Conversations on arithmeticSouter and Law, School Library, 131 Fleet Street, 1843 - 446 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 84
... money is coined in the propor- tion of 24 pence to the pound , avoirdupois . The Mint price of gold is 37. 17s . 10 d . per standard ounce , and silver 5s . 6d . LAVINIA . But I do not understand why copper should 84 CONVERSATIONS.
... money is coined in the propor- tion of 24 pence to the pound , avoirdupois . The Mint price of gold is 37. 17s . 10 d . per standard ounce , and silver 5s . 6d . LAVINIA . But I do not understand why copper should 84 CONVERSATIONS.
Σελίδα 88
... AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . 16 drams 16 ounces 28 pounds make 1 ounce 4 quarters or 112 lbs.- 20 hundred weight 1 pound 1 quarter of a hundred wt . 1 hundred weight 1 ton This weight is used for weighing all sorts of coarse 88 CONVERSATIONS.
... AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . 16 drams 16 ounces 28 pounds make 1 ounce 4 quarters or 112 lbs.- 20 hundred weight 1 pound 1 quarter of a hundred wt . 1 hundred weight 1 ton This weight is used for weighing all sorts of coarse 88 CONVERSATIONS.
Σελίδα 89
... avoirdupois ounce is less than the ounce Troy ; but the pound avoirdupois , is greater than the pound Troy ; for 175 ounces Troy are equal to 193 ounces avoirdupois ; but 175 Troy pounds are equal to 144 pounds avoirdupois ; therefore ...
... avoirdupois ounce is less than the ounce Troy ; but the pound avoirdupois , is greater than the pound Troy ; for 175 ounces Troy are equal to 193 ounces avoirdupois ; but 175 Troy pounds are equal to 144 pounds avoirdupois ; therefore ...
Σελίδα 90
... AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . lbs . A firkin of butter ... A firkin of soap 56 64 A barrel of do 256 A barrel of candles 120 A barrel of raisins 112 A barrel of anchovies 30 A barrel of butter 224 A pint of do 11 A chest of tea 84 A bag of rice ...
... AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . lbs . A firkin of butter ... A firkin of soap 56 64 A barrel of do 256 A barrel of candles 120 A barrel of raisins 112 A barrel of anchovies 30 A barrel of butter 224 A pint of do 11 A chest of tea 84 A bag of rice ...
Σελίδα 92
... avoirdupois weight . The apothecaries ' pound is the same as the pound Troy , only differently divided and sub- divided . CLOTH MEASURE . 2 inches make 1 nail 4 nails 1 quarter of a yard 3 quarters 4 quarters 5 quarters 6 quarters 1 ...
... avoirdupois weight . The apothecaries ' pound is the same as the pound Troy , only differently divided and sub- divided . CLOTH MEASURE . 2 inches make 1 nail 4 nails 1 quarter of a yard 3 quarters 4 quarters 5 quarters 6 quarters 1 ...
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acres aliquot amongst amount ancient annum Answer Arithmetic Arithmetical Progression avoirdupois bought bushels called cent ciphers coined common difference compound CONSTANTIA contained CONVERSATION copper cost crowns cube root cubic cubit CUNOBELINUS dear decimal denarius denominator Divide dividend divisor Drachma dwts English equal number Examples farthings figure gallons give given number gold grains greater guineas hundred improper fraction inches interest jugerum Julius Cæsar King LAVINIA less London lowest terms Mamma metic middle term miles mixed number moidore months Multiply number of terms Obolus ounce pence penny person pieces pints poles pound proceed proper quantity Proportion quart quotient reckoning Reduce reign remainder right hand Roman sack Saxons Sestertius shillings silver simple fraction sovereign square root subtract suppose thousand tion Troy TROY WEIGHT Vulgar Fractions weight whole number wine yards
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Σελίδα 315 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 299 - OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Σελίδα 182 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they...
Σελίδα 142 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning : for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Σελίδα 91 - Weight. ?0 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, 9 3 scruples, 1 dram, 3 8 drams, 1 ounce, 3 12 ounces, 1 pound, ft Apothecaries use this weight in compounding their medicines.
Σελίδα 143 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Σελίδα 297 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aud the quotients will make the fraction required. * To find the greatest common measure...
Σελίδα 143 - And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver, it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Σελίδα 104 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one; Excepting leap year, that's the time When February's days are twenty-nine.
Σελίδα 300 - Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole, or mixed number required.