Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... inches wide ? 20. What is the smallest bill that may be paid by using either dimes , three - cent pieces , or quarter dollars ? 21. What is the smallest - sized cistern the contents of which may be exactly measured by using either 15 ...
... inches wide ? 20. What is the smallest bill that may be paid by using either dimes , three - cent pieces , or quarter dollars ? 21. What is the smallest - sized cistern the contents of which may be exactly measured by using either 15 ...
Page 89
... inches wide ? 4. What will be the length of the shortest court that can be paved with stones of either of the following lengths , viz . , 1 ft . 2 ft . , 4 ft . , or 23 ft . ? Ans . 24 ft . 5. What must be the width of the narrowest ...
... inches wide ? 4. What will be the length of the shortest court that can be paved with stones of either of the following lengths , viz . , 1 ft . 2 ft . , 4 ft . , or 23 ft . ? Ans . 24 ft . 5. What must be the width of the narrowest ...
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... inches wide , that none may be wasted , the width of the strips to be expressed in inches ? 2. How many gallons in the largest vessel which will exactly measure 3 hogsheads , containing severally 128 , 94 , and 158 gal lons ? * Optional ...
... inches wide , that none may be wasted , the width of the strips to be expressed in inches ? 2. How many gallons in the largest vessel which will exactly measure 3 hogsheads , containing severally 128 , 94 , and 158 gal lons ? * Optional ...
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... inches long and 10 inches wide , what must be the width of a walk which will just receive these stones , laid either lengthwise or widthwise ? 21 : What is the smallest sum of money which can be exactly paid in pieces of money worth ...
... inches long and 10 inches wide , what must be the width of a walk which will just receive these stones , laid either lengthwise or widthwise ? 21 : What is the smallest sum of money which can be exactly paid in pieces of money worth ...
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... inches and lines . TABLE . 12 lines ( 1. ) = 1 inch , marked in . 12 in . = 1 foot , 66 ft . 3 ft . 51 yd . or 161 ft . = 1 yard , = 1 rod , 66 yd . 66 r . or rd . 40 r . = 1 furlong , 66 f . or fur . m . 8 f . 691 miles nearly 1 mile ...
... inches and lines . TABLE . 12 lines ( 1. ) = 1 inch , marked in . 12 in . = 1 foot , 66 ft . 3 ft . 51 yd . or 161 ft . = 1 yard , = 1 rod , 66 yd . 66 r . or rd . 40 r . = 1 furlong , 66 f . or fur . m . 8 f . 691 miles nearly 1 mile ...
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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.