5. What is the amount of £47 16s. 11d. 3qrs. £105 14s. 11d. 2qrs. £89 18s. 4d. 1qr. and £844 13s. 10d. Oqrs. when added? Ans. £1088 4s. 1d. 2qrs. 6. What is the amount of one hundred and five pounds, fourteen shillings, sixpence, one farthing; eighty four pounds, ten shillings, four pence, three farthings, and five hundred pounds, fifteen shillings, ten pence, three farthings, when added together? £691 Os. 9d. 3qrs. 7. What is the amount of 2s.. 6d., 4s.. 8d., 9s 3d., 4s. 9d.? Ans. £1 1s. 2d. 8. A man bought a wagon for £18 16s. 8d., a plough for £2 10s., a span of horses for £55 10s. 6d.; what must he pay for the whole? Ans. £76 17s. 2d. 9. Three men found a prize, and having divided it equally among them, each man received £18 4s. Id. ; what was the amount of the prize? Ans. £54 12s. 3d. lb. oz. pwt. gr. lb. oz. pwt. gr. 20 39 8 10. 21 81 10 18 22 84 9 11 18 A 13 6 15 17 lb. 4. oz. pwt. gr. 63 10 11 19 6 7 4 4 5. Bought a set of silver spoons weighing 1lb. 1oz. 9pwts. 17grs., a silver cup weighing 5oz. 10pwt. 14grs., and a silver tankard, weighing 1lb. 11oz. and 7grs.; what was the weight of the whole? Ans. 3lb. 6oz. Opwts. 14grs. 1. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. NOTE.We carry from drachms to ounces by 16, because 16 drachms make an ounce, and from ounces to pounds by 16, because 16 ounces make a pound; and from pounds to quarters by 28, be cause 28 pounds make a quarter; and from quarters to hundreds by 4, because 4 quarters make a hundred; and from hundreds to tuns by 20, because 20 hundred make a tun. 4. Bought 4 fat oxen weighing as follows, viz., 12cwt. 3qrs. 16lb., 13cwt. 2qrs. 12lb. 13oz., 15cwt. 1qr. 21lb. 11oz., 16cwt. 1qr. 24lb. Soz.; what was the weight of the whole in tuns? Ans. 2T. 18cwt. 1qr. 19lb. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 7. Bought 4 pieces of cloth, the first 96yds. 3qrs. 2n., the second 84yds. 3qrs. 3n.; the third 75yds. 1qr. 2n., the fourth 96yds. 1qr. 1n.; how much did the four pieces contain? Ans. 3531 yards. Deg. m. fur. rd. ft. in. b.c. Deg. m. fur. rd. ft. in. b.c. 63 44 6 30 14 10 2 79 65 7 13 11 10 1 unit, or exceed a unit, at the left, a unit must then be added to the superiour, and the excess set down in its proper place; for fractions must never be placed in a sum, when there are denominations at the right. LAND OR SQUARE MEASURE. 1. Pol. ft. in. Rood. 13 90 Ans. 1 18 250 16 DEM. In adding the inches, we find they amount to 340 inches, which contain 144 twice and 52 remain, which we retain and carry the 2 to the feet; we find the feet amount to 522, which we divide by 2724 which we find contained once, and 249 remain, and as we cannot set down a fraction in the superiour denominations, we reduce the of a foot to inches, which produce 108 inches and the 52 inches added which was our remainder in inches, we have 160 inches which are equal to 1 foot, and 16 inches; we then set down the 16in. under inches, and add the foot to 249 feet, which gives 250 feet, which we place under feet and carry 1 to the poles, and-by adding we find the poles amount to 58, which divided by 40, the number of poles in a rood, gives 1 rood and 18 poles. 2. A. rds. pol. ft. in. ཉ་ A. rds. pol. ft. 75 3 37 245 30 87 2 39 150 4. A gentleman has three farms which measure as follows, viz.; 150 A. 3 roods, 14 poles, 175 A. 2 roods, 18 poles, 100 A. 1 rood, 39 poles; what do they measure in all? Ans. 426 A. 3 roods, 31 poles. SOLID OR CUBICK MEASURE. 4. A man bought 3 piles of wood which contain as follows, viz., 37 cords, 51 feet, 14 cords, 120 feet, 19 cords, 35 feet; how many cords did he purchase? Ans. 72 cords, 10 feet. 4. A merchant bought three casks of whiskey, each containing 65gal. 1qt. 1pt.; what number of gallons did they contain? Ans. 196gal. 1 pint. 4. A, sent to market at one time, 38 bushels 2 pecks, at another, 29 bushels 3 pecks, at another 57 bushels 1 peck; what number of bushels did he send to market? Ans. 125 bushels, 2 pecks. 4. Add 11 signs, 24 degrees, 55 minutes, 25 seconds; 8. signs, 19 degrees, 59 minutes, 17 seconds; 8 signs, 29 degrees, 11 minutes, 18 seconds. Ans. 29S. 14deg. 6m. COMPOUND SUBTRACTION, Is taking a less sum or quantity from a greater of different denominations. RULE. Place the less sum or quantity under the greater, so that those of the same denomination, may stand directly under each other; begin with the least denomination, and if it exceed that directly above it, subtract it from as many of that denomination as shall equal a unit in the next higher, and to the difference add the upper denomination; remembering always, when you have thus subtracted, to add one to the next lower denomination; but when the lower denomination does not exceed that directly above, you merely set down the difference and proceed to the next without carrying. Proved by adding the difference to the subtrahend, and if the a mount equal the minuend the work is right. |