Intermediate Arithmetic: By William J. Milne ...American Book Company, 1900 - 219 páginas |
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acres altitude annexed apiece apples avoirdupois barrels bought bushels carpet commission common fraction contained cord cubic decimal places decimal point denominate number divided dividend division dollars dozen dry measure earn eighths equal exact divisors expenses EXPLANATION expressed farm feet figure Find the value following numbers fourths gain gallons Give a rule half Hence horse hundred hundredths improper fractions inches integer least common denominator measure miles per hour MILNE'S INT minuend mixed number month multiplicand Multiply notation number of ciphers number of decimal oranges paid parallelogram pound premium proceeds Property Insurance quarts quotient rate of discount receive Reduce remainder rods sell similar fractions sixths subtracted Subtrahend tenths thick third thousand thousandths tons TROY WEIGHT twelfths units wide worth Write WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Página 143 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Página 144 - 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.
Página 139 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30£ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Página 140 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Página 118 - A can do a piece of work in 8 days, and B can do it in 10 days. In what time can both do it together ? 22.
Página 35 - The Sign of Multiplication is an oblique cross, x . It is read multiplied by when the multiplicand precedes it and times when the multiplier precedes it. Thus...
Página 51 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Página 132 - ... in the divisor. 1. If the quotient does not contain a sufficient number of decimal places, the deficiency must be supplied by prefixing ciphers. 2. Before commencing the division, the number of decimal places in the dividend should be made at least equal to the number of decimal places in the divisor. 3. When there is a remainder after using all the figures of the dividend, annex decimal ciphers and continue the division. 4. For...
Página 59 - PROOF. — - Multiply the divisor by the quotient, and to the product add the remainder, if any. If the work is correct, the result will equal the dividend.