Higher Arithmetic: Including Easy Algebraic Equations and Simple Geometrical ProblemsD.C. Heath & Company, 1898 - 394 pages |
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30 days acres altitude angle bank base bill bought bushels carpet circle circumference compound interest containing convex surface cubic cubic foot decimal Deduct degrees diameter discount Divide divisor dollars Draw equal equilateral triangle Examination Questions Face of note feet long feet wide fence Find the amount Find the area Find the cost Find the interest Find the value fraction frustum gain per cent gallons greatest common divisor horses hypotenuse inches wide isosceles triangle June least common multiple length longitude loss marked price meters miles months Multiply Oral Problems ounces paid par value payment perpendicular piece pounds Principal prism proceeds profit pyramid quotient radius ratio receive remainder rhombus right-angled triangle rods second number Selling price slant height Slate Exercises Slate Problems sold square pyramid square root square yards subtract worth
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Page 808 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year 12 months (mo.) = 1 year 10 years = 1 decade 10 decades or \ , , , „ , 1=1 century (cen. or U.) 100 years / J v ' Thirty days has September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, To which we twenty-eight assign, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 807 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 807 - Linear Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5£ yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu.
Page 811 - THE UNITED STATES RULE. Find the amount of the principal to the time when the payment, or sum of the payments, equals or exceeds the interest. From this amount deduct the payment or sum of the payments.
Page 724 - MEASURE. 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.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 587 - First of Exchange (Second unpaid), pay to the order of John W.
Page 807 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr) . 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples 1 dram (3) 8 drams 1 ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (ft) Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. The grain, the ounce, and the pound apothecaries' weight are the same as the corresponding denominations of troy weight.
Page 793 - A right prism is one whose lateral edges are perpendicular to the bases.
Page 534 - How much will it cost to plaster the walls and ceiling of a room 16 ft. 3' long, 14 ft. 2
Page 807 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES