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Very Nice pre-algebra book.
Includes the method of finding square roots of a number by hand.
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Page 113 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 106 - 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 113 - A ship during 4 days' storm at sea changed her longitude 397 geographical miles; how many degrees and minutes did she change ? Ans. 6° 37'. 208. IN COUNTING. 12 units or things... .make.... 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 82 - When necessary, reduce the fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend, from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference of the new numerators over the common denominator.
Page 101 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30£ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 71 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 108 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 193 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.
Page 57 - ... and so on until the quotient is itself a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient are the prime factors.
Page 113 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the Centre.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Grammar School Arithmetic Mathematical text-books |
| Author | George Albert Wentworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ginn, 1889 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | May 4, 2006 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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