 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1833 - 284 pages
...IB the rule when the quantity of the compound, as well as the price, is given ? INVOLUTION. § 210. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power, or square of that number. Thus 4 X 4=16 : the number 16 is the 2i power or square of... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...is the rule when the quantity of the compound, as well as the price, is given ? INVOLUTION. §177. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power, or square of that number. Thus 4x4 — 16: the number 16 is the 2nd power or square of... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 352 pages
...vessel, the length being 190 ft., and the breadth 44 ft. ? Ans. 1,667, nearly. SQUARE ROOT. LESSON 180. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is...the square root of 4, 5 the square root of 25, &c. The square of a number is easily found, being obtained by multiplying the number by itself, but it... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 354 pages
...vessel, the length being 190 ft., and the breadth 44 ft. ? Ans. 1,667, nearly. SQUARE ROOT. LESSON 180. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is...the square root of 4, 5 the square root of 25, &c. The square of a number is easily found, being obtained by multiplying the number by itself, but it... | |
 | W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...a root. 2. The number of times a root is embraced in a product or power, numbers that power. Thus, if a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power, or square; as 4X4=16, the second power or square of 4. If this power be again multiplied... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1842 - 354 pages
...vessel, the length being 190 ft., and the breadth 44 ft. ? Ans. 1,667, nearly. SQUARE ROOT. LESSON 180. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is...thus, 4 is the square of 2, 25 is the square of 5, 8tc. That- number, which multiplied by itself will produce a certain other number, is called the square... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...is the rule when the quantity of the compound, as well as the price, is given ? INVOLUTION. § 177. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power, or square of that number. Thus 4x4=16: the number 16 is the 2nd power or square of 4.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 666 pages
...is the rule when the quantity of the compound, as well as the price, is given ? INVOLUTION. § 177- If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power, or square of that number. Thus 4x4=16: the number 16 is the 2nd power or square of 4.... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...obtained by multiplying it any number of times by itself. Any number is the first power of itself. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called the second power or square of that number. If a number be multiplied by itself, and the resulting product... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...obtained by . multiplying it any number of times by itself. '. Any number is the first power of itself. If a number be multiplied by itself, the product is called 'the second power or square of that number. If a number be multiplied by itself, and the resulting product... | |
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That number, which multiplied by itself will produce a certain other number, is called the square root of this other number ; thus, 2 is the square root of 4, 5 the square root of 25, &c. 
