Arithmetic [elementary, Intermediate, Advanced].Atkinson, Mentzer & Company, 1914 |
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abbreviation acres amount average bill at list board feet bushels called cancellation carats cent means Change ciphers common denominator common fraction cost cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cubic yards days at 12 decimal fraction decimal places decimal point denom denominate numbers divide both terms dividend division divisor dollars Dominical letter drams Draw a square eleven equal feet long feet wide fifteen figures five fluid drams fluid ounce four Fourteen gallons grains highest common factor hundred hundredths hypotenuse interest on $1.00 length list price long tons measure miles mixed number months nine number of square one-half one-third ounces period pints pounds pupil quarts quotient receive recite from memory Reduce remainder sells seven square feet square inches contained square rods square to contain square yards subtract thirteen three places triangle Troy Troy weight twelve weight wheat whole number
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Page 118 - 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 143 - The square described on the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides containing the right angle. Prop. 30. — If the square on one side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 196 - When you divide a decimal by an integer (a whole number) point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are in the dividend.
Page 140 - The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of its base and altitude. Given R a rectangle with base b and altitude a. To prove R = a X b. Proof. Let U be the unit of surface. .R axb U' Then 1x1 But - is the area of R.
Page 134 - Similarly, if the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3, the number is divisible by 3.