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acres amount Avoirdupois calculate the price called Cantaro carats cent ciphers circulating decimal coins Cologne mark column contained Corn Measure Course of Exchange decimal point digits divided dividend divisor dollars duodecimal dwts English Miles equal EXAMPLES Exercises expressed figure find a fourth Find the L. C. M. Find the price florins following Rule fourth proportional francs given number grains greatest common measure hundred Imperial Bushels Imperial Gallons improper fractions integer kilogramme least common multiple Liquid Measure lowest terms Mètre metrical system millions Milreis mixed numbers multiplicand Multiply nonary nonary excess numerator and denominator ounce pence perches piastres pound Troy quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder result Riksdaler Road Measure roods shillings silver be 58 square standard gold sterling subtract thalers thousand tons TROY WEIGHT Verst vulgar fraction Weights and Measures whole numbers worth yards
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