Arithmetic and Its Applications: Designed as a Text Book for Common Schools, High Schools, and AcademiesH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1856 - 366 σελίδες |
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... weighed by what is called Avoirdupois Weight . TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . 1 ounce . 16 drams 16 ounces 25 pounds = 1 pound . = 1 quarter . 4 quarters 1 hundred weight . 20 hundred weight = 1 ton . ( b . ) The abbreviations made use ...
... weighed by what is called Avoirdupois Weight . TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT . 1 ounce . 16 drams 16 ounces 25 pounds = 1 pound . = 1 quarter . 4 quarters 1 hundred weight . 20 hundred weight = 1 ton . ( b . ) The abbreviations made use ...
Σελίδα 30
... weighing gold , silver , and precious stones is called Troy Weight . This weight is also used in philosophical experiments . TABLE OF TROY WEIGHT . 24 grains 1 pennyweight . 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce . 12 ounces = 1 pound . ( b . ) In ...
... weighing gold , silver , and precious stones is called Troy Weight . This weight is also used in philosophical experiments . TABLE OF TROY WEIGHT . 24 grains 1 pennyweight . 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce . 12 ounces = 1 pound . ( b . ) In ...
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... weighing 2794 pounds ? 20. How many acres in 7 lots , each containing 24.74386 acres ? 21. How many square rods in a road 754 rods long and 4 rods wide ? Reasoning Process . Since a space -- rod long and 1 rod wide con- tains 1 square ...
... weighing 2794 pounds ? 20. How many acres in 7 lots , each containing 24.74386 acres ? 21. How many square rods in a road 754 rods long and 4 rods wide ? Reasoning Process . Since a space -- rod long and 1 rod wide con- tains 1 square ...
Σελίδα 84
... . of flour cost at $ 7 per bbl . ? 29. What will 27.96 firkins of butter cost at $ 9 per firkin ? 30. What will be the weight of 3794 cannon balls , each ball weighing 8 lb. ? 31. If a soldier eats 4 lb. of meat in 84 MULTIPLICATION .
... . of flour cost at $ 7 per bbl . ? 29. What will 27.96 firkins of butter cost at $ 9 per firkin ? 30. What will be the weight of 3794 cannon balls , each ball weighing 8 lb. ? 31. If a soldier eats 4 lb. of meat in 84 MULTIPLICATION .
Σελίδα 85
... weigh , if each weighs 6 pounds ? 36. 82 bu . 3 pk . 5 qt . 1 pt . = how many pints ? Reasoning Process . — Since there are 4 pecks for every bushel , there must be 4 times as many pecks as bushels , or , in this case , 4 times 82 pecks ...
... weigh , if each weighs 6 pounds ? 36. 82 bu . 3 pk . 5 qt . 1 pt . = how many pints ? Reasoning Process . — Since there are 4 pecks for every bushel , there must be 4 times as many pecks as bushels , or , in this case , 4 times 82 pecks ...
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Σελίδα 38 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Σελίδα 40 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Σελίδα 41 - WEIGHTS. 10 milligrammes = 1 centigramme. 10 centigrammes = 1 decigramme. 10 decigrammes = 1 gramme. 10 grammes = 1 decagramme. 10 decagrammes = 1 hectogramme. 10 hectogrammes = 1 kilogramme. 10 kilogrammes = 1 myriagramme.
Σελίδα 330 - That is, the square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Σελίδα 30 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Σελίδα 99 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 34 - Measure. — 144 square inches = 1 square foot; 9 square feet = 1 square yard; 30J square yards = 1 square rod or perch; 40 square rods = 1 rood; 4 roods = 1 acre; 640 acres = 1 square mile; 36 square miles (60 miles square) = 1 township.
Σελίδα 236 - ... high, and 1 ft. 8' thick ? Suggestion. — Since 8 in. = f ft., 4 in. = ^ ft., and 2 in. = ¿ ft., each brick contains fr X ¿ X ^ = -¿j solid feet, and it will take 27 bricks for each solid foot in the wall. 15. How many bricks, each 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2 in. thick, will it take to build the four walls of a house, 30 ft. 6
Σελίδα 133 - Two numbers are PRIME TO EACH OTHER when they have no common factor.
Σελίδα 339 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.