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... third figure , how many tens ; and the fourth , or last figure , how many units besides ; so that the number just written is three thousand five hun- dred and sixty - two : if , instead of five hundreds , there had been no hundreds ...
... third figure , how many tens ; and the fourth , or last figure , how many units besides ; so that the number just written is three thousand five hun- dred and sixty - two : if , instead of five hundreds , there had been no hundreds ...
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... third column , and so on . 2. Add up the column of units ; that is , find the sum of the units in this column ; if this sum be a number of only one figure , put this figure down under the unit column ; but if it be a number of more than ...
... third column , and so on . 2. Add up the column of units ; that is , find the sum of the units in this column ; if this sum be a number of only one figure , put this figure down under the unit column ; but if it be a number of more than ...
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... 241 plus 58 , are equal to 626 , or equals 626 . In like manner , the second example , with the answer or result , would stand thus : - : - 76253253 +1802 + 211 = 12891 ; and you yourself can now put the third , or B 3 ADDITION . 9.
... 241 plus 58 , are equal to 626 , or equals 626 . In like manner , the second example , with the answer or result , would stand thus : - : - 76253253 +1802 + 211 = 12891 ; and you yourself can now put the third , or B 3 ADDITION . 9.
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John Radford Young. and you yourself can now put the third , or any other ex- ample , in the same form , and can read it when you have done SO . You must really attend to these signs of addition and of equality , because they will be ...
John Radford Young. and you yourself can now put the third , or any other ex- ample , in the same form , and can read it when you have done SO . You must really attend to these signs of addition and of equality , because they will be ...
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... third may be written 72311075-3506285 = 68804790 ; and so of the other examples . If you were asked to read the first of these , you would say , 6879 minus 625 , equals 6254 : you can from this read the others without any help ; and I ...
... third may be written 72311075-3506285 = 68804790 ; and so of the other examples . If you were asked to read the first of these , you would say , 6879 minus 625 , equals 6254 : you can from this read the others without any help ; and I ...
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