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11 less 12 cents 12 dollars 12 less 24 cents 9 less acres apples Arithmetic AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT bought bushels called cents a pound cents apiece column added column exceeds 9 cost cubic currency denominations denotes dividend divisor dollars apiece drams DRY MEASURE equal expressing numbers farthings feet fifths figure divided fourths fraction furlongs gallons gals given number halves hand figure hhds hogsheads inches leaves left hand less 9 LESSON II LESSON VII Long Division lower number MEASURE miles mixed number month multiplicand multiplier contains Note.-The Operation oranges ounces peaches pears pence pennyweights pints proceed pupil pwts quarters quarts quotient figure Recite the Table Reduce REDUCTION ASCENDING remainder after dividing right hand rods sevenths sheet folded shil shillings apiece Short Division slate sold square subtracted tenth thirds thousand tons TROY WEIGHT units whole number write the numbers yards
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Page 59 - Next multiply the divisor by this figure and subtract the product from the figures divided ; to the right of the remainder bring down the next figure of the dividend and divide this number as before.
Page 78 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.
Page 59 - Multiply the divisor by the quotient figure, and subtract the product from the figures of the dividend used, and to the remainder annex the next figure of the dividend. Find how many times the divisor is contained in the number thus formed ; write the figure denoting it at the right hand of the former quotient figure.
Page 52 - When the multiplier contains more than one figure. Multiply each figure of the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier separately...
Page 73 - ... 2J inches (in.} make 1 nail, marked na. 4 nails, or 9 in. " 1 quarter of a yard, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 yard,
Page 71 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight
Page 48 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 x 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35.