First Book in Arithmetic: Including Oral and Written Exercises

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Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1874 - Arithmetic - 168 pages
 

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Page 155 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 147 - Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5...
Page 54 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 154 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 160 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 117 - ... to the right of the 1 hundred. Then 3 is contained in 14, 4 times and a remainder. Write the 4 in the quotient, multiply the divisor by it, and subtract the product 12 from 14, and the remainder is 2 tens or 20 units, to which add the 7 units of the dividend, making 27. 3 is contained in 27, 9 times. Multiplying and subtracting as before, nothing remains. PROOF : 149 x 3 = 447. The work may be shortened very much by what is termed Short Division, as follows : 3 is contained in 4, once and 1 remainder...
Page 145 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 90 - Л о л mence at the right to multiply. 4 times 3 units are 12 units, or 1 ten and 2 units. Write the 2 units in units place and reserve the 1 ten to add to the product of the tens.
Page 115 - ... 9 times 2 in 2 1 time 2 in 4 2 times 2 in 6 3 times 2 in 8 4 times 2 in 10 5 times...
Page 153 - A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, contains 1 cord.

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