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... answer is , Yes , in many respects . The present edition professes to be strictly on the Pestalozzian , or inductive plan of teaching . This , how- ever , is not claimed as a novelty . In this respect , it resembles many other systems ...
... answer is , Yes , in many respects . The present edition professes to be strictly on the Pestalozzian , or inductive plan of teaching . This , how- ever , is not claimed as a novelty . In this respect , it resembles many other systems ...
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... answers , left without assigning any value to them , reserving this particular for the discretion of the pupil , which he must necessarily exercise , in order to obtain the answer which follows , that being the aggregate of the whole ...
... answers , left without assigning any value to them , reserving this particular for the discretion of the pupil , which he must necessarily exercise , in order to obtain the answer which follows , that being the aggregate of the whole ...
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... answers to the following questions are to be given by writing them down on the slate at recitation , to test the pupil's knowledge of numbers from one to one hundred . 26. Write down in proper figures , Four ; Seven ; Eight ; Twelve ...
... answers to the following questions are to be given by writing them down on the slate at recitation , to test the pupil's knowledge of numbers from one to one hundred . 26. Write down in proper figures , Four ; Seven ; Eight ; Twelve ...
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... answers to the following Questions on his slate at recitation . Q. How much does 1 , with 1 cipher annexed , stand for ? A. Ten . Q. Why ? A. Because the 1 is tens when I numerate . Numerate the 10 and see . Q. What does 1 with 3 ...
... answers to the following Questions on his slate at recitation . Q. How much does 1 , with 1 cipher annexed , stand for ? A. Ten . Q. Why ? A. Because the 1 is tens when I numerate . Numerate the 10 and see . Q. What does 1 with 3 ...
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... answer the questions respecting the work , without looking on the book at recitation . Operation by Slate illustrated . 1. A man bought a cart for 25 dollars , a yoke of oxen for 69 dollars , and a plough for 7 dollars . What did he ...
... answer the questions respecting the work , without looking on the book at recitation . Operation by Slate illustrated . 1. A man bought a cart for 25 dollars , a yoke of oxen for 69 dollars , and a plough for 7 dollars . What did he ...
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12 cents 12 leaves 50 cents acres amount annexing apiece broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common fraction compound interest contained cord feet currency decimal places denom derive the following dimes divide dividend dollars drams equal example Exercises farthings federal money feet long feet wide figure following RULE gain gallons gals gills give greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred illustrations we derive improper fraction least common denominator least common multiple leaves 11 lowest terms merchant bought miles mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces payment pence pints pounds present worth principal proceed pupil pwts quarts rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend Rufus separatrix shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods subtract third term units whole number write yards of cloth
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 21 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
Page 113 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 245 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 237 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 76 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch.
Page 210 - How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high?
Page 71 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 74 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, . . marked . . oz. 16 Ounces 1 Pound,* Ib. 28 Pounds 1 Quarter of a Hundred > Weight, $ V. 4 Quarters 1 Hundred Weight, . . cwt 20 Hundred Weight . 1 Ton, T.