An elementary course of arithmetic. (With Key).1873 |
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abstract number acre bought called carry ciphers circulating decimal cloth column common divisor common multiple compound quantity contained crowns cubic decimal point divided dred dwts eight hundred eighty-seven equal exactly divisible Example EXERCISE expressed farthings figure Find the cost Find the difference Find the L.C.M. Find the value five hundred florins four hundred fractional units gain gallons given numbers given quantity greatest common divisor guineas half-crowns hectos Hence the following hundred and eight hundred and nine hundredths improper fraction inches least common Least Common Multiple lowest terms miles million mixed number multiplicand Multiply nine hundred pence poles pounds prime factors quotient ratio recurring decimal Reduce remainder result rule seven hundred shillings simple fraction sixpences square yards subtract tens tenths thousandths three hundred tons vulgar fraction weight whole number ΙΟ
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Page 183 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms.
Page 76 - Thirty Days hath September, April, June and November ; February hath Twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have Thirty-one ; Except in Leap Year, — then's the time February's Days are Twenty-nine.
Page 180 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
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Page 71 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 36 - RULE Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, and so on.
Page 179 - Hence we have the the number of yards, by 4, the given denominator, RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator; take the product for a numerator, under which write the given denominator.
Page 165 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.
Page 4 - One of the narratives next in order after monosyllables in an elementary reading book used in the school. A short paragraph from an elementary reading book. Writing Form on black board or slate, from dictation, letters, capital and small, manuscript Copy in manuscript character a line of print, and write from dictation a few common words.
Page 170 - The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.