The Silver-Burdett Arithmetics: Book 1-, Book 1Silver, Burdett and Company, 1913 - Arithmetic |
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$5 bills 25 cents answers at sight bill bought boxes bushels bushels of oats cars cents a pound cents a yard Copy and add Copy and divide corn crosses decimal point denominator dimes are worth dozen DRY MEASURES earn eggs equal farmer figures the number Find the cost Find the weight five four fraction gallon gingham girls half dollar horses hour hand hundreds hundredths MEASURES minute hand points minutes past missing numbers month muslin Name at sight Name results Name the answers nine number ending number is called packages paid pecks pencils piece of money pint planted plums pounds of sugar practice say quarter dollar quarts rapidly the answer Read rectangle rings rows selling seven sold spools square inches squares less strokes supplying the missing Table tell thousand trees units week weighs whole number Write in figures WRITING NUMBERS written
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Page 127 - Draw an oblong 3 in. long and 2 in. wide. Divide it into square inches. How many square inches are there in the oblong ? What is the area of the oblong ? How many 3 sq.
Page 264 - A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high is called a cord of wood.
Page 211 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value.
Page 192 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 224 - To divide a fraction by a whole number. Divide the numerator or multiply the denominator by the whole number.
Page 210 - A fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator is an improper fraction.
Page 192 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or, it is the process of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 219 - To multiply a fraction by a whole number. Multiply the numerator, or divide the denominator by the whole number.