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acres amount average barrels base bill bought bushels centimeters cents Change common fraction common multiple compound interest contain cord cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot decimal fraction decimeters denominator derived the following diameter Divide dividend divisible divisor dollars dry measure equal Explanation feet long figures Find the difference Find the interest flour foot frustum gain gallons given number gold greatest common factor height hundred hundredths ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE integer least common multiple length measure meters miles million mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE numbers expressed Oral Exercises ounce paid payable payment pounds prime factors principal pyramid quart quotient ratio remainder rods Rule sell sides slant height Slate sold square feet square root subtract tens tenths thousand thousandths triangle units weighing worth write WRITTEN yards
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Page 38 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 138 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 76 - A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 109 - Change the dividend and divisor to fractions having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Invert the expression of the divisor and proceed as in multiplication of fractions.
Page 286 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 176 - Measures of Length. 10 millimeters (mm.) 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters 1 meter (m.) 10 meters 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters 1 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.
Page 143 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 307 - It will thus be seen that what we call a year is nearly 6 hours less than the true year, and 4 such years nearly one day less than 4 true years. To rectify this error, 366 days are allowed to one year in every 4 years.
Page 279 - To find the Area of a Triangle when the Three Sides are given. Rule. — From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side separately. Multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and extract the square root of the product.
Page 181 - Capacity 10 milliliters (ml) =1 centiliter cl 10 centiliters =1 deciliter dl 10 deciliters =1 liter 1 10 liters =1 dekaliter Dl 10 dekaliters =1 hektoliter HI 10 hektoliters =1 kiloliter Kl NOTE — The liter is equal to the volume occupied by 1 cubic decimeter.