A High School Arithmetic: (Wentworth & Hill's Practical Arithmetic). |
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$1 stock $100 stock costs 100 be taken acres antilog assumed numbers bbls bushels circumference cistern colog commission common fractions cubic foot cubic meter deep diameter distance Divide draft error EXERCISE Find by logarithms Find the cost Find the interest Find the L. C. M. Find the number Find the principal Find the product Find the rate Find the square Find the sum Find the value G. C. M. of fractions gallon gals hektars hektoliter Hence hour income kilograms kilometers liter log log lowest terms mantissa marked price miles minute Multiply number corresponding number required premium present worth rate per cent ratio Reduce to common Reduce to decimals Reduce to lowest selling price specific gravity taken to represent thick tons troy volume weigh wide yard
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