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12 cents 12 dollars 20 dollars 20 per cent acres added amount ANALYSIS apiece apples ARITHMETIC barrel of flour bought boys build bushels called cents a pound common contained cords of wood corn cost denominator difference dimes distance divided dozen earn eggs eighths equal farm farmer feet fifths fourth fraction gain gallons gave give given grocer half halves head Henry horse interest James John land less lose lost lowest terms marbles merchant miles months multiply ninths oats oranges paid pair peaches person piece pints pound cost principal quarts receive Reduce remainder rods sell sevenths share sheep shillings sixths sold sugar TABLE taken tenths third tons trees twelfths twice units walk weeks whole worth yard cost yards yards of cloth
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Page 45 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 64 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht.
Page 51 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 45 - TABLE OF ENGLISH MONEY. 4 farthings (far.) make 1 penny, d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings
Page 49 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 52 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 50 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 71 - If it take 4J- yards of cloth for a coat, 2-J- yards for a pair of pantaloons, and ^ of a yard for a vest, how many yards of cloth will it take for the whole ? 14. If a man walk 12-| miles in the forenoon and 10| miles in the afternoon, how many miles does he walk during the day ? 15.
Page 44 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 39 - If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will it take 9 men to do the same ? ANALYSIS.
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| Title | Robinson's Progressive Intellectual Arithmetic, on the Inductive Plan: Being a Sequel to the Progressive Primary Arithmetic ... Robinson's mathematical series |
| Author | Horatio Nelson Robinson |
| Publisher | Ivison, Blakeman and Company, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 8 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 176 pages |
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