A Brief Course in Arithmetic: Oral and Written : on the Basis of Works by Benjamin Greenleaf |
Other editions - View all
A Brief Course in Arithmetic: Oral and Written Benjamin Greenleaf,Henry Bartlett Maglathlin Limited preview - 2024 |
A Brief Course in Arithmetic: Oral and Written Benjamin Greenleaf,Henry Bartlett Maglathlin Limited preview - 2024 |
Common terms and phrases
11 yards 16 feet long acres apples barrels of flour board foot bought bushels of corn bushels of wheat cake cents a pound Change column common denominator common fraction containing cord feet cords of wood cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimal point denominate numbers divided dividend division divisor dollars dry measures eight equal expressed feet 6 inches feet wide Find foot four hundred fourths gallons horse hundredths improper fraction integer or mixed melon miles mills minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply ORAL EXERCISES orders of units ounces paid path 15 pecks pennyweights Proper Fraction quarts quotient range of wood rectangular volume Reduce Reduction Ascending remainder sell sheep sixths smallest terms sold Solution square miles square rods square yards subtract subtrahend ten-thousandths tens tenths thirds thousandths tons of coal WRITTEN EXERCISES yards of cloth
Popular passages
Page 136 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 139 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 137 - 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 183 - A farmer, being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that he had them in 4 pastures ; in the first he had ,' of his flock ; in the second ^ ; in the third £; and in the fourth 15; how many sheep had he ? 175.
Page 135 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 107 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 138 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 86 - A whole number may be expressed in a fractional form, by writing 1 under it, for a denominator. Thus, 2 may be written f, and read, 2 ones. 3 " f,
Page 111 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.