A Brief Course in Arithmetic: Oral and Written : on the Basis of Works by Benjamin Greenleaf |
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12 cents 18 feet acres of land apples barrels cost barrels of flour bill Board Foot bought bushels carpet cents a pound ciphers common denominator common divisor common fraction common multiple contains cords of wood cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimal point dimes dividend division dollar dozen earn equal feet long feet wide figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the product Find the sum following numbers fourths gained by selling gallons greatest common divisor hundred hundred-thousand hundredths improper fractions inches wide Inductive Exercises integer James least common multiple miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand NOTE ORAL EXERCISES paid pecks piece place-name pounds cost pounds of sugar quotient ream remainder smallest terms sold Solution square feet square yard Subtract subtrahend ten-thousands tens tenths thousand thousandths tons of coal week weighing write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards cost
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Page 74 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 150 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 153 - 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 92 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 120 - Reduce the dividend and divisor, if necessary, to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 33 - S 12.68 in his pocket.book, but spent $ 5.97. How much had he left ? 2. A class of 54 scholars spelled 2486 words and missed 197. How many were spelled right ? 3. Washington died in 1799 at the age of 67. In what year was he born ? 4. The subtrahend is 9478 and the minuend 12401. What is the difference ? Prove it. 5. A gentleman having $ 10,000 bought a house for $ 7425. How much had he left ? 6. Mrs. Wright went to Boston with $20. She bought silk for $ 8.47 and velvet for $ 7.94. How much had she...
Page 93 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Page 45 - 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.
Page 174 - The Rate of interest is the number of hundredths of the principal paid for its use one year.