7)430.78 6154 58. How many times 7 cents are there in $430.78? We divide $430.78 as if the figures stood to express the whole in cents. The quotient is the number of times. 59 How many times 6 cents are there in $20.22? 60. How many times 15 cents are there in $11.10? 61. How many times 90 cents are there in $27.00 ? 62. How many times $4.06, [406 cents,] are there in $190 146 04, [19014604 cents]? 63. How many lead pencils can you buy for $3.44, when they are sold at 8 cents apiece? 64. How many pounds of butter, at 21 cents per pound, can be bought for $3.57 ? 65. A laborer earned $53.75, by working at $1.25 a day. How many days did he work? 66. If 84 cents should be divided equally among 6 boys, what would each boy receive? 67. If $28.71 [2871 cents] be divided equally among 9 men, what will each man receive? 68. If $205 58 be divided equally among 38 men, what will each man receive? €9. If $637 be divided equally among 24 men, what will each man receive? 24)637(26 157 24)1300(54 100 96 4 Answer, $26.54. Remainder, 4 cents. After dividing the number of dollars by the number of men, it appears from the quotient and remainder, that each man can have $26, and still $13 will remain undivided. We change $13 to cents, by annexing two ciphers, and then divide the cents by the number of men. From this quotient and remainder it appears, that each man will have 54 cents, and 4 cents will remain undivided. 70. If $7640 be divided equally among 61 ine, what will each man receive? 71. 8 men received $230 for performing a piece of work. What was. each one's share of the money? 72. An insurance office, whose stock was owned in 1000 shares, divided among the stock-holders, $1586. How much was paid on one share? 73. The expense of a village school, for 6 months, was $466.80; and it was paid in equal shares by 4C gentlemen. What was each one's share? 74. Add together $9.87, 50 cents, $705.30 and $390: subtract from this sum, 606 dollars and 7 cents: multiply the remainder by 45: divide the product by 37. What is the quotient, and the remainder. 75. A shoe-maker paid $1.58 apiece for 10 calf-skins, and 22 cents a pound for 3 sides of sole leather, each side weighing 35 pounds. From this stock he made 48 pairs of shoes, which he sold at $1.75 a pair. did he get for his work? What 76. Suppose a man, whose income is $400 a year, should spend $3.90 a week, how much would he save in 2 years; there being 52 weeks in 1 year? 77. Suppose wheat to be worth $1.05 per bushel, and rye 70 cents per bushel: how bushels of rye must be given for 550 bushels of wheat? many Questions to be answered Orally. (1) What is Federal money? (2) State the denominations of Federal money. (3) State the number of mills in a cent, the number of cents in a dime, &c. (4) How many cents make a dollar? (5) By what short method do you find the number of cents in any number of dollars? (6) How do you distinguish the number of dollars, that there are in any number of cents? (7) In writing dollars and cents together, how many figures express the cents? (8) When the cents to be written with dollars are less than 10, what is to be done? (9) Suppose you are dividing dollars, and a remainder occurs, what is to be done, in order to divide the remainder? SECTION 7. TABLES OF COMPOUND NUMBERS. ENGLISH MONEY is the national currency of England 4 farthings (qr.) 12 pence. 20 shilings make 1 penny. make 1 shilling. make 1 pound. TROY WEIGHT is used in weighing gold and silver. 24 grains (gr.) ..... make 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights 12 ounces make 1 ounce. make 1 pound. d. S. £. dwt. Oz. lb. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT is the common weight, used in weighing groceries, and all coarse commodities. CLOTH MEASURE is used in measuring cloth, lace, &c. DRY MEASURE is used in measuring grain, salt, &c. WINE MEASURE is used by grocers and others, for measuring wine, oil, molasses, and most other liquids. 4 gills (gi.). 2 pints. 4 quarts. 31 gallons 42 gallons 63 gallons 84 gallons 126 gallons ... make 1 pint. make 1 quart. pt. make 1 gallon. make 1 barrel. qt. gal. bl. 2 pipes, or 4 hhds. . . make 1 ton. LONG MEASURE is applied to length, distance, &c. 3 barley-corns 12 inches. 3 feet ... make 1 inch. in. ft yd. r. fur. 1. deg 3 miles 92 furlongs. make 1 geographical mile. 60 geographical miles . make 1 degree. 360 degrees.. the earth's circumference. SQUARE MEASURE is used in measuring land, floor ing, boards, tiling, and all other surfaces whatever. CUBIC MEASURE is used in measuring solid bodies, and in finding the capacity of rooms, boxes, &c. TIME is naturally divided into days, by the revolution of the earth upon its axis; and into years, by the revo. lution of the earth round the sun. The earth revolves round the sun once in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 48 seconds: this period is therefore a Solar year. In order to keep pace with the solar year in our reckoning, we make every fourth year to contain 366 days, and call it Leap year. The year is divided into 12 months. The number of days in each month is commonly learned thus, '30 days hath September, "The 4th. 11th. 9th. and 6th., Questions to be answered Orally. (1) What is English money? (2) Recite the table. (3) How many shillings are there in 2 pounds? (4) How many pence in 2 shillings? (5) How many pence in 8 farthings? (6) How many pence in 36 farthings? (7) How many farthings in 6d. 3qr.? (8) What is the use of Troy Weight? (9) Recite the table. (10) How many ounces in 2 pounds (11) How many penny-weights in 4 ounces? 4 |