The Essentials of Arithmetic, Oral and Written, Book 1 |
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Page 183 - TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (h.) 24 hours = 1 day (d...
Page 184 - 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 183 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 184 - 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...
Page 89 - In a school there are 12 classes and an average of 50 pupils in a class. If every one in the school should make 500 straight marks on each side of his slate, how many would be made in all?
Page 183 - MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires - 1 ream.
Page 148 - Multiplying or dividing both Dividend and Divisor by the same number, does not change the Quotient.
Page 38 - I must carry — pailful s to fill a vessel holding 81 quarts. 7. How many quarts in a peck ? In 9 pecks ? 8. I know there are — days in 9 weeks, because 9 weeks contain 9 times as many days as — . 9. Charlie is 9 years old, and his father is 4 times as old ; so his father must be — years old. 10. Add 7 9's together, and we have — , for 7 x 9 = — . 11.
Page 175 - How many cubic feet of earth will be removed in digging a cellar 20 ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and 9 ft.