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acres amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-We annexing apiece ARITHMETIC arithmetical progression bought bushels bushels of oats bushels of wheat called cents a pound ciphers cloth cost column common difference composite number compound contained cords of wood cube root cubic inches currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate numbers denotes diameter discount division dollars drams dry measure equal EXAMPLES expressed figure foot fractional unit gallons grains greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred improper fraction interest least common dividend measure merchant miles millionths mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pennyweights pints present value principles proper fraction quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods RULE.-I scale shillings simple numbers sold square root subtract tens third thousand thousandths Troy weight United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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