Mental Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Plan: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Schools |
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100 dollars 12 cents 12 dollars 12 leaves 12 pounds 12 rods 20 dollars 20 leaves 40 cents 9 and 9 9 cents 9 dollars 9 leaves 9 pounds acres apples Avoirdupois barrel of flour butter cents a pound cents a quart cents apiece Charles contained cords of wood cost 12 cost 4 pounds cows dimes dividend divisor dollars a barrel dollars a yard dozen drams eagles eighths equal farthings feet fifths figure following numbers four fourths furlongs gallons gave hogsheads hundred hundred-weight improper fraction inches James lars leaves 11 leaves 9 LESSON lowest terms miles molasses months Multiplicand Multiply ninths nutmegs nuts oranges ounces paid peaches pears pecks pence pennyweights pints pound of raisins pupil quarters quires reams receive remainder sevenths sheets shillings sixths slate Subtraction third tons weeks whole cost whole number wish to give worth yards of cloth
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Page 129 - PROOF. — Multiply the divisor by the quotient, and to the product add the remainder, and if the result be like the dividend, the work is right.
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