Grammar School Algebra

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Ginn & Company, 1904 - Algebra - 154 pages
 

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Page 120 - The product of the extremes divided by one mean equals the other mean; the product of the means divided by one extreme equals the other extreme.
Page 95 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 151 - If the sum of two numbers is s and their difference is d, find the numbers.
Page 69 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 4 - Others will be added as required. 1. If equals are added to equals, the results are equal. 2. If equals are subtracted from equals, the results are equal. 3. If equals are multiplied by equals, the results are equal. 4. If equals are divided by equals, the results are equal.
Page 119 - DThe quantities which are compared together are called the terms of the proportion- The first and last terms are called the extremes, and the second and third terms...
Page 83 - That is, the square of the difference of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, minus twice the product of the two, plus the square of the second.
Page 81 - RESIDUAL quantity, -is equal to the square of the first term, — twice the product of the two terms, -|- the square of the last term.
Page 2 - If 9 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how long will it take one man to do the same work ? 4.
Page 128 - The interest on a sum of money for ten months is $35. What is the interest on the same sum, at the same rate, for two months ? 15.

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