 | Thomas Arnold - Marine insurance - 1822 - 1008 pages
...recommendation of being snorter than the foregoing method of calculation. ft. 34 0 4 To measure Boards. Multiply the length in feet, by the width in inches, and divide by 12: the quotient will be the number of feet. But if the • See the rulei for working' by duodecimals,... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1844 - 222 pages
...house 45 by 22 feet ? BOARDS are sold by the thousand square feet, and each board is measured thus — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product Ay 12; the quotient will be square feet. 11. How many square feet are there in 17 boards, each board... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 pages
...house 45 by 22 feet ? BOARDS are sold by the thousand square feet, and each board is measured thus — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12; the quotient will lie square feet. 11. How many square feet are there in 17 boards, each board being... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1849 - 228 pages
...house 45 by 22 feet ? BOARDS are sold by the thousand square feet, and each board is measured thus — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12; . the quotient will be square feet. 11. How many square feet are there in 17 boards, each board being... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 232 pages
...house 45 by 22 feet ? BOARDS are sold by the thousand square feet, and each board is measured thus — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12; the quotient will be square feet. 11. How many square feet are there in 17 boards, -each board being... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...we shall obtain the same result. MENSURATION OF LUMBER. To find the contents of a board. RULE. — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12 ; the quotient will be the contents in square feet. EXAMPLE. — A board is 16 feet long and 10 inches... | |
 | Admiral Paschel Stone - 1853 - 110 pages
...practice than otherwise. The following are of quite general use : — MEASUREMENT OF BOARDS. RULE. — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. The quotient will be the contents in feet. Examples. ' 1. Required the contents of a board 16 ft. long... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...though cometimes it is estimated by board measure. 511. RULE. — I. To find the contents of a board, multiply the length in feet by the width in feet, or, II. Multiply the length in feet, ty the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. 1. What are the contents of a board 16 feet Jong... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1863 - 344 pages
...though sometimes it is estimated by board measure. 511. RULE. — I. To find the contents of a board, multiply the length in feet by the width in feet, or, II. Multiply t7ie length in feet, liy the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. 1. What are the contents... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1867 - 232 pages
...6.13 .94 5.63 2.25 3.55 10.51 5.31 MENSURATION OF LUMBER. To find the contents of a board. RULE. — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12; the quotient will be the contents in square feet. EXAMPLE. — A board is 16 feet long and 10 inches... | |
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RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet. 
