Modern Primary Arithmetic

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D.C. Heath & Company, 1918 - Arithmetic - 252 pages
 

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Page 140 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty-eight; and one day more "We add to it one year in four.
Page 175 - When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend left is called the remainder, and it must be less than the divisor.
Page 241 - TABLE. 144 Square Inches (sq. in.) make 1 Square Foot, 9 Square Feet...
Page 109 - Tlie number divided is the dividend. The number by which we divide is the divisor. The result of division is the quotient. Find the quotients : DIVIDEND DIVISOR DIVIDEND DIVISOR 16.
Page 228 - MEASURE is used in measuring grain, salt, &c. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart. qt. 8 quarts make 1 peck. pk 4 pecks make 1 bushel. bu WINE MEASURE is used by grocers and others, for measuring wine, oil, molasses, and most other liquids.
Page 161 - Written. 1. January, March, May, July, August, October, and December each have 31 days. How many days in all these months ? Find it in two ways. 2. A man in Vermont made 388 qt. of maple sirup. He put it into gallon cans. Question. Answer. 3. Make a problem for $84.50 - $13.27.
Page 29 - ... cents a yard ? 9. How many yards of ribbon will 22 cents buy at 2 cents a yard ? 10. Draw a line 1 yd. long. Divide it into 3 equal parts. What is one of these parts ? 11. Hold your hands one foot apart. Draw a line 1 foot long. Hold your hand one foot above your desk. 12. How many feet high are you ? 1. How many feet are there in 2 yd. ? In 3 yd. ? In 4 yd. ? In 5 yd. ? NOTE. — ft. stands for foot or feet. 2. How many yards in 15 ft. ? 3. A line 6 yd. long is how many feet long ? 4. A line...
Page 223 - MONEY 10 mills make 1 cent. 10 cents make 1 dime. 10 dimes make 1 dollar. 10 dollars make 1 eagle.
Page 229 - ... pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches.
Page 140 - ... eighty-four cents, and ninety-three dollars and sixty-nine cents. 2. What remains when 2 x 36 is taken from 17 x 36 ? 3. What shall I pay for 18 tons of coal, when one ton costs $5.75? 4. Frank Curtis has $ 12.42 ; he spends ^ of it for books.

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