A Primary Arithmetic

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C. Scribner's sons, 1910 - Arithmetic - 224 pages
 

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Page 110 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 135 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 212 - Smith's schoolroom there is a window box 30 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of soil will it hold ? 19. A stone step is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 1 foot high. Its volume is cubic feet. 20. How many cubic feet in a piece of ice 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet thick ? 21. What is the volume of a stick of timber 1 foot wide, 1 foot thick, and 18 feet long? 22. How many cubic feet of earth must be removed in digging a cellar 18 feet long, 15 feet wide, and...
Page 39 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 195 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 129 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Page 28 - DIVIDING BY 3: REMAINDERS Oral 1. Divide each of these numbers by 3, giving quotients and remainders : 4 14 11 25 7 28 16 19 31 26 5 22 17 10 8 13 20 29 23 32 2. Use 2 as a divisor. NOTE. Pupils should be shown that all work in division involving a remainder may be proved by multiplying the quotient by the divisor and adding the remainder to that product. Require the proving of work until accuracy becomes a habit.
Page 118 - ... 70 = 50 + 20, and is written . 7. Write the numbers from 71 to 79. 80 = 50 + 30, and is written 8. Write the numbers from 81 to 89. 90 = 100 - 10, and is written XC. 9. Write the numbers from 91 to 99. 10. 100 is written . Write 200 ; 300 ; 400. 11. 500 is written . Write 600 ; 700 ; 800 ; 900. 12. 1000 is written . Write 2000 ; 3000. 13. Read these numbers : XIV LXXI XXXIII LXII XVIII XXVIII LXXXIV XIII CIX XXIV XLI XXIX XIX XCIX XLV Write in Roman numerals : 1. Your age. 2. The hour of the...
Page 135 - ... is division. The number to be divided is the dividend. The number by which we divide is the divisor. The result of the division is the quotient. The sign of division is -5- , and is read divided by.
Page 113 - Ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand ; and, generally, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order.

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