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... distance of the moon from the earth is 240000 miles , and the diameter , or | distance through the earth , is 8000 miles ; how many diame- ters of the earth will be equal to the moon's distance from the earth ? Ans . 30 . 21. Divide ...
... distance of the moon from the earth is 240000 miles , and the diameter , or | distance through the earth , is 8000 miles ; how many diame- ters of the earth will be equal to the moon's distance from the earth ? Ans . 30 . 21. Divide ...
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... distances which are parts of a foot . This has ordinarily been done by dividing the foot into 12 equal parts , called inches , and each of these again into 3 equal parts , called barley corns . ( 38 ) But divisions of this nature ...
... distances which are parts of a foot . This has ordinarily been done by dividing the foot into 12 equal parts , called inches , and each of these again into 3 equal parts , called barley corns . ( 38 ) But divisions of this nature ...
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... distance from the separatrix , or the place of unity , euch removal of a figure one place towards the right diminish ing its value ten times . ( 73 ) The names of the places , both of integers and decimals , are expressed in the ...
... distance from the separatrix , or the place of unity , euch removal of a figure one place towards the right diminish ing its value ten times . ( 73 ) The names of the places , both of integers and decimals , are expressed in the ...
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... distance travelled in 2.5 hours . 0.5 0.5 1 foot . 121. 3. What is the product of 0.5 ft . multiplied by 0.5 ft . ? 1 foot , multiplied by itself , gives a square , measuring 1 foot on each side . 0.5 ft . by 0.5 gives a square ...
... distance travelled in 2.5 hours . 0.5 0.5 1 foot . 121. 3. What is the product of 0.5 ft . multiplied by 0.5 ft . ? 1 foot , multiplied by itself , gives a square , measuring 1 foot on each side . 0.5 ft . by 0.5 gives a square ...
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... distance of places , and for measuring any thing where length only is concerned . When measure is applied to sur- faces , where length and breadth are both concerned , it is called square measure . A square inch is a square measuring an ...
... distance of places , and for measuring any thing where length only is concerned . When measure is applied to sur- faces , where length and breadth are both concerned , it is called square measure . A square inch is a square measuring an ...
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Page 76 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 109 - 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 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - 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 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.