A Secondary ArithmeticBenj. H. Sanborn & Company, 1908 - Business mathematics |
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A Secondary Arithmetic: Commercial and Industrial for High, Industrial ... John Charles Stone No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 135 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 193 - At constant temperature, the resistance of a wire varies directly as its length and inversely as the square of its diameter. If a piece of wire 0.1 in.
Page 214 - L = length of stroke in feet. A = area of piston in square inches. n = number of strokes per minute (rpm X 2).
Page 34 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 153 - May not be classified as a defect. board foot — a unit of measurement represented by a board 1 ft long, 1 ft wide, and 1 in. thick. Abbreviation ft. bm; bd. ft., fmb.
Page 206 - ... of commercial ice. The water is frozen so that the ice is 15 in. thick. If ice is 0.93 as heavy as an equal volume of water, find the weight of the crop of ice in tons.
Page 137 - ... 100 sq. meters = 1 sq. dekameter (sq. Dm.) 100 sq. dekameters = 1 sq. hektometer (sq. Hm.) 100 sq. hektometers = 1 sq. kilometer (sq. Km...
Page 162 - ... cord will be found to be just twice the latter. The area of the surface of the whole ball is then how many times the area of the circular section of the ball? What radius has this circular section?
Page 126 - The integral part of a logarithm is called its characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa.