The science and art of arithmetic, by A. Sonnenschein and H.A. Nesbitt. Exercise book, Volume 1 |
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a-week a-year Arithmetic articles cost avoirdupois bags binary scale bought Common Measure containing decimal scale difference Divide dividend divisor dozen drams duodecimal scale eight hundred eleven shillings exact number EXERCISE XI feet Find G.C.M. Find the cost Find the length Find the value five hundred furlong gallon guineas half-crowns inches income Least Common Multiple London money multiplied nine hundred nine shillings nonary octonary scale ounces oxen penny prime number profit Prussian thalers pupils quantity quaternary scale quinary quinary scale quires quotient reams Reduce regiments remainder senary senary scale seven hundred shares sheep Shew shillings and fourpence shillings and ninepence shillings and sevenpence shillings and threepence shillings and twopence sixpence sixteen shillings sold Sonnenschein and Nesbitt's spend square mile subtracted sugar sum of money tenpence tetet thirteen shillings three farthings tons troy undecimal Vulgar Fractions weeks wheel yards yield
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Page 73 - 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 71 - The number or quantity which is to be multiplied is called the MULTIPLICAND, the number by which we multiply is called the MULTIPLIER, and the result is called the PRODUCT. The Multiplier and Multiplicand are often also called FACTORS of the Product.
Page 74 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 65 - LCM ; (e) that one-third of the difference between any number and the sum of its digits is divisible by 3 ; (/) that every prime number but 2 can be made composite by the addition or subtraction of unity...
Page 70 - The circumferences of the fore and hind wheels of a carriage are 13 ft. 9 in. and 16 ft. 6 in. respectively. How far has the carriage travelled when the fore wheel has made 768 more revolutions than the hind wheel?
Page 73 - Measure. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 1 fathom = 2 yards=6 feet 54 yards = 1 rod or pole (po. ) 40 poles, or 220 yards ... =1 furlong (fur.) 8 furlongs, or 1760 yards = 1 mue (m.) Gunter' s Chain (used for Land-measuring).
Page 18 - ... and nineteen ; fifty thousand and fifty; five hundred thousand and fifty; one million, one thousand and ten. (3) Analyse (aloud or in writing) 3052604. (4) Alfred the Great died at the age of 52, AD 901. In what year was he born 1 в (5) William the Conqueror began to reign AD 1066, and reigned 21 years.
Page 73 - OP vOLUME. Solid or Cubic Measure. 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot (c. ft.) 27 cubic feet... = 1 cubic yd. (c. yd.) APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. 20 grains troy = 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 drachm 8 drachms - 1 ounce (troy) MEASURES OP WEIGHT.
Page 72 - The number to be divided, is called the Dividend; that by which we divide, the Divisor.
Page 74 - Ibs = 1 quarter (qr.) 4 quarters, or 112 Ibs. = 1 hundred-weight (cwt). 20 hundred -weight = 1 ton (ton) Troy Weight (-used in weighing Gold and Silver, <tc.). 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dw.t.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.) = 5760 grain