A treatise on practical arithmetic1826 - Arithmetic |
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Account Current aliquot allowed amount annum answer required Arithmetic balance Bills of Exchange bought bushels calculations ciphers Commercial composite number Compound Compound Interest contains Cubic Inches denominations denotes discount ditto dividend Division divisor dred Dry Measure eight hundred ELUCIDATION equal EXAMPLES Express in figures Express in words farthings five hundred four hundred fraction gallons given number hogshead interest Invoice Learner Liverpool Manchester Merchant metic miles millions Minuend months multiplicand net weight nine NOTE number in figures number of days obtain ounce paid payment pence person placed pounds pounds sterling prime cost Proportion Puncheon Pupils quantity quarter quotient rate per cent ready money received reduced remainder Rule of Three sell seven hundred shillings six hundred sold Solution square Subtraction sugar Table tare tare and tret thousand tion tret TROY WEIGHT Weights and Measures wine Write yard
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