Elements of Arithmetic, Part 2E.H. Butler & Company, 1855 |
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acres amount annex annual annuity Arithmetic average Avoirdupois bank interest barrels of flour bill BOARD bought bushel carats cents a pound column common difference compound interest compound numbers contains cost cube root cubic debt decimal decimetre diameter Divide the product dividend division dollar duty equal equivalent estimated EXAMPLES feet figure Find the least gain gallons given numbers gold grains greatest common divisor hogshead hundred improper fraction inches last term least common multiple livre tournois lowest terms MEASURE merchandise merchant miles million milrees minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply number of terms obtained ounce paid payable payment person pints pound sterling present worth prime factors proportion PUPIL quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE shillings ship silver sold square miles square root subtract subtrahend tenths Troy Troy pound undecillion units weight whole number yards లు
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