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Page 198 - Two men, A and B, start from the same place at the same time, and travel the same way ; A travels 52 miles a day, and B 44 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 10 days ? 15.
Page 112 - Sam are walking in opposite directions. Joe walks at the rate of 5 miles an hour, and Sam walks at the rate of 7 miles an hour. How far apart will they be at the end of 3 hours? SOLUTION: The factor to be found is distance.
Page 11 - Multiply as in the multiplication of integers, and point off" as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier.
Page 161 - Fillmore was the thirteenth President of the United States and held office from January 10, 1850 to March 4, 1853; that the capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa; that there were two...
Page 165 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers equals the difference of their squares.
Page 138 - Similarly, if the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3, the number is divisible by 3.
Page 226 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 155 - To find the area of a triangle. — Multiply the base by the perpendicular height, and half the product will be the area.
Page 112 - A and B start from the same place and travel in the same direction, A at the rate of 9 miles an hour and B 6 miles ; how far apart are they in 1 hour ? In 5 hours?
Page 137 - Divide the numerical coefficient of the dividend by the numerical coefficient of the divisor ; and to the result annex the letters, giving to each letter an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor.