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16 feet 25 cents amount ANALYSIS annex Avoirdupois barrels bonds bought brokerage bushels called cents a bushel Change commission common fraction contains cord cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal fraction decimal point denominator diameter difference discount Divide dividend dollar dozen equal numbers feet high feet long feet wide Find the cost fractional units gallons grains greatest common divisor hence hundred-thousandths hundreds hundredths Illustrative Example Illustrative Problem improper fractions inches wide integer interest June 15 least common multiple longitude measure miles millionths minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply NOTE oats paid partition pounds premium prime factors principal quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder right-hand figure rule school-room sold square feet square inches square mile square yards subtraction subtrahend ten-thousandths tens tenths term third thousand thousandths trial divisor weight whole number
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Page 142 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 341 - Notions 1. Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. 2. If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal. 3. If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. 4. Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.
Page 341 - AXIOM is a self-evident truth ; such as, — 1. Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to each other. 2. If equals be added to equals, the sums will be equal.
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