Everyday Arithmetic, Book 3Houghton Mifflin, 1920 - Arithmetic |
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... computing ; ( 4 ) measurement of the half year's progress . 27. WHAT IS MEANT BY BUSINESS 57 28. SELLING GOODS AT RETAIL ( I. OF CLOTHING 31. SHIPPING GOODS 38 22 • 65 68 NET PROFIT ; II . DISCOUNT ) 29. SELLING GOODS AT WHOLESALE 58 32 ...
... computing ; ( 4 ) measurement of the half year's progress . 27. WHAT IS MEANT BY BUSINESS 57 28. SELLING GOODS AT RETAIL ( I. OF CLOTHING 31. SHIPPING GOODS 38 22 • 65 68 NET PROFIT ; II . DISCOUNT ) 29. SELLING GOODS AT WHOLESALE 58 32 ...
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... computing . 1. COMPUTING ACCURATELY 133 2. SHORT METHODS IN COMPUTING 134 CHAPTER II . COMMON BUSINESS FORMS AIMS : ( 1 ) Knowledge of everyday business forms ; ( 2 ) skill in footing bills , balancing accounts , and insolving other ...
... computing . 1. COMPUTING ACCURATELY 133 2. SHORT METHODS IN COMPUTING 134 CHAPTER II . COMMON BUSINESS FORMS AIMS : ( 1 ) Knowledge of everyday business forms ; ( 2 ) skill in footing bills , balancing accounts , and insolving other ...
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... computing ; ( 4 ) measurement of the half year's progress . 27. WHAT IS MEANT BY BUSINESS 28. SELLING GOODS AT RETAIL ( I. NET PROFIT ; II . DISCOUNT ) 58 29. SELLING GOODS AT WHOLESALE ( COMMISSION ; DISCOUNT ) 30. THE MANUFACTURE AND ...
... computing ; ( 4 ) measurement of the half year's progress . 27. WHAT IS MEANT BY BUSINESS 28. SELLING GOODS AT RETAIL ( I. NET PROFIT ; II . DISCOUNT ) 58 29. SELLING GOODS AT WHOLESALE ( COMMISSION ; DISCOUNT ) 30. THE MANUFACTURE AND ...
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... computing . 1. COMPUTING ACCURATELY 133 2. SHORT METHODS IN COMPUTING 134 CHAPTER II . COMMON BUSINESS FORMS AIMS : ( 1 ) Knowledge of everyday business forms ; ( 2 ) skill in footing bills , balancing accounts , and insolving other ...
... computing . 1. COMPUTING ACCURATELY 133 2. SHORT METHODS IN COMPUTING 134 CHAPTER II . COMMON BUSINESS FORMS AIMS : ( 1 ) Knowledge of everyday business forms ; ( 2 ) skill in footing bills , balancing accounts , and insolving other ...
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... COMPUTING WITH INTEGERS , FRACTIONS , AND DECIMALS 50. PERCENTAGE 265 252 51. APPLICATIONS OF PERCENTAGE 268 52. MEASUREMENTS 49. THE ALGEBRAIC EQUATION AS A TOOL IN SOLVING PROBLEMS . 258 CHAPTER XII . REVIEW : STUDIES IN HOME ...
... COMPUTING WITH INTEGERS , FRACTIONS , AND DECIMALS 50. PERCENTAGE 265 252 51. APPLICATIONS OF PERCENTAGE 268 52. MEASUREMENTS 49. THE ALGEBRAIC EQUATION AS A TOOL IN SOLVING PROBLEMS . 258 CHAPTER XII . REVIEW : STUDIES IN HOME ...
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Page 294 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 291 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year 12 months (mo.) = 1 year 10 years = 1 decade 10 decades or \ , , , „ , 1=1 century (cen. or U.) 100 years / J v ' Thirty days has September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, To which we twenty-eight assign, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand.
Page 214 - WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg.) 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 291 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 290 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 291 - TIME. 60 seconds (sec.)= 1 minute (min.). 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.). 24 hours = 1 day (da.). 7 days = 1 week (wk.). 365 days = 1 common year.
Page 197 - 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 274 - The water from the irrigation ditches is turned on to the land only as needed and those using the water pay for the amount used. The quantity used is commonly measured by the "second-foot" and the "acre-foot." 2 A second-foot is one cubic foot of running water passing a given point in one second. An acre-foot is the volume of water required to cover one acre of land to the depth of one foot.
Page 205 - A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex.