Treatise on Mental Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice1848 |
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adding aliquot annum answer avoir avoirdupois weight barrel Belfast Bought contains cubic feet cubic inches Cunningham acres decametre divide dozen dram dwts ells to yards English ells exact multiple EXAMPLE EXAMPLE II Exercises express any quantity farthings find the interest find the price Flemish ells flour French ells furlongs gallons give given number given price Given the price grains guineas halfpence Hence higher denomination interest of money Irish acres long weight loss per cent MEASURE miles Irish months nails penny pound avoirdupois POUND STERLING pound troy pounds as pence pounds as shillings preceding rule price of 20 PROPER FRACTIONS quarter 2 pounds questions quires quotient reams remainder required the price roods round number rupee salary score sell set down twice short weight sixpences sold square perch square yards stones subtract take the pounds TROY WEIGHT week دو وو
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Page 8 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 4 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard...
Page 11 - MEASURE. 10 millimetres = 1 centimetre. 10 centimetres = 1 decimetre. 10 decimetres = 1 metre. 10 metres = 1 decametre. 10 decametres = 1 hectometre. 10 hectometres = 1 kilometre.
Page 64 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 11 - English cubic inches. 10 millilitres . . = 1 centilitre; 10 centilitres . . = 1 decilitre; 10 decilitres . . =1 LITRE; 10 Litres . . =1 decalitre; 10 decalitres . . = 1 hectolitre; 10 hectolitres . =1 chilolitre; 10 chilolitres . . =1 myrialitre.
Page 9 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February hath twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one, Except in leap year, at which time February's days are twenty-nine.
Page xviii - MONEY. 4 farthings = 1 penny. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Page 67 - If 9 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how long will it take one man to do the same work ? 4.
Page 8 - The months of the year are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Page 68 - How many days' work can 9 men do in 24 days ? 31. How many days will it take 1 man to perform a piece of work, that 9 men will perform in 24 days ? 32 How many days will it take 1 man to build a piece of road, that 13 men can build in 47 days ? 33. How many men must be employed to do a piece of work in 1 day, that 11 men can perform in 18 days ? 34.