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... Feet of Round Timber , or 50 Feet of Hewn Timber , 27 Solid Feet . . . make • 128 Solid Feet , or 8 feet long , 4 wide , and 4 high , } • · • • 1 Solid Foot . 1 Ton , or Load 1 Solid Yard . 1 Cord of Wood 1. What will a parcel of wood ...
... Feet of Round Timber , or 50 Feet of Hewn Timber , 27 Solid Feet . . . make • 128 Solid Feet , or 8 feet long , 4 wide , and 4 high , } • · • • 1 Solid Foot . 1 Ton , or Load 1 Solid Yard . 1 Cord of Wood 1. What will a parcel of wood ...
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... feet or square yards will they make ? Q. Why ? A. Because there are 9 small squares , each containing 1 which make 9 ... wide ? 2 x 2 = 4 , Ans . How many in a figure 4 inches long and 4 inches wide ? 12 inches square , that is , 12 ...
... feet or square yards will they make ? Q. Why ? A. Because there are 9 small squares , each containing 1 which make 9 ... wide ? 2 x 2 = 4 , Ans . How many in a figure 4 inches long and 4 inches wide ? 12 inches square , that is , 12 ...
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... feet in 1 square rod ? and why ? A. 2724 sq . ft . because 16 ft . ( the ... wide . F D B E > Q. We see by this figure , that there are two kinds of ... feet in length , it is plain that it would have contained 4 square feet ; but ...
... feet in 1 square rod ? and why ? A. 2724 sq . ft . because 16 ft . ( the ... wide . F D B E > Q. We see by this figure , that there are two kinds of ... feet in length , it is plain that it would have contained 4 square feet ; but ...
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... feet wide ? 6 feet square ? 10 feet long and 9 feet wide ? 6 feet long and 2 feet wide ? ( 2 × 6 = 129 = 13 yds . , Ans . ) In a figure 10 feet long and 4 wide ? A. 4 yds . 8. How many square yards in 9 square feet ? In 108 ? In 72 ? In ...
... feet wide ? 6 feet square ? 10 feet long and 9 feet wide ? 6 feet long and 2 feet wide ? ( 2 × 6 = 129 = 13 yds . , Ans . ) In a figure 10 feet long and 4 wide ? A. 4 yds . 8. How many square yards in 9 square feet ? In 108 ? In 72 ? In ...
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... wide ? ( Reduce the inches to the decimal of a foot . ) A. 415,125 ft . = 415 feet . 6. How many acres are contained ... feet are contained in a board 12 inches long and 12 inches wide ? ( 1 ) 12 inches wide and 24 inches long ? ( 2 ) 3 ...
... wide ? ( Reduce the inches to the decimal of a foot . ) A. 415,125 ft . = 415 feet . 6. How many acres are contained ... feet are contained in a board 12 inches long and 12 inches wide ? ( 1 ) 12 inches wide and 24 inches long ? ( 2 ) 3 ...
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Page 199 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 81 - TABLE. 60 seconds" make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes • 1 degree, °. 30 degrees - 1 sign, s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, c.
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Page 242 - 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 246 - Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the sum of all the terms.
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Page 212 - A. 100 feet -í- 50 = 2 tons! 10. How many bricks 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2| inches thick, will build a wall in front of a garden, which is to be 240 feet long, 6 feet high, and 1 foot 6 inches wide ? A.
Page 256 - Leg are given, to find the Other Leg;— From the square of the hypothenuse subtract the square of the given leg, and the square root of the remainder will be the other. 3. A river, 80 yarda wide, passée by a fort, the walla of which are 60 yard« h ii'li ; now, what is the distance from the top of the wali to the opposite bank ol'the river?