PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply the difference between 876042 and 834260 by 176. Ans. 7353632. 2. To 47320 add three times the difference between 46270 and 31032. Ans. 93034. 3. From 212462+432046, take 17240-230124. 4. Divide the sum of 4802+56010+20342 by 4 times the difference between 1200 and 1082. Ans. 171. 5. What is the difference between 1824624+15624 and 896042-12342 ? Ans. 956548.. 6. What is the difference between 3426 x 284 and 200104? Ans 772880. 7. What is the difference between 3931476÷556 and 14×875? Ans. 5179. 8. How many times an 36 be subtracted from 11772? Ans. 327. 9. How many times can 8 × 27 be taken from 1554768 ? 10. Divide 420×216 by 43756-42851. Ans. 100. 11. Multiply 3 times the sum of 4624+1036 by times the difference of 375-296. Ans. 2682840. 12. What is the difference between 5 times 2.5, and 5x2.5? Ans. 11.25. 13. Multiply 4.05+.025+1.8 by 2-1.875. 14. Divide 5 by .8 x .025. Ans. 250. 15. How many times can 1.05 be taken from 4.725 ? Ans. 4.5 times. 16. To .02 times 32.5 add 5.7 times 16.04-12.0026. Ans. 23.66318. 17. What is the difference between .675÷.15 and .23 x.009? Ans. 4.49793. 18. A farmer sold a horse for $140, a cow for $25, and 28 sheep at $2,50 a head; how much more did he receive for the horse than for the cow and sheep? Ans. $45. 19. A young lady having $75, went out shopping, and bought 14 yards of silk for a dress, at $1,50 a yard, a shawl for $15,75, a bonnet for $8, a pair of gloves for $1.125, and a pair of shoes for $1,75; how much money had she remaining? Ans. $27.37. 20. A grocer bought 12 firkins of butter, each containing 56 pounds, at 14 cents a pound; he afterward sold 5 firkins, at 16 cents, and 7 firkins, at 18 cents a pound; how much was his whole gain? Ans. 21.28. 21. A miller sold 256 barrels of flour, at $6.80 a barrel, which was $475.60 more than the wheat from which it was made, cost him; what was the cost of the wheat? Ans. $1265.20. 22. An estate worth $25640, has demands against it to the amount of $9376; after these claims are paid, the remainder is to be divided equally among 5 individuals; how much will each receive? Ans. $3252.80 23. If 15 tons of hay cost $311.70, how much will 1 ton cost? Ans. $20.78. 24. Paid $1.24 for 15.5 pounds of beef; how much was the price per pound? Ans. $.08. 25. A farmer exchanged 21 bushels of wheat, at $2 a bushel, for cloth worth $3 a yard; how many yards did he receive? Ans. 14 yards. 26. A man having labored for a farmer 1 year, at $15 a month expended the year's wages for cows, at $18 each; how many cows did he buy? Ans. 10 27. What will be the cost of 3 hogsheads of sugar, each Ans. 73. 31. If 25 yards of cloth can be bought for $125.25, how . Ans. 2 oz. 13 pwt. 35. If a man travels 20 mi. 3 fur. 36 rd. in a day, how Ans. 1249 mi. 5 fur. 36 rd. 36. If I put 376 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. of cider into 9 equal 37. If a family use 11 pounds of tea in 1 month, how 38. What would be the cost of 565 pounds of butter 40. At of a dollar a pound, what will be the cost Ans. $.75. 41. At of a dollar a yard, what will be the cost of 42. How many cubic yards of earth must be thrown from a cellar 40 ft. long, 30 ft. wide, 6 ft. deep; and what will be the cost of the excavation, at 12 cents a cubic yard? Ans. 2663 cubic yards; $33.33. 43. If 6 pounds of cheese cost $, how much will 10 pounds cost? Ans. $11. 44. How much wheat at $1.25 a bushel, must be given for 50 bushels of corn at $.70 a bushel? 45. At 10 cents a pint, how much will 189 gallons of molasses cost? Ans. $151.20. 46. At 15 cents a pound, how much will of a pound of coffee cost? Ans. 24 cents. 47. If 3 gallons of molasses cost $, how many gallons can be bought for $4 ? Ans. 143. 48. At $7 a firkin, how many firkins of butter can be bought for $33 ? 49. If of a yard of cloth cost $4, what will one yard cost? Ans. $24. 7 Ans. 43. 50. At $3 a barrel, how many barrels of cider can be bought for $83 ? Ans. 2 barrels. 51. What part of 100 pounds is 16 pounds? Ans.. 52. How much wood in a load 10 ft. long, 34 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high? Ans. 1 Cd. 12 cu. ft. 53. How many tons of coal may be bought for $346.125 at $9.75 per ton? Ans. 35.5 tons. 54. What is the interest on $136.80 for 1 yr. 11 mo., at 7 per cent.? Ans. $18.354. 55. What will be the cost of .6 of a gallon of wine, at $.65 a gallon? 56. A owns of a flouring mill, and sells to B; what part of the whole has he left? Ans. $.39. of his share 57. If 2 yards of cloth cost $63, how much will 9 yards cost? Ans. $303. 58. What will of g of a barrel of flour cost at $71 per barrel? Ans. $21. 59. If 1 acre of land yield 1 T. 9 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lb. of hay, how much will 18 acres yield ? 60. A speculator bought 1575 barrels of potatoes, and upon opening them, he found 15 per cent. of them spoiled; how many barrels did he lose? 61. How many steps of 30 inches take in walking 10 miles? Ans. 236.25. each, must a person Ans. 21120. 62. A man bought 12 bushels of chestnuts, at $4.50 a bushel, and sold them at 12 cents a pint; his whole gain? how much was Ans. $88.16. 63. What is the interest on $300, for 10 mo. 21 days, at 6 per cent.? 64. An agent in Chicago, purchased Ans. $16.05. 5450 bushels of Ans. $89.38. wheat, at $.82 a bushel; what was his commission at 2 per cent. on the purchase money? 65. A vessel loaded with 4500 bushels of corn, was overtaken by a storm at sea, and it was found necessary to throw overboard 25 per cent. of her cargo; the whole loss, at 60 cents a bushel? what was Ans. $675. 66. A grocer bought 2 hogsheads of molasses, at 371 cents a gallon, and sold it at 20 per cent. advance on the cost; how much was his whole gain? of acres of land is worth 67. If value of 1 acre? Ans. $9.45. $60, what is the Ans. $84. 68. If 1 bushels of wheat sow an acre of land, how many acres will 12 bushels sow? Ans. 9 acres. 69. If a farm is worth $3840, how much is § of it worth? Ans. $2400. |