The Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and Academies |
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... . 311 Evolution , 312 Square Root ,. 313 Cube Root , 320 Arithmetical Progression , . 326 Geometrical Progression , 329 Promiscuous Examples , 332 UNIVERSITY CAYS PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC . DEFINITIONS . 1. Quantity is viii CONTENTS .
... . 311 Evolution , 312 Square Root ,. 313 Cube Root , 320 Arithmetical Progression , . 326 Geometrical Progression , 329 Promiscuous Examples , 332 UNIVERSITY CAYS PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC . DEFINITIONS . 1. Quantity is viii CONTENTS .
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... Cube is a solid , or body , having six equal square sides , or faces . If each side of a cube be 1 yard , or 3 feet , 1 foot in thickness of this cube will contain 3 X 3 X 1 9 cubic feet , and the whole cube will contain 3 X 3 X 3 27 ...
... Cube is a solid , or body , having six equal square sides , or faces . If each side of a cube be 1 yard , or 3 feet , 1 foot in thickness of this cube will contain 3 X 3 X 1 9 cubic feet , and the whole cube will contain 3 X 3 X 3 27 ...
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... cubes , 1 inch on each edge , can be sawed from a cube 6 feet on each edge , allowing no waste for sawing ? Ans . 373248 . 5. In a pile of wood 60 feet long , 20 feet wide , and 15 feet high , how many cords ? Ans . 140g . 6. How many ...
... cubes , 1 inch on each edge , can be sawed from a cube 6 feet on each edge , allowing no waste for sawing ? Ans . 373248 . 5. In a pile of wood 60 feet long , 20 feet wide , and 15 feet high , how many cords ? Ans . 140g . 6. How many ...
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... 408. The Square of a number is its second power . 409. The Cube of a number is its third power . 410. Involution is the process of raising a number to a given power . 411. A Perfect Power is a number that can be INVOLUTION . 311.
... 408. The Square of a number is its second power . 409. The Cube of a number is its third power . 410. Involution is the process of raising a number to a given power . 411. A Perfect Power is a number that can be INVOLUTION . 311.
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... cube of 15 ? OPERATION . 15 X 15 X 153375. Ans . ANALYSIS . We multiply 15 by 15 , and the product by 15 , and obtain 3375 , which is the 3d power , or cube of 15 , since 15 has been taken 3 times as a factor . Hence , we have the ...
... cube of 15 ? OPERATION . 15 X 15 X 153375. Ans . ANALYSIS . We multiply 15 by 15 , and the product by 15 , and obtain 3375 , which is the 3d power , or cube of 15 , since 15 has been taken 3 times as a factor . Hence , we have the ...
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Page 54 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 162 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 304 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
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Page 81 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure ; and the greatest common divisor, the Greatest Common Measure.
Page 266 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
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