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acre produces average barrel board measure bought called centimeters cistern column common fraction compound interest COMPOUND QUANTITIES contains cube root cubic centimeter cubic foot decimal places decimal point diameter digits discount divided dividend division divisor dollars equal expressed figures Find the cost Find the difference Find the number Find the product Find the value flour four gallons given number Hence horses hour hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integral number invested least common multiple length longitude minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of bushels number of days paid payment pounds prime factors principal quart quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder result rods Rule for finding selling sold specific gravity square miles square root Subtract subtrahend tens thick thousand thousandths tons weight whole number wide worth write zeros
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Page 170 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2 barrels...
Page 181 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig.
Page 178 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 168 - 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 126 - When necessary, reduce the fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend, from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference of the new numerators over the common denominator.
Page 108 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 95 - ... and so on until the quotient is itself a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient are the prime factors.
Page 160 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 185 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units