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Higher Arithmetic John C 1867-1940 Stone,James F 1875- Joint Author Millis No preview available - 2018 |
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acres addends altitude amount annually base bill board foot bonds bought brokerage bushel called cash cent co-insurance clause common common fractions compound compound interest computation cubic foot cylinder decimal places deposit diameter discount distance divided dividend division divisor draft equal EXERCISES EXPLANATION factors feet figure Find the cost Find the interest fraction gallons give a profit gross gain Hence inches income indorsement least common multiple linear units list price MEASURE merchant meter method metric system multiply number of linear number of square paid par value parallelogram payment pound premium prism PROBLEMS pyramid quotient revolutions per minute selling price sides sight give silage slant height sold SOLUTION square root standard candle subtraction surface TABLE triangle volume weight whole number wide yard
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Page 99 - 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 99 - 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 99 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 109 - WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg.) 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 286 - Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of the substance to the weight of the...
Page 134 - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
Page 48 - The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Page 163 - P = mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch; L = length of stroke in feet; A =area of piston in square inches; N = number of strokes per minute = revolutions per minute x 2.