The New American Arithmetic, Part 1E.H. Butler & Company, 1877 - Arithmetic |
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11 leaves 12 cents 125 dollars 16 ounces 20 cents 56 pounds 9 cents 9 dollars 9 leaves 9 square acres AMERICAN AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT barrels of flour barrels of salt boys bushels cents a pound cents a quart cents apiece cord of wood cost 4 dollars costs 10 cents cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches divided dollars a barrel dollars a gallon doubloon drams DRY MEASURE eagles earns eggs cost EPES SARGENT flour cost following numbers gallons of wine gills hogshead horse cost hundred-w't hundred-weight James leaves 9 LESSON long ton marbles Mary merchant bought miles an hour mills Multiply Once ORAL EXERCISES oranges cost pound cost pounds of sugar pupils quire of paper READER Repeat the table rods sheets short ton sign is read slate cost sold square chains square feet square mile square yards tobacco cost tons trees weeks wood cost worth WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Page 58 - How many quarts in 1 peck ? in 2 ? in 3 ? in 4 ? in 5 ? in 6 ? in 7 ? in 8 ? in 9 ? in 10 ? 3.
Page 58 - MEASURE is used by grocers and others, for measuring wine, oil, molasses, and most other liquids. 4 gills (gi.) make 1 pint. pt 2 pints make 1 quart. qt. 4 quarts make 1 gallon. gal. 31^ gallons make 1 barrel. bl. 42 gallons make. 1 tierce. tier. 63 gallons make 1 hogshead. hhd.
Page 24 - Latin word, originally signifying "more," hence "added to." 23. Subtraction is represented by a short horizontal line ( — ), which is called minus. When placed between two numbers, it shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the one before it. Thus, the expression 9 — 4, signifies that 4 is to be subtracted from 9 ; and is read, " 9 minus 4," or
Page 64 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. The expression 6 -H 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3.