The High School Arithmetic: Containig All the Matter Usually Presented in a Higher Arithmetic, Analyzed and Practically Applied : with the Most Approved Models and Analyses : for Public Schools and Academies

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A.H. English & Company, 1874 - Arithmetic - 454 pages
 

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Page 221 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year...
Page 213 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 205 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 38 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 54 - ... for the first figure of the quotient. Multiply the divisor by this quotient figure, and subtract the product from those figures of the dividend in which it was contained.
Page 226 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 426 - RULE. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and divide the product by 2.
Page 360 - ... 3 per cent. ? 4£ per cent. ? 5 per cent. ? 6 per cent. ? 7 per cent. ? 7£ per cent. ? 8 per cent.? 9 per cent. ? 10 per cent.
Page 129 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 209 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...

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