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Page 322 - 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 188 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 585 - Write the answers on the paper directly underneath the examples. You are not expected to be able to do them all: You will be marked for both speed and accuracy, but it is more important to have your answers right than to try a great many examples.
Page 348 - 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 322 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 209 - Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier.
Page 77 - 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 470 - ... promissory note' inserted in the body of the instrument and expressed in the language employed in drawing up the instrument; 2. an unconditional promise to pay a determinate sum of money; 3. a statement of the time of payment; 4. a statement of the place where payment is to be made; 5. the name of the person to whom or to whose order payment is to be made; 6.
Page 350 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 322 - TABLE 13. = 1 minute min. = 1 hour hr. = 1 day da. = 1 week wk. = 1 common year ... yr. = 1 leap year. = 1 century.