New Grammar School Arithmetic, Part 2

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D.C. Heath & Company, 1903 - Algebra - 539 pages
 

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Page 380 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 335 - The square described on the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides containing the right angle. Prop. 30. — If the square on one side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 329 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.
Page 254 - THE UNITED STATES RULE. Find the amount of the principal to the time when the payment, or sum of the payments, equals or exceeds the interest. From this amount deduct the payment or sum of the payments.
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Page 318 - I purchase for $ 5 ? 10. A can do a piece of work in 6 days, B can do it in 7 days. If B's wages are $2.10 per day, how much should A receive per day?
Page 494 - A five-sided polygon is called a pentagon; one of six sides, a hexagon; of seven, a heptagon; of eight, an octagon; of nine, a nonagon; of ten, a decagon; etc.
Page 346 - A right prism is one whose lateral edges are perpendicular to the bases.
Page 383 - Table of Weight. 10 milligrams (mg.) 1 centigram 10 centigrams 1 decigram 10 decigrams 1 gram (gr.) 10 grams 1 dekagram 10 dekagrams 1 hectogram 10 hectograms 1 kilogram (kilo) 2.2046 Ib.

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