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12 cents 12 inches 25 cents 50 cents 9 cents 9 tens acres Article barrels of flour bought bushels cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard ciphers common fractions contains cost cubes cubic inches decimal point denominator dimes dividend divisor dollar Draw DRY MEASURE earn eight equal groups feet long feet wide Find the sum fractions gain gallons greatest common divisor hundred hundredths inches long inches wide integers measure melon miles mills minuend MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS month Multiply muslin nine numbers ending nuts oranges ounces paid pairs paper pecks Picture pints plants potatoes prime factors quotient Read the following receive Reduce remainder REVIEW sell slate sold spend square feet square foot square inches square miles square yards Subtract ten-thousandths tenths thousand thousandths three tens units weeks yards of cloth yards of ribbon
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Page 274 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 271 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 301 - RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Page 255 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off...
Page 266 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 290 - To find a number when a per cent of it is given. 1. 30 is 6 % of what number ? 1 % of the number is \ of 30, which is 5. The number required, or 100 %, is 100 times 5, which is 500. 30 is 6 % of 500. The same result is obtained by dividing the given number by the rate per cent expressed decimally.
Page 238 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 268 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 258 - UNITED STATES MONEY. United States money is the legal currency of the United States. Its denominations are dollars, dimes, cents, and mills.
Page 255 - ... as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary.