New Elementary Arithmetic: Embracing Mental and Written Exercises, for Beginners

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Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn, 1893 - Arithmetic - 224 pages
 

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Page 141 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 149 - To reduce dollars and cents to cents, or dollars, cents, and mills to mills, remove the dollar mark and decimal point.
Page 139 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, is a cord.
Page 68 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 60 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 53 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 137 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 46 - Thus, in the operation of the first question : 7 times 4 are 28 ; -we write the 8, and add the 2 to the next product; 7 times 6 are 42, and 2 are 44 ; we write 4, and add 4 to the next product ; 7 times 5 are 35, and 4 arc 39 ; answer, 3948.
Page 147 - Rule. — Multiply the number of the highest denomination given by the number required of the next lower denomination to make one of that higher, and to the product add the number, if any, of the lower denomination. Proceed in like manner till the whole is reduced to the required denomination.
Page 133 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail.

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