Arithmetic simplified : prepared for the use of primary schools, female seminaries, and high schools : in three parts; adapted to classes of different ages, and of different degrees of advancement (1833)
Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 · Hartford : Published by D.F. Robinson & Co. and sold by booksellers generally · leaf 253
247 EVOLUTION. It is important for the pupil to learn the distinction be¬ tween a square quantity , and a certain extent that is in the form of a square . For example, four square inches , and four inches square are different quantities. A Four square inches may be represented in Fig. A. In this… … A four inch square then, is a square whose sides are four inches long. Four square inches are four squares that are each an inch on every side. When we wish to find the square contents of any quan¬ tity, we seek to know how many square inches , or jeet, or yards , there are in the quantity given,…
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