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... length of a stick of timber is 5 feet , how long is the whole stick ? 25. A merchant having 40 bushels of rye , sold of it . How many bushels had he left ? 26. How many cents would you have left , if you had 24 , and should lose of them ...
... length of a stick of timber is 5 feet , how long is the whole stick ? 25. A merchant having 40 bushels of rye , sold of it . How many bushels had he left ? 26. How many cents would you have left , if you had 24 , and should lose of them ...
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... length ; then 3 times the length of this line makes 3 barley corns , or 1 inch , which is the exact length of the longer line . In like manner , 12 times the length of 1 inch makes 1 foot ; 3 times the length of 1 foot , 1 yard , & c ...
... length ; then 3 times the length of this line makes 3 barley corns , or 1 inch , which is the exact length of the longer line . In like manner , 12 times the length of 1 inch makes 1 foot ; 3 times the length of 1 foot , 1 yard , & c ...
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... length , reckoning 25 links to a rod . QUESTIONS . 32. Repeat the Table of Ale Measure . Its use ? 26. Repeat the Table of Long Measure . Its use ? 27. For what purpose do we use the league and fathom ? the geometrical space , lines and ...
... length , reckoning 25 links to a rod . QUESTIONS . 32. Repeat the Table of Ale Measure . Its use ? 26. Repeat the Table of Long Measure . Its use ? 27. For what purpose do we use the league and fathom ? the geometrical space , lines and ...
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... length of any square or parallelogram by its breadth , gives its square measure , or , as it is sometimes called , its square contents , as in the following Table : 144 square inches [ sq . in . ] . make 1 square foot . 9 square feet ...
... length of any square or parallelogram by its breadth , gives its square measure , or , as it is sometimes called , its square contents , as in the following Table : 144 square inches [ sq . in . ] . make 1 square foot . 9 square feet ...
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... length , breadth , and depth or thickness ; as wood , timber , stones , masonry , & c . 55. A CUBE is a solid , whose length , breadth , and thickness are all equal . [ See the Cubical block . ] 56. Thus a small block 1 inch long , 1 ...
... length , breadth , and depth or thickness ; as wood , timber , stones , masonry , & c . 55. A CUBE is a solid , whose length , breadth , and thickness are all equal . [ See the Cubical block . ] 56. Thus a small block 1 inch long , 1 ...
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12 cents 50 cents acres amount angles annexing apiece barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called cent pieces ciphers circumference common divisor composite number compound interest compound number contain cows cube root cubic decimal denominator diameter difference discount Divide dividend Division dollars equal example excess factors farthings Federal money feet long Find the sum fraction frustrum gallons given number greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horses hundred improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length merchant miles million mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply ounces payment pence pints pounds present worth proportion purchase quadrillion quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio reckoning Reduce remainder Repeat the Table sell shillings sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose tens thousand TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction whole number yards of cloth
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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 115 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aud the quotients will make the fraction required. * To find the greatest common measure...
Page 116 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 35 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 207 - The first term of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the second, the CONSEQUENT, and both together form a COUPLET, as 12 : 3.
Page 121 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 254 - Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1; the quotient will be the sum of the series required.
Page 215 - Lastly, multiply the third term by the continued product of the second terms, and divide the result by the continued product of the first terms, and the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer required.
Page 186 - 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...
Page 277 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...