113. In 31 bags of wheat, each 23st 10lb gross; weight of the bags in all, let 2qrs 5lb; how many pounds neat? 114. Bought sundry articles as follow: 7 yards broad cloth @ 318 6d yard...... yard.. 12 yards linen a 2s 104d yard.. yard.. £1 4 10 What is the amount ?. ...£ 115. If I hold 127 acres of land at 13 guinea per acre; what is my yearly rent? 116. If half a stone or 7lb cost 2s 44d; what will be the price of 5ct 2qrs? 117. Paid a bill of 5001 as follows; 118. Geo. Thompson......Bought of Samuel Draper, Bought of N. W. 3 casks white lead, 27ct 1qr Olba 42s Od pct. ct.. ct. gal. 120. Wanting to pay my workmen, I find 5 who have each 1 guinea per week, but 2 of them have been idle 2 days each; there are 4 who earn 18s per week, but they have been idle each at average 1 day; 7 others have earned 9s per week, and to my foreman I pay 1 guinea per week. If I hand him a 20 pound note to discharge these demands; what change is coming to me? 121. Having a payment to make of 2481; I find I have 11 notes of 5 guineas each, 7 of 31 each, 21 of 4 guineas each, 19 of 3 guineas each, 41 of 30s each, 27 of 25s each, and 33 guineas; have I enough, or what have I over? 122. In a factory are employed 47 workmen, at 25s 6d per week, 31 at 1 guinea per week, 154 at 17s 6d per week, 69 at 8s 4d per week, and 17 at 6s 6d per week; there are also employed 87 women at an average of 5s 10d per week, and 165 children at 3s 34d per week; what doth their weeks wages amount to? 123. Suppose I have taken a farm measuring 137 acres, at 21 28 6d per acre, and have reset 89 acres thereof, at 21 16s 10d per acre, and 124 acres thereof, at 37 Is 101d per acre; I require to know what rent am I under, for what I still hold? 124. Bought 3100 barrels of wheat, which stand me in 17 12s 44d per barrel; this has reduced in preparing 101bls. I have sold 1520 barrels at 17 17s 4d per barrel, and 1015 barrels at 21 1s 6d per barrel, the remainder at 17 11s 3d per barrel; whether have I gained or lost, and how much? 125. If my daily expense is 2s 14d, and I save 451 per annum; what is my yearly income? 126. A person stopping payment owes his creditors 12151 but compounds with them for 13s 4d per pound; what sum will thus discharge his debt? 127. A person by will left his widow 1500 guineas, and 13331 6s 8d to each of 3 children; 45 guineas each to 12 legatees, and 200 guineas in charity; what was the value of this testator's estate? 128. What is the neat weight of 4 hhds of merchandize, each wt. gross 10ct 2qr 16lb; tare or wt. of the hhds, 3qrs 6lb each hhd.? J 129. If my court yard be 43 feet long and 25 feet wide, what must I pay for paving thereof, at 24d per square foot? 130. If in a printed book there are 225 pages, each page 45 lines, and each line 50 letters; how many letters are in said book? 131. If a corn kiln is 20 feet square, and that on every square foot it will dry 2 stone of corn; how many stone can be dried thereon ? 132. In 173ct 3qrs 291b long weight;* how many pounds? 133. In 14ct 3qrs 20lb long weight; how many pounds? 134. In 83 ton 14ct 3qrs 20lb long weight; how many pounds? 135. In 195 ton 15ct 1qr 291b long weight; how many pounds? 136. In 173 ton 12ct, 3qrs 14lb long weight; how many pounds? 137. In a pound Avoirdupoise there are just 52 new halfpence; how many halfpence are there in a ton long weight? 138. What is the duty on 75 gallons of rum, at 10s 10d Irish money per gallon? 139. What is the duty on 135 gallons of brandy, at 13s 7d Irish money per gallon? 140. What is the duty on 183 ewt. raw sugar at 17 12s ́6d ' Irish money per cwt? 141. In 63 ton 17ct 24rs 141b, how many grains Troy, each b ́Avoirdupoise containing 7000 grains Troy? 142. A seaman, whose wages was 38s 6d per month, re turns home at the end of 29 months, he having taken up 14/ 18s 6d; how much has he yet to receive? 143. Bought 14 pipes of wine, each 118 gallons, am allowed 6 months credit, but for ready money I get it 6d per gallon cheaper; what do I save by paying ready money? 144. If in England and Wales, there are 38,500,000 acres of land; how many square yards are therein ? *In long weight, 30 b are one quarter, and four quarters 1 et. the ton contains 20 such cwts. In Ireland long weight is little in use, except in some parts of the North, being, I believe, scarcely known any where else in this country, except to the iron merchants, it being usual to reckon by this weight for the freight; but iron is bought and sold by the customary ton of 20 cwt of 112lb each. In England steel is sold by long weight by the manufacturers; and in some counties, cheese and soap. Long weight is readily brought to pounds by multiplying the cwts. by 120, and adding in the pounds of the odd weight when there are any. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN DIVISION. 1. From 17317 take 3429, and divide the remainder by 17 2. 70346 x 70341793 ÷ 42. 3. From 5000 take 25, and divide the remainder by the number subtracted. 2 4. 64)2 + 16) 5. Divide 8) by 4' 6. Divide 12) by 6)3 7. 4x5x6x7 ÷ 1×2×3×4. 9. Divide the square of 56 or 56) by 7)3 10. How many times may 59 be subtracted from 63,000? 11. Divide 731409 by 9998. 12. Divide 64187 by 999. 13. If a man travels 435 miles in 35 days, how many miles must he travel per day, and how many miles will he have for the last day's journey? 14. If an army of 5600 men are provided with 280,000lbs of bread; how many rations of 14 ounces each, will it make for each man? 15. If the wages of 40 men for 1 week be 2057 13s 4dj. what is that per week for each man? 16. If I buy 421 barrels of wheat for 6271 17s 6d; what is the average price of each barrel ? 17. If a court yard be 43 long, and contains 1075 square feet; what is the breadth? 18. If in a printed book there is 528750 letters, in each Jine 50 letters, and in each page 45 lines; how many pages in said book? 19. What number multiplied by 15 times 25, will produce the square of 75? 20.. The planet Mercury goes round the Sun in 88 days; how many revolutions of Mercury are equal to 52 of our years, if each contained 365 days? 21. What is the difference between the fifteenth part of 120,000 and the twelfth of 69600/? 22. If 20,000/ was divided between 18 persons; what would be the share of each? 23. How many weeks are in 5824 days? 24. How much per day may a man spend, whose annual income is 2,6281, and save yearly 2007? 25. Suppose a pint to contain 9000 grains of wheat, how many barrels of corn in one billion of grains, and if 9 barrels be produced on an acre; how many acres would produce that number of grains? 26. How many in 1677215 farthings? 27. How many bank notes eight inches long, would reach round the circumference of the earth, supposing it to be 25200 English miles? 28. How many English miles are equal to 11 Irish miles? 29. Suppose an acre of ground to produce 9 barrels of wheat; how many acres would produce 341730 barrels ? 30. How many tons in 4114201 drams? 31. How many tuns liquid in 4248640 pints? 32. How many £ in 5740 shillings? 33. How many £ in 56100 pence ? 34. In 332481 farthings, how many £ s. d.? 35. In 731042 pence; how many £ s. d.? 36. In 132480 grains; how many pounds Troy? 37. In 62028 lbs.; how many cwt.? 38. In 29040 farthings; how many pence, shillings, crowns and pounds; 5 shillings being a crown? 39. In 162435 pence; how many guineas? 40. In 4310832 pounds; how many ct. qrs. and lbs. long weight? 41. In 4864 cwt.; how many tons? 42. In 6342 quarters; how many cwt.? 43. In 36541084 drams; how many tons? 44. In 641520 quarters of a yard; how many yards, ells English, ells Flemish, and French ells ? 45. In 6410423 inches; how many Irish miles ? 46. How many signs and degrees in 5406 minutes of the Ecliptic? 47. In 45180 stone; how many bags of wheat, each con◄ taining one barrel, five stone ? |