First Book in Arithmetic: Including Oral and Written Exercises

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Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1874 - Arithmetic - 168 pages
 

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Page 156 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 157 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 149 - Measure is used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet — 1 rod (rd.).
Page 54 - 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 117 - ... to the right of the 1 hundred. Then 3 is contained in 14, 4 times and a remainder. Write the 4 in the quotient, multiply the divisor by it, and subtract the product 12 from 14, and the remainder is 2 tens or 20 units, to which add the 7 units of the dividend, making 27. 3 is contained in 27, 9 times. Multiplying and subtracting as before, nothing remains. PROOF : 149 x 3 = 447. The work may be shortened very much by what is termed Short Division, as follows : 3 is contained in 4, once and 1 remainder...
Page 122 - ... and if the difference between the partial dividend and the product of the divisor by the quotient figure is greater than the divisor, the quotient figure is too small.
Page 155 - A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, contains 1 cord.
Page 159 - Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels, and in philosophical experiments. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight. pwt. 20 Pennyweights " 1 Ounce oz. 12 Ounces
Page 107 - Multiplication is the process of taking one of two numbers as many times as there are units in the other.
Page 115 - ... 9 times 2 in 2 1 time 2 in 4 2 times 2 in 6 3 times 2 in 8 4 times 2 in 10 5 times...

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