The document discusses moments and how to calculate them. It defines a moment as the product of a force and its perpendicular distance from a pivot point. Clockwise moments are caused by forces whose lines of action are farther from the pivot, while anticlockwise moments are caused by forces closer to the pivot. The principle of moments states that the total clockwise moment equals the total anticlockwise moment for a system in equilibrium. Examples are provided to demonstrate calculating unknown forces using this principle.