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... designed . A Key , containing the Answers not given in this book , is published for the use of Teachers . PHILLIPS ACADEMY , ANDOVER , April 19 , 1862 . } CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . Exercises in English Numeration 14 iv PREFACE .
... designed . A Key , containing the Answers not given in this book , is published for the use of Teachers . PHILLIPS ACADEMY , ANDOVER , April 19 , 1862 . } CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . Exercises in English Numeration 14 iv PREFACE .
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... contains units , tens , and hundreds , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains thousands , tens of thousands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of thousands ; etc. , as in the following FRENCH ...
... contains units , tens , and hundreds , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains thousands , tens of thousands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of thousands ; etc. , as in the following FRENCH ...
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... contains units , tens , hundreds , thousands , tens of thou- sands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains millions , tens of millions , hun- dreds of millions , thousands of millions ...
... contains units , tens , hundreds , thousands , tens of thou- sands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains millions , tens of millions , hun- dreds of millions , thousands of millions ...
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... contains the same number of units as the two or more numbers put together ; thus , 7 is the sum of 3 and 4 , because there are just as many units in 7 as in 3 and 4 put together ; for a like reason 11 days is the sum of 2 days , 4 days ...
... contains the same number of units as the two or more numbers put together ; thus , 7 is the sum of 3 and 4 , because there are just as many units in 7 as in 3 and 4 put together ; for a like reason 11 days is the sum of 2 days , 4 days ...
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... contain about 55100 square miles ; Scotland 29600 ; and Ireland , 32000 ; what is the area of the British Islands ? Ans . 116700 square miles . 55. By the census of 1860 , the number of inhabitants of Maine , was 628276 ; of New ...
... contain about 55100 square miles ; Scotland 29600 ; and Ireland , 32000 ; what is the area of the British Islands ? Ans . 116700 square miles . 55. By the census of 1860 , the number of inhabitants of Maine , was 628276 ; of New ...
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25 per cent amount annex bill Bought bushels ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers cost cube cubic debts decimal fraction decimal places difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal equated example Explain Ex farthings figure find the interest gain or loss gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction inches interest of $1 July least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price Mdse miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION oxen payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal PROBLEM Proof proper fraction proportional quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods Rule for finding sell sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens term of credit thousand Troy Weight units weight whole number wide yards of cloth
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Page 39 - 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 281 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 73 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 74 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 292 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor.
Page 72 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 24 - ROLE. 1. Write the less number under the greater, units, under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtrahend from the figure above it, and set the remainder under the line.
Page 67 - 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 126 - The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually expressed, since it can be easily determined, it being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given decimal. 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period, called the decimal point...