The Rudiments of Written Arithmetic: Containing Slate and Black-board Exercises for Beginners and Designed for Graded Schools |
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12 cents 12 leaves 13 leaves 50 cents acres acres of land ANALYSIS annex barrels of flour bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents a bushel cents a pound ciphers column common denominator common fraction contained cords of wood currency decimal places decimal point dimes dividend division divisor dollar a bushel dollar a yard dollars a barrel Dry Measure equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed factors farmer figure following numbers fractional unit gallons given number grocer bought hogshead horses hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integer leaves 9 long ton lowest terms Measure miles mills minuend mixed number molasses month multiplicand Multiply paid pints quarts quotient Reduce remainder right hand simple numbers sold square miles Subtract subtrahend TABLE tens thousand thousandths United States money weighing whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Page 142 - 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 41 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Page 139 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 131 - Farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 Penny d. 12 Pence " 1 Shilling s, 20 Shillings
Page 114 - 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 9 - If a letter of any value be placed before one of greater value, its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, IX represents nine, XL forty, CD four hundred.
Page 130 - TABLE. 10 mills (m.) make 1 cent ct. 10 cents " 1 dime d. 10 dimes " 1 dollar $. 10 dollars
Page 60 - PROOF. Multiply the divisor and quotient together, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; if the result be equal to the dividend, the work is correct.
Page 135 - A Gunter's Chain, used by land surveyors, is 4 rods or 66 feet long, and consists of 100 links. TABLE. % 7.92 inches (in.) make 1 link, 1. 25 links " 1 rod, rd. 4 rods, or 66 feet, " 1 chain . .ch. 80 chains
Page 136 - Measure is used in computing areas or surfaces ; as of land, boards, painting, plastering, paving, etc. TABLE. 144 Square Inches (sq. in.) make 1 Square Foot sq. ft. 9 Square Feet " 1 Square Yard sq. yd. 30} Square Yards " 1 Square Rod sq. rd. ' 160 Square Rods