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acres amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-We annexing apples barrels of flour bill bushels of wheat called cents a pound ciphers cloth cost column composite number compound compound interest contained cube currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number denotes diameter difference dimes discount divide the product division dollars a yard drams equal EXAMPLES expressed farmer foot four fractional unit gallons Give the rule greatest common divisor hence hogshead horses improper fraction inches interest least common dividend leaves miles millions millionths mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION ounces paid par value payment pennyweights piece present value prime factors prime number proper fraction quarts quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder rods root RULE.-I sell sheep simple numbers sold square subtract subtrahend tens third thousand thousandths Troy weight United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth