48. What is the amount of the following bill of lumber: 5160 feet at $22 per 1000, 2730 feet at $2.50 per 100, 8250 feet at $30 per 1000, 620 feet at $18 per 1000, and 90 feet at $25.50 per 1000? 49. A merchant shipped 8375 pounds of castings, 1825 pounds of steel rods, and 2516 pounds of iron rods, paying 28 cents per 100 pounds for freight. What was the total charge for freight? 50. What is the amount of the following bill: 5500 cigars at $28.75 per 1000, 3250 cigars at $24.60 per 1000, 18375 cigars at $23.50 per 1000, and 2800 cigars at $75.75 per 1000? 51. A commission merchant sold a consignment of tropical fruit as follows: 3258 cocoanuts at $4.75 per 100, 3726 pine-apples at $18.30 per 100, and 9238 oranges at $18.25 per 1000. What was the amount of sales? 52. What is the total cost of 537 pounds of beef at $9.75 per 100, 318 pounds at $10.75 per 100,215 pounds at $12.50 per 100, and 109 pounds at $13.25 per 100? To find the cost when the price is per ton of 2000 pounds. INDUCTIVE EXERCISE. What part of 2000 pounds are 1000 pounds? Hence, if the price per 2000 pounds be given, how can the price per 1000 pounds be found? What is the price per 1000 pounds at the rate of $8 per 2000 pounds? At the rate of $12 per 2000 pounds? Of $18 per 2000 pounds? Of $5 per 2000 pounds? [d] One-half the price per ton is the price per 1000; and two times the cost per 1000 will be the cost per ton. 63. I bought 1500 pounds of Cumberland coal at $3.75 per ton, 2830 pounds of Sunbury coal at $5.80 per ton, 3275 pounds of Peerless coal at $6.10 per ton, and 1632 pounds of Lykens Valley coal at $6.40 per ton. What was the total cost? 64. What is the cost of 5 loads of hay weighing respectively 1816, 1591, 2100, 1759, and 1698 pounds, at $17.50 per ton? 65. What is the cost of 71 bags guano, averaging 200 pounds per bag, at $53.80 per ton; 53 bags, averaging 175 pounds per bag, at $48.50 per ton; and 37 bags, averaging 160 pounds per bag, at $38.20 per ton? 66. A dealer bought 8375 pounds of coal at $5.25 per ton, and retailed it at 35 cents per 100 pounds. What was his gain? BILLS AND ACCOUNTS. [For commercial terms, characters, and abbreviations, see Appendix B.] The following embrace several forms of Bills, Invoices, Statements, etc. The pupil should carefully and neatly copy each with pen and ink, make the necessary extensions, and "foot up" the columns. |