Graded School Arithmetic, Volume 1

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Whitaker and Ray Company, Incorporated, 1903 - Arithmetic
 

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Page 132 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator; as, f, f.
Page 159 - 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 154 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 101 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 159 - TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (h.) 24 hours = 1 day (d...
Page 156 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES
Page 152 - TABLE. 144 square inches (sq. in.) . . . = 1 square foot . . . . sq. ft 9 square feet = 1 square yard . . . . sq. yd. 30i square yards = 1 square rod . . . . sq. rd. 160 square rods = 1 acre A. 640 acres = 1 square mile . . . . sq. mi.
Page 107 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 152 - SURVEYOR'S SQUARE MEASURE 625 square links (sq. li.) =1 square rod sq. rd. 16 square rods =1 square chain sq. ch. 10 square chains =1 acre A. 640 acres =1 square mile sq. mi.
Page 112 - Multiplying or dividing both Dividend and Divisor by the same number does not change the Quotient.

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