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ADDITION. OPERATION PROOF. 2 4 1 2 4 1 5 3 2 2 07 5 3 2 9 1 3 2 07 9 1 3 Ans. 1 8 93 Amount below the line, 1 6 5 2 Amount below the line added to that written above the line, 1 8 93 This is the same as the first answer obtained. Feet. Dollars. Miles. Pounds. 11 47 127 23 87 396 97 58 83 Rods. 678 971 Inches. 789 478 719 937 787 456 147 1769 7895 7563 8765 86 716 217 275 1766 2512 2923 25992

  • NOTE TO TEACHERS. - In Cherokee the word

measure is used for acre, mile, yard, bushel, gallon, and hour. The English word for mile is here used, and this note is to explain it to those speaking Cherokee. + (10) (11) (12) |(13) S (14) Ounces. Drams. Cents. Eagles. Degrees. 876 789 123 471 1234 376 567 478 617 3456 715 743 716 871 6544 678 435 478 478317 317 7891 910 678 127 899 8766

The 16th part of a pound is called an OUNCE. The 16th part of an ounce is called a DRAM.

The gold coin which is worth ten dollars is called an Eagle. S Circles are divided into 360 equal parts; one of these parts is called a degree.