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15 dwts 9 oz acres added Austrian Empire AVOIRDUPOIS bought bush cent contains cubic denominator divided dividend division divisor DRY MEASURE eight hundred eightpence eighty-one Example Express farthings fifty-four figure Find the L.C.M. Find the value forty-three fourpence gallons gals gills guineas half-crowns halfpenny Hence hundred and eleven hundred and five hundred and thirty-one improper fraction inches least common multiple MARCUS WARD'S MEASURE miles millions mixed number multiply nine hundred nineteen ounces pence penny places poles pounds three qrts quantity quotient recurring decimals Reduce remainder seventeen shillings sixpence sixty-three square Subtract tenpence tens thirty thousand five hundred thousand four hundred thousand one hundred thousand three hundred thousandths three thousand three-farthings threepence tons TROY WEIGHT twelve twopence units vulgar fractions weigh whole number yards دو وو
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Page 66 - 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.
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Page 156 - To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
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Page 60 - I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?
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Page 66 - Thirty days have September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Has twenty-eight ; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 64 - 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 65 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.