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Page 202 - 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 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.
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Page 271 - A cistern can be filled by two pipes running together in 2 hours 55 minutes. The larger pipe by itself will fill it sooner than the smaller by 2 hours. What time will each pipe separately take to fill it?
Page 169 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers equals the difference of their squares.
Page 142 - Similarly, if the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3, the number is divisible by 3.
Page 242 - The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Page 230 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 159 - To find the area of a triangle. — Multiply the base by the perpendicular height, and half the product will be the area.
Page 177 - V = ^^ where r is the radius of the base and h is the height of the cone.