The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic, : Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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acres Addition amount angle apples Arithmetic beans remain boys bushels called cents ciphers circumference cloth cost common denominator common divisor compound compound interest contained cube root decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls dry measure equal expressed feet figure five beans foot four beans gain gallon given number greatest common divisor half Hence hundred hundredths inches interest lars last term least common multiple left hand lemons length measure meration method miles minuend months multiplicand multiply nine payment pence piece pound proper fraction proportion quantity quarter quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce right hand rods rule RULE.-Multiply shillings side six beans sixth solid square root subtract tens tenths third three beans Troy weight units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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