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added addition amount answer Arithmetic bushels called carry cents cloth column common compound contained contents continued cube currency cyphers decimal demand denomination diameter Direct divide dividend Division divisor dollars Dolls double equal EXAMPLES EXERCISES express farthings Federal Money feet figure four fourth fraction gain gallons give given given number greater half hundred inches interest kind left hand length less loss manner measure method miles mills months multiplicand multiply Note OPERATION paid payment pence period persons pounds proceed PROOF proportion quantity question quotient received Reduce remainder right hand root RULE Rule of Three scholar share shew shillings side simple solid sought square subtract SUPPLEMENT 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, 1824 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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