The Appleton Arithmetics (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...five hundred twenty-one dollars. 265. The decimal places in order to the right from the decimal point are named: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, etc. The decimal is read as if it were an integer, then the name of the last order is added. Thus, .0256 is read: Two hundred fifty-six ten-thousandths. Decimal places beyond the fourth are rarely used. In an integer the decimal point belongs at the right, but it is seldom written. 266. The following table shows the names of the periods and places from millionths to billions: Numbers of more than four periods are very rarely needed. Th- three periods next in orde. are called, in the system most used, trillions, quadrillions, quintillions. ORAL EXERCISES 1. Read the number in the table above. How many periods are there in the integral part? In the decimal part? How many orders in each period? 2. Read the numbers in the table showing the number of pounds of freight that passed through the various waterways in a recent year: 3. State the number of tons, or the tonnage, for each waterway named in Exercise 2. Read: 4. Some light waves are.00011 in. long; others are.00001 in. long. 5. Sea water is 1.0249 times as heavy as fresh water. 6. The length of a circle is nearly 3.14159 times the length of its diameter. 7. Light waves whose lengths are greater than.000029 in. or less than.000013 in. are not visible to the eye. 8. In a recent year some of the imports and exports of the United States were: 9. The yearly earnings of the national banks of the United States for eight years were: WRITTEN EXERCISES Write in figures: 1. Two million, eighty-three thousand, seventeen. 2. Five million, one hundred six thousand, two hundred. 3. Seventeen million, three hundred thousand, six hundred twenty-five. 4. Three..

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...five hundred twenty-one dollars. 265. The decimal places in order to the right from the decimal point are named: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, etc. The decimal is read as if it were an integer, then the name of the last order is added. Thus, .0256 is read: Two hundred fifty-six ten-thousandths. Decimal places beyond the fourth are rarely used. In an integer the decimal point belongs at the right, but it is seldom written. 266. The following table shows the names of the periods and places from millionths to billions: Numbers of more than four periods are very rarely needed. Th- three periods next in orde. are called, in the system most used, trillions, quadrillions, quintillions. ORAL EXERCISES 1. Read the number in the table above. How many periods are there in the integral part? In the decimal part? How many orders in each period? 2. Read the numbers in the table showing the number of pounds of freight that passed through the various waterways in a recent year: 3. State the number of tons, or the tonnage, for each waterway named in Exercise 2. Read: 4. Some light waves are.00011 in. long; others are.00001 in. long. 5. Sea water is 1.0249 times as heavy as fresh water. 6. The length of a circle is nearly 3.14159 times the length of its diameter. 7. Light waves whose lengths are greater than.000029 in. or less than.000013 in. are not visible to the eye. 8. In a recent year some of the imports and exports of the United States were: 9. The yearly earnings of the national banks of the United States for eight years were: WRITTEN EXERCISES Write in figures: 1. Two million, eighty-three thousand, seventeen. 2. Five million, one hundred six thousand, two hundred. 3. Seventeen million, three hundred thousand, six hundred twenty-five. 4. Three..

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March 2012

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246 x 189 x 5mm (L x W x T)

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86

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978-1-130-11296-2

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9781130112962

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