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12 feet 18 feet long 9 feet acres acres of land barrel of flour benches bushels cents a quart contained cranberries cubic feet dealer bought dealer sold DICTATION EXERCISE dozen Eight hundred eighty-four thousand eighty-seven cents equal numbers feet high feet wide figures and add Find Five hundred floor Four hundred fourths gain gallons half inches hundred eight hundred eighty-four hundred forty-six hundred nine hundred ninety-six hundred thirty-eight hundred twenty-seven inches long inches wide long and 9 lot of land marbles miles an hour minuend Multiply Nine thousand ninety ninety-nine ninths oilcloth pecks pencils pieces pints pounds pupils Read these numbers receive rectangle remainder schoolroom seats sell Seven hundred seventy-five cents sheep six hundred sixths sixty-three square feet square foot square inches square yards tens third Three hundred units walk weeks whole circle Write in figures yards long yards of cloth
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Page 252 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 250 - Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5...
Page 254 - Earth on its axis, the latter by its revolution round the sun. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute, marked min. 60 minutes " 1 hour, " hr. 24 hours " 1 day, " d. 7 days " 1 week, " wk. 4 weeks " 1 lunar month,
Page 130 - Multiplication is the process of multiplying one number by another. The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Page 199 - The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number by which the dividend is divided is called the divisor.
Page 199 - Division is finding how many times one number is contained in another, or finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 184 - ... dollars a head, and 9 lambs at 2 dollars each ; how many dollars did he receive for all ? 3. What will be the cost of 5 pounds of coffee at 15 cents a pound, and 14 pounds of rice at 6 cents a pound ? 4. If two persons start from the same point, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 6 miles an hour, and the other 4 miles an hour, how far apart will they be in 7 hours ? in 9 hours ? in 12 hours ? 5. If they travel in the same direction, how far apart will they be in 5 hours ? in...
Page 152 - Then it should be simplified. This may be done by substituting smaller numbers, or by separating it into parts and making a distinct question of each of the parts. Suppose the question were this...
Page 248 - Cgi.) = 1 pint (pt.). 2 pints — 1 quart (qt.). 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.). Щ gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.).