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acres amount ANALYSIS annexing bought bushels of oats bushels of wheat called cancel cents a pound ciphers cloth cost common denominator compound containing cords of wood cube root currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes divide the product division drams DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES expressed figures Find the least foot fractional unit gallons Give the rule grains greatest common divisor hence hogshead horses hundred hundredths improper fraction interest least common dividend longitude merchant miles millionths mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pennyweights piece pints prefixing prime factors prime number proper fraction quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods RULE.-I shillings simple numbers sold square root subtract tens third thousandths Troy weight United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Page 319 - C. D., his executors, administrators or assigns ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents.
Page 102 - 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...
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Page 286 - X 6 62 + 3 x 3; and taken 3 tens times, 32 + 2 (3 X 6) + 6s gives 3 x 6 + 32 ; and their sum is, 33 + 2 (3 x 6) + 63 : that is, Rule. — The square of a number is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 312 - To find the solid contents of a prism. Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the contents (Bk.
Page 160 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 139 - Cancel the common factors from both the dividend and divisor. II. Then divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.
Page 202 - When any decimal number is to i-4 divided by 10, 100, 1000, &.c. the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are...
Page 193 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Page 153 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.