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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16 feet long 20 cents 9 feet acre ad valorem amount Answer barrels bought bushels called column compound interest cord cost counters cubic centimeters cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimeters dekameter Divide dividend dollars feet high feet wide figure Find the g. c. d. Find the quotient foot wide fraction gallons greatest common divisor hectometer hundred hundredths inches long inches thick inches wide interest on $1 length long con lowest terms marked prices measure merchant sold meter metric system months multiplicand Multiply myriameter nearest number number of decimal paid piece pints poll tax prime divisors principal promise to pay quarts quotient in 18 Reduce remainder sell share solid square feet square foot square inches square kilometer square miles square rods square yards subtract tens tenths thousand units valorem duty whole number wood
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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.