Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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Page 72
... cords of wood , at $ 7.56 a cord ? hogsheads of molasses , at $ 18.80 a hogshead ? 13. What cost 2§ firkins of butter , at $ 72 COMMON FRACTIONS .
... cords of wood , at $ 7.56 a cord ? hogsheads of molasses , at $ 18.80 a hogshead ? 13. What cost 2§ firkins of butter , at $ 72 COMMON FRACTIONS .
Page 96
... cords of wood from it , which I sell at $ 5.40 a cord ; I pay $ 1ğ a cord for cut- ting and hauling the wood , and $ 10 for surveying the land ; I divide 3 acres of it into house lots of acre each ; 4 of these I sell at $ 175 each , and ...
... cords of wood from it , which I sell at $ 5.40 a cord ; I pay $ 1ğ a cord for cut- ting and hauling the wood , and $ 10 for surveying the land ; I divide 3 acres of it into house lots of acre each ; 4 of these I sell at $ 175 each , and ...
Page 111
... cord . A pile 4 feet wide , 4 feet high , and 1 foot long , contains 1 cord foot . Hence , 1 cord foot , marked cd . ft . 16 cu . ft . 8 cd . ft . or 128 cu . ft . } = 1 cord , 1 cord . 68 cd . cord . 1 cd . ft . EXAMPLES . 1. In 3 cu ...
... cord . A pile 4 feet wide , 4 feet high , and 1 foot long , contains 1 cord foot . Hence , 1 cord foot , marked cd . ft . 16 cu . ft . 8 cd . ft . or 128 cu . ft . } = 1 cord , 1 cord . 68 cd . cord . 1 cd . ft . EXAMPLES . 1. In 3 cu ...
Page 112
... cords in a woodpile 40 ft . long , 4 ft . wide , and 4 ft . high ? 179. If the solidity of a parallelopiped equals the product of its three dimensions , it follows that When the solid contents and two dimensions are given , the third ...
... cords in a woodpile 40 ft . long , 4 ft . wide , and 4 ft . high ? 179. If the solidity of a parallelopiped equals the product of its three dimensions , it follows that When the solid contents and two dimensions are given , the third ...
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... cord ? 8. There are 144 square inches on one side of a block con- taining a cubic foot ; what is the length of the edge of the block ? 9. There being 112 cubic feet in a stick of timber which is 12 feet square at the end , what is the ...
... cord ? 8. There are 144 square inches on one side of a block con- taining a cubic foot ; what is the length of the edge of the block ? 9. There being 112 cubic feet in a stick of timber which is 12 feet square at the end , what is the ...
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Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - 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 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.