Second Lessons in Arithmetic: An Intellectual Written Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction as Illustrated in Warren Colburn's First Lessons |
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40 cents acre ad valorem amount Answer apple barrel of flour Boston bought bushels called compound interest contains cord cost counters cubic centimeters cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimeters dekameter denotes Divide dividend dollars dry measure equal feet wide figure Find the g. c. d. Find the quotient following numbers foot fraction gallons greatest common divisor hectometer hundred hundredths inches long inches thick inches wide interest on $1 long con Longfellow's lowest terms measure meter metric system months multiplicand Multiply myriameter nearest number number in column number of decimal numerator and denominator paid payment pieces pints poll tax prime divisors promise to pay pupils quart Reduce remainder sell share square feet square inches square kilometer square miles square rods subtract tenths thousand thousandths units whole number write
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Page 279 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 277 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 277 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 90 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4| days, how long will it take 1 man to do it ? How long will it take 3 men to do it ? 4.
Page 280 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 281 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 260 - ... four hundred five hundred six hundred seven hundred eight hundred...
Page 93 - At f of a dollar a pound, how many pounds of tea can be bought for 7£ dollars ?
Page 281 - Volume 1,000 cubic millimeters (mm3) =1 cubic centimeter cm3 1,000 cubic centimeters =1 cubic decimeter dm3 1,000 cubic decimeters =1 cubic meter m3 Measures of Capacity 10 milliliters (ml) =1 centiliter cl 10 centiliters =1 deciliter dl 10 deciliters =1 liter 1 10 liters =1 dekaliter Dl 10 dekaliters =1 hektoliter HI 10 hektoliters =1 kiloliter Kl NOTE — The liter is equal to the volume occupied by 1 cubic decimeter.
Page 276 - 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.