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a-year acres amount annex annual rent annuity annum ARITHMETIC bought bushels carats cash casks centimes ciphers compound interest containing cost cubic denominator ditto divide dividend divisor Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY English ells Ex.-Reduce exch exchange Exercises farthings feet long figure Find the value FINITE DECIMALS florins francs freehold estate gain gallons GEOGRAPHY given number guineas hence hhds inches INTERMINATE DECIMALS joint lives LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE lower name Metric System miles millimetres months multiplicand multiply net weight NOTE number of terms paid payable pence person aged pieces pounds present value present worth PROB purchase quantity quotient rate of interest Reduce remainder roods root RULE selling share shillings Simple sold square sterling subtract sugar Table tare tret vulgar fraction weight write yards of cloth yearly rent
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