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Except for the part where they talk about doing mathematics with areas measured in square rods and feet. Not even Americans who know about feet know what a rod
by jhbadger 3y ago
Except for the part where they talk about doing mathematics with areas measured in square rods and feet. Not even Americans who know about feet know what a rod is (without Googling it).
- rft 3y agoYeah, that was one of the parts I have no chance of solving. I assume back in the day and/or for Americans this would have been just as commonly used as ha or a, which I still vaguely remembered the definitions of. Can someone comment on the relative difficulty of the algebra and geometry/trig problems? I am far more confident in my algebra and found those problems fairly approachable, as in, I know how to tackle them, even if I am too lazy to actually do them. The geometry and trig problems are beyond my current knowledge, but I haven't used those skills in years at this point. I am also fascinated by the contrast between some skills being essentially irrelevant (Latin and Greek) and others being nearly the same (algebra and arithmetic) after a good century. I guess the mathematicians win this round of "relevance over time" :)