The National Arithmetic on the Inductive SystemR.S. Davis, 1845 |
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acres amount annuity answer barrel bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels casks ciphers circumference compound interest contain cube root Daniel Fox decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat ell English equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money feet high feet long feet wide figure flour following RULE gain gallons given number greatest common measure Hence the following hogshead hundred improper fraction inches indorsement JF Jan John Dow June 17 least common multiple Leger length merchant miles molasses months Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pound cost present worth principal proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollars rods SECTION shillings side sold square root subtract sugar Sundries third thousand thousandths tons Undecillions United vulgar fraction weight whole numbers wine yards of cloth
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