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ARITHMETIC.
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And multiplying these he has 25
Thus every member must be considered by 15
what it is in rapport to 10 and 5. 5
3
48
c
b
............— — —a

But let us see if this is not in our dots also,

We have certainly above a and below b and c four dots, which are the tens; above b we have four, and above c two; two multiplied by four give eight for the units, so that we have 48.

c
b
............— — —a

"In the same manner 7 multiplied by 9,
we have 6 tens, and one multiplied by 3,
or 8 units, that is 63.