7150 at 1s. 8d. HARD PRACTICE. Ans. £595. 16. 8 3215 at 1s. 4d. Ans. £214. 6. 8 7211 at 1s. 3d. Ans. £450. 13. 9 7514 at 4s. 7d. Ans. £1721. 19. 2 2517 at 5s. 3d. Ans. £660. 14. 3 2547 at 7s. 3 d. Ans. £928. 11. 10 3271 at 5s. 9 d. Ans. £947. 4. 6 2103 at 15s. 4 d. Ans. £1616. 13. 7 7152 at 17s. 6d. Ans. £6280. 7 2510 at 14s. 74d. Ans. £1832. 16. 5 3715 at 9s. 4 d. Ans. £1741. 8. 1 2572 at 13s. 7 d. Ans. £1752. 3. 6 7251 at 14s. 81d. Ans. 5324. 19. 02 3210 at 15s. 7 d. Ans. £2511. 3. 11 RULE 7.-When the price is Pounds and Shillings: multiply the quantity by the pounds, and proceed with the shillings, if they are even, as in the 4th Rule; if odd, take the aliquot parts, add them together, the sum will be the answer. When the given quantity is no more than three figures, proceed as in Compound Multiplication. 4s. is 7215 at £7. 4s. 6d. is 2710 at £2.3.7 7 £ 43s. 2. When the price is pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, and the shillings and pence not the aliquot parts of a pound, reduce the pounds and shillings into shillings, multiply the quantity by the shil. lings, take parts for the rest, add them together, and divide by 20. RULE 8.—When the price and quantity given are of several denominations: multiply the price by the integers, and take parts of the price for the lower denominations. 2 At £3. 17s. 6d. per cwt.; what is the value of 25 cwt. qrs. 14 lb. of tobacco ? At £3. 14s. 8d. per cwt.; what cost 17 cwt. 1 qr. 11 lb. of cheese? Ans. £64. 15s. 4d. Sold 85 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lb. of butter at £4. 6s. 4d. per cwt.; how much does it come to? Ans. £368. 7s. 7 d. Hops at £4. 5s. 8d. per cwt.; what must be given for 72 cwt. 1 qr. 18 lb. ? Ans. £310. 3s. 2d. What is the value of 27 cwt. 2 qr. 15 lb. of Malaga raisins, at £2. 6s. 8d. per cwt.? Ans. £64. 9s. 7d. Sold 56 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. of sugar, at £2. 15s. 9d. the cwt.; what does it come to? Ans. £157. 4s. 4§d. Tobacco at £3. 17s. 10d. the cwt.; what is the value of 97 cwt. 15 lb. ? Ans. £378. Os. 3d. Bought sugar at £3. 14s. 6d. per cwt.; what did I give for 15 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lb. ? Ans. £57. 2s. 9d. Soap at £3. 11s. 6d. the cwt.; what is the value of 53 cwt. 17 lb.? Ans. £190. Os. 4d. How much is the import duty on 45 tons, 17 cwt. 2 qrs. of foreign iron, at £7. 18s. 4d. per ton? Ans. £363. 3s. 6d. By these Rules, merchants and wholesale dealers deduct certain allowances made by them in selling their goods by weight. GROSS WEIGHT is the whole weight of any sort of goods, and that of the package which contains them. TARE is an allowance made to the buyer for the weight of the box, barrel, bag, &c., which contains the goods bought, and is either At so much per box, barrel, &c. |