 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...equals their sum multiplied by their difference. To find the square root of a number. RULE 1. Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the unit's place. The number of figures In the root equals the number of periods. 2. Find the greatest... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 262 pages
...required power ; the product of these factors will be the required power. EVOLUTION. SQUARE ROOT. SEPARATE the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand. Find the greatest number whose square is contained in the first left-hand period, for the... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 292 pages
...required power ; the product of these factors will be the required power. EVOLUTION. SQUARE ROOT. SEPARATE the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand. Find the greatest number whose square is contained in the first left-hand period, for the... | |
 | James Gray - Arithmetic - 1883 - 154 pages
...9'879518/j. 6. Divide 4-736 by 82-73. Ans. 05724855 #BesV EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE ROOT. RCLE 1. Divide the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand, and pointing toward the left in integers, and toward the right in decimals. Every period... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...the square root of a number. Use, to find the length of one side of a given square. RULE 1. Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the unit's place. The number of figures In the root equals the number of periods. 2. Find the greatest... | |
 | John Bernard Clarke - Algebra - 1889 - 566 pages
...square of the units, on the principle indicated in (218). We thus have the following RULE.—Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right; the extreme left-hand period may contain but one figure. Divide this result (not considering... | |
 | Thomas J. Foster - Coal mines and mining - 1891 - 444 pages
...logarithms for a shorter method.) EVOLUTION. To flnd the square root of a number. — RULE. — I. Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the units place. II. Find the greatest number whose square is contained in the period on the left ; this will be the... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...and which has an exact square root. 432. To find the square root of a number. Rule. — 1. Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the place of units. 2. Find the greatest square in the left-hand period, and place its root for the first... | |
 | Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - Algebra - 1897 - 482 pages
...100 v/100 10 It is better, however, to put this work into a different form ALGEBRA. by marking off the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the decimal point and marking both to the right and left. If necessary annex a zero to complete the last... | |
 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1901 - 738 pages
...Root. This is best illustrated by an example. Find the square root of 746.2. Rule* — (1) Point off the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right or at the decimal point, if there is one, and in the latter case point both ways, adding ciphers... | |
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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. 
