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acres amount bank discount barrel bought bushels centimeters cents a pound Change common denominator common fraction compound interest containing cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot decimal point decimeters diameter difference Divide dividend dollars draft equal expressed feet high feet long feet wide figure Find the sum flour foot gain gallons greatest common divisor horses hundred hundredths improper fraction integer invested least common multiple length longitude meters miles minuend mixed number months Multiply ORAL EXERCISES paid payable payment prime factors prime number principal proceeds quarts quotient rate per cent ratio receive rectangular Reduce remainder sell share smallest terms sold Solution square feet square miles square root square yards subtract subtrahend surface tens tenths thick third thousand thousandths tons units weight write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards of cloth
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Page 117 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 116 - 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 45 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4...
Page 221 - RULE. — Multiply each debt by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 162 - How many yards of carpeting f yd. wide will be required for a parlor 28 ft. by 15 ft. ? 62. How many cubic yards of earth will be required to raise the surface of an acre one foot ? 63. A brick is 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2 in. thick. How many will be required to lay J mile of 8-foot sidewalk, the bricks being laid flat ? 64.
Page 117 - 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...
Page 119 - Time is a measured portion of duration. TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) are 1 minute, min. 60 minutes " 1 hour, h. 24 hours " 1 day, d. 365 days '•
Page 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 121 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 260 - Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.