Complete Intellectual Arithmetic: Adapted to Classes in Grammar Schools and AcademiesClark & Maynard, 1880 - 168 pages |
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Page 94 - A Cord of wood is a pile 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high ; for 8 x 4 x 4 = 128.
Page 96 - The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Folio.
Page 46 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 136 - A man and a boy start from the same place at the same time, and travel in the same direction ; the...
Page 45 - What is a prime number? composite number? even number? odd number? 3. One number is a Multiple of another when it can be divided by it without a remainder. Thus 8 is a multiple of 2; 15 of 5; 33 of 11. 4. A number is a Common Multiple of two or more numbers when it can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 15 is a common multiple of 3 and 5 ; 16 of 2, 4 and 8; 28 of 4 and 7 ; 54 of 2, 3, 6, 9, 18 and 27. 5. An Aliquot, or even part, is any number which is contained in another number...
Page 93 - NOTE. The units of surface measure, except the acre, are squares, the sides of which are linear units. Thus, a square inch is a square each side of which is one inch in length. Hence, in surface measurement, the scale ascends and descends by squares of the linear units; 144 -122; 9 = 3«; 30}=(5J)8; 272} = (16 J)'.
Page 32 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. 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 152 - How many cubic feet in a pile of wood, 16 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet high ? How many cords ? 73.
Page 101 - LENGTH 10 millimeters (mm.) = i centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters - i decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = i meter (m.) 10 meters = i dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = i hektometer (Hm.) 10 hektometers - i kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = i myriameter (Mm.) SURFACE ioo square millimeters (sq.