A Mental Arithmetic, on the Inductive Plan: Being an Advanced Intellectual Course, Designed for Common Schools and Academies |
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12 cents 12 days 12 dollars 12 rods 20 per cent 60 cents 9 cents 9 dollars acre amount apples cost barrels of flour bought boys bushels of corn cents a dozen cents a pound cents a quart cents apiece cents will buy cherries chestnuts cistern contained cords of wood cost 8 dollars cows denominator dimes divided division dollars a yard earn eight equal fifths form of analysis fourths furlongs gain gallons gave given GREENLEAF'S half halves hogshead horse hundred-weight improper fraction interest of $1 John less LESSON lowest terms melon miles an hour molasses months multiplying ninths NOTE ounces paid peaches pears pecks pence pennyweights piece pine-apple pints pounds of sugar present worth principal pupil quire rate per cent receive Reduce remainder SECOND ANALYSIS second division sell sevenths sheep shillings sixths square rods tens tenths third three-cent piece week whole number yards of cloth
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Page 25 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 82 - Multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 138 - York, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4£ miles an hour, and the other at the rate of...
Page 62 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 33 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 120 - Interest is money paid for the use of money. The Principal is the sum of money which is loaned.
Page 140 - C died, it is required to divide the whole sum properly between the other two ; how much should each receive ? 20.
Page 54 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight
Page 164 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 55 - Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5$ yards or 16$ feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.