The Common School Arithmetic: Prepared for the Use of Academies and Common Schools in the United States ...N. & J. White, 1833 - 270 páginas |
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2d term 4th term acres annex arithmetical arithmetical progression barrels bushels carats Cash cents ciphers column common difference composite number compound fraction cord cube root Currency Day Book decimal fraction decimal places denominate number dimes dividend division dollars equal example express Federal Money feet figures find the interest following RULE foot four frac gallon given number greater greatest common divisor Hence higher denomination hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches June Leger less lower denomination lowest terms merator merchant miles millions mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply number of terms one's share paid payment pence pounds of tea quantity quarts QUESTIONS quotient Reduce remainder Repeat the Table right hand shillings simple numbers square root subtract subtrahend tare tens tenths thousand thousandths tion TROY WEIGHT units VULGAR FRACTIONS weight wheat whole number Write yards of cloth
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Página 100 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Página 91 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30-J- square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Página 206 - Compute the interest on the principal to the time of the first payment, and if the payment exceed this interest, add the interest to the principal and from the sum subtract the payment : the remainder forms a new principal.
Página 177 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Página 238 - 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.
Página 176 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Página 53 - When the divisor is a composite number. RULE. Divide the dividend by one of the factors of the divisor...
Página 87 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight
Página 34 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Página 97 - The denominations are hogsheads, barrels, gallons. quarts, and pints. TABLE. 2 pints (pts.) - make - 1 quart, - marked qt. 4 quarts ----- 1 gallon, ----- gal. 36 gallons - - - - 1 barrel, ----- bar. 54 gallons ----- 1 hogshead, - - - - hhd. Note.