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posite number?

last product will be the answer. When the quantity is over 12 and is not a composite What must be number, multiply by such done when the component parts as will proquantity is not a duce a number which will come composite num

ber?

nearest the quantity sought, and add or subtract the deficiency or excess, as the case may require.

1.

EXAMPLES.

What will 42 yards of cloth cost, at 15s.

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Ans. 33 1 6 price of 42 yds.

Because 6 times 7 are 42, I multiply the price of 1 yard by 6, and this product by 7, as the rule directs.

2.

What will 1900 yards come to, at 2 shil

ling and 6 pence per yard?

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£237 10 0 price of 1900 yds.

3. What will 17 yards come to, at 1 pound, 3 shillings, and 4 pence per yard?

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4. What will 19 yards come to, at 8 shillings and 6 pence, half penny per yard?

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£8 6 6 pr. of 19 yds.

5. Bought a piece of broadcloth containing 24 yards, at 15 shillings and 3 pence per yard. What does it come to ?

£. 8.
18 6 Ans.

6. What cost a chest of tea, weighing 98 pounds, at 5 shillings and 6 pence per pound?

£.

£. 8.

6x4-3+5 19-Ans. 7. Bought 39 hundred weight of butter, at 1 pound, 5 shillings and 6 pence per cwt. What

does it come to?

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NOTE. I cwt. is 112 pounds, 7X8X2=112 pounds.

8. What cost 1 hundred weight of sugar,

7 pence per pound?

184 X3+6÷÷8—Ans.

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9. Bought a hogshead of wine, at 5 shillings

and 4 pence per gallon.

What did it cost?

4x4+16=Ans.

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10. If I hold 120 acres of land, at 14 shillings and 6 pence per acre; what is my yearly rent?

£.

£. 160-19 10+6 10 Ans.

11. What cost 13 yards of flannel, at 1 shilling and 8 d. per yard?

£. S. d.
1 3 03 Ans.
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12. What must I give for 3 hundred weight, 2 quarters, 13 pounds of cheese, at 7 cents per

pound?

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Ans.

100×2-171,65

13. What will 35 yards of broadcloth cost at 23 shillings and 6 pence per yard?

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14. What will be the cost of a loin of veal, weighing 16 pounds, at 23 pence per pound?

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3 5 Ans.

15. At 3 pounds, 7 shillings and 6 pence per hundred weight for sugar; what is that per ton?

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16. If the circumference of a wheel be 16 feet 6 inches; how far will it move in turning round 40 times ?

ft. 166,5x40-4ft.Ans.

17. What is the value of 146 barrels of beef, at 4 pounds, 2 shillings and 6d. per barrel ?

of of £4818=Ans.

18. What is the weight of 180 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 5 hundred weight, 2 quarters, and 10 pounds?

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19. Multiply 3 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence, by 31.

Ans. £113 13s. 4d.

20. Multiply 1 pound, 11 shillings and 6 pence, by 23. Ans. £36 4s. 6d. 21. Multiply 16 shillings and 6 d. by 47.

Ans. £38 17s. 5d.

22. Multiply 1 pound, 18 shillings and 10 pence, by 68. Ans. £132 Os. 8d.

23. Multiply 1 pound, 2 shillings and 9 pence, by 75. Ans. £85 6s. 3d.

24. Multiply 16 shillings and 8 pence, by 112. Ans. £93 6s. 8d.

25. Multiply 5 shillings and 5 pence, by 139.

26. Multiply 1 pence, by 155.

Ans. £37 12s. 11d.

pound, 15 shillings and 4 Ans. £274 3s. 11⁄2d.

27. A merchant bought 126 boxes of sugar, each weighing 2 cwt. 1 quarter, and 21 pounds: How much did they all weight?-and after selling 3 tons, Icwt. 3 quarters, and seven pounds, how much had he left?

ton. cwt. ton. cwt. qr. lb.

13 13-1 8+1 7=Ans. 28. In 162 pieces of flannel, each containing 27 yards, 2 quarters, and 3 nails, how many

yards?

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