66. What part of 4£. 7s. 8d. is 13s. 6d. ? 67. What part of 13£. 8s. 5d. is 3£. 7s. 6d. ? 68. What part of 3 yards is 1 quarter of a yard? 69. What part of 16 yds. 1 qr. is 7 yds. 3 qrs. ? 70. What part of 13 yds. 3. qrs. 1 nl. is 4 yds. 3 qrs. 3 nls.? 71. What part of 2 yds. 3 qrs. is 7 yds. 2 qrs. 72. What part of 3 days is 5 minutes? 73. What of 18 d. 3 h. is 13 d. 4 h.? 74. What part of 5 d. 13 h. 18 min. is 26 d. 4 h. 7 min. ? 75. What part of 43 gal. 3 qts. 1 pt. is 27 gal. 2.qts.? 76. What part of 17 gal. 1 qt. is 87 gal. 2 qts.? 77. What part of 2 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. is 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lb. 78. What is the ratio of 8 to 5? XIII. 1.* If a family consume of a barrel of flour in a week, how many barrels will last them 4 weeks? How many barrels will last them 17 weeks? 2. If of a barrel of cider will serve a family 1 week, how many barrels will serve them 11 weeks? How many barrels will serve them 28 weeks? 3. In how many times 1? In 28 how many times 1 ? 4. If of a chaldron of coals will supply a fire 1 day, how many chaldrons will supply it 57 days at that rate? 5. Reduce to a mixed number. 6. In of a bushel how many bushels ? 7. Reduce & to a mixed number. 8. In 7 of 1£. how many pounds? * See First Lessons, Sect. VIII. Art. B. Note. This question is the same as the following. 9. In 387 shillings how many pounds? 10. In 437 of a shilling how many shillings? 11. In 437 pence how many shillings? 134 12. In 1 of a pound Avoirdupois how many pounds? 16 13. In 134 oz. Avoirdupois how many pounds? 14. In 3 of a guinea how many guineas? 28 15. In 322 shillings how many guineas, at 28 shillings each? 16. In 476 of a day how many days? 17. In 476 hours how many days? 18. In 9137 of an hour how many hours? 19. In 9,737 minutes how many hours? 20. In 43842 of a year how many years? 21. In 43,842 days how many years, allowing 365 days to the year? 22. In 918468 of a year how many years 3847 23. Reduce 487 to a mixed number. 24. Reduce 8753 to a mixed number. 87 25. Reduce 3847 to a mixed number. 784 ? 26. Reduce 18006800 to a mixed number. 24321 XIV. 1.* If of a cord of wood will supply two fires 1 day, how many days will a cord supply them? How many days will 3 cords supply them? How many days will 13 cords supply them? 2. How many 7ths are there in 1 ? 7ths are there in 3? How many in 13? How many 3. If of a barrel of beer will serve a family 1 day, how many days will 1 barrel serve them? How many days will 7 barrels serve them? How many days will 133 barrels serve them? How many days will 435 barrels serve them? 4. In 1 how many 8ths? In 7 how many 8ths? In 13 how many 8ths? In 43 how many 8ths? 5. If of a barrel of flour will serve a family 1 * See First Lessons, Sect. VIII. Art. A. barrels serve them? week, how many weeks will 2 6. In 137 how many 15ths? 7. If of a barrel of flour will serve 1 man 1 day, how many men will 7 barrels serve? How many men will 433 barrels serve? 3 8. Reduce 7 to an improper fraction. 10. In 13 11. In 23 12. In 4 5 12 bushels how many of a bushel? of a shilling? of a pound? That is, That is, in 4s. 5d. how many pence? 13. In 87. how many in 8£. 7s. how many shillings? 14. In 15 days how many of a day? 15. In 15 d. 11 h. how many hours? 16. In 178 hours how many 12. In 17 h. 43 min. how many minutes? cwt. how many 18. In 7,372 of an hour? of 1 cwt. of 1 cwt. ? 19. In 7 cwt. 37 lb. how many pounds? 20. In 18, cwt. how many 21. In 237 how many? 22. Reduce 437 to an improper fraction. 23. Reduce 637 to an improper fraction. XV. 1*. Bought 7 yards of cotton cloth, at dollar per yard; how many dollars did it come to? of a 2. If a horse consume of a bushel of oats in 1 day, how many bushels will he consume in 15 days? 3. If a family consume of a barrel of flour in a week, how many barrels would they consume in 17 weeks? 4. If of a ton of hay will keep 1 cow through the winter, how many tons will keep 23 cows the same time? 7 5. If a pound of bees-wax cost of a dollar, how many dollars will 7 lb. cost? * See first Lessons, Sect. IX. Art. A. 6. If 1 lb. cf chocolate cost of a dollar, what will 27 lb. cost? 7. If one lb. of candles cost will 43 lb. cost? 5 of a dollar, what 8. At of a dollar a pound, what cost 87 lb. of sheathing copper? 9. At 7 of a dollar a gallon, what will 1 hhd. of molasses cost? 10. At 3 of a dollar a gallon, what cost 3 hhds. of molasses? 11. At of rum? 100 12.* At 7 lead ? of a dollar a gallon, what cost 5 hhds. dollars per cwt. what cost 5 cwt. of 13. At 13 dollars per thousand, what cost 8 thousand of staves? 14. At 14 dollars per barrel, what cost 23 barrels of fish? 15. If a yard of cloth cost 38 15 yards? 16. If a barrel of beef cost 54 23 barrels ? 67 shillings, what cost shillings, what cost 17. If I gallon of gin cost of 1. what cost 1 hhd.? 18. At 283£. per barrel, what cost 17 barrels of flour? 987 19. A man failing in trade is able to pay only of a dollar on a dollar, how much will he pay on a debt of 5 dollars? How much on 53 dollars? of 20. A man failing in trade is able to pay only a dollar on dollar, how much will he pay on a debt of 75 dollars? How much on a debt of 153 dollars? 21. Suppose the duties on tea to be of a dollar on 1 lb., what would be the duties on 738 lb. ? 100 22. A man failing in trade is able to pay only of a dollar on a dollar, how much can he pay on a debt of 873 dollars? * See First Lessons, Sect. IX. Art. B. 17834 28. How much is 237 times 1168 ? 29. Multiply by 238. 17 2876 28 30. Multiply by 1003. 31. Multiply 08 by 5060. 200 17063 48638 32. Multiply 16847 by 607. XVI. 1.* If a piece of linen cost 24 dollars, what will of a piece cost? 2. If 3 chaldrons of coal cost 36 dollars, what part of 36 dollars will 1 chaldron cost? How much will a chaldron cost? 3. If 7 lb. of chocolate cost $1.54, what part of $1.54 will 1 lb. cost? What is of $1.54? 4. If 9 yards of cloth cost 126 dollars, what part of 126 dollars will 1 yard cost? How much will it cost per yard? 5. If 17 chaldrons of coal cost 136 dollars, what part of 136 dollars will 1 chaldron cost? What is 7 of 136 dollars? 6. A ticket drew a prize of 652 dollars, of which A owned; what was A's share of the money ? 7. A privateer took a prize worth 36,960 dollars, of which the captain was to have, the first mate, the second mate, and the rest was to be divided equally among the crew, which consisted of 50 men ; what was the share of each officer, and of each sailor? 8. If a man travel 38 miles in a day, how far will he travel in 7 days? 9. At $2.48 per barrel, what will 5 barrels of cider cost? 10. At $1.38 a bushel, what will 81 bushels of rye cost? * See First Lessons, Sect. V. and X. |