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acres adding addition allowed amount answer average Balance bank Base bill Book bought bushel capital cash cent column common contain cost count decimal denominator difference discount divide dividend dollar dozen DRILL earn equal expense Explain expressed feet figures Find four fraction gain give given graph hundred hundredths Illustration inches income increased interest invested invoice June ledger less Liabilities loss machine measure merchandise merchant method miles month multiply operations ORAL paid Payable payment piece places pounds Present problem produce profit Purchases received record Reduce relation remainder result rods rule Sales selling share Sheet shows side simple sold statement subtract units week weighs worth writing WRITTEN yards
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Page 288 - Measure. 60 seconds (sec.) 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours 1 day (da.) 7 days 1 week (wk.) 365 days 1 common year (yr.) 366 days 1 leap year Years divisible by 4 and not by 100 are leap years.
Page 238 - The drawee may accept this bill payable at any bank, banker or trust company in the United States which he may designate.
Page 287 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 288 - AVoIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.). 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 20 hundredweight = 1 ton (T.).
Page 124 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 293 - TABLE = 1 centigram (eg.) = 1 decigram (dg.) = 1 gram (g.) = 1 dekagram (Dg.) = 1 hektogram (Hg.) = 1 kilogram (Kg.) = 1 myriagram (Mg.) = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 80 - Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.