60. What is the product of 875 divided by 25? 5 times 5 are 25. 5)875 69. Twenty-five sailors receive 3775 dollars for prizemoney: how much is that for each man? Ans. 151. 70. Ninety-six soldiers are to have 480 pounds of beef divided equally amongst them: what is the share of each soldier? Ans. 5 pounds. 71. One hundred and forty-four men have to pay equal! shares of a debt which amounts to 14400 dollars: how much must each man advance to make up the sum? Ans. 100. 72. Supposing 1800 apple-trees to be planted in 72 rows, how many trees are there in each row? Ans. 25. 73. The annual rent of a farm which contains 132 acres is 396 dollars: how much is that per acre? Ans. 3 dols. EXAMPLES, Introduced to exercise the Learner in the promiscuous use of ADDITION, MULTIPLICATION, SUBTRACTION, and DIVISION. 1. A farmer who has 50 sheep, buys from his neighbour 50 more; he then sells 25 to the butcher: how many has he left? Ans. 75. 2. John had forty apples; he gave his brother 10, kept 10 for himself, and divided the remainder equally between his two sisters: how many had they a-piece? Ans. 10. 3. A gentleman dying, left his estate, which amounted to 25000 dollars, to his son and two daughters, as follows: to his son he gave 13000 dollars, and to his two daughters the remainder, to be divided equally between them: how much a-piece nad the daughters? Ans. 6000 dollars. 4. A merchant bought 8200 barrels of flour; he then sold 3756 barrels; he then bought 5000 barrels; after which he sold 4879 barrels: how many barrels of flour has he still on hand? Ans. 4565. 5. A man who sets out on a journey, intends to travel 2450 miles: how far must he go every day, to perform the journey in 50 days? Ans. 49 miles. 6. A grocer bought 24 bags of coffee, containing 3000 pounds, and sells 15 bags, containing 1736 pounds: how many bags, and how many pounds, has he remaining? Ans. 9 bags, 1264 pounds. 7. Supposing a man to receive in a year 2920 dollars, how much a day is his income at that rate; and supposing that his expenses for the whole year amount to 1769 dollars, how much will he save in a year? Ans. His income will be 8 dollars a day, and he will save 1151 dollars a year. ENGLISH MONEY The denominations are, 4 farthings (marked gr.) make 1 penny, d. 12 pence 20 shillings 1 shilling, s. A TABLE OF COINS, Which pass current in the United States, with their Sterling and Federal value. 18 00 500 680 890 8 30 5 0 1100 17 6 0 4 6 0 6 0 0800 7 6 0 4 8 1 00 0 An English Shilling, 3 18 0 1 0 A Pistareen, 3 11 0 1 4 0 190 1 0 103 0.1 2 0 1 7 0 1 80 1 1 0 22 2 00 All other gold coins of equal fineness, at 86cts. per dwt. and silver at 111cts. per oz. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. The denominations are, 16 drams, (marked dr.) make 1 ounce, 16 ounces, 02. 1 pound, lb. TROY WEIGHT. The denominations are, 24 grains (gr.) make 1 pennyweight, dut. 20 pennyweights 12 ounces 1 ounce, 02. lb. 69 statute in. ft. yd. 1 rod, pole, or perch, P. 1 furlong, fur. 1 mile, M. 1 league, L. miles, 1 degree, deg. 360 degrees, the circumference of the earth. Note.-A fathom is six feet, and is used only to measure the depth of water. A hand is four inches, and used to measure the height of horses. |