First Lessons in Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners

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A.S. Barnes & Company, 1840 - Arithmetic - 132 pages
 

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Page 9 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 99 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30-J- square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 31 - ... 5 from 5 leaves . 0 5 from 6 leaves 1 5 from 7 leaves 2 5 from 8 leaves 3 5 from 9 leaves 4 5 from 10 leaves 5 5 from 11 leaves 6 5 from 12 leaves 7 5 from 13 leaves 8 5 from 14 leaves 9 5 from 15 leaves 10...
Page 102 - TABLE. 2 pints (pts.) - make - 1 quart, - marked qt. 4 quarts ----- 1 gallon, ----- gal. 36 gallons - - - - 1 barrel, ----- bar. 54 gallons ----- 1 hogshead, - •• - - hhd . Note.
Page 18 - ... are 20 9 and 1 are 10 9 and 2 are 11 9 and 3 are 12 9 and 4 are 13 9 and 5 are 14 9 and 6 are 15 9 and 7 are 16 9 and 8 are 17 9 and 9 are 18 9 and 10 are 19 9 and 11 are. 20 9 and 12 are 21...
Page 3 - Arithmetic begin with counting, and advance step by step through all the simple combinations of numbers. In order that the pupil may be impressed with the fact that numbers express a collection of units, or things of the same kind, the unit, in the beginning, is represented by a star, and the child should be made to count the stars in all cases where they are used. Having once fixed in the mind a correct impression of numbers, it was deemed no longer necessary to represent the unit by a symbol ;...
Page 17 - ... are 19 8 and 1 are 9 8 and 2 are 10 8 and 3 are 11 8 and 4 are 12 8 and 5 are 13 8 and 6 are 14 8 and 7 are 15 8 and 8 are 16 8 and 9 are 17 8 and 10 are 18 8 and 11 are 19 8...
Page 24 - That is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on.
Page 16 - Ifi 6 and 11 are 17 6 and 12 are 18 7 and 0 are 7 7 and 1 are 8 7 and 2 are 9 7 and 3 are 10 7 and 4 are 11 7 and 5 are 12 7 and 6 are 13 7 and 7 are 14 7 and 8 are 15 7 and 9 are 16 7 and 10 are 17 7 and 11 are 18 7 and 12 are 19...
Page 38 - ... are 36 4 times 1 are 4 4 times 2 are 8 4 times 3 are 12 4 times 4 are 16 4 times 5 are 20 4 times 6 are 24 4 times 7 are 28 4 times 8 are 32 4 times 9 are 36 4 times 10 are 40 4 times 11 are 44 4 times 12 are 48...

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