The handy book of arithmetic, by a schoolmaster1861 |
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19 dwts 555 yards bought 567 guineas Abstract Numbers acres Addends aliquot amount annum Applicate Numbers ARITHMETIC bill bushels centime common denominator composite number compound interest compound proportion cost cube decimal fraction decimal point decreasing series Divide division divisor dividend Divr drachm DRY MEASURE EXAMPLES EXERCISES IN FRACTIONS-continued EXERCISES IN PROPORTION-continued EXERCISES IN SIMPLE factors and otherwise feet find sum find the sum gain per cent gallons given number grains greatest common measure guineas per cent hands of clock hundred and eleven improper fraction integer least common multiple miles millions minuend mixed number months Multiplicand multiply nine Notation number expressed number of terms perches pints present worth Quotient ratio remainder right hand figure root series is unity shillings silver sold square square miles SUBTRACTION subtrahend tare thousands tons troy weight true discount vulgar fraction worth of annuity
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Page 73 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 49 - Divide £300 among three persons, so that the first shall have twice as much as the second, and the third twice as much as the other two together.
Page 45 - ... for the second term, and the other for the first. III. finally, multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the third term.
Page 63 - At what time between 3 and 4 o'clock are the hands of a watch opposite to each other ? Let x = the number of minute-spaces passed over by the minutehand from 3 o'clock to the required time.
Page 72 - J 20 hundreds or 1 . . 160 lt. )= ltOD 20 grains — 1 scruple 3 scruples = 1 drachm 8 drachms = 1 ounce 12 ounces — 1 pound The symbols are, gr., sc., dr., oz.
Page 75 - January . . . February . . March . . . April .... May .... June .... July .... August . . . September . . October . . . November . . December . . Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 365 334 306 275 245 214 184 153 122 92...
Page 34 - Place the numbers as in Simple Division : then find how often the divisor is contained in the highest denomination of the dividend ; put this number down in the quotient ; multiply as in Simple Division and subtract ; if there be a remainder, reduce that remainder to the next inferior denomination, adding to it the number of that denomination in the dividend, and repeat the division : carry on this process through the whole dividend.
Page 72 - American foot. 6 feet — 1 fathom. 6,000 fathoms = 1 mile = 6.64+ American miles. CHINESE. 1 chih = 1.054 American feet. 10 chih = 1 chang = 10.54 American feet. 180 chang ^ 1 li = 1,897 American feet. MEASURES OF AREA. AMERICAN AND BRITISH. 144 sq. inches = 1 square foot. 9 sq. feet = 1 square yard = 1,296 sq. in.
Page 63 - At what time between 2 and 3 o'clock are the hands of a clock at right angles to each other ? 63.
Page 63 - At what time between 1 and 2 o'clock are the hands of a clock exactly opposite each other ? 79.