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Page 28 - ARITHMETIC. (Dedicated to Lord Sandon.) With Answers and Hints. Standards I. and II. in box, is. Standards III., IV., and V., in boxes, is. each. Standard VI. in Two Parts, in boxes, is. each. A and B papers, of nearly the same difficulty, are given so as to prevent copying, and the colours of the A and B papers differ in each Standard, and from those of every other Standard, so that a master or mistress can see at a glance whether the children have the proper papers.
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