6. A dealer imports 3120 yd. of Belfast linen, invoiced at 35¢ a yd. Find the duty, if the tariff rate is 45%. What kind of duty is this? 7. What is the total duty on a consignment of perfumery weighing 500 lb. and valued at $1150, if there is a specific duty of 40¢ a lb. and an ad val. duty of 60%? 8. The duty on manufactured silk is 22¢ per lb. and 30% ad val. If the silk weighs 275 lb. and is worth $360, what is the total duty? 9. The duty on glass and glass ware is 45%. What was the income of the government from these imports in a year when they totalled $8,200,000 in value? 10. What is the duty on 1240 lb. of cheese valued at 151¢ a lb., if the tariff is 20% ad val.? 11. The duty on cotton stockings is $1.20 per doz. pairs and 30% ad val. How much is the total duty on a consignment of 250 doz. pairs worth 20¢ a pair? 12. A drug firm imports 21 T. of bicarbonate of soda. If the duty is ¢ a lb., to what will the charge amount? 13. The duty on leather manufactures is 30%. If $25,085,000 worth of these goods was imported in one year, what was the amount of the duty? 14. A dealer imported from Belgium 15 cases each containing 3 dozen dolls, at a cost of 50¢ each. If the duty on toys is 35% ad val., what was the duty on the shipment? 15. How much is the duty on 13 sets of Thackeray, which cost in England £7 a set, if the duty is 15%? 16. What is the duty on a consignment of cigars, which weighs 255 lb., if the value is $3 per lb.? 17. Find the duty on 265 tubs of butter, the average weight being 56 lb., the tare 4 lb. to the tub, if the duty is 21¢ per lb. GENERAL WRITTEN PROBLEMS 1. What is the amount of $8100 loaned at 5% interest from Dec. 12 to Feb. 1? 2. On a bill of goods amounting to $172.50, discounts of 25, 10, and 2% were given. What was the cash price? 3. At a charity concert, the expenses were 40% of the money received. If $250 was turned over to the poor, how much did the expenses amount to? 4. A man invested $6850 in a house. He paid 2% to the agent who bought it for him, and spent $500 on repairs. How much must he receive for the house in order to make a profit of 10% on his whole investment? 5. A plumbing-supply firm bought 840 lb. of galvanized sheet iron and was allowed discounts of 70 and 21%. If the list price was 15¢ a lb., what was the net cost of the iron? 6. A fruit dealer bought a box of 150 oranges for $1.60. If they were sold at 20¢ a doz., what was the gain per cent? 7. A man deposited $6500 in a bank that pays 31% yearly interest. He draws out his interest every six months. How much does he draw at each time? 8. What is the cost of 118 ladies' suits at $14 with discounts of 20 and 2%? 9. A poultry-raiser sells chickens to a butcher at 24¢ a lb. The butcher sells them at a 50% advance on the cost. How much would a customer save in purchasing a 44-lb. chicken, if he could buy direct from the poultry-raiser? 10. 32 laborers were employed 25 days in constructing a street railway. If the total amount of wages paid was $2120, how much did each man earn per day? 11. Find the interest and amount of $2900 loaned at 6% for 120 days, 12. A man working on an average of 24 da. per month, receives $3.75 per day. What should be his average monthly expenses to permit him to save $300 in a year? 13. A dealer pays a factory $220 apiece for pianos. Freight and cartage charges amount to $12.50. At what selling price must he mark each piano to make a profit of 60% 14. A tailor, having made a misfit coat, sold it for $33.60. By doing this, he lost 16% of the value of the coat. What was the value? 15. A mould to support the iron work of a structure is 22' long, 15' wide, and 7' deep. How many cu. yd. of cement must be mixed to fill it? 16. A storekeeper bought electric fans at $4 with discounts of 25 and 10% and sold them at the list price. How much did he make on each fan? 17. A farm valued at $30,000 is assessed at of its real value, and taxed at $1.50. How much is the tax? 18. What is the ad valorem duty on 525 meters of silk, costing 6 fr. a meter, if the duty is 45%? 19. Find the total cost of: 15,500 lb. soft coal @ $3 per ton; 9345 lb. cannel coal @ $12 per ton; 16,375 lb. nut coal @ $6.75 per ton; 54,190 lb. egg coal @ $7.25 per ton; 33,675 lb. stove coal @ $7.50 per ton. 20. Last month, John Melville deposited in his bank checks amounting to: $789; $6543; $17.50; $56.32; $32,652. If he had a balance at the beginning of the month of $2345.98 and paid out checks amounting to a total of $25,987, how much is his balance now? 21. If a man speaks an average of 125 words a minute, how long will it take him to deliver a speech of 15 pages, if the pages average 28 lines, and each line 12 words? III. BORROWING AND LENDING MONEY INTEREST Review of Interest. Find the interest on: ORAL EXERCISE |