OPERATION.

2 ) $9.50

$4.75

2.376

$11.28600

ANALYSIS. Since 1 ton, or 2000 pounds, cost $9.50, 1000 pounds, orton, will cost of $9.50, or $9.50 ÷ 2 $4.75. One pound will cost

=

ʊʊ, or .001, of $4.75, and 2376 pounds will

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cost 378, or 2.376 times $4.75, which is $11.286.

1000

RULE. I. Divide the price of 1 ton by 2, and the quotient will be the price of 1000 pounds.

II. Multiply this quotient by the given number of pounds expressed as thousandths, as-in Case V.

EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.

2. At 87 a ton, what will 1495 pounds of hay cost?

Ans. $5.2325.

3. At $8.75 a ton, what cost 325 pounds of hay?

Ans. $1.421.

4. What is the cost of 3142 pounds of plaster, at $3.84 per ton? Ans. $6.032. 5. What is the cost of 1848 pounds of coal, at $5.60 per ton?

6. Bought 125 sacks of guano, cach sack containing 148 pounds, at $18 a ton; what was the cost?

7. What must be paid for transporting 31640 pounds of railroad iron from Philadelphia to Richmond, at $3.05 per ton? Ans. $48.251.

BILLS.

174. A Bill, in business transactions, is a written statement of articles bought or sold, together with the prices of each, and the whole cost.

Find the cost of the several articles, and the amount or footing of the following bills.

Give explanation. Rule. What is a bill? Explain the manner of making out a bill.

Mr. JOHN RICE,

(1.)

NEW YORK, June 20, 1869.

Bo't of BALDWIN & SHERWOOD.

7 yds. Broadcloth, @ $3.60

9" Satinet, 66 1.12 12 "Vesting,

66 .90

24 "Cassimere, " 1.371

(4.)

Messrs. OSBORN & EATON,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15, 1878.

Bo't of ROB'T H. CARTER & CC.,

20000 feet Pine Boards, @ $15.00 per M.

1. What will 62.75 tons of potash cost, at $124.35 per ton?

Ans. $7802.9625.

2. What cost 15 pounds of butter, at $.17 a pound?

Ans. $2.55.

3. A cargo of corn, containing 2250 bushels, was sold for

$1406.25; what did it sell for per bushel?

Ans $5.

4. If 12 yards of cloth cost $48.96, what will one yard. cost?

5. A traveled 325 miles by railroad, and C traveled .45 of that distance; how far did C travel? Ans. 146.25 miles. 6. If 36.5 bushels of corn grow on one acre, how many acres will produce 657 bushels? Ans. 18 acres.

7. Bought a horse for $105, a yoke of oxen for $125, 4 cows at $35 apiece, and sold them all for $400; what was gained or lost in the transaction?

8. A man bought 28 tons of hay at $19 a ton, and sold it at $15 a ton; what did he lose? · Ans. $112. 9. If a man travel 4 miles an hour, in how many hours can he travel 34 miles? Ans. 7.5 hours. 10. At $.311 per bushel, how many bushels of potatoes can be bought for $9? Ans. 28.8 bushels. 11. If a man's income be $2000 a year, and his expenses $3.50 a day, what will he save at the end of a year, or 365 days?

12. A merchant deposits in a bank, at one time, $687.25, and at another, $943.64; if he draw out $875.29, what will remain in the bank ?X

13. Bought 288 barrels of flour for $1728, and sold onehalf the quantity for the same price I gave for it, and the other half for $8 per barrel; what did I receive for the whole ? Ans. $2016.

14. What will eight hundred seventy-five thousandths of a cord of wood cost, at $3.75 per cord? Ans. $3.281+. 15. A drover bought cattle at $46.56 per head, and sold them at $65.42 per head, and thereby gained $3526.82; how many cattle did he buy? Ans. 187. 16. If 36.48 yards of cloth cost $54.72, what will 14.25 yards cost? Ans. $21.375.

17. A house cost $3548, which is 4 times as much as the furniture cost; what did the furniture cost? Ans. $887. 18. How many bushels of onions at $.82 per bushel, can be bought for $112.34 ?

19. If 46 tons of iron cost $3461.50, what will 5 tons cost? 20. A gentleman left his widow one-third of his property, worth $24000, and the remainder was to be divided equally among 5 children; what was the portion of cach child?

Ans. $3200.

21. A man purchased one lot, containing 160 acres of land, at $1.25 per acre; and another lot, containing 80 acres, at $5 per acre; he sold them both at $2.50 per acre; what did he gain or lose in the transaction?

22. A druggist bought 54 gallons of oil for $72.90, and lost 6 gallons of it by leakage. He sold the remainder at $1.70 per gallon; what did he gain? Ans. $8.70.

23. A miller bought 122 bushels of wheat of one man, and 754 bushels of another, at $.93 per bushel. He sold 60 bushels at a profit of $12.50; if he sell the remainder at $.811 per bushel, what will be his entire gain or loss? Ans. $4.718+ loss. 24. A laborer receives $1.40 per day, and spends $.75 for his support; how much does he save in a week?

25. How many pounds of butter, at $.16 per pound, must be given for 39 yards of sheeting, at $.08 a yard?

Ans. 194 pounds. 26. What cost 23487 feet of hemlock boards, at $4.50 per 1000 feet?/ Ans. $105.6915. 27. A man has an income of $1200 a year; how much must he spend per day to use it all?

28. Bought 28 firkins of butter, each containing 56 pounds, at $.17 per pound; what was the whole cost?

29. A merchant bought 16 bales of cotton cloth, each bale containing 13 pieces, and each piece 26 yards, at $.07 per yard; what did the whole cost? Ans. $378.56. 30. What cost 4868 bricks, at $4.75 per M? 31. A farmer sold 27 bushels of potatoes, at $.33 per bushel; 28 bushels of oats, at $.25 per bushel; and 19 bushels of corn, at $.50 per bushel; what did he receive for the whole?

Ans. $25.50.