The Analysis of Written Arithmetic: Book First, Designed for Public and Private Schools, Containing Mental, Slate, and Blackboard Exercises |
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abstract number acres addition amount Anal analytical steps apothecaries apples arithmetic axioms barrels of flour blackboard bushels cents per pound Change column compound numbers contained cords cows cubic feet denomination difference dimes Divide dividend division divisor dollars drams dry measure equal exercises farmer farthings feet long Find the cost five FORM.-Since fraction furlongs gallon grains half-yards hogshead horses hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple LESSON long division measure merchant bought metic miles millions mills minuend MODEL OPERATION molasses multiplicand Multiply ounces paid pecks pence pennyweights pints pupil quarts QUESTIONS.-Less quotient read the number receive Recite the table Reduce reduction descending remainder REVIEW.-What rods sheep shillings simple numbers sold square feet square miles square yard subtraction subtrahend sugar tens thousand tons troy weight units weight worth Write
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Page 229 - Ans. 6° 37'. 208. IN COUNTING. 12 units or things... .make.... 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units " 1 score. 209. PAPER. 24 sheets make 1 quire. 20 quires " 1 ream. 2 reams " 1 bundle. 5 bundles
Page 216 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal. 31£ gallons ------ 1 barrel, - - - bar.
Page 97 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 6 -i- 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3.
Page 247 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 130 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 105 - Q-IZ 4 in 5 in 6 in 7 in 8 in 9 in 10 in 11 in 12 in 13 in 14 in 15 in The SEP basic material (cows III.
Page 212 - ... 6. Joiners, painters and masons make no allowance for windows, doors, &c. Masons make no allowance for the corners of the walls of houses or of cellars. The size of a cellar is estimated by the measurement of the outside of the wall.
Page 225 - If any circumference, whether large or small, be divided into 860 equal arcs, each arc is called a degree. The degree is divided into 60 minutes, and the minute into 60 seconds. The length of a degree, minute, or second, depends on the size of the circle.
Page 174 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr, or far.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings " 1 guinea. OBS. 1. It is customary, at the present day, to express farthings in fractions of a penny. Thus, 1 qr. is written ;<!;•_
Page 105 - In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 11 ? 5. How many times is 6 contained in 1 ? In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4?