 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 1by James Morford Taylor - 1889 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Charles Byrnes, Julia Richman, John Storm Roberts - Arithmetic - 1913 - 468 pages
...— 1H 45 qt. (a) $£ • — 7? 45 qt. @ $f . . $33f 45 qt. @ $ | . . $ 37£ DENOMINATE NUMBERS 177. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a smaller quantity of its own kind called a unit of measure. For example, the length of a desk is said... | |
 | James Charles Byrnes - 1913 - 468 pages
...1 45 qt. (a) $| Ct. Process . . $45 • • — 7i 45 qt. @ $ £ . . $ 37£ DENOMINATE NUMBERS 177. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a smaller quantity of its own kind called a unit of measure. For example, the length of a desk is said... | |
 | Claude Irwin Palmer, Daniel Pomeroy Taylor - Geometry - 1918 - 460 pages
...unit of measure is a standard which is used for measuring quantities of the same kind. 302. Measuring. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a unit of measure. • K 303. Theorem. The arcs formed by two perpendicular diameters are equal. Given... | |
 | Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry - 1918 - 486 pages
...a common internal tangent a segment, CD, equal to the external tangent, AB. -E '6 MEASUREMENT 217. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind, called a unit ot measurement. 218. DBF. The numerical measure of... | |
 | Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry - 1913 - 484 pages
...on a common internal tangent a segment, CD, equal to the external tangent, AB. E 0 MEASUREMENT 217. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind, called a unit of measurement. 218. DEF. The numerical measure of... | |
 | Edson Homer Taylor, Fiske Allen - Mathematics - 1923 - 104 pages
...centroid of the triangle. CHAPTER IV MEASUREMENT OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES 168. Meaning of measurement. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains another quantity of the same kind called a unit of measure. What unit of measure would be used in measuring... | |
 | Claude Irwin Palmer, Daniel Pomeroy Taylor, Eva Crane Farnum - Geometry, Modern - 1924 - 360 pages
...any quantity, some basis or standard is taken, which is called the unit of measure. 286. Measuring. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains a unit of measure. 287. Theorem. The arcs formed by two perpendicular diameters are equal. Given AC... | |
 | United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps - 1930 - 1216 pages
...subject in regular and proper order. Quantity is anything that can be increased, diminished, or measured. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind, called the unit of measure. A unit is a single thing of any kind. In pure mathematics, or mathematics... | |
 | United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps - 1930 - 1238 pages
...in regular and proper order. Quantity is anything that can be increased1, diminished, or measured. To measure a quantity is to find how many times it contains some other quantity of the same kind, called the unit of measure. A unit is a single thing of any kind. In pure mathematics, or mathematics... | |
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