Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science for Common Schools and AcademiesIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1858 - 372 σελίδες |
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents a pound ciphers column common denominator common fraction contained cost cube cubic currency decimetre discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed feet figure following RULE gain gallons Give explanation given number gold greatest common divisor hectometres Hence the RULE hogshead hundred improper fraction inches integers interest invested least common multiple length long ton measure merchant metres miles minuend mixed number months Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain OPERATION paid payment principal proper fraction purchase quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods sell sold subtract subtrahend tens third thousand trial divisor Troy weight units weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 48 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 167 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Σελίδα 73 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Σελίδα 254 - Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required.
Σελίδα 169 - Measures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the imperial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea...
Σελίδα 169 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Σελίδα 282 - Quantities are said to be in continued proportion when the first is to the second, as the second is to the third, as the third to the fourth ; and so on.
Σελίδα 347 - ... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system...
Σελίδα 128 - Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Σελίδα 165 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...