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Page 161 - 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 207 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 223 - Both terms of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 220 - To multiply by 10, move the decimal point one place to the right, annexing a zero if necessary.
Page iii - The following ideas have been prominent in the preparation of this book : 1. In sequence of topics, to follow as closely as possible such of the recent courses of study as have been the most carefully prepared for our public-school systems. However an author may feel as to details, he is in the main bound by the consensus of opinion as thus expressed. The purely " topical method," the attempt to exhaust a subject like common fractions in a single chapter, is now obsolete in our leading schools, while...
Page 63 - Measures of Time. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24...
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Page iv - ... essential to thoroughness. Between these two comes the best type of our modern courses of study, somewhat spiral in arrangement, in that most subjects extend over several terms, but admitting of a topical arrangement within any one term, thus securing thoroughness and maintaining an interest. * * * 2. In the matter of method to recognize the valuable features of the best contributions, avoiding their extremes. For example, there should always be some attention to a spiral arrangement, but its...
Page 225 - To Reduce an Improper Fraction to a Whole or a Mixed Number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if any, will be the numerator of the fractional part, of which the denominator will be the denominator of the improper fraction.
Page iii - topical" method is scrappy, uninteresting, and lacking in the continuity so essential to thoroughness. Between these two comes the best type of our modern courses of study, somewhat spiral in arrangement, in that most subjects extend over several terms, but admitting of a topical arrangement within any one term, thus securing thoroughness and maintaining an interest.