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acres altitude amount annuity bank barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of wheat called cents a pound ciphers common fraction compound interest contained cords cost cows cube root cubic decimal diameter discount divided dividend dollars draft earn equal exact divisor EXPLANATION expressed farm farmer feet long figures Find frustum gain gallons greatest common divisor Hence horse hundred improper fractions inches integers invested least common least common denominator least common multiple longitude measure merchant miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplied paid payable payment piece premium prime factors principal purchased quotient receive Reduce remainder rods sell share sheep similar fractions slant height sold square square miles subtracted tens thousand units week weight wide worth WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 419 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 417 - 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 367 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 208 - 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 434 - If there he after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 459 - ... together with graphic pictures of their native peoples, just as they are found to-day in their homes and at their work. This has been done in such simple language and charming manner as to make each chapter as entertaining as a story.
Page 368 - Weighted average is used in this report to indicate discharge-weighted average. It is computed by multiplying the discharge for a sampling period by the concentrations of individual constituents for the corresponding period and dividing the sum of the products by the sum of the discharges.
Page 421 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces =1 pound. (Ib.) Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines.
Page 428 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 329 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.