Bradbury's, Eaton's Practical Arithmetic: Combining Oral and Written ExercisesThompson, Brown, 1885 - 396 pages |
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absolute difference acre amount barrels of flour bill bought bushels centimeters cents a pound common denominator common fraction compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cost cube root decimal point decimeters diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal feet high feet long figure Find gain gallon Give the Rule given number greatest common divisor hektoliters Hence horse hundred hundredths improper fraction July kilos least common denominator least common multiple liters longitude lower denominations lowest terms Mdse measure miles mills minuend mixed number months Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION Oral Exercises paid payment prime factors principal quarts quotient ratio rectangle rectangular prism Reduce remainder sell Sept sold specific gravity square miles square rods square root subtract thousand thousandths tons units weight wide worth Written Exercises
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Page 136 - 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...
Page 39 - If the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend which is left is called the REMAINDER.
Page 64 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30.
Page 140 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 142 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 259 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 119 - In the metric system, the unit of length is the meter, which is one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
Page 135 - ... 640 acres = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) = 1 acre (A.) = 1 square mile (sq. mi.) Square measure is used in measuring surfaces.
Page 257 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 77 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.