The Scholar's Arithmetic; Or, Federal Accountant...: The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master and the Greater Progress of the Scholar |
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acres added addition annexed answer bushels cents and mills cloth cost column compound interest contained cube root currency cyphers Decimal Fractions diameter divide dividend divisor Dolls DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES Federal Money feet gain gallons given number given quantity given sum guineas hundred improper fraction inches integer interest Inverse last quotient figure left hand length measure miles mills per yard minuend mixed number moidores months multiplicand multiply N. E. cur New-England New-York OPERATION ounces payment pence and farthings penny pounds proceed PROOF proportion question reckoned Reduce remainder right hand figure Rule of Three scholar Scholar's Arithmetic separatrix share shew side signifies Single Rule sought square root subtract subtrahend superficial contents SUPPLEMENT Suppose third term triple quotient triple square TROY WEIGHT units Vulgar Fractions weight whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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