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Definition of Sixths
1. sixth [n] - See also: sixth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixths
Literary usage of Sixths
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)
"What is one half of 6 ? one sixth of 6 ? three sixths of 6 ? How many sixths of
6 make one half of 6 ? 16. What is one half of 12 ? one sixth of 12 ? three ..."
2. Progressive Arithmetic by William James Milne (1906)
"How many sixths are there in \ of the oblong? To how many sixths is \ equal? 3.
How many sixths of this oblong are shaded? how many thirds? ..."
3. Progressive Arithmetic by William James Milne (1906)
"How many sixths are shaded ? how many halves ? How many sixths are there in \ of
... To how many sixths is \ equal? 3. How many sixths of this oblong are ..."
4. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"m SCALE IN sixths In both progressions of the ... in sixths, ascending and
descending, I have my pupils keep one finger in its place—so far as it is ..."
5. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"in SCALE IN sixths In both progressions of the scale in sixths, ascending and
descending, I have my pupils keep one finger in its place—so far as it is ..."
6. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Combining the Oral Method with the Method of by Charles Davies (1849)
"How many sixths are there in one ? 4. How many sixths are there in one and one
sixth ? 5. ... In two and four sixths ? 6. How many sixths are therein three? ..."
7. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners by Charles Davies (1848)
"James has six sixths of an apple: how many whole apples are they equal to ? 2.
How many whole things are there in twelve sixths ? In fifteen sixths ? ..."
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