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12 cents 18 feet 9 cents acres of land apples barrels cost barrels of flour bill Board Foot bought boys bushels cents a pound ciphers common denominator common divisor common fraction common multiple contains cords of wood cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimal point dimes dividend division dollar dozen earn equal feet wide figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the product Find the sum following numbers fourths gained by selling gallons greatest common divisor Hence hundred-thousand hundredths improper fractions inches wide Inductive Exercises integer James least common multiple miles minuend mixed numbers months move the decimal multiplicand NOTE ORAL EXERCISES paid pecks piece place-name pounds cost quotient ream remainder smallest terms sold Solution square feet square yard Subtract subtrahend ten-thousands tens tenths thousand thousandths tons of coal week weighing write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards cost
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Page 120 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 55 - Division is finding how many times one number is contained in another; or It is finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 74 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 92 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 150 - 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 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 148 - Measures are those used in measuring lines and distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) are 1 foot, ft. 3 feet " 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards, or 16J feet
Page 45 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 86 - A bill is Receipted when its payment is acknowledged in writing by the creditor, or by some one authorized to sign for him. NOTE. M. stands for " thousand
Page 67 - To divide a number by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left. Thus 7 + 100 = 0.07 or .07.