Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... in length by 13 feet in width ? 9. What is the cost of oil - cloth to cover a floor 12 feet by 163 feet , at 75 cents per square yard ? 175. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE . This measure is used 110 COMPOUND DENOMINATE NUMBERS .
... in length by 13 feet in width ? 9. What is the cost of oil - cloth to cover a floor 12 feet by 163 feet , at 75 cents per square yard ? 175. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE . This measure is used 110 COMPOUND DENOMINATE NUMBERS .
Page 111
... cubic yards , cubic feet , and cubic inches . TABLE . 1728 cubic inches ( cu . in . ) = 1 cubic foot , marked cu . ft . 27 cubic feet , = 1 cubic yard , 66 cu . yd . NOTE . The denomination ton is sometimes used , but its value is ...
... cubic yards , cubic feet , and cubic inches . TABLE . 1728 cubic inches ( cu . in . ) = 1 cubic foot , marked cu . ft . 27 cubic feet , = 1 cubic yard , 66 cu . yd . NOTE . The denomination ton is sometimes used , but its value is ...
Page 112
... cubic feet resting upon the base . But the solid is 3 feet high , and must , therefore , contain three times as many cubic feet as if it were only 1 foot high , or 3 × 4 × 2 cubic feet 24 cubic feet . 4 feet . EXAMPLES . 1. If a solid ...
... cubic feet resting upon the base . But the solid is 3 feet high , and must , therefore , contain three times as many cubic feet as if it were only 1 foot high , or 3 × 4 × 2 cubic feet 24 cubic feet . 4 feet . EXAMPLES . 1. If a solid ...
Page 113
... cubic foot ; what is the length of the edge of the block ? 9. There being 112 cubic feet in a stick of timber which is 12 feet square at the end , what is the length ? Ans . 50 ft . MEASURES OF CAPACITY . 180. LIQUID MEASURE . The ...
... cubic foot ; what is the length of the edge of the block ? 9. There being 112 cubic feet in a stick of timber which is 12 feet square at the end , what is the length ? Ans . 50 ft . MEASURES OF CAPACITY . 180. LIQUID MEASURE . The ...
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... Cubic Measure ; of Circular Measure ; of Time . For Dictation Exercises in Reduction , see Key . FRACTIONAL APPLICATIONS . 198. REDUCTION OF A FRACTION OF ONE DENOMINATION TO WHOLE NUMBERS OF LOWER DENOMINATIONS . ILL . EX . , I. Reduce ...
... Cubic Measure ; of Circular Measure ; of Time . For Dictation Exercises in Reduction , see Key . FRACTIONAL APPLICATIONS . 198. REDUCTION OF A FRACTION OF ONE DENOMINATION TO WHOLE NUMBERS OF LOWER DENOMINATIONS . ILL . EX . , I. Reduce ...
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Page 117 - 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.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.