The Common-school Arithmetic: A Practical Treatise on the Science of NumbersCowperthwait & Company, 1869 |
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Page 28 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 239 - A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Page 27 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 66 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 117 - Dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number both divides and multiplies the fraction by that number, and, therefore, docs not alter its value.
Page 31 - WEIGHTS. 10 milligrammes = 1 centigramme. 10 centigrammes = 1 decigramme. 10 decigrammes = 1 gramme. 10 grammes = 1 decagramme. 10 decagrammes = 1 hectogramme. 10 hectogrammes = 1 kilogramme. 10 kilogrammes = 1 myriagramme.
Page 30 - 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 20 - I, stands for one ; V, for five ; X, for ten; L, for fifty ; C, for one hundred ; D, for five hundred ; and M, for one thousand.
Page 109 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor.
Page 236 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.