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same time, and B 8 dollars for the same time. must have, B, and C, of 88 dollars.

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The examples 127, 128, 129, 130, and 131, are double or compound fellowship.

139. The interest of 50 dollars for 1 year and 6 months is 4 dollars and 50 cents, and for 1 month it is 25 cents. The interest of 7 dollars for 18 months (a dollar is of a cent a month) is 63 cents. whole amounts to 5 dollars and 38 cents.

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140. The interest of 200 dollars for 1 year is 16 dollars. The interest of 67 dollars is 67 cents for every 2 months; for 16 months it will be 8 times 67 cents, which are 5 dollars and 36 cents. whole interest is 21 dollars and 36 cents.

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143. The interest of 100 dollars for 2 years, is 13 dollars and 50 cents. The interest of 100 dollars for 60 days would be 1. dollar; the interest for 20 days will be of a dollar, or 33 cents. The interest of 1 dollar for 2 years is 13 cents; for 10 dollars the interest would be 1 dollar and 35 cents, and for 30 dollars, 4 dollars and 5 cents. The interest of 7 dollars for 24 years is 7 times 13 cents, or 94 cents. The interest of 37 dollars for 60 days would be 37 cents, and for 20 days 37 cents, or 12 cents. The whole interest is 18 dollars and 95 cents.

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146. They would both together do & of the work in 1 day, and it would take them of a day to do the other. Ans. 1 day.

147. would be done in 1 day, and it would take of a day to do the other. Ans. 1 day.

149. They both together consume of a bushel in a week, but the woman alone consumes only of a bushel in a week. That is, they both together consume in a week, but the woman alone only

consequently, the man alone would consume; and a bushel would last him 3 weeks.

152. A and B can build of it in 1 day; A, B, and C, can build of it in 1 day; the difference between and is; therefore C can build of it in 1 day; and it would take him 13 days to build it alone.

164. Find how much they might eat in a day, in order to make it last 1 month, and then it will be easy to find how much they may eat in a day, to make it last 11 months.

167. The money is 7 parts of the whole, and the purse one part; consequently the money is, and the purse, of 16.

170. He gave one part for the apple, 2 parts for the orange, and 4 parts for the melon. These make 7 parts. The apple 3 cents, the orange 6 cents, and the melon 12 cents.

175. If to a number half of itself be added, the sum is of that number; hence subtract 2 from 100, and the remainder is of the number of geese

that he had.

180. This must be reduced to 6ths. 1 half is g, and is, and the number itself is . If, therefore, 183 to the whole number its half and its third be added, the sum will be ; hence, 77 is of the number.

181.is; therefore if to a number and of itself be added, the whole number will be ; but when 18 more is added to 7, the first number is doubled; that is, the number is of the first number; therefore 18 is of the number.

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84. In 35 quarters of a yard how many yards? 35. In 45 nails how many yards?

86. In 63 nails how many yards?

87. At 2 cents a nail, what would 4 yards of cloth cost?

88. At 2 dollars for 1 quarter of a yard, what would 2 yards cost?

89. 1 oz. is what part of a lb. ?

90. What part of a lb. is 2 oz. ? 3 oz.? 4 oz.? 5 oz. 7 oz. 10 oz. 15 oz.?

91. What part of a qr. of 1 cwt. is 1 lb. ? 2 lbs. ? 3 lbs. 4 lbs. ? 7 lbs. ? 9 lbs. ? 14 lbs. ? 18 lbs. ?

£ 23 lbs. ?

92. At 3 cents for 1 oz. what would 1 lb. cost? 93. At 3 cents for 2 oz. what would 1 lb. cost? 94. At 3 cents for 8 oz. what would 1 lb. cost? 95. At 5 cents for 10 oz. what would 1 lb. cost? 96. At 8 shillings for 4 lbs. what would 10 lbs. cost?

97. If a man consume 1 lb. and 3 oz. of meat in a day, how much would he consume in a week?

98. If a man spend 2 dollars in a day, how much would he spend in a week?

99. If a man travel 32 miles in an hour, how far I would he travel in 3 hours? How far in 7 hours? How far in 12 hours?

100. If 2 men start from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 33 miles in an hour, and the other 44 miles, how far will they be apart at the end of 1 hour? How far at the end of 2 hours? How far at the end of 3 hours? How far at the end of 7 hours?

101. Two men start from the same place, and travel the same way, one at the rate of 44 miles in an hour, the other at the rate of 4§ miles in an hour; how far will they be apart at the end of 1 hour? How far in 2 hours? How far in 5 hours? How far in

10 hours? How far in 3 days, if they travel | hours in a day?

102. How many yards of cloth, at 5 dollars yard, must be given for 8 barrels of flour, at 7 dolars per barrel?

103. What part of a month is 1 week? 2 weeks 3 weeks?

104. What part of a year is 1 month? 2 months 3 months? 4 months? 5 months? 6 months? : months? 8 months? 9 months? 10 months? 1 months?

105. What part of 1 month is 1 day? 2 days 3 days? 7 days? 8 days? 11 days? 15 days? 1 days? 20 days? 24 days? 27 days?

106. If 5 bushels of oats will keep 7 horses through the winter, how many bushels will it take to keep 12 horses the same time?

107. If you give 7 men 24 bushels of corn apiece how many bushels would it take for the whole?

108. A man, failing in trade, was able to pay his creditors only 4 shillings on a dollar; how much would he pay on 2 dollars? How much on 3 dollars! How much on 7 dollars? How much on 10 dollars!

109. A man, failing in trade, is able to pay only 9 shillings on a pound; how much would he pay on a debt of 2 pounds? How much on 3 pounds? How much on 12 pounds?

110. A man, failing in trade, is able to pay only 4 shillings and 7 pence on a dollar; how much would he pay on a debt of 7 dollars?

IlI. If 6 dollars' worth of provisions will serve 3 men 5 days, how many days will it serve 1 man? How many days will it serve 2 men? How many days will it serve 8 men?

112. If 10 dollars' worth of provision will serve 7 men 4 days, how many days will it serve 9 men? 113. If 12 dollars' worth of provisions will serve 7

men 3 days, how many men would it serve 1 day? How many 2 days? How many 8 days?

114. If 11 dollars' worth of provision will serve 6 men 8 days, how many men will it serve 5 days?

115. If 8 dollars' worth of provisions will serve 7 men 5 days, how many days would 16 dollars' worth of provision last 4 men?

116. If 1 peck of wheat afford 12 ten-penny loaves, how many penny loaves may be obtained from it? How many two-penny loaves? How many three-penny loaves? How many seven-penny loaves?

117. If 1 peck of wheat afford 11 eight-penny loaves, how many ten-penny loaves will it afford?

118. A man, having hired some men and some boys, agreed to give each man 3 shillings, and each boy 2 shillings; how much would it take to pay a man and a boy? How much 2 men and 2 boys? How much 7 men and 7 boys?

119. A man, having 18 shillings to pay among his laborers, would give to every man 2 shillings, and to every boy 1 shilling; the number of men and boys was equal; how many were there of each?

120. A gentleman, having 50 shillings to pay among his laborers, would give to every man 8 pence, and to every boy 4 pence; the number of men and boys was equal; how many were there of each?

121. Two men bought a bushel of corn; one gave 1 shilling, the other 2 shillings; what part of the whole did each pay? What part of the corn must each have?

122. Two men bought a barrel of flour for 8 dollars; one gave 3 dollars, the other 5 dollars; what part did each pay? and what part must each have?

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