The self-testing arithmetic

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Page 4 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 3 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 80^- square yards - =1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods 1 ... 43560 square feet / " acre ( ' 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 34 - ... 1 and 2. and 3. and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and...
Page 3 - Solid or Cubic Measure. 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot (c. ft.) 27 cubic feet... = 1 cubic yd.
Page 42 - BY RATIO is meant the relation which one quantity bears to another, with respect to magnitude.
Page 50 - X 79 = 5609, &c. (12.) The sum of two numbers multiplied by their difference, is equal to the difference of their squares.
Page 3 - Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight days clear, And twenty-nine in each leap year.
Page 50 - In 21424 farthings, how many crowns, half-crowns, shillings, and pence, and of each an equal number?
Page 57 - Interest is a per centage paid for the use of money. Insurance is a per centage paid for insuring property or life.
Page 46 - A man bought a horse, a gig, and a set of harness for £54; the price of the horse and gig was £45, and the price of the horse and harness was £27.

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