The New Stone-Millis Arithmetics

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How to get skill in multiplication
16
Checking multiplication
17
Buying and selling fruit and vegetables
18
Home and school problems
20
Multiplying by numbers ending in zeros
21
Multiplying dollars and cents by 10 100 and 1000
22
How to get skill in division
23
The meaning of division
24
How to get skill in long division
25
Checking division
26
Dividing by numbers ending in zeros
27
Dividing numbers representing dollars and cents by 10
28
CHAPTER PAGE 4 Fractions including eighths
37
Comparing halves fourths and eighths
40
Exercises in halves fourths eighths and sixteenths
42
Naming the terms of a fraction
44
Mixed numbers
45
Practical problems with fractions
49
Thirds sixths and ninths
50
Exercises in fractions
52
Fractional parts of whole numbers
55
Multiplying by mixed numbers
56
Bills
59
ORGANIZING AND REVIEwing FractiONS
63
Reduction of fractions
68
Adding and subtracting fractions
71
Improper fractions and mixed numbers
73
Boys and girls foodproducing clubs
77
Fourminute tests in addition of fractions
78
Fourminute tests in subtracting mixed numbers
79
Canceling out common factors
81
Multiplying an integer by a fraction
82
The meaning of multiplication by a fraction
83
Multiplying by a mixed number
84
Multiplying a fraction by a fraction
85
Multiplying a mixed number by a fraction or by another mixed number
87
Division of fractions
95
The division of a fraction by a fraction
97
Dividing any number by any other number
98
and
100
Finding averages
102
A review of multiplication and division
104
Comparing halves and fourths 3 Writing more than one fractional unit 31 31 32
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Page 118 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 112 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 139 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.
Page 188 - In a decimal system ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order.
Page 108 - MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30 J square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 67 - Both terms of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 279 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 177 - Divide as in the division of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.
Page 279 - ) = 1 foot (ft. or ') 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 16.5 feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1760 yards = 1 mile 5280 feet = 1 mile...
Page 268 - How many rivets each weighing 2 oz. can be made from a 12-ft. bar of iron weighing £ lb. to the foot ? 16. One year Montana produced 30,820,000 pounds of wool. If this was T2y of the total production of the United States that year, how much did all other states produce ? 17.

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