Wentworth-Smith Arithmetics: Grades VII and VIIIGinn, 1914 - Arithmetic |
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acre allowing altitudes arithmetic average bill board foot bonds bought boys bushel butter fat called cent checks circumference common fractions cube root cubic foot cylinder dealer decimal deposits diameter discount divide dividends dozen draft duty equals example farm fielding percentage figure Find the area Find the cost Find the interest Find the number find the value flour gain given hypotenuse Illustrative Problem inches income indorsed investment longitude manufacturer marked price meter mills money order myriameter needed ORAL EXERCISE paid parallelogram payments piece pound premium profit pupils radius ratio receive Roman numerals savings bank sells shares short method side slant height sold specific gravity square miles square root Subtract surface teacher thick triangle volume week weighs wide wire worth WRITTEN EXERCISE Find yard
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Page 373 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 373 - 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 373 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 374 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year About 30 days = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year VALUE 10 cents (ct.
Page 337 - Therefore, the square of a number contains the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens and units, plus the square of the units.
Page 293 - That there shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid annually upon the entire net income arising or accruing from all sources in the preceding calendar year to every citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad...
Page 142 - Bankers always find the difference in time between two dates, and also the interest on any sum, by means of tables. The following is one form of the table of difference of time : The exact number of days from any day of any month to the corresponding day of any month within a year is found opposite the first month and under the second. For example, from August 7 to December 7 is 122 da.; from November...
Page 26 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 339 - Ifft-hand period and write its root for the first figure of the required root. Square this root, subtract the result from the left-hand period, and to the remainder annex the next period for a dividend.
Page 339 - Separate the number into periods of two figures each, beginning at units. Find the greatest square in the left-hand period and write its root for the first figure of the required root.