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. Rule of addition and subtraction: half a stanza.

The sum of the figures according to their places is to be taken in the direct or inverse order: or [in the case of subtraction] their difference.

. Example. Dear intelligent, if thou be skilled in addition and subtraction, tell me the sum of two, five, thirty-two, a hundred and ninety-three, eighteen, ten, and a hundred, added together; and the remainder, when their sum is subtracted from ten thousand.

Statement, 2, 5, 32, 193, 18, 10, 100.

[Answer.] Result of the addition, 360.

Statement for subtraction, 10000, 360.

[Answer.] Result of the subtraction, 9640.

—. Rule of multiplication: two and a half stanzas.

Multiply the last figure of the multiplicand by the multiplicator, and