A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic, Arranged for Pupils in Classes: For the Use of Schools

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Oliver & Boyd, 1871 - Arithmetic - 211 pages
 

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Page 21 - Quantity treated of according to their mutual relations. 3s. 6d. 4. Greek Extracts; with a Vocabulary containing an Explanation of every Word and of the more Difficult Passages in the Text. 3s. 6d.
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Page 90 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
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