Introduction to the National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System : Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods with the Cancelling System ... : Designed for Common Schools |
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acres acres of land amount apples ARITHMETIC barrels of flour Boston Bought bushels CANCELLED cents per lb ciphers circumference common denominator compound interest contains cords of wood cost cube root cubic feet decimal diameter dividend divisor eight hundred equal farthings feet high feet long feet wide figure following RULE furlongs gain gallons given number Hence the following hogshead hundred dollars hundred weight improper fractions John least common multiple less lowest denomination lowest terms miles Minuend mixed number molasses multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pounds quantity quarts quotient Received one hundred Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand Section Sept Septillions seven hundred shillings simple fraction sold square feet square rods square root square yards subtract subtrahend third term thousand thousandths tons TROY WEIGHT Undecillions units VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 86 - Or, multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator ; and all the denominators into each other for a common denominator.