An Advanced Arithmetic, Theoretical and PracticalUniversity Publishing Company, 1889 - 395 pages |
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acres amount annex apples barrel base Baton Rouge bought bushels cents ciphers common divisor common fraction compound interest contains cord cube cube root cubic decameter decimal places denotes diameter discount Divide dividend dollars equal exact divisor exactly divisible EXERCISE expressed feet figure Find the cost Find the G. C. D. Find the sum Find the value gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence horses hundred improper fractions inches integer last term least common multiple longitude measures meter miles minuend mixed numbers months multiply Operation paid payment pounds prime factors quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder root RULE.-Multiply sold Solution square subtract subtrahend sucrose sugar surface tens tenths third thousand thousandths Troy weight units weighing wide worth write yards
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Page 143 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 144 - 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 293 - Also the square of either of the two sides which form the right angle is equal to the square of the hypothenuse diminished by the square of the other side.
Page 150 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 148 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 141 - Farthings (qr. or far.) make 1 Penny, d. 12 Pence " 1 Shilling, s. 20 Shillings
Page 152 - Length. 10 millimeters (mm.) 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters 1 meter (m.) 10 meters 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters 1 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.
Page 145 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 62 - ... continue dividing, until a prime number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required.
Page 306 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.