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... amount of com- pound matter , in place of good practical examples - which is a heavy tax on the mind , time , and patience , of both teacher and pupil , without an adequate return of scientific instruction . The time employed by the ...
... amount of com- pound matter , in place of good practical examples - which is a heavy tax on the mind , time , and patience , of both teacher and pupil , without an adequate return of scientific instruction . The time employed by the ...
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... amount depends upon their place , or method of writing them ; thus I is a unit , or one : as one apple , one book . 5. A CIPHER , when alone , is of no value ; but when placed on the right of a figure or figures , it increases their ...
... amount depends upon their place , or method of writing them ; thus I is a unit , or one : as one apple , one book . 5. A CIPHER , when alone , is of no value ; but when placed on the right of a figure or figures , it increases their ...
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... amount or sum total of two or more given numbers when put or added together . 2. Numbers to be added must be of the same kind or de- nomination . You can not add yards and dollars , but dollars can be added to dollars , and yards to ...
... amount or sum total of two or more given numbers when put or added together . 2. Numbers to be added must be of the same kind or de- nomination . You can not add yards and dollars , but dollars can be added to dollars , and yards to ...
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... amount or sum total of two or more given numbers when put or added together . 2. Numbers to be added must be of the same kind or de- nomination . You can not add yards and dollars , but dollars can be added to dollars , and yards to ...
... amount or sum total of two or more given numbers when put or added together . 2. Numbers to be added must be of the same kind or de- nomination . You can not add yards and dollars , but dollars can be added to dollars , and yards to ...
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... amount of this column , which is the sum , or whole amount . PROOF . 5. Perform the operation a second time , agreeably to the Rule ; but in this case begin at the top ; or , reserve one of the given numbers , find the sum of all the ...
... amount of this column , which is the sum , or whole amount . PROOF . 5. Perform the operation a second time , agreeably to the Rule ; but in this case begin at the top ; or , reserve one of the given numbers , find the sum of all the ...
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1st contains acres adapted Addition amount Arithmetic AVOIRDUPOIS Bring bush bushels bushels of wheat cents ciphers Columbian Calculator common schools Compound currency decimal denomination dimes district schools divide dividend Division divisor dollar 1000 mills drams DRY MEASURE eagle equal examined the Columbian examples feet figures following numbers furlongs gallons galls given numbers grains hhds hogsheads hundred inches less number MEASURE miles millions minuend minutes month multiplicand Multiply ounces paid pennyweights pints place of units poles Proof Public School pupil quarters quarts quotient Recite the table recommend Reduce remainder required the number REVIEW right-hand rules schools and academies seconds shillings Spanish real square subtract sugar teacher tens third term thousand Ticknor tion TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS weeks weight whole numbers Womelsdorf write yards
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Page 30 - Find how many times the divisor is contained in the first figure, or figures, of the dividend, and, setting it directly under the dividend, carry the remainder, if any, to the next figure as so many tens.
Page 55 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 54 - WEIGHT is used in weighing gold and silver. 24 grains (gr.) - make - 1 pennyweight - dwt. 20 pennyweights - " - 1 ounce - - oz. 12 ounces " - 1 pound - - Ib. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT is used for compounding medicines, but not in selling them.
Page 81 - If the answer is to be greater, place the greater of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the less number for the first term ; but if...
Page 55 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 54 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 54 - AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Page 56 - TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute, min. 60 minutes " 1 hour, h. 24 hours " 1 day da. 7 days " 1 week, wk. 365 days " 1 common year,. . .yr. 366 days " 1 leap year, yr. 12 calendar months
Page 80 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 56 - Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.