The Model Elementary Arithmetic: Including Oral and Written Exercises |
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24 acres acres of land ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-1 angles apples barrels of flour bought bushels called cents coal column contained cords cubic inches decimal fraction decimal orders decimal point Define denom Denominate Number Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal numbers equals what number equivalent fractions farm feet figures Find cost foot fourth gallons gentleman given number grains greatest common divisor hogsheads hour hundred hundredths improper fraction integer least common denominator least common multiple less miles million mills minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of decimal number of equal ORAL oranges ounces paid parallelogram pecks pennyweights pints pounds prime factors principle PROCESS quarts quires quotient reams receive Reduce remainder rods sextants sheep sold SOLUTION square subtract subtrahend tens tenths third thousand thousandths tons weeks wheat worth Write written yards of cloth
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Page 169 - 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 164 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 195 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 173 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 114 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 119 - Both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 67 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
Page 165 - 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 173 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 153 - 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.