Hopkins and Underwood's Arithmetic: Book One-two, Book 2

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Page 77 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 78 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 340 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 208 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms are called the means, of the proportion.
Page 340 - 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 275 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 80 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 302 - The volumes of similar solids are to each other as the cubes of their like dimensions.
Page 307 - The entire metric system of weights and measures is based upon a fundamental nnit called a meter, which is the ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, and is the principal unit of linear measure.
Page 283 - ... the square on the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

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