 To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind, called a unit of measurement.  A College Algebra - Page 3by James Morford Taylor - 1889 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1868 - 386 pages
...such as memory, imagination, judgment, etc., are not quantities. A quantity is measured by finding how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind taken as a standard. The assumed standard is called the unit of measure. 2. Mathematics is the science of quantity,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1873 - 396 pages
...such as memory, imagination, judgment, etc., are not quantities. A quantity is measured by finding how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind taken as a standard. The assumed standard is called the unit of measure. 2. Mathematics is the science of quantity,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...other at right angles. BOOK II. RATIO AND PROPORTION. On the Relation of Magnitudes to Jfumbers. . 1. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind called the unit. To measure a line is to find how many times it contains... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...quantities (such as length, surface, bulk, value, heat) cannot be counted ; they are measured. 176. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a known quantity of the same kind, called the unit of measure. 177. The unit of measure for lengths... | |
 | Franklin Ibach - Geometry - 1882 - 208 pages
...its interior angles, how many sides has the figure ? BOOK II. EATIO AND PROPORTION. DEFINITIONS. 145. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind called the unit of measure. 146. Two quantities are commensurable if they have a common unit of measure.... | |
 | Franklin Ibach - Geometry - 1882 - 208 pages
...many sides has the figure ? BOOK IL EATIO AND РНОРОВТКШ. DEFINITIONS. 145. То measure & quantity is to find how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind called the unit of measure. 146. Two quantities are commensurable if they have a common unit of measure.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...quantities (such as length, surface, bulk, value, heat) cannot be counted ; they are measured. 176. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a known quantity of the same kind, called the unit of measure. 177. The unit of measure for lengths... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - Geometry - 1883 - 326 pages
...of all the circles having a given radius, and internally tangent to a given circle? DEFINITIONS. 1. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind called the Unit of Measure. Thus, to measure a line is to find how... | |
 | James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1885 - 348 pages
...Divide by 10, A x 1 yard = T-Xfifi, or TV of 1 yaгс1 = Ä of 7 yards. FRACTIONS AS MEASURES.* 141. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another known quantity of the same kind, called the unit ; and this number of times is called the measure... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...said to be concrete. 236. Number when not applied to specified objects is said to be abstract. 237. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains some known quantity used as a standard of comparison. 238. A known quantity, fixed by law or custom as a... | |
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