Bradbury's Eaton's Practical Arithmetic ...Thompson, Brown, and Company, 1882 - 374 pages |
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... weights and measures has been treated as a part of decimals , and inde- pendently of any other system of weights and measures . Nu- merous illustrations are given showing the exact size of the.
... weights and measures has been treated as a part of decimals , and inde- pendently of any other system of weights and measures . Nu- merous illustrations are given showing the exact size of the.
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William Frothingham Bradbury. merous illustrations are given showing the exact size of the metric weights and measures and the relation of their units to each other . In the operations the process of simplifying by cancellation , whereby ...
William Frothingham Bradbury. merous illustrations are given showing the exact size of the metric weights and measures and the relation of their units to each other . In the operations the process of simplifying by cancellation , whereby ...
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... WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Definitions .... Tables ....... COMPOUND NUMBERS , pp . 134-159 . 105 ...... 107 109 119 134 Multiplication of C. Numbers ... 149 .134–142 | Division of Compound Numbers 150 345 Longitude and Time ...
... WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Definitions .... Tables ....... COMPOUND NUMBERS , pp . 134-159 . 105 ...... 107 109 119 134 Multiplication of C. Numbers ... 149 .134–142 | Division of Compound Numbers 150 345 Longitude and Time ...
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... weight supported by the floor ? 108. If Mr. Brown owns 3 houses , the first worth $ 2783 , the second 3 times , and the third 7 times as much as the first , what are the three houses together worth ? 109. How many meters in 48 bales of ...
... weight supported by the floor ? 108. If Mr. Brown owns 3 houses , the first worth $ 2783 , the second 3 times , and the third 7 times as much as the first , what are the three houses together worth ? 109. How many meters in 48 bales of ...
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... weight of the hay ? 309. What number is that from which if 288 is taken the remainder is 7597 ? 310. Find the cost of ‡ of 1563 acres of land at 1⁄2 of $ 54 an acre . 311. What number multiplied by 33 will produce 297 ? 312. If 34 acres ...
... weight of the hay ? 309. What number is that from which if 288 is taken the remainder is 7597 ? 310. Find the cost of ‡ of 1563 acres of land at 1⁄2 of $ 54 an acre . 311. What number multiplied by 33 will produce 297 ? 312. If 34 acres ...
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Page 136 - 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...
Page 142 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 134 - 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.
Page 64 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30.
Page 39 - If the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend which is left is called the REMAINDER.
Page 140 - 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.
Page 56 - If 8 men can do a certain piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 4 men do the same ? 13.
Page 259 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 119 - In the metric system, the unit of length is the meter, which is one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
Page 131 - The specific gravity of a body is its weight compared with the weight of the same bulk of water.