The branch of mathematics dealing with numbers and basic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
evaporated
Changed from liquid to vapor due to heat or air exposure.
plums
Sweet, juicy fruits with smooth skin and a central pit.
arithmetician
A person skilled in arithmetic.
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Dear Editor: I want to ask a question in . I am a school boy and am anxious to know the solution. If my pa, who keeps a grocery on Milam Street, sells four cans of tomatoes for twenty-five cents, and twenty-two pounds of sugar, and one can of extra apples and three cans of superior California , for only—
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