Ans. 3041280 Barley-Corns. 8)128 16 Miles. DIVIDE by 11 for 5 and multiply the quotient by 2. The reason is because 51⁄2 reduced to half yards is 11. *To multiply by one half () it is only to take half the Dividend. 2. IN 47520 feet how many Leagues ? Ans. 3 Leagues. 3. How many times does the Wheel, which is 18 feet 6 inches in circumference, turn round in the distance of 150 miles? 18-6 ༢༡༩ Ans. 42810 times, and 180 inches over. 2: 2 2 7 7 9 2 0 0 0 7428 18 times 180 inches an 4. How many barley-corns will reach round the Globe it being 360 de grees? Ans. 4755801600. 6. LAND OR SQUARE MEASURE. 1. IN 13 acres, 2 roods how many poles? 1. In 1296000 solid inches, how many tons of hewn timber? OPERATION. 2. IN 5529600 solid inches, how many cords of wood? 128 Ans, 25. 1728/5529600/3200/25 Lords wer 15184 255 240 3450 40 Ir would be needless to give examples of Reduction in all the weights and measures. The understanding, which the attentive Scholar must already have acquired of this rule, by help of the Tables, will ever be sufficient for his pose. SUPPLEMENT to Heduction. 1. WHAT is Reduction. QUESTIONS. 2. Of how many kinds is Reduction? what are they called? wherein do these kinds differ one from the other? Which of the fundamental rules are employed in their operations ? 3. How is Reduction Descending performed? 4. How is Reduction Ascending performed? 5. WHEN it is required to know how many sorts of coin, weight or measure of different values, of each an equal number, are contained in any other number of each an equal number of another kind, what is the method of procedure ? |