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NUMBER STORIES

FROM THE FIRST PRINTED ARITHMETIC

This book was printed in Treviso, Italy, in 1478, a short time before America was discovered. This page shows four kinds of multiplication

“I will show you some pictures of it,” answered the Story-Teller. “If you had
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