Dubbs' Complete Mental Arithmetic: A Volume of Carefully Graded Exercises Adapted to the Use of All Schools

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American Book Company, 1893 - 220 páginas
"First edition of Dubbs' work on mental arithmetic. The author states in the preface that this subject is the most important that has been taught in the schools because it develops the reasoning faculties quicker than the study of any other discipline. The work consists of a series of problems in the various subjects of primary mathematics, including the basic sections, fractions, interest, discounts and percentages, among others. These are 'carefully graded exercises adapted to the use of all schools.' All to be accomplished without pencil or paper!" -- Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2018.

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Página 201 - The Present Worth of a debt payable at a future time without interest is such a sum as, being on interest for the time at a certain rate, will amount to the debt.
Página 207 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Página 108 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Página 114 - Length 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.
Página 109 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Página 118 - 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 112 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2 barrels = 1 hogshead (hhd...
Página 116 - A Square is a figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
Página 80 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Página 28 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.

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