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... common life as well as gain the very best mental discipline . The shortest and best way of learn- ing Arithmetic is by solving problems . The rules which this book contains are not intended to be committed to memory , but to help the ...
... common life as well as gain the very best mental discipline . The shortest and best way of learn- ing Arithmetic is by solving problems . The rules which this book contains are not intended to be committed to memory , but to help the ...
Page iv
... common fractions , and is avoided by teaching deci- mals first . The notation on the right of the decimal point is learned as easily as the notation on the left , if there is no break in presenting the notation on both sides . Care has ...
... common fractions , and is avoided by teaching deci- mals first . The notation on the right of the decimal point is learned as easily as the notation on the left , if there is no break in presenting the notation on both sides . Care has ...
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... COMMON FRACTIONS 102 X. COMPOUND QUANTITIES 148 XI . MEASUREMENTS 180 XII . PERCENTAGE 206 XIII . PROPORTION 252 XIV . POWERS AND ROOTS 265 XV . METRIC MEASURES 277 XVI . MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES 290 APPENDIX . Spanish Land Measures ...
... COMMON FRACTIONS 102 X. COMPOUND QUANTITIES 148 XI . MEASUREMENTS 180 XII . PERCENTAGE 206 XIII . PROPORTION 252 XIV . POWERS AND ROOTS 265 XV . METRIC MEASURES 277 XVI . MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES 290 APPENDIX . Spanish Land Measures ...
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... Common Measure of Fractions 341 Least Common Multiple of Fractions 342 Proofs by Casting out Nines . 343 VOCABULARY . Abstract numbers . This phrase is employed to.
... Common Measure of Fractions 341 Least Common Multiple of Fractions 342 Proofs by Casting out Nines . 343 VOCABULARY . Abstract numbers . This phrase is employed to.
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... parties concerned . Bonds . Written contracts under seal to pay specified sums of money at specified times , issued by national governments , states , cities , and other corporations . Cancellation . The striking out of a common factor ...
... parties concerned . Bonds . Written contracts under seal to pay specified sums of money at specified times , issued by national governments , states , cities , and other corporations . Cancellation . The striking out of a common factor ...
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Page 149 - 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 (1.
Page 148 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 250 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 283 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 262 - ... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side.
Page 241 - That is, in any proportion either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme ; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Page 172 - 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 centre.
Page 101 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 254 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.