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How to Calculate Quickly: Full Course in Speed Arithmetic
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Author/Editor: Henry Sticker
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Many useful procedures explained and taught: 2-column addition, left-to-right subtraction, direct multiplication by numbers greater than 12, mental division of large numbers, more. Also numerous helpful shortcuts. More than 8,000 problems, with solutions. 1945 edition.
 


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Product Description:

Many useful procedures explained and taught: 2-column addition, left-to-right subtraction, direct multiplication by numbers greater than 12, mental division of large numbers, more. Also numerous helpful shortcuts. More than 8,000 problems, with solutions. 1945 edition.
Reprint of The Art of Calculation, 1945 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 048620295X
ISBN 13: 9780486202952
Author/Editor: Henry Sticker
Format: Book
Page Count: 192
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8
Publication date: June 1955
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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