The Scholar's Arithmetic: Or, Federal Accountant : The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master and the Greater Progress of the Scholar |
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acres added addition amount annex answer Arithmetic bushels called carry cents Change cloth column common compound contained contents continued cube currency cyphers decimal demand denomination Direct divide dividend Division divisor dollars Dolls double equal EXAMPLES Exchange EXERCISES expressed farthings Federal Money feet figure five four fourth fraction gain gallons give given given number greater half hundred inches integer interest kinds left hand length less loss manner measure method miles mills months multiply N. E. cur Note OPERATION payment pence period pounds proceed PROOF proportion quantity question quotient receive Reduce remainder right hand root RULE Rule of Three scholar seven share shew shillings side signifies simple sought square subtract Suppose TABLE tens term thing third thousand units weight whole write yards cost
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| Title | The Scholar's Arithmetic: Or, Federal Accountant : The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master and the Greater Progress of the Scholar |
| Author | Daniel Adams |
| Publisher | John Prentiss, 1820 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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