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ABCD acres altitude angle apothem average bank base bushels cent charged circumference commission contains cube root cubic foot dealer bought decimal denominator diagonal diameter discount divided dividend dollars draft equals the number exchange EXERCISE face Find the area Find the cost find the gain Find the number Find the value FORM fractional units frustum gallons greatest common divisor hour hundred inches indorse interest invested lateral area least common multiple longitude marked price measure meridian miles Multiply nearest hundredth number of cubic number of days number of sq number of square number of units number or amount paid par value payable payee payment pounds prime factors prime meridian quotient radius ratio regular polygon remainder rhombus rods selling price Sept sides slant height sold SOLUTION square root square units surface thousandths trial divisor whole number wide
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