Bradbury's Eaton's Practical Arithmetic ...Thompson, Brown, and Company, 1882 - 374 pages |
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... Find the sum of 43 , 18 , 27 , and 35 . 24. On my bill I find 6 lemons 15 cents , 7 pounds of beef 98 cents , a cabbage 10 cents , turnips 5 cents , a half peck of beans , 15 cents ; for these how much do I owe ? Begin with the 98 , the ...
... Find the sum of 43 , 18 , 27 , and 35 . 24. On my bill I find 6 lemons 15 cents , 7 pounds of beef 98 cents , a cabbage 10 cents , turnips 5 cents , a half peck of beans , 15 cents ; for these how much do I owe ? Begin with the 98 , the ...
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... find how much belongs to the next left - hand column . 33 $ 3683.32 83. Add 4670 , fourteen thousand five , six million seven hun- dred four , 87637 , 76504 , fifteen thousand ten , seven hundred thousand four hundred one , and 237 . 84 ...
... find how much belongs to the next left - hand column . 33 $ 3683.32 83. Add 4670 , fourteen thousand five , six million seven hun- dred four , 87637 , 76504 , fifteen thousand ten , seven hundred thousand four hundred one , and 237 . 84 ...
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... Find the value of the man's property . 95. The area of Maine is 35000 square miles ; New Hampshire , 9280 ; Vermont , 10212 ; Massachusetts , 7800 ; Rhode Island , 1306 ; Connecticut , 4750. What is the area of New England ? 96. England ...
... Find the value of the man's property . 95. The area of Maine is 35000 square miles ; New Hampshire , 9280 ; Vermont , 10212 ; Massachusetts , 7800 ; Rhode Island , 1306 ; Connecticut , 4750. What is the area of New England ? 96. England ...
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... Find the total value of these items . 41 . QUESTIONS . 30. What is meant by the Sum , or Amount ? 31. Only what kind of numbers can be added ? 32. What is Addition ? 33. A Sign ? 34. Write the sign for dollars . 35. What does the sign ...
... Find the total value of these items . 41 . QUESTIONS . 30. What is meant by the Sum , or Amount ? 31. Only what kind of numbers can be added ? 32. What is Addition ? 33. A Sign ? 34. Write the sign for dollars . 35. What does the sign ...
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... Find the excess of the value of the issue of the year ending June 30 , 1878 , over that of the year ending June 30 , 1877 . 51 . QUESTIONS . 43. Only what kind of numbers can be subtracted ? 44. What is Subtraction ? 45. What is the ...
... Find the excess of the value of the issue of the year ending June 30 , 1878 , over that of the year ending June 30 , 1877 . 51 . QUESTIONS . 43. Only what kind of numbers can be subtracted ? 44. What is Subtraction ? 45. What is the ...
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Page 136 - 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 142 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 134 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 64 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30.
Page 39 - If the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend which is left is called the REMAINDER.
Page 140 - 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 56 - If 8 men can do a certain piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 4 men do the same ? 13.
Page 259 - 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 119 - In the metric system, the unit of length is the meter, which is one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
Page 131 - The specific gravity of a body is its weight compared with the weight of the same bulk of water.