Arithmetic and Its Applications: Designed as a Text Book for Common Schools, High Schools, and Academies |
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9 mo acres of land added amount answer apples barrels bought broadcloth bushels called cents per lb complete quotient compound contain cubic inches debt decimal denominator difference dividend equal equivalent example Explanation flour fourth fraction furlongs gain gallon given number gives greatest common divisor Hence hundredths Illustrations improper fraction indorsement interest June 11 land cost least common multiple lowest terms Mdse method miles minuend months multiple of 11 multiplicand multiplied number is divisible numerator and denominator obtained by dividing paid payable payment pecks perform prime factors principal quarts ratio Reasoning Process received Reduce remainder remove the point result right hand figures rods Second Solution shillings sold subtract Subtrahend ten-thousands tens tenths third thousands vulgar fraction whole number worth write yards
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Page 38 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 341 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.
Page 25 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Page 36 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 262 - HAND, or, as it is more commonly called, A NOTE, is a written promise to pay a specified sum of money.
Page 38 - MEASURE. 10 millimetres = 1 centimetre. 10 centimetres = 1 decimetre. 10 decimetres = 1 metre. 10 metres = 1 decametre. 10 decametres = 1 hectometre. 10 hectometres = 1 kilometre.
Page 2 - The sign of multiplication, called times or multiplied by, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together.
Page 339 - Take three times the square of the root just found for a trial divisor, and see how often it is contained in the dividend, and place the quotient for a second figure of the root. Then cube the figures of the root thus found, and if their cube be greater than the first two periods...
Page 37 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...