 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 320 pages
...multiply the number of squares in one row by the number of rows ; 5X3=15 square rods, Ans. ' Hence the RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the square contents. NOTE. — Three times a line irods long is a line 15 rods long. Hence the pupil must not fail to ffRtiee,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...multiply the number of squares ill one row by the number of rows ; 5 X 3 = 15 square rods, Am. Hence the RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the square contents. NOTE. — Three times a line 5 tods long is a line 15 rods long. Hence the pupil must not fail to notice,... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
..." • " OF TIMBER MEASURE. PROBLEM I. To find the area, or superficial content of a board or plank RULE. MULTIPLY the length by the breadth, and the product will be the content required. Note. — When the board is tapering, add the breadths of the two ends together,... | |
 | Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1848 - 284 pages
...(Art. 39.) by AB. BC or AB2. Hence we have the following rule for finding the area of a rectangle. Rule. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area of the rectangle. Ex. (1.) Required the area of a rectangle whose length is 9 ft. and breadth... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...neres.] Ans. 26 acres 1 r. 25 rods. PROS. ii. — To find the area of a parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area. EXAMPLES. 1. How many square yards of ground are contained in a garden •which is 126 feet long... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Measurement - 1849 - 156 pages
...breadth will make a square foot, &c. .TIMBER MEASURE. To find the area of a board or plank. KULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the content required. Or, multiply the length by the breadth in inches, and divide the product by 12. When... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Measurement - 1850 - 144 pages
...&c. ^T ST. The length and breadth of a square or rectangle being give?i, to find the square contents, Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product...this and the following rule, see Revised Arithmetic, Iftt 48/49, and 50. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 1. How many square inches in a board 16 inches square ?... | |
 | John Radford Young - Measurement - 1850 - 294 pages
...find the area of a rectangle from knowing the measures of its sides, that is, its length and breadth. RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area. EXAMPLES. 1 . Required the area of a rectangle whose length is 1 8 feet, and breadth 14 feet.... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - Surveying - 1851 - 826 pages
...• - - «7 ^ 1568160 = 10890 6272640 = 43560 To determine the area of a Rectangular Parallelogram. RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth and the product •will be the area. EXAMPLES. Suppose the side of a square to be 10 Chs. 48 Lks. what is the area ? Answer, 10 Acr.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 344 pages
...&c. — thus, for 6 inches, take the .1 of 1 foot ; and so on. I. To FIND THE AREA OF A BECTANGLE. RULE. — Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area. Example 1. — What is the area of a rectangle, whose length is 4 feet and breadth 3 feet? 4... | |
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To measure a parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content. 
