Mental Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Plan: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Schools |
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11 leaves 12 cents 12 dollars 12 pounds 12 rods 14 less 20 dollars 40 cents 50 cents 9 cents 9 dollars 9 pounds acres apples Avoirdupois barrel of flour Bought butter cents a pound cents a quart cents apiece contained cords of wood cost 12 cost 3 pounds cows dimes dividend divisor dollars a barrel dollars a bushel dollars a yard dozen drams eagles eighths equal farthings feet fifths figure following numbers fourths furlongs gallons gave GREENLEAF'S hogsheads horse hundred hundred-weight improper fraction inches James lars leaves 11 LESSON lowest terms miles mixed number molasses months Multiplicand Multiply ninths nutmegs nuts oranges ounces paid peaches pears pecks pence pennyweights pints pound of raisins pupil quarters quires reams receive remainder scruples sevenths sheets shillings sixths slate subtract TABLE third tons weeks whole number wish to give worth yards of cloth
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Page 84 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 98 - The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Folio.
Page 38 - If 4 firkins of butter cost 26 dollars, what will 7 firkins cost ? 15. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how long will it take 1 man to do it? How long would it take 4 men ? 16.
Page 135 - MORE than one figure, multiply each figure of the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier separately, and write the first figure of each partial product under the figure by which you are multiplying.
Page 138 - Then inquire how many times the divisor is contained in the first left-hand figure, or figures, of the dividend, and place the result immediately beneath.
Page 37 - If 1 pound of raisins cost 6 cents, what cost 4 pounds ? 5 pounds ? 6 pounds ? 7 pounds ? 8 pounds ? 9 pounds ? 10 pounds ? 12 pounds ? 16.
Page 120 - A person has two horses, and a saddle worth £50 ; now, if the saddle be put on the back of the first horse, it will make his value double that of the second ; but if it be put on the back of the second, it will make his value triple that of the first ; what is the value of each horse ? Ans.
Page 72 - The denominator shows into how many parts the whole number is divided, and the numerator shows how many of those parts are used.
Page 98 - TABLE. 60 seconds" make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes • 1 degree, °. 30 degrees - 1 sign, s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, c.
Page 137 - If a secretary receive a salary of 1475 dollars annually, how much would he receive in 12 years ? In 14? 16? 18? 25? 11. If it cost 18465 dollars to sustain an army one day, how much would it take to sustain it 365 days ? 12. If sound moves 1142 feet in a second, how- far will it move in 60 seconds ? 13.