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25 cents 50 cents abstract number acres Annexing apples Avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of wheat called cancellation cents a pound ciphers containing decimal places decimal point DENOMINATE NUMBERS Divide dividend and divisor Division dollars earn eight exact divisors exact quotient Explanation Find the cost Find the sum Find the value five four gain gallons given number Greatest Common Divisor Hence horses hundred hundredths improper fractions INDUCTIVE STEPS integer LESSON long ton lowest terms miles million mills minuend mixed numbers Multiplicand Multiply nine ORAL EXERCISES paid pennyweight pounds of sugar prime factors PRINCIPLE Process pupils quarts Reduce remainder sell seven sheep short ton sold stars subtract subtrahend tenths thousand thousandths tons units Vinculum worth WRITTEN EXERCISES WRITTEN PROBLEMS yards of cloth
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Page 222 - 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 229 - 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 224 - 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 225 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 228 - 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 149 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 114 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 221 - Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 230 - In counting many kinds of articles we use these measures : 12 things = 1 dozen (doz.) 12 dozen = 1 gross (gr.) 12 gross = 1 great gross (G. gr.) 20 things = 1 score...
Page 149 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.