A Complete Arithmetic: With Oral and Written Exercises

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Butler, Sheldon & Company, 1895 - Arithmetic - 352 pages
 

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Page 30 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 119 - 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 19 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 92 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 93 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr . ) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk...
Page 232 - RULE. — From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half -sum and the three remainders together; the square root of the product is the area.
Page 89 - Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5...
Page 186 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 87 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. ) = 1 penny, d. 12 pence = 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings = 1 pound, £. EQUIVALENTS : £1 = 20 s.
Page 88 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES

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