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Page 138 - 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 About 30 days = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year VALUE 10 cents (ct.
Page 133 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 137 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 79 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 136 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 136 - Table. 16 drams (dr.) are 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 100 pounds, 1 hundred-weight, cwt. 20 hundred-weight, . 1 ton, T.
Page 133 - TABLE. 12 inches (in.) are 1 foot, ft. 3 feet " 1 yard, yd. 5$ yds., or 16| ft.
Page 73 - If both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction are multiplied by the same number, or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not changed.
Page 178 - A can do a piece of work in 3 days, B in 4 days, and C in 6 days : in what time will they do it, working together ? 65.
Page 83 - To reduce two or more fractions to a common denominator. A Common Denominator is a denominator common to two or more fractions 1. Reduce ? and 7, to a common denominator.