Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...feet... Ans. 10595ft. 20. 20 yd. to rods. OPERATION. 51 yards = 11 halves, 20 yards = 40 halves. 11)40?rd. 7 half yd. left, = 3i yd. Ans. 3 rd. 3£ yd. Suggestion.--In reducing numbers from a lower to a higher denomination, when the divisor is a fractional number (Art. 155), reduce both divisor and dividend to like parts of a unit. The remainder being of the same denomination as the dividend, (Art. 38), will be a fraction, which reduce to a whole or mixed number. Here, the remainder, 7 half yd., reduced, makes 3 yd. 21. Reduce 15875ft. to miles. Ans. 3 mi. 2 rd. 2ft... 22. 142634 in. to miles. Ans. 2 mi. 2 fur. 2 yd. 2 in." 23. How many steps, of 2 ft. 8 in. each, will a man take in walking 2 miles? Ans. 3960. 24. How many revolutions will a wheel, of 9 ft. 2 in. circumference, make, in running G5 mi.? Ans. 37440. EXAMPLES IN SQUARE MEASURE. 25. Reduce 1 A. 3R. 16 P. 25 sq. yd. to square yards. Ans. 8979 sq. yd. 26. 750C sq. yd. to A. Ans. 1 A. 2 11. 8 P. 4 sq. yd. 27. 5 chains 15 links, to in. Ans. 40781 in. 28. How many acres in a field 40'T rd. lone, and 32 rd. wide?" "Ans. 8 A. 16P. EXAMPLES IN TIME MEASURE, la these examples, the year is supposed to be 3651 clays. 29. Reduce 4years to hours....,4ns. 3506i hr. 30. 914092 hr. to con. Ans. 1 ccn. 4yr. 101 da. 4hr. 31. In what time will a body move from the earth to the moon, at the rate of 31 miles per day, the distance being 238545 miles? Ans. 21 yr. 24 da. EEDTJCTION OF FEACTIONAI COMPOTTHD JTOHBERS. CASE I. Akt. 160. To reduce a fraction of a higher denomination, to a fraction of a lower. 1. Keduce 2 of a peck to the fraction of a pint. Solution.--To reduce pecks to pints, Operation. we multiply by 8 to reduce them to pk. qt. qt. pt. quarts, tlien by 2 to reduce them to i v R _ ' y? ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...feet... Ans. 10595ft. 20. 20 yd. to rods. OPERATION. 51 yards = 11 halves, 20 yards = 40 halves. 11)40?rd. 7 half yd. left, = 3i yd. Ans. 3 rd. 3£ yd. Suggestion.--In reducing numbers from a lower to a higher denomination, when the divisor is a fractional number (Art. 155), reduce both divisor and dividend to like parts of a unit. The remainder being of the same denomination as the dividend, (Art. 38), will be a fraction, which reduce to a whole or mixed number. Here, the remainder, 7 half yd., reduced, makes 3 yd. 21. Reduce 15875ft. to miles. Ans. 3 mi. 2 rd. 2ft... 22. 142634 in. to miles. Ans. 2 mi. 2 fur. 2 yd. 2 in." 23. How many steps, of 2 ft. 8 in. each, will a man take in walking 2 miles? Ans. 3960. 24. How many revolutions will a wheel, of 9 ft. 2 in. circumference, make, in running G5 mi.? Ans. 37440. EXAMPLES IN SQUARE MEASURE. 25. Reduce 1 A. 3R. 16 P. 25 sq. yd. to square yards. Ans. 8979 sq. yd. 26. 750C sq. yd. to A. Ans. 1 A. 2 11. 8 P. 4 sq. yd. 27. 5 chains 15 links, to in. Ans. 40781 in. 28. How many acres in a field 40'T rd. lone, and 32 rd. wide?" "Ans. 8 A. 16P. EXAMPLES IN TIME MEASURE, la these examples, the year is supposed to be 3651 clays. 29. Reduce 4years to hours....,4ns. 3506i hr. 30. 914092 hr. to con. Ans. 1 ccn. 4yr. 101 da. 4hr. 31. In what time will a body move from the earth to the moon, at the rate of 31 miles per day, the distance being 238545 miles? Ans. 21 yr. 24 da. EEDTJCTION OF FEACTIONAI COMPOTTHD JTOHBERS. CASE I. Akt. 160. To reduce a fraction of a higher denomination, to a fraction of a lower. 1. Keduce 2 of a peck to the fraction of a pint. Solution.--To reduce pecks to pints, Operation. we multiply by 8 to reduce them to pk. qt. qt. pt. quarts, tlien by 2 to reduce them to i v R _ ' y? ...
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