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11. What is the sum of 999, 0012, 7, 50005, 11 and 01? Ans. 51035.

12. Sir Isaac Newton was born in the year 1642, and was 85 years old when he died; in what year did he die? Ans. 1727.

13. In an orchard 14 trees bear peaches, 27 bear plums, 30 bear cherries, and one hundred and sixteen bear apples; how many trees are there in the orchard? Ans. 187. 14. A merchant after selling 216 bushels of salt had 112 left; how many bushels had he at first?

Ans. 328. 15. How many days are there in the twelve calendar

months? Ans. 16. What is the sum of 8, 1000, 0001, 2, 444444, 20, and 18? Ans. 445493. 17. What is the sum of three billions, two hundred and twenty-six thousand, five hundred and forty millions, nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and one; six hundred and seventy three thousand, nine hundred and eleven; one million, two thousand and two; and five hundred and ninety-seven, when added together?

Ans. 3226542603014. 18. A man bought a farm for 1515 dollars, and sold it for 217 dollars more than he gave for it; what did he sell it for? Ans. $1732. 19. What is the amount of 24180, 29, three thousand, four hundred and nine, 50, 99, and seventy-five?

Ans. 27842.

20. New York contains 1913508, inhabitants, Pennsylva nia 1347672, New Jersey 320779 and Delaware 76739; what is the whole number of inhabitants in the four states? Ans. 3658698.

21. A merchant bought 55 barrels of beef for 320 dollars; 70 barrels for 505 dollars; and 120 barrels for 975 dollars, how many barrels did he buy, and how many dollars did he pay for the whole? Ans. {Paid 1800 dolls. Bought 245 bbls.

22. A man has four horses: the first is worth 125 dollars; the second is worth 112 dollars; the third is worth 100 dollars; and the fourth is worth 90 dollars; what are all worth? Ans. 427 dollars.

23. Add together 2346721, 900200, 40, 234719.

Amount 3481680.

24. A merchant bought a quantity of salt for 325 dollars,

and sold it for 78 dollars more than the cost; what did he sell it for? Ans. 403 dolls.

25. Add 2; 19; 817; 4298; 50916; 730205; 9180634; together. Ans. 9966891. 26. Add 509267; 235809; 72920; 8292; 420; 21; 9; together. Ans. 826738. 27. Add 456934000; 5903568; 89034511; 21; togethAns. 551872100.

er.

28. Add 32; 451; 89; 1734; 5; 89103; together. Ans. 91414.

SECTION IV.

SUBTRACTION.

left?

1. A man having 79 sheep, sold 15; how many had he Ans. 64. 2. If 432, be taken from 612; how many will remain ? Ans. 180.

3. A man bought a chaise for 175 dollars, and to pay for it gave a colt worth 40 dollars, and the rest in money; how much money did he pay? Ans. 135 dolls. 4. In 1830 the number of inhabitants in a certain town was 2014 of whom 1042 were under 20 how many were over 20 years of age?

years of age;

Ans. 972. pay his debts

5. A man sells his farm for 2720 dollars to which amount to 1946 dollars; how much has he left, after paying his debts?

Ans. 774.

6. What number is that which taken from 365 leaves 159? Ans. 206. 7. A merchant bought a quantity of butter for 117 dollars and sold it for 141 dollars; how much did he gain in the bargain? Ans. 24 dolls.

8. The population of Boston in the year 1700 was 7000, in the year 1800 it was 24937; what was the increase during this century? Ans 17937.

9. What number must be added to 456 that it shall become 3524? Ans. 3088. 10. A man having been born in the year 1797, what was his age in 1831 ?

Ans 34 years.

11. What is the difference between 8000 and 2999?

Ans. 5001.

12. The number of inhabitants in the United States in

1820 was 9638166, in 1830 there were 12856165; what was the increase between these two dates? Ans. 3217999.

13. From four billions, seven hundred millions sixty-eight thousand and nine; take three billions, eight hundred and eighty eight thousand, four hundred and ninety-seven millions, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

112203066010 remainder. 14. A minuend is 4002, and a subtrahend is 999; what is the difference? Ans. 3003. 15. The sum of two numbers is 64892, and the greater number 46234; what is the smaller number? Ans. 18658. 16. Peace between the United States and Great Britain took place in 1783, and war was again declared in 1812; how long did the peace continue? Ans. 29 years. 17. What is the difference between 45678912 and 37899048? Ans. 7779864. 18. If I lend a friend 9480 dollars, and receive in part payment 1987 dollars; how much remains due? Ans. 7493. 19. The population of Virginia in 1830 was 1211272, of whom 469724 were slaves; how many free persons?

Ans. 741548.

20. The imports of the United States during the year ending Sept. 30, 1830 amounted to 70876920 dollars; the exports during the same time amounted to 73849508 dollars; how much did the exports exceed the imports?

Ans. 2972588 dolls. 21. A farmer has 7 bags of hops weighing 1428 pounds; he sells 6 bags weighing 1195 pounds; how many pounds has he left? Ans 233 pounds.

22. If you buy 20 sheep for 40 dollars, and sell 15 of them for 35 dollars how many sheep will you have left?

Ans. 5.

23. From 24791 less 3218 take 9110; what number remains?

24. From 5331806 take 5073918.

Ans. 12463.

Ans. 257888.

25. What is the difference between 7020974 and 2766809 ?

Ans. 4254165.

26. If from 8503602-574271 be taken-what will remain? Ans. 7929331.

27. From 834000000 take 9909093.

28. What is the difference between 987654321 and 123456789 ?

29. From 9000000 take 0000001.

SECTION V.

MULTIPLICATION.

1. What will 167 barrels of flour come to, at 9 dollars a barrel? Ans. $1503. 2. What will be the price of 8 hogsheads of wine, at 129 dollars per hogshead? Ans. $1032. 3. In an orchard there are 134 rows of trees, and 9 trees in each row; how many trees are there in the orchard?

Ans. 1206. 4. If 23679 be repeated ten times, what will be the product? Ans. 236790. 5. What is the product of 9763421110 multiplied by 7? Ans. 68343947770.

6. If a book has 256 pages, and 100 lines on each page, how many lines are there in the book? Ans. 25600. 7. How many days are there in 20 years, there being 365 in one year?

Ans. 7300.

8. What is the product of 4000 multiplied by 400?

Ans. 1600000. 9. A certain army was composed of 204 battallions consisting of 824 men each; required the whole number of Ans. 168096. 10. In dividing a sum of money among 352 men, each received 17 dollars; what was the sum divided?

men.

Ans. $5984. 11. If the pendulum of a clock swing 60 times in one minute, how many times will it swing in 3500 minutes?

Ans. 210000.

12. If a man's income be 235 dollars per annum, what will it amount to in 99 years? Ans. $23265.

13. If a water-wheel revolve 36 times in a minute, how many times will it revolve in an hour? Ans. 2160.

14. If 2114 men receive 48 dollars each, how many dollars do all receive? Ans. 101472.

15. A garrison of 3000 is to be paid, and each man receives 128 dollars; how many dollars will they all receive?

Ans. 384000.

16. Multiply 79246817 by twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirteen. Prod. 2172392994421. Ans. 28000.

17. How many are 2000 times 14? 18. If 4 bushels make a barrel of flour, and the price of

wheat be 2 dollars per barrel, what will 225 barrels of flour cost? Ans. $1800. 19. A divisor is 29, and the quotient the same; required the dividend.

Ans. 841. 20. A certain city is divided into 12 wards, each ward contains 2000 families, and the average number in a family is 5; what is the number of inhabitants in the city?

Ans. 120000. Prod. 74143782.

21. Multiply 74218 by 999. 22. What number, divided by 24, will give a quotient of 48? Ans. 1152. 23. If the earth in her annual revolution move 68000 miles in an hour, what distance will she move in 16 hours?

Ans. 1088000 miles. 24. Required the product of 935 multiplied by itself. Ans. 874225. 25. In a certain building there are 64 apartments, in each apartment are 4 windows, and in each window 24 lights; how many lights are there in the house? Ans. 6144.

26. Multiply six hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-six millions, eight hundred and ninetyfour thousand, seven hundred and twenty-seven, by one hundred and nine. Prod. 7187531525243. 27. What number, divided by 12, will give a quotient of 144?

28. Multiply 99999 by 3468.

Ans. 1728.

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1. At 8 dollars a barrel how many barrels of flour can be bought for 576 dollars?

Ans. 72.

2. If 1380 dollars be distributed equally among 12 men, how many will each receive?

Ans. 115.

3. A man having 5520 bushels of corn, wishes to put it into bins holding 16 bushels each; how many bins will it take?

Ans. 345.

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