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12 dwts acres avoirdupois B's share bought breadth bushels centimes circumference cloth containing cost price cube root cubic inches cyphers decimal places denominator discount dividend divisor equal EXAMPLES exchange Express in words Extract the square farthings feet Find the least Find the sum Find the value florins francs gain per cent gallons greatest common measure guineas higher name horses hundreds improper fraction least common multiple length lowest terms miles millions milrei mixed number moidores Multiply number divided ounce PAPER parallelopiped parcels pence person piastre piece pound present worth purchase quantity quotient recurring recurring decimal Reduce remainder RULE sheep shillings simple interest sold solid content square root square yards sterling subtract sugar tare tea cost tens thousands tons units vulgar fraction weighing whole number wine
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Page 19 - 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 47 - MULTIPLICATION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 42 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 43 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if there be any...
Page 40 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f...
Page 98 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 15 - Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 21 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 97 - The square root of a number, is that number which multiplied by itself once will produce the given number.
Page 155 - B is just one and a half times as good a workman as C. The three work together for two days, and then A works on alone for half a day, and B for one day.