Everyday Arithmetic, Book 3Houghton Mifflin, 1920 - Arithmetic |
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... dollars is spent in equipping a printing - room for a school . The press costs $ 266 ; the cases for type , $ 30 ; the case stands , $ 45 ; the composing table , $ 40 . Find the cost of these ar- ticles . 5. For type , the school spends ...
... dollars is spent in equipping a printing - room for a school . The press costs $ 266 ; the cases for type , $ 30 ; the case stands , $ 45 ; the composing table , $ 40 . Find the cost of these ar- ticles . 5. For type , the school spends ...
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... dollar for a birthday present . Margaret expects to spend 50 ¢ for a new book and to buy 3 handkerchiefs at 25 ¢ apiece . 4. John L. has 75 ¢ on hand . He has an allowance from his father of $ 2.00 a week for carfare and other expenses ...
... dollar for a birthday present . Margaret expects to spend 50 ¢ for a new book and to buy 3 handkerchiefs at 25 ¢ apiece . 4. John L. has 75 ¢ on hand . He has an allowance from his father of $ 2.00 a week for carfare and other expenses ...
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... dollar might be as follows : For food , 5 dimes ; for rent ( or other house expense ) , 2 dimes ; for housekeeping ( heat , light and supplies ) , 1 dime ; for clothing , 1 dime ; for personal expenses ( carfare , etc. ) dime ; for ...
... dollar might be as follows : For food , 5 dimes ; for rent ( or other house expense ) , 2 dimes ; for housekeeping ( heat , light and supplies ) , 1 dime ; for clothing , 1 dime ; for personal expenses ( carfare , etc. ) dime ; for ...
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... dollar bill in paying a carpenter for 51⁄2 hours ' work at the rate of $ 7.20 for an 8 - hour day . 5. Two houses are for rent , one at $ 18.00 a month , requiring for heating an average expense of $ 7.75 a month ; the other at $ 27.50 ...
... dollar bill in paying a carpenter for 51⁄2 hours ' work at the rate of $ 7.20 for an 8 - hour day . 5. Two houses are for rent , one at $ 18.00 a month , requiring for heating an average expense of $ 7.75 a month ; the other at $ 27.50 ...
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... dollars . To interpret such facts and others of im- portance to us as a nation , it is necessary to know how to read and write numbers of twelve figures and more . For convenience , large numbers are divided into periods of three orders ...
... dollars . To interpret such facts and others of im- portance to us as a nation , it is necessary to know how to read and write numbers of twelve figures and more . For convenience , large numbers are divided into periods of three orders ...
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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.