The Model Mental Arithmetic: Containing Oral Exercises for Graded and Grammar SchoolsEldredge & Brother, 1878 |
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12 cents acres amount Analysis apples Arithmetic barrel of flour bought brokerage bushels changed ciphers commission common fraction contained cords cows cubic decimal places decimal units Denominate Number difference dimes discount dividend divisors of 24 dollars dozen earn eighths equal Exercises farmer feet fifths fourths fractional unit gain gallons greatest common divisor grocer Hence horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integer interest invested least common denominator least common multiple least number lowest terms measures miles mills minuend mixed number Model multiplied ninth orders of units ounces paid pecks Percentage piece pints premium prime factors Principles proper fraction quarts quotient receive remainder reverse rods sell similar fractions sixths sold square subtract subtrahend tens tenths third thousand thousandths tons of coal Troy weights units or denominations week weight worth yards of cloth
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Page 138 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year About 30 days = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year VALUE 10 cents (ct.
Page 133 - 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. mi.) Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu.
Page 137 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 135 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 79 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 73 - If both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction are multiplied by the same number, or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not changed.
Page 35 - Since 0 has no value, the product of 0 and any number is 0. 1 times 1 is 1 2 times 1 are 2 3 times 1 are 3 1...
Page 178 - A can do a piece of work in 3 days, B in 4 days, and C in 6 days : in what time will they do it, working together ? 65.
Page 83 - To reduce two or more fractions to a common denominator. A Common Denominator is a denominator common to two or more fractions 1. Reduce ? and 7, to a common denominator.
Page 66 - A multiple of a number contains all the prime factors of that number ; and the common multiple of two or more numbers contains all the prime factors of each of the numbers.