The New Normal Written Arithmetic: Designed for Common Schools, Normal Schools, High Schools, Academies, Etc |
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acres amount Arithmetic Avoirdupois bank barrels bill bought bushels called cents CHRISTOPHER SOWER ciphers common divisor common fraction common multiple composite number compound interest contains cost cows cube root cubic decimal denominator diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars draft EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange feet find the rate Find the sum flour frustum gain gallons greatest common divisor hence hundred hundredths inches insured least common multiple longitude measure MENTAL EXERCISES meters method miles minuend minus months Multiply number equals number of terms omitted unless otherwise OPERATION paid par value payable payment Philadelphia pound premium principal quantity quotient ratio receive Reduce reichsmarks remainder rods Rule Rule.-I shares shillings sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square subtract subtrahend SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMPLES tens thousandths units unless otherwise directed weight worth write yard
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Page 161 - 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 156 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 379 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 283 - Sixty days after sight of this FIRST of Exchange (Second and Third unpaid...
Page 314 - Divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts, and the quotient will be the average term of credit, estimated from the date selected.
Page 163 - Numbers. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. Paper. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 155 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 281 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 293 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 142 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.