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acre added additional amount answer boards breadth bushel calculation called cent charge cloth common compute Construction contains CONVERSE cost cost price course cubic decimal denomination difference dimensions divide dividend division divisor Edition ENGINEERING English equal estimated EXAMPLES expressed factors farthings feet figures find the price flour foot foregoing fraction gallon gallon of spirits give given grains half hence hundreds Illustrations inches ingredients interest kind length less measure method miles mixed mixture multiply namely NOTE number of pence operation ounce pence perch Plates pounds Practical Principles Prob PROBLEM profit proposed purchase quantity quarter quotient reduced reference remainder result revised Rule sack score shillings single spirits square standard stone Subtract Table taken taking term thickness timber Treatise weight whole worth yard
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