Complete Graded Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction for Schools and Academies |
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acres altitude amount ANALYSIS.-The apiece barrel base bill bought bushels called ciphers circumference common difference common divisor common fraction compound contained cost cube root cubic decimal point denominator diameter discount divided dividend dollars equal expressed feet gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fractions inches integers interest least common multiple length lowest terms measure meters miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply number of terms OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES paid payment payt pounds premium prime factors principal quarts quotient rate per cent ratio rectangular Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply sell share side sold square root subtract subtrahend tens tenths thousand thousandths tons triangle Troy weight units weight whole numbers wide worth WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 47 - If two men start from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4...
Page 231 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 222 - Subtract the given principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Page 150 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 149 - 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 122 - To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 69 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.
Page 56 - 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 327 - 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 81 - RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 4j to its equivalent improper fraction.