35. If 3 bushels of wheat cost 5 dollars, what is it a bushel? What will 2 bushels cost at that rate? 36. What is of 5? What is 1⁄2 of 54 ? 37. If 4 dollars will buy 5 bushels of rye, how much will one dollar buy? How much will 3 dollars buy? 38. What is of 5? What is 2 of 52? 39. If 17 barrels of flour cost $1073, what will 23 barrels cost? 40. What is of 10732 41. If 12 cwt. of sugar cost $1373, what is the price of 1 qr.? What of 1 lb. ? 42. At 4 dollars for 3 gallons of wine, how much may be bought for 67 dollars? Note. Find how much a dollar will buy. 43. If 3 cords of wood cost 20 dollars, what will 71⁄2 cords cost? 44. If 19 yards of cloth cost 155 dollars, what will be the price of 14 yards? 45. If 18 lb. of raisins cost 2 lb.? What would be the price of 46. If 11 lb. of butter cost 2 cost? dollars, what is that per 53 lb. at that rate? dollars, what will 182 lb. 47. If 7 gallons of vinegar cost of a dollar, what will 27 gallons cost? 48. If 1 lb. of sugar cost of a dollar, what will 173 lb. cost? 49. If a yard of cloth cost 7 dollars, what will of a yard cost? 50. At of a dollar a yard, what will of a yard of cloth cost? 51. At 33 shillings a yard, what will 7 yards of riband cost? 52. At 3 dollars a barrel, what part of a barrel of cider may be bought for of a dollar? 53. At 4 dollars a yard, what part of a yard of cloth may be bought for of a dollar? 54. At 2 dollars a yard, how for 5 dollars? much cloth may be bought 55. At 2 dollars a gallon, how much brandy may be bought for 73 dollars? 56. At 3 shillings a quart, how many quarts of win may be bought for 17 shillings? 57. At 6 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of flour may be bought for 45,3, dollars! 58. If I cwt. of iron cost 12 dollars, what will 53 cwt. cost? 59. A man failing in trade can pay only of a dollar on each dollar, how much can he pay on 7 dollars? How much on 235 dollars? 60. A man failing in trade is able to pay only 3 of a pound on a pound, how much can he pay on 17£. 15s.? 61. A man failing in trade is able to pay only 17s. on a pound, what part of each pound will he pay? How much will he pay on a debt of 147£. 14s.? 65. What is of ? 66. Multiply 67. Divide 15 by by 25. 68. Divide 15 by 8. 73. Multiply 1,6473 by 1723. 74. How many times is 3 contained in 143 ? 56 ? 78. What part of 7 is 15 ? XVIII. 1. If 1 lb. butter cost of a dollar, how much will 2 lb. cost? What will 4 lb. cost? 2. At of a dollar per lb., what will 2 lb. of raisins cost? What will 3 lb. cost? What will 6 lb. cost? 3. If 1 man will consume of a bushel of corn in a week, how much will 2 men consume in the same time? How much will 4 men consume? How much will 8 men consume? 4. If a horse will consume of a bushel of oats in a day, how much will he consume in 3 days? How much in 9 days? 5. If 1 man can do 1⁄2 of a piece of work in a day, how much of it can 2 men do in the same time? How much of it can 3 men do? How much of it can 4 men do? How much of it can 6 men How much of it can 12 men do? 6. If a man drink of a barrel of cider in a week, how much would he drink in 2 weeks? How much would 5 men drink in a week at that rate? How much would 8 men drink in a week? How much would 20 men drink in a week? How much would 40 men drink in a week? do? 7. If a horse consume 2 bushels of oats in a week, how much would he consume in 4 weeks? How much in 8 weeks? 20 8. At 73 dollars a barrel, what cost 5 barrels of flour? 9. If a horse will eat 43 of a ton of hay in a month, how much will horses eat? How much will 8 horses eat? 248 10. If it take 12 yard of cloth to make a coat, how much will it take to make 8 coats? How much to make 24 coats? 11. If a barrel of cider cost 327 dollars, what will 10 barrels cost? What will 25 barrels cost? Note. 8 times =1; 8 times is 7 times as much, that is, 7. Perform the following examples in a similar manner. 22. How much is 7 times ? 26. Multiply 194 by 17. 23 XIX. 1.* A merchant bought 4 pieces of cloth, the first contained 183 yards, the second 27 yards, the third 23 yards, and the fourth 25 yards. How many yards in the whole ? 2. A gentleman hired 2 men and a boy for 1 week. One man was to receive 53 dollars, the other 7, and the boy 37. How much did he pay the whole ? 3. A gentleman hired three men for 1 month. To the first he paid 263 bushels of corn; to the second, 28,7 bushels, and to the third, 33% bushels. How many bushels did it take to pay them? 4. A man had 2 bushels of corn in one sack, and 23 in another; how many bushels had he in both? 5. If it takes 1 yard of cloth to make a coat, and of a yard to make a pair of pantaloons, how much will it take to make both ? 6. A man bought 2 boxes of butter; one had 7 lb. in it, and the other 102 lb. How many pounds in both? 7. A boy having a pine apple, gave of it to one sister, to another, and to his brother, and kept the rest himself. How much did he keep himself? 8. A man bought 3 sheep; for the fit he gave 63 dol lars; for the second, 8; and for the third, 94. How many dollars did he give for the whole ? 9. How many cwt. of coton in four bags containing as follows; the first 4 cwt.; the second, 5 cwt.; the third 4 cwt; and the fourth 73 cwt.? 20 10. A merchant bought a piece of cloth containing 23 yards, and sold 7 yards of it; how many yards had he left! 11. A gentleman paid a man and a boy for 2 months' labour with corn; to the man he gave 263 bushels, and to the boy he gave 183 bushels. How many bushels did it take to pay both? 12. Bought 83 cwt. of sugar at one time, and 53 cwt. at another; how much in the whole ? 13. Bought of a ton of iron at one time, and of a ton at another; how much in the whole ? 14. There is a pole standing so that of it is in the mud, *See First Lessons, Sect, XIIL of it in the water, and the rest above the water; how much of it is above the water? 15. A merchant bought 141 cwt. of sugar, and sold 85, cwt.; how many lb. had he left? Note. Reduce all fractions to their lowest terms, after the work is completed, or before if convenient. In the above example might be reduced, but it would not be convenient because it now has a common denominator with. The answer may be reduced to lower terms. 16. Out of a barrel of cider there had leaked 74 gallons; how many gallons were there left? 17. A man bought 2 loads of hay, one contained 173 cwt. and the other 234 cwt. How many cwt. in both? 18. A man had 434 cwt. of hay, and in 3 weeks his horse ate 5 cwt. of it; how much had he left? 19. Two boys talking of their ages, one said he was 93 years old; the other said he was 45 years older. What was the age of the second? 20. A lady being asked her age, said that her husband was 375 years old, and she was not so old as her husband by 83 years. What was her age ? 21. A lady being asked how much older her husband was than herself, answered, that she could not tell exactly; but when she was married her husband was 284 years old, and she was 224. What was the difference of their ages? 25. Add together 134 and 17. 26. Add together 137, 26, and 2433. 27. What is the difference between and ? 28. What is the difference between and 8 ? 32. Subtract 284 from 81334. 173 XX. 1. A man Lought 15 cows for $345. What was the average price? Note. Find the price of 3 cows, and then of 1 cow. 2. A merchant, bought 16 yards of cloth for $84.64; what was it a yard ? |