An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic: Taken Principally from the Arithmetic of S.F. Lacroix, and Translated from the French with Such Alterations and Additions as Were Found Necessary in Order to Adapt it to the Use of American Students |
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18 yards 2qrs added Arith arithmetic bushel carats cent ciphers Coins column comma compound number consequently contain the divisor continued fractions cost cubic cubic centimetre Cyathus decametre decimal figures decimal fraction denominator divided division dollars Dry Measures equal equidifferent Examples for practice expression factors florins four numbers gallon give given number gramme greater greatest common divisor Heredium hundred hundredths ingredients instance Jugerum kind leagues lire litre lower number manner metre miles months multiplicand multiplied myriogramme necessary number of days number of hours obtain operation partial dividend pence performed piece Pints pound preceding proportion quantity question quotient ratio reduced to English remainder resolved result Rix-dollar rule Scudo shillings significant figure simple numbers subtraction tens tenth third thousand thousandths tion unity vulgar fraction whole number wine written yards long
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