The First Book of ArithmeticH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1857 |
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12 cents 25 cents 9 cents 9 dollars ABBREVIATED TABLE acres Alfred Hall angle apples ARITHMETIC Avoirdupois barrel basket bought boys bushels bushels of corn called the figure cask cents a-piece cents per lb common denominator common divisor contains cord cost cubic inches decametre dime dollar per yard earn Edward Edward Crane effect of multiplying English shilling father gave flour FULL TABLE gain gallon George give given number greatest common divisor half-dime halves hectometre Hence horse hundred interest large numbers least common multiple LESSON lowest terms measure merator minuend molasses number divided obtained by dividing oranges paid pasture pecks pencils pound prime factors pupil quarts quotient rabbits receive remainder rest Rufus sell sheep sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square subtract Teacher tens third three-cent pieces Troy weight worth write written yards of cloth
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Page 64 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Page 72 - Miscellaneous. 12 things = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 things = 1 score.
Page 69 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 71 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 69 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 83 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 173 - ... woman bought a certain number of apples, at the rate of 2 for a cent, as many more at the rate of 3 for a cent ; and sold them all at the rate of 5 for 2 cents, and by so doing, lost 4 cents. How many of each kind did she buy ? 15. A woman bought a certain number of eggs, at the rate of 3 for a cent, as many more at 4 for a cent ; and sold them out at the rate of 8 for...
Page 140 - 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 63 - 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 140 - A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are integral numbers that are prime to each other.