Primary Arithmetic, Parts 1-2

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Page 43 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 47 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 74 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 35 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 74 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor.
Page 24 - The number from which we subtract is called the minuend; the number subtracted is called the subtrahend ; the result is called the difference or remainder.
Page 92 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and, from the right of the product, point off as many figures for decimals, as there are decimal f laces in the multiplier and multiplicand.
Page 75 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or...
Page 7 - ... two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred six hundred seven hundred...
Page 57 - Multiply the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier successively, beginning with the unit, figure, and write the first figure of each partial product under the figure of the multiplier used, writing down and carrying as in addition.

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