The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States. Compiled for the Use of SchoolsC. Norris & Company and sold at their bookstore; sold also by E. Little & Company, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in New England, 1812 - Arithmetic - 231 pages |
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Page 164
... cone or pyramid . NOTE . A Cone is a figure standing upon a base , and of a true slant or taper from the largest end , to a point or vertex . Sometimes the base is circular , square , triangular , or in form of a parallelogram . 44 ...
... cone or pyramid . NOTE . A Cone is a figure standing upon a base , and of a true slant or taper from the largest end , to a point or vertex . Sometimes the base is circular , square , triangular , or in form of a parallelogram . 44 ...
Page 165
... cone ; figure 2 , a a triangular cone ; figure 3 , a square cone ; and fig- ure 4 , a parallelogramical cone . RULE . Find the superficial area of the base , and multiply it into one third of the perpendicular height of the cone , and ...
... cone ; figure 2 , a a triangular cone ; figure 3 , a square cone ; and fig- ure 4 , a parallelogramical cone . RULE . Find the superficial area of the base , and multiply it into one third of the perpendicular height of the cone , and ...
Page 166
... cone is exactly square at both ends ; multiply a side of the greatest , by a side of the least square ; also find the difference between the two sides ; square the difference ; add one third of the square to the product of the two sides ...
... cone is exactly square at both ends ; multiply a side of the greatest , by a side of the least square ; also find the difference between the two sides ; square the difference ; add one third of the square to the product of the two sides ...
Page 167
... cone and 4 at the other , Ans . 1664 ft . 6. What is the solidity of the frustum of a cone that is 16 inches square at one end , and 12 at the oth- er , and is 16 feet long ? Ans . 21 . 7. What is the solidity of the frustum of a cone ...
... cone and 4 at the other , Ans . 1664 ft . 6. What is the solidity of the frustum of a cone that is 16 inches square at one end , and 12 at the oth- er , and is 16 feet long ? Ans . 21 . 7. What is the solidity of the frustum of a cone ...
Page 169
... cone when it is square , or parallelogramical , & c.- Example . What is the solidity of the cone , figure third , case fifth ; width of the large end 9 , thickness 9 , and length 21 ? Width of the edge Width of large end 9 X 2 = 18 18 ...
... cone when it is square , or parallelogramical , & c.- Example . What is the solidity of the cone , figure third , case fifth ; width of the large end 9 , thickness 9 , and length 21 ? Width of the edge Width of large end 9 X 2 = 18 18 ...
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Page 121 - Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand: the period on the left will often contain but one figure.
Page 92 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 189 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 80 - Place the numbers on the same line, and divide by the least number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, and set down in a line below the quotients and the undivided numbers.
Page 60 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 79 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 7 - Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied.
Page 165 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 94 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent, and •that product by the number of years : the last product...
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