5.

4. 5 gallons of Ale, at 7s. 3d. per gallon.
days' Wages, at 6s. 10d. per day.
6. 7 pecks of Corn, at 12s. 51d. per peck.
7. 8 lb. of Chocolate, at 3s. 9 d. per lb.
8. 9 lb. of Candles, at 1s. 103d. per lb.

9. 10 bushels of Oats, at 18s. 74d. per bushel.
10. 11 ounces of Silver, at 5s. 1d. per ounce.
11. 12 barrels of Beer, at £1. 13s. 2d. per barrel.

When the Multiplier exceeds 12, and has two component parts.

84 quarters of Oats, at £1. 11s. 8d. per quarter.

12 and 7 are the component parts of 84, because 12 times 7-84. First multiply by 12, and the product again by 7.

EXERCISES.

Answer, £3. 15s. 10d.

Answer, £4. 6s. 73d. Answer, £17. 12s. 6d. Answer, £8. 13s. 3d. Answer, £18. 4s. 41d. Ans. £233. 17s. 9d.

12. 20 lb. of Tobacco, at 3s. 94d. per lb.
13. 33 stone of Beef, at 2s. 73d. per stone.
14. 45 lb. of Tea, at 7s. 10d. per lb.
15. 54 pints of Wine, at 3s. 2 d. per pint.
16. 66 yards of Linen, at 5s. 6d. per yard.
17. 81 Cwt. of Cheese, at £2. 17s. 9d. per Cwt.
18. 90 loads of Hay, at £3. 14s. 2d. per load.
19. 132 bushels of Wheat, at 12s. 5 d. per bushel.

Answer, £333. 15s.

Ans. £82. 7s. 3d.

When the Multiplier exceeds 12, but has not two com

53 Cwt. of Sugar, at £3. 6s. 10d. per Cwt.

Multiply by the nearest component parts, and the top line by as many as may be wanted to complete the given number, and add the lower lines together.

Thus-Multiply by 10, and the product again by 5: the top line is multiplied by 3, because 10 times 5 are 50, and added, make the given number.

Answer, £7.5s. 11d.

Ans. £38. 13s. 6d. Ans. £159. 19s. 11d. Ans. £228. 15s. 6d.

20. 17 yards of Cloth, at 8s. 7d. per yard.
21. 34 gallons of Oil, at 22s. 9d. per gallon.
22. 43 acres of Land, at £3. 14s. 5d. per acre.
23. 67 lb. of Silver, at £3. 8s. 34d. per lb.
24. 83 boxes of Indigo, at £1. 19s. 10 d. per box.

Answer, £165. 7s. 10ąd.

25. 98 Cwt. of Soap, at £2. 3s. 9 d. per Cwt. Ans. £214. 13s. 7 d. 26. 127 lb. of Tea, at 8s. 7d. per lb. Answer, £54. 10s. 1d. 27. 142 yards of Dowlas, at 3s. 11d. per yard. Ans. £27. 16s. 2d. When the Multiplier has a fraction, as,,, &c.

4

Example.
8. d.
1 34

11

6

693 lb. of Butter, at 1s. 34d. per lb.

3 10 value of 66 lb.
3 9 do. 3 lb.

Multiply as before for the whole

13 11 value of 11 lb. numbers, and take parts of the top line for the fraction, and add the values together, 11 times 6 are 66; and the top line by 3; also one-half and one-quarter of the top line; all these values added, give the whole value of 69 lb.

7 do.

3 do.

lb.

lb.

8 7 do. 69 lb.

The same Example proved.

8. d.

1 31

10

10 times 770. But the required value is 69, being less

12 8 value of 10 lb. than 70. Consequently the value

7

4 8 7* do. 69 lb.

of lb. (32d.) is subtracted from the value of 70 lb., and the remainder is the value of 69 lb., as required.

* The difference of one farthing in the Answers, arises from the omission of

28. 7 29. 24 30. 43

31. 59 32. 71

Answer, £1. 6s. 7d. Answer, £1. 1s. 51d. Ans. £31. 10s. 8d. Ans. £41. 4s. Od. Ans. £152. 10s. 8d. Answer, £30. 1s. 5 d. Ans. £51. 1s. 4d.

yards of Drugget, at 3s. 8d. per yard.
lb. of moist Sugar, at 10d. per lb.
yards of rich Silk, at 14s. 7d. yer yd.
Cwt. of Lead, at 13s. 91d. per Cwt.
galls. of Brandy, at 42s. 8d. per gall.
ells of Muslin, at 7s. 3 d. per ell.
firkins of Beer, at 10s. 8d. per firkin.
Cwt. of Raisins, at £2. 17s. 91d. per Cwt.

33. 82
34. 95
35. 113
36. 136 tons of Iron, at £8. 12s. 51d per ton.

Answer, £327. 19s. 41d.

16 oz. 1 lb.) 16 in
132 oz. 8 lb. 4 oz.
carry 8 to the pounds.

132 are 8, and 4 over. Put 4 under 12, and

are 164. 16428, because 28 lbs. 1 quarter. 24 over; 164 lb.

carry 5 to the quarters.

12 times 13 and 8 28 in 164 are 5, and

5 qrs. 24 lb. Put 24 under the pounds, and 12 times 1 and 5 are 17. 174, because 1 Cwt. 4 in 17 are 4, and 1 over. 17 qrs. 4 Cwt. 1 qr. Put 1 under the qrs., and carry 4 to the Cwt. The Cwt. are performed like Simple Multiplication.

4 qrs.

Answer, 588 yds. 1 qr. 3 nls.

40. Multiply 58 acr. 1 rd. 25 pls. of Land by 12.

Answer, 700 acr. 3 rd. 20 pls.

41. Multiply 5 weys, 1 qr. 7 bus. 2 pks. of Oats by 9.

Answer, 48 weys, 2 qr. 3 bus. 2 pks. 42. Multiply 19 tuns, 0 hhd. 19 galls. 2 qts. of Beer by 18.

Answer,

43. Multiply 15 weeks, 5 days, 22 hrs. 48 min. by 23.

Answer,

44. Multiply 5 Cwt. 2 qrs. 15 lbs. 14 oz. of Lead by 37.

Answer,