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... base - boards are wide . A glazier furnishes and sets the glass for 15 pane , a painter paints the doors , base and floor for 3 of a foot cents per cents per square foot , and a mason plasters the room for 94 VULGAR FRACTIONS .
... base - boards are wide . A glazier furnishes and sets the glass for 15 pane , a painter paints the doors , base and floor for 3 of a foot cents per cents per square foot , and a mason plasters the room for 94 VULGAR FRACTIONS .
Page 220
... base and perpendicular . B Base . FIG . 4 . A B C C 13. An equilateral triangle has its three sides equal to each other . FIG . 5 . A B C B FIG . 220 APPLICATION OF THE SQUARE Root .
... base and perpendicular . B Base . FIG . 4 . A B C C 13. An equilateral triangle has its three sides equal to each other . FIG . 5 . A B C B FIG . 220 APPLICATION OF THE SQUARE Root .
Page 224
... base of the triangle is 4 times as long as the perpendicular ; what will it cost to fence this field , at 66 c . per Ans . $ 60 . rod ? 7. Two ships sail from the same port , one due east and the other due south , one at the rate of 8 ...
... base of the triangle is 4 times as long as the perpendicular ; what will it cost to fence this field , at 66 c . per Ans . $ 60 . rod ? 7. Two ships sail from the same port , one due east and the other due south , one at the rate of 8 ...
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... base of a right - angled triangle is 30 ° , and the hypothenuse is 60 inches ; how much less than 60 inches is the base ? 32. Suppose 6 gallons of water flow through a pipe 1 inch in diameter in 1 minute , how many gallons would flow ...
... base of a right - angled triangle is 30 ° , and the hypothenuse is 60 inches ; how much less than 60 inches is the base ? 32. Suppose 6 gallons of water flow through a pipe 1 inch in diameter in 1 minute , how many gallons would flow ...
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... base . 47. An oblique pyramid is one in which the perpendicular , from the vertex to the base , does not pass through the centre of the base . NOTE . - A pyramid is triangular , quadrangular , etc. , according as its base is a triangle ...
... base . 47. An oblique pyramid is one in which the perpendicular , from the vertex to the base , does not pass through the centre of the base . NOTE . - A pyramid is triangular , quadrangular , etc. , according as its base is a triangle ...
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2d Principal acres altitude amount angle annex annuity arithmetical arithmetical series base Bought breadth bushels cent ciphers circle circumference common difference compound interest cost cube root cubic debt decimal fraction decimal places diameter Divide dividend divisible dollars dominical letter equal equated example feet long figure frustum gain gallons given number greatest common measure Hence hundred inches insured interest of $1 least common multiple length lower denomination marked price miles minuend months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION oxen payable payment plane polygon pound present worth PROB proportion quotient radius ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply separatrix Sept side simple slant height sold solid sphere square root subtract subtrahend surface thick thousandths trial divisor triangle Troy weight units vulgar fraction weight whole number wide yards
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Page 26 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 76 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 43 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 80 - Therefore, multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value.
Page 210 - The square root of a number is one of its two equal factors.
Page 223 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 141 - RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of the principal, for the given time, at 1 per cent., and the quotient will be the rate.
Page 51 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Page 33 - To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 75 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.