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... equal quantities of wheat at £ 2 2s . a quarter ; barley at £ 1 1s . a quarter ; and oats at 14s . a quarter . What quantity of each will he have ? SECTION VII . 1. Simplify 9 7 1 + 2 + 3 + 10 % 8 2. Out of a cistern full , 20 gallons ...
... equal quantities of wheat at £ 2 2s . a quarter ; barley at £ 1 1s . a quarter ; and oats at 14s . a quarter . What quantity of each will he have ? SECTION VII . 1. Simplify 9 7 1 + 2 + 3 + 10 % 8 2. Out of a cistern full , 20 gallons ...
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... equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be pro- duced the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal to one another . 2. Draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line of an unlimited length from a given ...
... equal to one another ; and if the equal sides be pro- duced the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal to one another . 2. Draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line of an unlimited length from a given ...
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... equal to two sides of the other , each to each , but the angle con- tained by the sides of the one greater than the angle contained by the two sides equal to them of the other , the base of that which has the greater angle shall be ...
... equal to two sides of the other , each to each , but the angle con- tained by the sides of the one greater than the angle contained by the two sides equal to them of the other , the base of that which has the greater angle shall be ...
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... equals that of a well - directed and successful attempt at diminishing the risk of danger to human life ; yet , while we owe much to the labours of those who have discovered its import- ant truths , let it not be forgotten that we owe ...
... equals that of a well - directed and successful attempt at diminishing the risk of danger to human life ; yet , while we owe much to the labours of those who have discovered its import- ant truths , let it not be forgotten that we owe ...
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... equal to a given straight line . 2. If two triangles have two sides of one equal to two sides of the other , each to each , and likewise their bases equal , the two triangles shall be equal in every respect . 3. Show how to bisect a ...
... equal to a given straight line . 2. If two triangles have two sides of one equal to two sides of the other , each to each , and likewise their bases equal , the two triangles shall be equal in every respect . 3. Show how to bisect a ...
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ALGEBRA ARITHMETIC Candidates in Scotland cent centimetres chief circle cost crotchet decametres decimal DICTATION AND PENMANSHIP Dictation Exercise difference Divide DOMESTIC ECONOMY England English equal erasures EUCLID Examiner Explain feet Female Candidates Find the value following passage form one question fractions GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY Give examples Grammar inches instance be given Investment Languages Latin length lesson letters major scale major third Male Candidates measure MENSURATION miles Moffatt's Multiply Music paper parallelogram Parse the words perfect fourth permitted to answer plural prepositions printed in italic Pupil Teachers reign rhombus right angle rivers SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS School Management Scotland may answer SECTION IV SECTION IV.-1 SECTION VII sentence seven questions Show sides specimen of Penmanship teaching thousand THREE HOURS allowed Tonic Sol-fa Translate triangle verbs VIII vulgar fractions yards δὲ καὶ μὲν οἱ τὸ τοῖς τῶν
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Page 166 - The opposite angles of any quadrilateral figure inscribed in a circle, are together equal to two right angles.
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Page 13 - THE angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another : and, if the equal sides be produced, the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal.