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acres angle arithmetic bank base bill board foot bonds called cent centimeter child circle circumference common fraction contained cost cube root cubic debt decimal fraction decimal places decimal point decimeter denominator difference discount divided dividend division divisor dollars draft drill dry measure equal equation EXAMPLE EXPLANATION feet Find the square give given gram Greatest Common Divisor Hectometer hundred hundredths hypotenuse ILLUSTRATE improper fractions inches interest Least Common Multiple Let the pupil liters longitude means measure meridian meter method metric system miles minuend mixed number Multiply NOTE paid parenthesis payment premium prime meridian principal PROBLEM proportion ratio rectangle rods selling price shingles sides sold SOLUTION square root subtract surface TALK Teach teacher tens triangle units whole number write written yard
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Page 213 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 202 - 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 211 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2...
Page 395 - 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 212 - TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) = 1 Scruple . . . sc., or 3 3 Scruples = 1 Dram . . . . dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce . . . oz., or 5 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . Ib. , or Ib Apothecaries' Liquid Measure is used in compounding and measuring liquid medicines.
Page 377 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 420 - 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 208 - 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 437 - 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.
Page 149 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.