1. What is the weight of 7 lhds. of sugar, each weighng 9 cwi. 3 qrs. 12 lb. ? Ans. 69 cwt. 2. What is the weight of 6 chests of tea, each weighing 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lb. ? Ans. 21 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lb. 3. How much brandy in 9 casks, each containing 41 gals. 3 qts. 1 pi. ? Ans. 376 gals. 3 qts. 1 pt. 4. In 35 pieces of cloth, each measuring 273 yards, how Ans. 971 yds. I qr. many yards? 5. In 9 fields, each containing 14 acres, 1 rood, and 25 poles, how many acres? Ans. 129 a. 2 qrs. 25 rods. 6. In 6 parcels of wood, each containing 5 cords and 96 feet, how many cords? Ans. 34 cords. 7. A gentleman is possessed of 11⁄2 dozen of silver spoons, each weighing 2 oz. 15 pwt. 11 grs. 2 dozen of tea-spoons, each weighing 10 pwt. 14 grs. and 2 silver tankards, each 21 oz. 15 pwt. Pray what is the weight of the whole? Ans. 8 lb. 10 oz. 2 pwt. 6 grs. COMPOUND DIVISION, TEACHES to find how often one number is contained In another of different denominations. DIVISION OF FEDERAL MONEY. Any sum in Federal Money may be divided as a whole number; for, if dollars and cents be written down as a simple number, the whole will be cents; and if the sum consists of dollars only, annex two ciphers to the dollars, and the whole will be cents; hence the following GENERAL RULE.-Write down the given sum in cents, and divide Es in whole numbers; the quotient will be the answer in cents. NOTE. If the cents in the given sum are than 10, you must always place a cipher on their left, or in ti won a ti the certs pcfore you write them down. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 35 dollars 68 cents, by 41. 41)3568(87 the quotient in cents; and when thert is any considerable remainder, you may annex a cipher to it, if you please, and divide it again, and you will have th mills, &. 328 238 287 Rem. 1 2 Divide 21 dollars, 5 cents, by 14. 14 14)2105(150 cents 1 dol. 50 cts. but to bring cent▸ into dollars, you need only point off two figures to the right hand for cents, and the rest will be dollars, &c. 70 70 5 3. Divide 4 dols. 9 cts. or 409 cts. by 6. Ans. Ans. 68 cts. t 1 14 cts. 6m. Ans. 193 cts. 8m.=$1 98 cts. 8m. 7. Divide 24 dols. 65 cts. by 248. 10. Divide 1 dollar into 33 equal parts. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. Ans. 40 cts. Ans. 25 cts. Ans. 3 cts.-t 1. Bought 25 lb. of coffee for 5 dollars; what is that > pound? 2. If 131 yards of Irish linen cost 49 is that per yard? Ans. 20 cts. dols. 78 cts. wha 3. If a cwt. of sugar cost 8 dols. 96 cts. pound? Ans. 38 cts. what is that per Ans. 8 cts. tak 4. If 140 reams of paper cost 329 dols. what is that per ream? 5. If a reckoning of 25 dols. 41 cts. be 14 persons, what do they pay apiece? 6. If a man's wages are 235 dols. 80 that a calendar month? Ans. $2 35 cts. paid equally among Ans. $1 81 cts. cts. a year, what Ans. $19 65 cts. 7. The salary of the President of the United States, is twenty-five thousand dollars a year; what is that a day? Ans. $68 49 cts. B To divide the denominations of Sterling Money Weights, Measures, &c. RULE.-Begin with the highest denomination as in simple divisio.; dif any thing remains, find how many of the next lower denomition this remainder is equal to; which add to the next denomination: then divide again, carrying the remainder, if any, as before; and so on till the whole is finished. PROOF. The same as in simple Division. 14. Divide I 26 by 9 79 0 11/2 15. Divide 948 11 6 by 12 12. When the divisor exceeds 12, and is the product of two or more numbers in the table multiplied together. RULE.-Divide by one of those numbers first, and the quotient by e other, and the last quotient will be the answer. by 144 0 4.9 3. When the divisor is large, and not a composite num her, you may divide by the whole divisor at once, after man ner of long division, as follows, viz. Examples of Weights, Measures, &c. 1. Divide 14 cwt. 1 qr.8 lb. of sugar equally among C. gr. lb. oz. 8)14 1 1 3 4 8 Quotient. 8 8inen. 2. Divide 6 T. 11 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lb. by 4. Ans. 1 T. 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 lb. 12 oz. 3. Divide 14 cwt. I qr. 12 lb. by 5. Ans. 2 cwt. 3 grs. 13 lb. 9 oz. 9 dr.+ 4. Divide 161b. 13 oz. 10 dr. by 6. Ans:2 lb. 12 oz. 15 dr. 5. Divide 56 lb. 6 oz. 17 pwt. of silver into 9 equal Ans. 3 lb. 3 oz. 8 pwt. 13 grs.+ parts. 6. Divide 26 lb. I oz. 5 wt. by 24. 1 Ans. 1 lb. 1 oz. I put. I gr. 7. Divide 9 hhds. 28 gals. 2 qts. by 12. Ans. O hhd. 49 gals. 2 qts. 1 pt. 8. Divide 169 bu.- 1 pk. 6 qts. by 35. Ans. 4 bu. 3 pks. 2 qts. 9. Divide 17 lea. 1 m. 4 fur. 21 po. by 21. 1 Ans. 2 m. 4 fur. \ po. 10. Divide 43 yds. I qr. 1 na. by 11. Ans. 3 yds. 3 11. Divide 97 E. E. 4 qrs. I na. by 5. Ans. 19 yds. 2 qrs. 3 wt. 4 12. Divide 4 gallons of brandy equally among 141 Ans. I gill apiece. soldiers. 13. Bought a dozen of silver spoons, which together weighed 3 lb. 2 oz. 13 pwt. 12 grs. how much silver did each spoon contain? Ans. 3 oz. 4 put. II g). 19 lb. of sugar, and sold out remains unsold? 14. Bought 17 cwt. 3 qrs. one third of it; how much Ans. 11 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lb. 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 na. a tailor was ordered to make 9 soldiers' coats, which took one third of the whole piece: how many yards did each coat contain? Ans.2 yds. 1 qr. 2 na. |