tub when it is empty, in what time will it be filled? 10h. 50m. Ans. How many gallons remain in the tub at the end of 30 minutes ?-How long would 1 gallon require? 110. Suppose my income be £135 16s. 8d. per year; how much may I spend per day, in order to lay up £75 at the year's end? As much as a man's wages would be, at £4 6s. 8d. per month, allowing 26 days to a month. Ans. 111. A man bought 72 yards of cloth for 216 dollars, and sold it in such a manner as gained 36 dollars. What did he give per yard, and how did he sell it per yard? 3 dollars, gare per yard. 112. What must I give for 127 yards of cloth, £61 12s. 11d. Ans. at 9s. 8 d. 113. If the freight of a ship be £247 16s. 8d. what must A receive for his thereof? £77 8s. 11 d. Ans. 114. What will 1 yard come to, if yard cost $1,26. 115. A merchant sold 30 yards of fine velvet trimmed with gold very curiously, at 2 pins for the first yard, 6 pins for the second, 18 pins for the third, &c. I demand how much the velvet produced when the pins were afterwards sold at a hundred for a farthing; also, whether the said merchant gained or lost Р by the sale hereof, and how much, supposing the said velvet to have been bought at £50 per yard? d. The velvet produced 2144699292 13 04 Ans. 116. A farmer being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that he had them in 5 fields; in the first he had of his flock, in the second , in the third, in the fourth, and in the fifth 450; how many had he? One sixth and is equal to 2, which is oror and added,= ; and and =; then what he had left, was, as must make the whole. If were 450, how many was !? 117. What is the amount of a seaman's wages from the 15th of March to the 6th of December following, being 8 months and 20 days, at 16 dollars per month? $138,663 Ans. 118. If 100 pounds weight of any commodity cost 5 dollars, at what price must 10 pounds weight of that commodity be sold, to gain after the rate of 10 dollars for every hundred dollars laid out? 119. B delivered 3 hogsheads of brandy, at 6s. 8d. per gallon, to C for 126 yards of cloth. What cost the cloth per yard? 10s. Ans. 120. Bought 12 hogsheads of wine, at £10 5s. per hogshead; paid for cellerage and other charges, 4s. 6d. per hogshead; and sold the same for 37 crowns each, (at 5s. 5d.) I demand demand the profit and loss. £5 9s. loss. Ans. 121. A house being let upon a lease of 7 years, at 50 dollars per annum, and the rent being in arrear for the whole term, I demand the sum due at the end of the term, simple interest being allowed at 4 per cent, per annum. 122. At 9 d. per pound, what cost a hogshead of tobacco weighing 12cwt. 1qr. 25lbs ? 123. What cost 12lbs. 10oz. of silver, at 83 cents per oz. ? 124. What will 224lbs. 6oz. of spice come to, at the rate of 50 cents per oz. ? 125. A's note of $365,37 was given, Dec. 3d. 1797; June 7th, 1800, he paid $97,16. How much was the amount due, Sept. 11th, 1800? $1000+2-8171,68 Ans. = NOTE. When partial payments have been made, compute the interest on the principal, from the time when the interest commenced to the time when a payment was made, and add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, and the remainder forms a new principal; on which compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal. 126. Peter Trusty gave his note to Simon Magus, Jan. 1st, 1820, to pay him 500 dollars, Sept. 1st, 1821, he paid $125,25; and 6 months after, he paid up the interest due, and 25 dollars of the principal. How much land, at 22 dollars per acre, must Peter let Simon have, to pay him the amount due January 15th, 1826? NOTE. Such questions as have no answers annexed, may be solved with the greatest advantage and facility by two or more scholars performing the same, until they agree. 127. A younger brother received 22000 pounds, which was just of his elder brother's fortune; and 3 times the elder brother's money was as much again as the father was worth: what was that? £110000. Ans. 128. A merchant has of a ship and sells of his interest therein for 250 pounds. I demand the value of the whole ship at that rate. £1333 6s. 8d. Ans. 129. One being asked how old he was, answered, if my age be doubled, the and of my age added to it, and 1 year besides, I should be 100 years old. What was his age? Here from the last number 100 given, I discover the number sought is 99, after being multiplied by 2, by, and by respectively, or by 2, (the sum of these multipliers;) we have therefore the product, 99 given, and the multiplier 2 to find the multiplicand. 100-1÷2-Ans. 130. What quantity of wine can I buy for £456 at £16 16s. per hogshead? 27 hhds. 9 galls. Ans. 131. A goldsmith sold a tankard for £10 12s. at 5s. 4d. per ounce. thereof. 132. If the price of a £15 13s. 10d. what must I taining 9 gallons? I demand the weight 39oz. 15pwt. Ans. hogshead of rum be give for a cask con£2 4s. 10d. Ans. What part of a hogshead is 9 gallons? 133. If 3 hogsheads of oil cost £68 17s. what will 7 gallons be worth? £2 11s. Ars. 134. What will 7 pounds be worth, if 1 cwt. cost 36s. 4d.? 2s. 34d. Ans. What part of a hundred weight is 7 pounds? 135. If 200 pounds of merchandise are carried 40 miles for 3 shillings; how many pounds may be carried 60 miles for £22 14s. 6d. ? 20200lb. Ans. How much will the transportation of one hundred weight cost 60 miles ? 136. A gentleman who has an estate of £260 14s. 2d. yearly rent, would regulate his expense in such a manner as to lay up 60 English guineas a year; I desire to know how much he must spend a day. 1000s.-£49 9s. 2d. Ans. How much can he spend in the year or 365 days, if he lay up 60 guineas? 137. Imported from Holland 84 pieces of linen, which cost me £537 12s. at 4 shillings per Ell Flemish. How many yards were there in all ? how much in one piece? and what cost it per yard? 2016 yards in all; 24 yards in one piece, at 5s. 4d. per yard. Ans. 138. A merchant would lay out in spices £560, viz. cloves at 4 shillings per pound; mace at 7s.; cinnamon at 3s.; and nutmegs at 2s. and he would have an equal quantity of each sort. I demand the quantity. T.1-13cwt. 3qrs. Ans. = 139. If a man perform a journey in 6 days, when the day is 8 hours long; in what time will he do it, when the day is 12 hours long? 4 days, Ans. |