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... MEASURES , MULTIPLES 90 IX . 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 ...
... MEASURES , MULTIPLES 90 IX . 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 ...
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... Measurements 335 Division by Factors 340 Greatest 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.
... Measurements 335 Division by Factors 340 Greatest 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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... cost price . Grace . An allowance of three days , after the date a note becomes due , within which to pay the note . Gram . The unit of weight in the metric system . Greatest common measure of two or more numbers . The VOCABULARY . ix.
... cost price . Grace . An allowance of three days , after the date a note becomes due , within which to pay the note . Gram . The unit of weight in the metric system . Greatest common measure of two or more numbers . The VOCABULARY . ix.
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George Albert Wentworth. Greatest common measure of two or more numbers . The greatest number that will exactly ... measures . Least common multiple of two or more numbers . The least number that is exactly divisible by each of them ...
George Albert Wentworth. Greatest common measure of two or more numbers . The greatest number that will exactly ... measures . Least common multiple of two or more numbers . The least number that is exactly divisible by each of them ...
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... measure magnitudes . Verify . To establish by trial the truth of any statement . Volume of a solid . The number of units of volume it contains ; the unit of volume being a cube whose edge is a unit of length . Short Processes . NOTE ...
... measure magnitudes . Verify . To establish by trial the truth of any statement . Volume of a solid . The number of units of volume it contains ; the unit of volume being a cube whose edge is a unit of length . Short Processes . NOTE ...
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acres annex annuity barrels Benjamin Parker bought bushels called cents a pound circumference cistern coal commission common fraction compound interest contains cords cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic meter decimal point denominator diameter discount dividend divisor dollars equal Exercise expressed feet board measure figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the interest Find the number Find the product flour frustum gallons given number Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integral number least common multiple long tons longitude million minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of feet ounces paid payment pints quarts quotient ratio remainder short ton sold SOLUTION square meter square miles square root subtract subtrahend tens term thousand tons units varas weighs wheat whole number wide worth write WRITTEN yards
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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.