The Gilbert Arithmetics, Book 3C.B. Gilbert and Company, 1910 - Arithmetic |
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acres altitude amount apothem assessed average barrel base Base Percentage bonds bought bushels called cent circumference common fraction Company containing cubic feet cubic foot cylinder decimal denominate numbers deposited difference discount divide dividend divisible divisor dollars duty Eighth National Bank equal equation farm figure find the area Find the interest following numbers gallons greatest common divisor improper fractions kilogram least common multiple liter loan longitude measure meters miles minuend mixed number months mortgage Multiply negative quantity ORAL EXERCISES paid par value parallelopiped percentage poll tax pound premium problems quarts quotient ratio receive rectangle Reduce relay race remainder rods savings bank sell share slant height sold SOLUTION Solve square feet square root Subtract surface United whole number wide WRITTEN EXERCISES yard York
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Page 202 - 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 267 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 265 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 193 - 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 267 - 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 22 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 192 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 252 - ... tanks and reservoirs, flow of rivers, dimensions of stone, tonnage of ships, and other places where the cubic yard and foot are used. The thousandth part of the cubic meter (1 cubic decimeter) is called the LITER.