared to Accompany the Mathematical Series of Benjamin Greenleaf, A.M. By the Editor of "New Elementary Algebra", "New Higher Algebra", Etc., in the SeriesR.S. Davis & Company, 1880 - Arithmetic |
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New Practical Arithmetic in Which the Science and Its Applications Are ... Henry Bartlett Maglathlin No preview available - 2016 |
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acres amount arithmetical arithmetical series bill bought bushels cask cents a pound ciphers common denominator common fraction compound interest contained cord cost cube root cubic decimal point Denominate Number denoting diameter difference discount divided dividend division dollars equal equivalent fractions exact divisor Examples Explain the operation feet long figures gain gallons geometrical series given number greatest common divisor hectoliter Hence horses hundred hundredths improper fraction inches kilogram least common multiple Measure meters miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply number expressed number of terms ounces payment pennyweights prime factors prime number principal quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Repeat the Rule REVIEW QUESTIONS sold SOLUTION square miles square rods square root subtract subtrahend tens third thousand thousandths tons units whole number worth write
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Page 65 - Cents or mills may be reduced directly to dollars by placing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor (Art.
Page 85 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 148 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 351 - If 20 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many men will accomplish three times as much in one-fifth of the time ? Ans.
Page 51 - When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, etc., the quotient may be obtained, at once, by removing the decimal point in the dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 312 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.
Page 145 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile...
Page 97 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 148 - A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center; as the figure ADB E.
Page 54 - If two men start from the same point and travel in opposite directions, the one...