Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic

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Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1877 - Mental arithmetic - 140 pages

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Page 37 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 45 - In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 11 ? 5. How many times is 6 contained in 1 ? In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6?
Page 32 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 87 - If 5 men do a piece of work in 8 days, in how many days can 4 men do a job twice as large ? * 15°.
Page 28 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 95 - MEASURE 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot ft. 3 feet =1 yard yd. 5 J yards =1 rod rd. 40 rods =1 furlong fur. 8 furlongs = 1 mile mi.
Page 18 - Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers ; the result is called the Difference or Remainder.
Page 32 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4...
Page 91 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Page 47 - The lower number shows the number of parts into which the unit is divided ; it is called the denominator. The upper number shows how many parts of the unit are taken ; it is called the numerator.

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