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Definition of Ninths
1. ninth [n] - See also: ninth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninths
Literary usage of Ninths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction by Warren Colburn (1891)
"Here is a square divided into ninths. If I divide eighteen lozenges ... What is
one ninth of eighteen ? two ninths of eighteen ? five ninths of eighteen ? ..."
2. New Primary Arithmetic by John Henry Walsh (1903)
"2 thirds + 2 ninths = how many 9ths ? 2 thirds + 4 ninths = how many 9ths ? ...
2 thirds + 8 ninths = how many 9ths ? 3 _ f 6 _ ? 1Q _ 1 ? 11 _ 1 f JL3. ..."
3. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Combining the Oral Method with the Method of by Charles Davies (1849)
"Questions about ninths. 1. How many whole apples are there in nine ninths of an
... How many whole things are there in eighteen ninths ? In twenty ninths ? ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society, John Harland, Manchester (England). Court-Leet (1862)
"THE ninths COLLECTED IN 1340-41. In a parliament held in 14 Edward III. ...
To enforce this collection of ninths, another statute was passed in the 15 ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: And of by William Peere Williams, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1826)
"... who was Lord Chancel- the widow of one Wellington, a freeman of London,
brought „ Ec Ab this bill for the recovery of four ninths of Wellington the ..."
6. The Werner Arithmetic: Oral and Written by Frank H. Hall (1897)
"One third and 1 ninth are ninths. 5. One third less 1 ninth are - ninths. 6. ...
One third and 2 ninths are ninths. 9. One third less 2 ninths is — ninth. ..."
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