Mental Arithmetic, Or First Lessons in Numbers, for Children |
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12 cents 50 cents 66 seven acre Arithmetic barrel of flour bought boys bushels called cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard cents apiece cents will buy contained cost six cubic inches currency dollars a barrel dollars a yard dollars apiece Dry Measure eight cents Eight seven eighteen eleven fifteen fifths fifty fifty-four Five 66 five cents Five fifteen forty forty-two four cents Four Four fourteen fourths furlongs gallons gave half hogshead hundred improper fraction lemons LESSON VII marbles miles an hour molasses nine cents nine dollars ninety orange costs ounce pair peaches pence pints pound of tea Pound Sterling seven cents seventeen sevenths shil six cents sixteen sixty sixty-three slate square ten cents tens are equal third thirteen thirty thirty-six thirty-two three cents Troy Weight twen twenty twenty-four wire worth yard cost yards of cloth yards of ribbon
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Page 106 - is used by apothecaries and physicians in mixing medicines. 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, marked sc., or 3. 3 scruples " 1 dram, " dr., or 3 . 8 drams " 1 ounce, " oz., or §. 12 ounces " 1 pound,
Page 47 - There are eight rows of trees in an orchard, and seven trees in a row : how many trees are there in the orchard ? 8.
Page 111 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.
Page 105 - 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,
Page 102 - November ? 2 men do a piece of work in 30 days ; how long will it take...
Page 112 - Circular Measure is applied to the divisions of the circle, and is used in reckoning latitude and longitude, and the motion of the heavenly bodies. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute, marked ' 60 minutes " 1 degree, " ° 30 degrees " 1 sign, " s. . ' 12 signs, or 360° " 1 circle,
Page 105 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 109 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Page 30 - ... lemon ? 2. A man having bought eight yards of cloth, used five yards to make a suit of clothes: how many yards had he left? 3. Frank has seven marbles, and John has five : how many more marbles has Frank than John ? 4. A man bought a cow for ten dollars, and gave a barrel of flour worth five dollars, and paid the rest in money : how much money did he pay ? 5. If a bushel of wheat costs nine shillings, and a bushel of corn five shillings, what is the difference in their price ? 6. A man bought...
Page 104 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr. or far.") make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings