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50 cents 9 units abstract number acres Annexing apples Arabic numerals Avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels called cents a pound ciphers column containing decimal places decimal point DENOMINATE NUMBERS dimes divided dividend division dollars earn eight hundred Explanation factors feet Find the cost Find the sum Find the value Four hundred fourth fraction gallons Greatest Common Divisor Hence horses hundred is written hundredths improper fractions INDUCTIVE STEPS integer LESSON letter long ton lowest terms miles million minuend mixed numbers Multiplicand Multiply nine ORAL EXERCISES oranges paid pennyweight pints prime factors principle Process pupils quarts quotient Reduce remainder seven sheep six hundred sold stars subtract subtrahend tens tenths third thousand thousandths Three hundred tons worth WRITTEN EXERCISES WRITTEN PROBLEMS yards of cloth
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Page 226 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 224 - 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 231 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 151 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 227 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 226 - 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 116 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 223 - Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 230 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in weighing medicines for prescriptions, but medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. 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 151 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.