5. If one pair of stockings cost 4s. dozen pair cost. 6. If 19 dozen pair of shoes cost 511. pair cost? 6d. what will 19 7. At 101d. per pound, what is the value of a firkin of outter weight 56 pounds? Ans. £2 9s. 8. How much sugar can you buy for 231. 2s. at 9d. a pound? Ans. 5C. 2qrs. Ans. £171. 9. Bought 8 chests of sugar, each 9 cwt 2qrs. what de they come to at 21. 5s. per cwt. ? 10. If a man's wages are 751. a calendar month? 10s. a year, what is that Ans. £6 5s, 10d. 11. If 4 tons of hay will keep 3 cattle over the winter ; how many tons will it take to keep 25 cattle the same tine? Ans 37 tons. 365 12. If a man's yearly-income be 2087. Is. what is that a day? Ans. 11s. 4d. 373qrs. 13. If a man spends 3s. 4d. per day, how much is that a year? Ans £60 16s. 8d. 14. Boarding at 12s. 6d. per week, how long will 327. 10s. last me? Ans. 1 year. 15. A owes B 34751. but B compounds with him for 13s. 4d. on the pound; pray what must he receive for his debt ? Ans. £2316 13s. 4d. 16. A goldsmith sold a tankard for Sl. 12s. at 5s. 4d. per ounce, what was the weight of the tankard ? Ans. 2lb 8oz. 5pwt. 17 If 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lb. of sugar cost 67. 1s. 8d. what cost 35 cwt.? Ans. £73. 18 Bought 10 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 9 yards, at 11s. 41⁄2 pence per yard; what did the whole come to ? Ans. £55 9s. Ozd. FEDERAL MONEY. NOTE 1.You must state the question, as taught in the Rules foregoing and after redu ing the first and third terms to the same name, &c. you any mul i ly and divide according to the rules in decim ls; or by the rules for multiplying and dividing Federal Money. EXAMPLES. 19. If 7 yds. of cloth cost 15 dollars 47 cents, what will 12 yds. cost? Yds. $cts. yds. 7: 15,47: 12 7)185,64 Ans. 26,52 $26, 52cts. But any sum in dollars and cents may be written down as a whole number, and expressed in its lowest denomina tion, as in the following example: (See reduction of Fede ral Money, page 67.) 20. What will I qr. 9 lb. sugar come to, at 6 dollars 45 cts. per cwt. ? gr. lb. 1 9 28 37 16 NOTE 2. When the first and turd numbers are tete ral money, you may annex cyphers, (if necessary) unál you make their decimal places or figures at the right hand of the separatrix, equal: which will reduce them to a like denomination. Then you may multiply and di vide, as in whole numbers, and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in the second, or middle term. EXAMPLES. 21. If 3 dollars will buy 7 yards of cloth, how many yards can I buy for 120 doll rs, 75 cents ? cts. yds. cts. As 300: 7: 12075 23. If a man lays out 121, 23 in merchandize, and thereby gains, 39 dollars, by laying out 12 dollars at 51 cts. how much will he gain Cents Cents. Cents: 1200 cts. $cts. 12123)4741200(391=3,91 Ans. 36369 110430 109107 13230 12123 1107 24. If the wages of 15 weeks come to 64 do 19 cts. what is a year's wages at that rate? Ans. $222, 52ct. 5m. 25. A man bought sheep at 1 dol. 11cts. per "ad, to the amount of 51 dols. 6 cts. ; how many sheep did he buy? Ans. 46. 26. Bought 4 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 31 yards, at 16s. 6d. per yard, (New-England currency) what does the whole amount to in federal money? Ans. $341. 27. When a tun of wine cost 140 dollars, what cost a Ans. 13cts. 8m quart? 28. A merchant agreed with his debtor, that if he would pay him down 65 cents on a dollar, he would give him up a note of hand of 249 dollars, 88 cts. I demand what the debtor must pay for his note Ans. 162 42cts. 2m. 29. If 12 horses eat up 30 bushels of oats in a week, how many bushels will serve 45 horses the same time? Ans. 112 bushels. 30. Bought a piece of cloth for $48 27 cts. at 1 dollar 19 cents per yard; how many yards did it contain ? Ans. 40yds. 2qrs.73% 31 Bought 3 hhds. of sugar, each weighing 8 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lb. at 7 dollars, 26 cents per cwt. what come they to? Ans. $182 Ict. 8m. 32. What is the price of 4 pieces of cloth, the first piece containing 21, the second, fourth 27 yards at 1 dollar 43 Ans. $135 85cts. 21 33. Bought 3 hhds. of brandy, gallons at 1 dollar, 38 cts. per much they amount to ? a the third 24, and the yard? +24+27=95yds. containing 61, 62, 621 gallon, I demand how Ans. $255 99çts. 34. Suppose a gentleman's income is 1836 dollars a year, and he spends 3 dollars 49 cents a day, one day with another, how much will he have saved at the year's enů? Ans. $562, 15cts. 35. If my horse stands me in 20 cts. per day keeping, what will be the charge of 11 horses for the year, at that Ans. $803. rate ? 36. A mercant bought 14 pipes of wine, and is allow ed 6 months credit, but for ready money gets it 8 cents a gallon cheaper; how much did he save by paying ready money? Ans. $141, 12 cents. EXAMPLES-Promiscuously placed. 37. Soid a ship for 5371. and I owned of her; what was my part of the money ? Ans. £201 7s. 6d. 38. If of a ship cost 781 dollars 25 cents, what is the whole worth? $ As 5 781,25: 16: 2500 Ans. 39. If I buy 54 yards of cloth for 317. 10s. what did it cost per Ell English? Ans. 148. 7d. 40. Bought of Mr. Grocer, 11 cwt. 3 qrs. of sugar, at 8 dollars 12 cents per cwt. and gave him James Paywell's note for 197. 7s. (New-England currency) the rest I pay in cash ; tell me how many dollars will make up the balance? Ans. $30, 91 cts. 41. If a staff 5 feet long casts a shade on level ground 8 feet, what is the height of that steeple whose shade at the same time measures 181 feet? Ans. 1131ft. 42. If a gentleman has an income of 300 English guin cas a year, how much may he spend, one day with another, to lay up 500 dollars at the year's end? Ans. $2, 46cts. 5m. 43. Bought 50 pieces of kerseys, each 34 Ells-Flemish, at Ss. 4d. per Ell-English; what did the whole cost? Ans. £425. 44. Bought 200 yards of cambrick for 901. but being damaged, I am willing to lose 71. 10s. by the sale of it; what must I demand per Ell-English? Ans. 10s. 33d. 45. How many pieces of Holland, each 20 Ells-Flemish, may I have for 231. Ss. at 6s. Out. per Ell-English? Ans. 6pieces. 46. A merchant bought a bale of cloth contaming 240 yards, at the rate of 7 dollars for 5 yards, and sold it again at the rate of 111 dollars for 7 yards; did he gain or lose by the bargain, and how much ? Ans. He gained $25, 71cts. 4m,+ |