The Model Elementary Arithmetic ..., Part 1Eldredge & Brother, 1904 |
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12 cents 45 dollars 9 dollars 9 hundreds 9 yards abstract number acres added bales bought bushels ciphers column of hundreds column of tens column separately cords denominator different numbers divided division Dry Measures earn eight hundred equal EXPLANATION express a number Express by figures figure denotes Find the difference Find the product Find the quotient Find the sum following numbers four hundred gallons greatest common divisor hundred thousand hundred-millions hundred-thousands improper fraction inches integer least common multiple less minuend mixed number Model multiplicand naming numbers nine hundred nine thousand ninety Notation number is expressed number placed numbers expressed orders of units partial dividend partial product partial quotient period pints prime factors proper fraction quarts remainder sell seven hundred seven thousand six hundred sold SOLUTION subtract subtrahend taken ten-millions ten-thousands thousand five three hundred tons units in different week Written Exercises
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Page 117 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 118 - Length 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.
Page 118 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year...
Page 106 - Cut off the ciphers from the right of the divisor, and the same number of figures from the right of the dividend. II. Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.
Page 117 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 50 - RULE. I. Write the subtrahend under the minuend, so that units of the same denomination shall stand under each other.
Page 132 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 119 - MONEY. 10 mills, marked m., . . make 1 cent, . . marked ct. 10 cents " 1 dime, . " d. 10 dimes or 100 cents . " 1 dollar, . " $. 10 dollars " 1 eagle, .
Page 142 - 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. EXAMPLES. 1.
Page 110 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.