Practical Arithmetic: Embracing the Science and Application of Numbers

acres amount ANALYSIS.-The annexing apiece apples barrels of flour bill bushels ciphers column common denominator common fraction composite number compound compound interest contained cord cube Currency decimal fraction decimal places decimal point denotes difference discount Divide dividend division dollars equal exact divisor Examples expressed feet figure foot fractional unit gain gallons Give the rule greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horses hundred hundredths improper fraction interest least common multiple longitude measure miles millions mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply the numerator number of things paid par value payment prefixing premium quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder scale selling shillings simple fraction simple numbers sold square subtract subtrahend Table Reversed tens thousand thousandths Troy weight weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth