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12 rods 16 feet 30 days acres added amount answer Arithmetic arithmetical series barrels of flour beam Boston Bought bushels cents per bushel cents per lb ciphers circle circumference common difference Complete the sq complete the square containing cord cost cube root cubic inches decametre decimal denominator divide divisible dolls dozen equal example Federal money feet long figure foot fourth gain per cent gallon greatest common divisor half hundredths hypotenuse improper fraction inches in diameter interest least common multiple lowest terms miles minuend months 18 days Multiply obtain payable payment pecks pence perpendicular pounds Present worth proportion quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder right angled triangle SECTION shillings side smaller sold solid square miles square rods square root subtract tenths third Troy weight twice vulgar fraction weight whole number
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Page 143 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 37 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.).
Page 53 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 196 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 105 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, that the third has to the fourth, when any equimultiples whatever of the first and...
Page 36 - TABLE. 16 drams, (drs.) make • 1 ounce, - marked - oz. 16 ounces ----- 1 pound, ----- Ib. 28 pounds ----- 1 quarter, ----- qr. 4 quarters ----- 1 hundred weight, - - cwt. 20 hundred weight - - 1 ton, ------ T.
Page 77 - Should the rate be any other than 6 per cent, first find the interest at 6 per cent...
Page 217 - Ttíe logs may be 12 to 24 ft. long, in piles 5 or 6 ft. high, 9 ft. wide at the bottom, and 2 ft. wide at the top.
Page 126 - ... the next figure of the dividend. Find how many times the divisor is contained in the number thus formed; write the figure denoting it at the right hand of the former quotient figure.
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