The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic, : Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... names used in counting denote a difference among the ob- jects employed . Having called the little class around him , the in- structer should begin by laying down one of the counters , which he has provided , and which we shall here ...
... names used in counting denote a difference among the ob- jects employed . Having called the little class around him , the in- structer should begin by laying down one of the counters , which he has provided , and which we shall here ...
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... names of the numbers from one to ten , inclusive , by showing them how the names of the succeding numbers up to one hundred , are nearly all formed by inflections and successive repetitions of the names of these ten first . Thus ...
... names of the numbers from one to ten , inclusive , by showing them how the names of the succeding numbers up to one hundred , are nearly all formed by inflections and successive repetitions of the names of these ten first . Thus ...
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... name of the fraction shows , at the same time , the number of parts into which the thing , or whole , is divided , and how many of those parts are taken , or signified by the fraction . Suppose I wished to give a person two fifths , of ...
... name of the fraction shows , at the same time , the number of parts into which the thing , or whole , is divided , and how many of those parts are taken , or signified by the fraction . Suppose I wished to give a person two fifths , of ...
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... Name some of the foreign 6. How many cents in one dol - coins and their values ? lar ? half dollar ? quarter ? 19. How is a dollar reckoned in 7. How many dollars in a half English money in different places ? eagle ? in a quarter ? 20 ...
... Name some of the foreign 6. How many cents in one dol - coins and their values ? lar ? half dollar ? quarter ? 19. How is a dollar reckoned in 7. How many dollars in a half English money in different places ? eagle ? in a quarter ? 20 ...
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... Name them in their order . 10. How many days in each ? 11. What is said of February ? 12. What is meant by Bissex- 365 1-4 days , the addition of a day tile or Leap year ? every 4th year was too much by 13. How can you ascertain 44 m ...
... Name them in their order . 10. How many days in each ? 11. What is said of February ? 12. What is meant by Bissex- 365 1-4 days , the addition of a day tile or Leap year ? every 4th year was too much by 13. How can you ascertain 44 m ...
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acres amount angle apples Arithmetic beans remain boys bushels called ciphers circumference cloth cost common denominator common divisor compound compound interest contained cows cube root decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls dry measure equal expressed feet figure five beans foot four beans gain gallon given number greatest common divisor half Hence hundred hundredths inches interest lars least common multiple left hand lemons length measure meration method miles minuend months multiplicand multiply nine payment pence piece pound principal proper fraction proportion quantity quarter quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side six beans sixth solid square root subtract tens tenths third three beans TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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