Second Lessons in Arithmetic: An Intellectual Written Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction as Illustrated in Warren Colburn's First Lessons

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Arithmetic - 282 pages
 

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Page 281 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 282 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 92 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4| days, how long will it take 1 man to do it ? How long will it take 3 men to do it ? 4.
Page 278 - 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 23 - United States Money 10 mills = 1 cent 10 cents = 1 dime 10 dimes = 1 dollar 10 dollars = 1 eagle The unit of English money is the pound.
Page 282 - VOLUME 1000 cubic millimeters (mm.) = 1 cubic centimeter (cu. cm.) 1000 cubic centimeters = 1 cubic decimeter (cu. dm.) 1000 cubic decimeters = 1 cubic meter (cu. m...
Page 200 - ... sum of money at interest at 6 per cent., at the end of 1 year received 13 dollars for interest. What was the principal ? Note. Since 6 per cent. is T£ff of the whole, 13 dollars must be j^ of the principal.

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