The Franklin Written Arithmetic: With Examples for Oral Practice |
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acres amount Avoirdupois bank discount barrels base bill bought bushels called centimeters Change circumference common fraction compound interest contain cord cost cube root decimal fraction decimeters derived the following diameter Divide dividend divisor dollars dry measure equal Explanation feet long figures Find the difference Find the interest following Rule foot frustum gain gallons given number gold greatest common factor height Hence hundred hundredths ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE improper fractions inches integer least common multiple length Mdse measure meter miles million mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE numbers expressed Oral Exercises ounce paid payable payment percentage pounds prime factors principal pyramid quart quotient ratio rectangle remainder rods sell sides slant height Slate sold square feet square root subtract tens tenths thousand thousandths triangle units wide write WRITTEN yards
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Page 38 - 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 303 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 138 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 109 - Change the dividend and divisor to fractions having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Invert the expression of the divisor and proceed as in multiplication of fractions.
Page 286 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 176 - 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 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.
Page 307 - It will thus be seen that what we call a year is nearly 6 hours less than the true year, and 4 such years nearly one day less than 4 true years. To rectify this error, 366 days are allowed to one year in every 4 years.