41. I sold a house for $15325 and lost $2500. How much would I have received if I had sold the house at a gain of $1250? 42. A, B, C, D, and E are partners in a manufacturing firm. A's capital is $8500, B's $2500 more than A's, C's $375 more than A's, D's $1800 more than B's and C's together, and E's $852 more than A's and C's together. What was the total capital of the firm? 43. What is the sum of eight hundred and nine dollars, two thousand and fifty dollars, and nineteen thousand and five dollars? 44. In a certain city there are 50175 Americans, 8215 Irish, 13208 Germans, 398 French, and 61780 of other nationalities. What is the population of that city? 45. A farmer raised 150 bushels of rye, 75 bushels more wheat than rye, and 120 bushels more oats than wheat. How much grain in all did he raise? 46. How far apart are two towns, one of which is 45 miles due east from Washington, and the other 875 miles due west? 47. A cyclopedia is divided into three volumes, the first containing 450 pages, the second 425 pages, and the third 509 pages. How many pages does the cyclopedia contain? 48. A's farm is 38 miles north of St. Louis and B's 74 miles south. What is the distance between the two farms? 49. Seven bags of wheat weigh respectively 119, 123, 120, 125, 117, 124, and 118 pounds. What is the total weight? 50. A was born in 1825 and died when he was 53 years old. In what year did he die? 51. A man owns five houses, the first being worth $850, the second $275 more than the first, the third $85 more than the first and second together, the fourth $250 more than the second, and the fifth $192 more than the third. What is the value of the five houses? 52. Add 5 cents, 2 dollars and 30 cents, 75 dollars and 8 cents, 1378 dollars and 4 cents, 49 dollars and 3 cents, 75 dollars and 35 cents. 53. I bought of a grocer as follows: Sugar, 40 cents; coffee, 75 cents; flour, 8 dollars; molasses, 85 cents; soap, 6 cents; matches, 3 cents. What was the total amount of my bill? 54. A man bought a lot for $950, paid $275.80 to have it graded, $50.75 to have it enclosed, and afterwards sold it at a profit of $319.45. For what sum did he sell the lot? Find the sum of 28. $75, $1528, $9, $38270, $7500, $468, $982504. 29. 349 feet, 18327 feet, 40 feet, 7183 feet, 304 feet. 30. 13 pints, 48414 pints, 363 pints, 1 pint, 3286 pints. 31. 37481 pounds, 758 pounds, 3827 pounds, 182734 pounds. 32. 375 bushels, 9187 bushels, 50 bushels, 405 bushels, 31278 bushels. 33. 15 barrels, 1869 barrels, 350 barrels, 15217 barrels, 312 barrels, 9 barrels, 25318 barrels, 7500 barrels, 534 barrels, 21567 barrels. 34. 5125 men, 28173 men, 519783 men, 4756 men, 128 men, 75 men, 2150 men, 3850 men, 31783 men, 3915 men. 35. $958372, $21675, $5183, $43872, $28165, $2570, $3782, $450, $8575, $230, $89351, $27375, $1825, $13518. 36. A gentleman bought five houses. For the first he paid $1835; for the second, $2738; for the third, as much as he paid for the first and second together; for the fourth, $7895; and for the fifth, $3748. How much did he pay for the five houses? 37. At a certain saw-mill, 14134 feet of lumber were sawed in January; 18275 feet in February; 19213 feet in March; 18372 feet in April; 15204 feet in May; and 19213 feet in June. How many feet were sawed during the six months? 38. A brigade consisted of 5 regiments. In the first were 1340 men; in the second, 75 men more than in the first; in the third, 125 men more than in the second; in the fourth, 897 men; and in the fifth, 275 men more than in the fourth. How many men composed the brigade? 39. The arrivals of fruit at a certain port were as follows: On Monday, 1731 boxes of peaches, 750 boxes of apples, 1230 boxes of pears, and 5600 watermelons; on Tuesday, 375 boxes of apples, 748 boxes of pears, 1245 boxes of peaches, and 3500 watermelons; on Wednesday, 2400 boxes of peaches, 960 boxes of pears, 530 boxes of apples, and 1830 watermelons; on Thursday, 850 boxes of apples, 1890 boxes of peaches, 875 boxes of pears, and 3208 watermelons; on Friday, 735 boxes of apples, 1050 boxes of pears, 2350 boxes of peaches, and 2500 watermelons; and on Saturday, 2125 boxes of peaches, 1340 boxes of pears, 1220 boxes of apples, and 8200 watermelons. What was the total arrival of each during the week? 40. A has $3750, B $2500 more than A, and C $350 more than A and B together. What is the total sum possessed by all? 41. I sold a house for $15325 and lost $2500. How much would I have received if I had sold the house at a gain of $1250? 42. A, B, C, D, and E are partners in a manufacturing firm. A's capital is $8500, B's $2500 more than A's, C's $375 more than A's, D's $1800 more than B's and C's together, and E's $852 more than A's and C's together. What was the total capital of the firm? 43. What is the sum of eight hundred and nine dollars, two thousand and fifty dollars, and nineteen thousand and five dollars? 44. In a certain city there are 50175 Americans, 8215 Irish, 13208 Germans, 398 French, and 61780 of other nationalities. What is the population of that city? 45. A farmer raised 150 bushels of rye, 75 bushels more wheat than rye, and 120 bushels more oats than wheat. How much grain in all did he raise? 46. How far apart are two towns, one of which is 45 miles due east from Washington, and the other 875 miles due west? How many 47. A cyclopedia is divided into three volumes, the first containing 450 pages, the second 425 pages, and the third 509 pages. pages does the cyclopedia contain ? 48. A's farm is 38 miles north of St. Louis and B's 74 miles south. What is the distance between the two farms? 49. Seven bags of wheat weigh respectively 119, 123, 120, 125, 117, 124, and 118 pounds. What is the total weight? 50. A was born in 1825 and died when he was 53 years old. In what year did he die? 51. A man owns five houses, the first being worth $850, the second $275 more than the first, the third $85 more than the first and second together, the fourth $250 more than the second, and the fifth $192 more than the third. What is the value of the five houses? 52. Add 5 cents, 2 dollars and 30 cents, 75 dollars and 8 cents, 1378 dollars and 4 cents, 49 dollars and 3 cents, 75 dollars and 35 cents. 53. I bought of a grocer as follows: Sugar, 40 cents; coffee, 75 cents; flour, 8 dollars; molasses, 85 cents; soap, 6 cents; matches, 3 cents. What was the total amount of my bill? 54. A man bought a lot for $950, paid $275.80 to have it graded, $50.75 to have it enclosed, and afterwards sold it at a profit of $319.45. For what sum did he sell the lot? 55. John bought a history for $2.50, a dictionary for $1.75, an arithmetic for $1.25, a bottle of ink for 5 cents, a slate for 12 cents, and a penholder for 3 cents. How much did he pay for all? 56. A grocer's sales were as follows: Monday, $250.75; Tuesday, $185.32; Wednesday, $175.90; Thursday, $260.15; Friday, $275.25; and Saturday, $420.60. What were his total sales for the week? 57. I bought a suit of clothes for $30.75, an overcoat for $25, and a hat for $3.50. What did I pay for all? 58. A has $25.75, B $1.30 more than A, and C $5 more than B. How much have all three ? 59. A man bought a boat for $9175, paid $750.25 for repairs, $341.70 for upholstering, $250 for painting, and then sold it at a profit of $560. At what price did he sell? 60. What is the amount of the following bill: 1 piece of muslin, $2.75; 3 pieces of calico, $7; 2 pieces of cottonade, $9.25; 1 piece of linen, $8.50? SUBTRACTION. [a.] Only like numbers and like orders can be subtracted one from the other. [b.] The difference expresses units of the same name as the minuend and subtrahend. [c.] The total difference of two numbers equals the differences of the several orders of the less number separately subtracted from similar orders of the greater number. EXAMPLES. Find the difference between 1. 4983 inches and 374 inches. 2. 2813 kegs and 582 kegs. 3. 7309 acres and 3092 acres. 4. 1008 cows and 999 cows. 5. 3207 lbs. and 8094 lbs. 6. 630802 feet and 590897 feet. 7. $32897342 and $751832. 8. 30001 tons and 29878 tons. 9. 43289 men and 1732 men. 10. $258073001 and $129030005. 11. 58973 dozen and 2345 dozen. Subtract Subtract 21. $417.03 from $538.09. 26. $249.15 from $34286. 28. $1098.43 from $4175. 31. Two men engaged in partnership with a joint capital of $85917. If one partner invested $32715, what was the investment of the other? 32. A merchant's receipts in April were $18751, and in May $15235. How much greater were his receipts in April than in May? 33. A man deposited $3275 in a bank, and afterwards withdrew $2009. How much of his deposit had he remaining at the bank? 34. The salary of a bookkeeper is $1250 per annum, of which he spends $300 per annum for board and $375 for other expenses. How much per annum does he save? 35. A mechanic's income in 1883 was as follows: wages $600, rent of houses $325, and interest on funds in a savings-bank $42. His expenditures were: butcher's bill $130, baker's $75, grocer's $264, insurance and taxes $58, clothing $130, and other expenses $70. How much did he save during that year? 36. A and B live respectively 196 miles and 98 miles west of the same city. How far apart do they live? 37. The minuend is $71803 and the remainder is $4109; what is the subtrahend? 38. The remainder is 419783 pounds of sugar and the subtrahend 71983 pounds of sugar. What is the minuend?" 39. The subtrahend is 400108 gallons, the minuend 900203 gallons. What is the remainder? 40. If $908 be subtracted from A's money, he will have $413 remaining. How much money has A ? 41. James McDermott had deposited in a bank, at various times, the following sums: $75, $150, $92, $405, $153, $167, and $298. After he made the last deposit he found there was a balance to his credit of $748. How much had he withdrawn? 42. A grocer's receipts during the first three months of the year were $2525. His receipts in January were $756, and in February, $832. What were his receipts in March? |