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acres amount angle apples arithmetic bank bill board foot BOILER COMPANY bonds bought bushels called cents child circumference common fraction contained cord cube cubic foot decimal fraction decimal places decimal point decimeter denominator difference discount divided dividend division divisor dollars draft drill dry measure equal EXAMPLE EXERCISE EXPLANATION Find the G. C. D. foot gallon give given Greatest Common Divisor hundred hundredths ILLUSTRATE improper fractions inches interest Least Common Multiple longitude measure meridian meter method metric system miles minuend mixed numbers Multiply NOTE paid payment pounds premium prime meridian principal PROBLEM quarts ratio remainder rods selling price shares shingles sides sold SOLUTION square miles square root subtraction TALK Teach teacher tens triangle units weight whole number wide Write written yard
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Page 241 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 230 - 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 239 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 423 - Measures of Length 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...
Page 240 - 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 227 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 405 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 448 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 47 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4...
Page 465 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.