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... Fifty - sixth Edition . AUG 1882 BODLEIANA Edinburgh : OLIVER AND BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT . LONDON : SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , AND CO . 1881 . Price One Shilling . 181. q . 215 . PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . PREFACE TO THE PRINCIPLES.
... Fifty - sixth Edition . AUG 1882 BODLEIANA Edinburgh : OLIVER AND BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT . LONDON : SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , AND CO . 1881 . Price One Shilling . 181. q . 215 . PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . PREFACE TO THE PRINCIPLES.
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... Fifty - sixth Edition . AUG 1882 Edinburgh : BODLEIANA OLIVER AND BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT . LONDON : SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , AND CO . 1881 . Price One Shilling . 181. g . 215 . PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . PREFACE TO THE PRINCIPLES.
... Fifty - sixth Edition . AUG 1882 Edinburgh : BODLEIANA OLIVER AND BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT . LONDON : SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , AND CO . 1881 . Price One Shilling . 181. g . 215 . PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . PREFACE TO THE PRINCIPLES.
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... shillings , yards , miles , etc. NUMERATOR is the upper number of a fraction , and shows how many parts of unity are expressed by the fraction . DENOMINATOR is the under number of a fraction , and shows into how many parts the unit is ...
... shillings , yards , miles , etc. NUMERATOR is the upper number of a fraction , and shows how many parts of unity are expressed by the fraction . DENOMINATOR is the under number of a fraction , and shows into how many parts the unit is ...
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... shillings 20 shillings 1 penny = 1 shilling * 1 crown d . 8 . cr . = 1 pound or sov . £ The coins of foreign nations are reckoned bullion , and are bought and sold according to their weight and fineness . In the following work , a ...
... shillings 20 shillings 1 penny = 1 shilling * 1 crown d . 8 . cr . = 1 pound or sov . £ The coins of foreign nations are reckoned bullion , and are bought and sold according to their weight and fineness . In the following work , a ...
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... Shillings . 4 ) 72623 Farthings . 12 ) 18155 Pence . Mult . by 12 and add 11d . 18155 Pence . Mult . by 4 and add 3 farth . Ans . 72623 Farthings . 2,0 ) 151,2s . 11 d . Ans . £ 75 , 12s . 11ąd . ANS . 451727 far 370458 far . 192673 far ...
... Shillings . 4 ) 72623 Farthings . 12 ) 18155 Pence . Mult . by 12 and add 11d . 18155 Pence . Mult . by 4 and add 3 farth . Ans . 72623 Farthings . 2,0 ) 151,2s . 11 d . Ans . £ 75 , 12s . 11ąd . ANS . 451727 far 370458 far . 192673 far ...
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9 oz acres amount annex annum ANSWERS ARITHMETIC Bought casks cent centimes ciphers cloth compound interest containing cost cubic decimal denominator diameter Dictation Exercises discount divide dividend divisor drams Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY ells Exercises farthings feet Find the value florins French gain gallons gals GEOGRAPHY given number grains guineas hectometre hence hhds hundred improper fraction inches insured least common multiple litres loaf weighs lower name MEASURE Metric System miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply myriametres NOTE ounces paid pounds quarters quotient READING-BOOK Reduce remainder rent right-hand figure roods root RULE School shillings Simple sold square square miles sterling stiff wrapper subtract sugar SURENNE'S tare thousand tons TROY WEIGHT Vocabulary VULGAR FRACTIONS weight wheat whole number write yards
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