The parallel arithmetic

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Page 46 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 51 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 106 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page xv - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February hath twenty-eight alone ; all the rest have thirty-one, Except in Leap Year, at which time, February's days are twenty-nine.
Page 111 - Subtract the square of this figure from the left-hand period, and to the remainder annex the next period for a dividend.
Page 45 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as...
Page 50 - Art. 141, we subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator.
Page 43 - One number is a Multiple of another when it can be divided by it without a remainder. Thus 8 is a multiple of 2; 15 of 5; 33 of 11.

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