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12 cents 12 less 9 leaves 9 less Add the following apiece apples barrels of flour bought boys bushels cents a quart chestnuts contained Copy and add Copy and read Copy and recite cost Count back dimes divide by 9 dividend divisor dollars Dry Measure eight equal figures denote five following numbers following tables four fourth gallons gave gills half dime horses hundred twenty-two largest number expressed leaves 7 9 leaves 9 less 1 leaves less 5 leaves less 9 LESSON VI LESSON XI LESSON XVIII marks millions Minuend multiplicand multiply nine ORAL EXERCISES oranges orders of units ounces paid peaches pear pecks pennyweights picture pints pupils quotient read the following recite the following remainder rods Roman Numerals seven slate subtract Subtrahend tens Troy Weight twenty weeks Write in figures Write one hundred Write the figure write the numbers WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 121 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 129 - Miscellaneous. 12 things = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 things = 1 score.
Page 114 - If the product of the divisor multiplied by the quotient figure is greater than the partial dividend, the quotient figure is too large, and must be diminished.
Page 98 - TABLE. 10 mills (m) . . =1 cent . ct. 10 cents . . =1 dime . d. 10 dimes . . =1 dollar . $. 10 dollars . . =1 eagle . E. I.
Page 116 - Ounces make 1 Pound Ib. 100 Pounds " 1 Hundred- weight cwt. 20 Cwt., or 2000 Ibs.,
Page 85 - There are 7 days in 1 week ; How many days are there in 2 weeks ? In 3 ? In 4 ? In 5 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 ? 9 ? 47.
Page 106 - Spring — March. April, and May; summer — June, July, and August : autumn — September, October, and November; and winter — December, January, and February.
Page 109 - The operation of division is also indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them ; thus 14 by 2 is also frequently denoted thus y.
Page 106 - MEASURE. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (m.). 60 minutes = 1 hour (h.). 24 hours = 1 day (d.). 7 days = 1 week (w.). 365 days, ) ._ i « jr — 1 common yearor 52 weeks 1 day )