A First Course in the New Mathematics

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Allyn and Bacon, 1928 - Mathematics - 352 pages
 

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Page 341 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 340 - Measures of Length 10 millimeters (mm) =1 centimeter cm 10 centimeters =1 decimeter dm 10 decimeters =1 meter m 10 meters =1 dekameter Dm 10 dekameters =1 hektometer Hm 10 hektometers =1 kilometer Km...
Page 341 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk...
Page 340 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 340 - Linear Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet...
Page 271 - Spaces above this line are for the Postmaster's record, to be filled in by him. Application for Domestic Money Order Spaces below to be filled in by purchaser, or, if necessary, by another person for him Amount...
Page 7 - General Washington was born in 1732, and died in 1799: how old was he when he died?
Page 271 - Postmaster will insert here the office drawn on, when the office named by the remitter in the body of this application is not a Money Order Office.
Page 131 - In the course of your arithmetic and laboratory work you have learnt the following rule: To find the number of square units in the area of a rectangle, multiply together the numbers of units in the length and breadth of the rectangle.
Page 26 - A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, •£, -f , f. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, f, -f.

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