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... thousands , etc. Partial payment . Part payment on a note . Partnership . An association of two or more persons to carry on business . Par value . Face or nominal value . Pendulum . A body suspended by a straight line from a fixed point ...
... thousands , etc. Partial payment . Part payment on a note . Partnership . An association of two or more persons to carry on business . Par value . Face or nominal value . Pendulum . A body suspended by a straight line from a fixed point ...
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... thousand the unit is a thousand bricks ; in measuring short distances the unit is an inch , a foot , or a yard ; in measuring long distances the unit is a rod or a mile . 2. Numbers . Expressions applied to a unit to show how many times ...
... thousand the unit is a thousand bricks ; in measuring short distances the unit is an inch , a foot , or a yard ; in measuring long distances the unit is a rod or a mile . 2. Numbers . Expressions applied to a unit to show how many times ...
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... Thousands . A group of 10 hundreds is called a thousand , and figures signifying thousands are written in the fourth place from the right . Thus , one thousand , two thousands , three thousands , etc. , are expressed by 1000 , 2000 ...
... Thousands . A group of 10 hundreds is called a thousand , and figures signifying thousands are written in the fourth place from the right . Thus , one thousand , two thousands , three thousands , etc. , are expressed by 1000 , 2000 ...
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... thousands , hundreds , tens , and ones ; or as hundreds , tens , and ones . The shortest way of reading numbers is the best way . The best way to read 1896 is eighteen hundred ninety - six . The best way to read 7005 is seven thousand ...
... thousands , hundreds , tens , and ones ; or as hundreds , tens , and ones . The shortest way of reading numbers is the best way . The best way to read 1896 is eighteen hundred ninety - six . The best way to read 7005 is seven thousand ...
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George Albert Wentworth. One million is equal to 1000 thousands , and is written 1,000,000 ; one billion is equal to ... thousand , four hundred sixteen . NOTE 1. The name of the period of units is omitted in reading . NOTE 2. The names ...
George Albert Wentworth. One million is equal to 1000 thousands , and is written 1,000,000 ; one billion is equal to ... thousand , four hundred sixteen . NOTE 1. The name of the period of units is omitted in reading . NOTE 2. The names ...
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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.