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amount Anne Black answer argand burner bank of Montréal called carry Change Chilogramme Chilomètre circle column cost couplet Crieff cube root debt decimal delta diamètre digit divided dividend divisible divisor Dm long dm wide dollars equal equivalent fraction erase EXERCISES Extract the square Find the 1.c.m. Find the cube Find the interest Find the square flour given number given term Hl of wheat horizontal line horses ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES least common multiple line beneath lowest terms mètre million minuend mixed numbers number expressed octillion odd number one-hundredths Operation payment place leftward plain number Point premium primary unit prime factors prime number proportion quotient rate per unit remainder repetend right-hand figure sextillion sheep square root stère subtract subtrahend sugar thousand three hundred weigh Wherefore whilst whole number
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