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11 leaves 9 leaves acres Answer apiece Arabic Notation Avoirdupois barrel bought bushels buys carry cents and mills column common denominator compound number contained cord cost denoted dividend divisor dollars double eagles drams Dry Measure eagles eight hundred equal EXAMPLE.-Multiply factors farthings federal money feet Find the sum following numbers four hundred fourth gallons Give the rule greater gross half-dimes halves Hence hundred thousand improper fraction leaves 9 Long Ton lowest terms Measure MENTAL EXERCISES merator million minuend MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES mixed number multiplicand naughts nine ounces pennyweights pints pounds quarts quires reams Recite the rule Recite the Table Reduce Reduction Descending remainder rods sells seven SLATE square miles subtrahend third three figures three-cent pieces Three-dollar piece Troy Weight weighing whole is divided whole number worth yards
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Page 88 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 122 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 117 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 124 - 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 120 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 121 - TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart, . . qt. 4 quarts, 1 gallon,. . gal. 36 gallons, 1 barrel, . . bar.
Page 112 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 75 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 111 - Weight This is used to. some extent in filling prescriptions. The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in troy weight, but the ounce is divided differently. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple . . . sc. or 3 3 scruples = 1 dram . . . dr. or 3 8 drams = 1 ounce . . . oz. or 5 12 ounces = 1 pound . . . Ib. or ft Apothecaries...
Page 50 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.