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... measurement of land , lumber , etc. , are placed at the end of a book as an afterthought , many pupils are obliged to battle with the intricacies of less practical opera- tions , at the expense of this useful and necessary instruction ...
... measurement of land , lumber , etc. , are placed at the end of a book as an afterthought , many pupils are obliged to battle with the intricacies of less practical opera- tions , at the expense of this useful and necessary instruction ...
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... Measurements . Savings - Bank Accounts follow other banking business , Partitive Proportion precedes and leads up to Partnership , and so on with all the subjects . The uniformity of plan in the book adds greatly to the ease with which ...
... Measurements . Savings - Bank Accounts follow other banking business , Partitive Proportion precedes and leads up to Partnership , and so on with all the subjects . The uniformity of plan in the book adds greatly to the ease with which ...
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... Measures of Weight 163 Greatest Common Divisor . 78 Measures of Extension · . 168 Multiples • 84 Order of Signs Measures of Capacity . . 179 • 90 FRACTIONS . · 91 Miscellaneous Tables . Reduction of Denominate 184 Reduction · 95 ...
... Measures of Weight 163 Greatest Common Divisor . 78 Measures of Extension · . 168 Multiples • 84 Order of Signs Measures of Capacity . . 179 • 90 FRACTIONS . · 91 Miscellaneous Tables . Reduction of Denominate 184 Reduction · 95 ...
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... MEASUREMENTS ― Con . Capacity of Bins , Cisterns , etc .. Plastering , Painting , and Kalsomining PERCENTAGE 225 AVERAGE · 228 INVOLUTION PARTNERSHIP Simple Partnership Compound Partnership PAGE 338 339 • · · 341 343 345 Applications of ...
... MEASUREMENTS ― Con . Capacity of Bins , Cisterns , etc .. Plastering , Painting , and Kalsomining PERCENTAGE 225 AVERAGE · 228 INVOLUTION PARTNERSHIP Simple Partnership Compound Partnership PAGE 338 339 • · · 341 343 345 Applications of ...
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... measured . 2. Mathematics is the science of quantity . 3. A Unit is one , or a single thing . 4. A Number is a unit , or a collection of units . 5. An Integer is a whole number . 6. The Unit of a Number is one of the collection of units ...
... measured . 2. Mathematics is the science of quantity . 3. A Unit is one , or a single thing . 4. A Number is a unit , or a collection of units . 5. An Integer is a whole number . 6. The Unit of a Number is one of the collection of units ...
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Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 171 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 184 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 306 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 178 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 183 - 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 396 - A Cylinder is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, its ends being equal and parallel circles.
Page 298 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 75 - 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.