New Rudiments of ArithmeticClark & Maynard, 1877 |
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Page 168 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 161 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 86 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12 is...
Page 62 - DIVISION is finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 68 - PROOF. Multiply the divisor and quotient together, and to the product add the remainder, if any; if the result be equal to the dividend, the work is correct.
Page 71 - Then multiply the divisor by this figure and subtract the product from the figures divided; to the right of the remainder bring down the next figure of the dividend and divide this number as before.
Page 83 - 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 141 - To divide one fraction by another, reduce them both to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 162 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 96 - To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. Divide the numerator and denominator by any number which will divide them both without a remainder ; and thus continue the operation, till there is no number greater than 1 that will divide them exactly.