The Pupils' Arithmetic: Bk. VI.Macmillan Company, 1913 |
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altitude apothem bank barrel base bill bought boys bushel cash ciphers common fraction compound interest convex surface cubic decimal fraction denominator discount distance Divide dividend divisor draft equals EQUATION AND FORMULA factor Find the amount Find the area Find the cost Find the gain Find the number Find the rate Find the selling Find the value gain per cent greatest common divisor hour indorsed least common multiple length longitude meridian meter method of finding Metric System mixed number Multiply number of days ORAL EXERCISES original number paid payable payment population pound prime meridian prism Process pupils pyramid ratio received rectangle Reduce Represent RULE selling price Sept slant height sold square root Subtract triangle U. S. money unit week weight whole number width worth WRITTEN EXERCISES WRITTEN PROBLEMS
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Page ii - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 369 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.
Page 392 - Pythagorean theorem states that the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
Page iii - 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 158 - 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 hektometer (Hm.) 10 hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) Measures of Surface 100 sq.
Page 45 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page v - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 107 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page i - Linear Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5...
Page 80 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.