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2ab+b² a+b+c a²+2ab+b² a²b² a²x² ab² ab³ ac² arithmetical series called cents change the sign coefficient Complete the square contain cube root decimal difference digits divisible divisor equal numbers Extract the root Find the H. C. F. Find the number Find the value geometrical geometrical series greater number Hence highest common factor leaps means miles minute-spaces in arc MONOMIALS multiplicand Multiply negative number nth root number is expressed number of dollars number of minute-spaces number of terms numbers whose product polynomial positive number pounds quadratic equation quotient ratio Reduce remainder Resolve into factors result second term side Simplify smaller number solution Solve the equation square root Subtract surds twice units unknown quantity
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Page 149 - The sum of the two digits of a number is 6, and if the number be divided by the sum of the digits the quotient is 4.
Page 49 - 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.
Page 66 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 99 - Reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend.
Page 138 - Find the value of one of the unknown quantities, in terms of the other and known quantities...
Page 28 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Page 37 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 174 - It will be seen that this third term is the square of the quotient obtained from dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first term.
Page 58 - Any term may be transposed from one side of an equation to the other provided its sign be changed.
Page 127 - A sets out and travels at the rate of 7 miles in 5 hours. Eight hours afterwards B sets out from the same place and travels in the same direction, at the rate of 5 miles in 3 hours. In how many hours will B overtake A ? 41.