EXAMPLES.

19. If 7 yds. of cloth cost 15 dollars 47 cents, what will 12 yds. cost?

Ids. $cts. yds.

7: 15,47 :: 12

12

7)185,64

Ans. 26,52 $26, 52ets.

But any sum in dollars and cents may be written down as a whole number, and expressed in its lowest denomination, as in the following example: (See Reduction of Federal Money, page 67.)

20. What will 1 qr. 9 lb. sugar come to, at 6 dollars 45 cts. per cwt.? gr. lb.

28

1 9

$7 lb.

lb.

As 112645 : : 37

lb. cts.

37

4515

1935

cts.

112)23865(2134 Ans. =82, 13.

224

146

112

345

336

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NOTE 2. When the first and third numbers are federal money, you may annex cyphers, (if necessary) until you make their decimal places or figures at the right hand of the separatrix, equal: which will reduce them to a like denomination. Then you may multiply and divide, as in whole numbers, and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in the second, or middle term.

EXAMPLES.

21. If 3 dollars will buy 7 yards of sloth, how many yards can I buy for 120 dollars, 75 cents?

cts. yds. As 300: 7

cts.

: 12075

23. If a man lays out 121, 23 in merchandize, and thereby gains 39 dollars, 51 cts. how much will he gain by laying out 12 dollars at the same rate?

24. If the wages of 15 weeks come to 64 dols. 19 cts. what is a year's wages at that rate?

Ans. $222, 52cts. 5m. 25. A man bought sheep at 1 dol. 11 cts. per head, to the amount of 51 dols. 6 cts.; how many sheep did he buy? Ans. 46, 26. Bought 4 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 31 yards, at 16s. 6d. per yard, (New-England currency) what does the whole amount to in federal money?

Ans. $341. 27. When a tun of wine cost 140 dollars, what cost a quart? Ans. 13cts. 88 m.

28. A merchant agreed with his debtor, that if he would pay him down 65 cents on a dollar, he would give him up a note of hand of 249 dollars, 88 cts. I demand what the debtor must pay for his note ?

Ans. $162, 42cts. 2m. 29. If 12 horses eat up 30 bushels of oats in a week, how many bushels will serve 45 horses the same time? Ans. 112 bushels.

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30. Bought a piece of cloth for $48 27 cts. at 1 dollar 19 cents per yard; how many yards did it contain? Ans. 40yds. 2qrs. 100 31. Bought 3 hhds of sugar, each weighing 8 cwt. I qr. 12 lb. at 7 dollars, 26 cents per cwt. what come they to? Ans. $182 1ct. 8m.

32. What is the price of 4 pieces of cloth, the first piece containing 21, the second 23, the third 24, and the fourth 27 yards at 1 dollar 43 cents a yard?

"Ans. $135 35cts. 21+25+24+27=95yds. 53. Bought 3 hhds. of brandy, containing 61, 62, 621 gallons, at 1 dollar, 38 cents per gallon, I deinand how much they amount to? Ans: $255, 99cts.

34. Suppose a gentleman's income is 1836 dollars a year, and he spends 3 dollars 49 cents a day, one day with another, how much will he have saved at the year's Ans. $562, 15cts. 35. If my horse stands me in 20 cents per day keep. ing, what will be the charge of 11 horses for the year, at that rate ? Ans. $308.

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36. A merchant bought 14 pipes of wine, and is allow. ed 6 months credit, but for ready money gets it 8 cents a gallon cheaper; how much did he save by paying ready money? Ans. $141, 12 cents.

EXAMPLES-Promiscuously placed.

37. Sold a ship for 537l. and I owned of her; what was my part of the money?

38. If

Ans. £201 7s. 6d. of a ship cost 781 dollars 25 cents, what is

the whole worth?

$

As 5: 781,25: 16: 2500 Ans. 39. If I buy 54 yards of cloth for 317. 10s. what did *cost per Ell English? Ans. 14s. 7d.

pay

40. Bought of Mr. Grocer, 11 cwt. 3 qrs. of sugar, at 8 dollars 12 cents per cwt. and gave him James Paywell's note for 191. 7s. (New-England currency) the rest I in cash; tell me how many dollars will make up the balance ? Ans. $50, 91 cts. 41. If a staff 5 feet long casts a shade on level ground 8 feet, what is the height of that steeple whose shade at the same time measures 181 feet? Ans. 115 ft. 42. If a gentleman has an income of 300 English guineas a year, how much may he spend, one day with another, to lay up 500 dollars at the year's end?

Ans. $2, 46cts. 5m. 43. Bought 50 pieces of kerseys, each 34 Ells-Flemish, at 8s. 4d. per El-English; what did the whole cost ? Ans. £425.

44. Bought 200 yards of cambrick for 901. but being damaged, I am willing to lose 71. 10s. by the sale of it; what must I demand per Ell-English? Ans. 10s. 33d. 45. How many pieces of Holland, each 20 Ells-Flemish, may I have for 23l. 8s. at 6s. 6d. per Ell-English ? Ans. 6 pieces.

46. A merchant bought a bale of cloth containing 240 yards, at the rate of 7 dollars for 5 yards, and sold it again at the rate of 114 dollars for 7 yards; did he gain or lose by the bargain, and how much?

Ans. He gained 825, 71cts. 4m.+

47. Bought a pipe of wine for 84 dollars, and found it had leaked out 12 gallons; I sold the remainder at 124 cents a pint; what did I gain or lose?

Ans. I gained $30. 48. A gentleman bought 18 pipes of wine at 12s. 6d. (New-Jersey currency) per gallon; how many dollars will pay the purchase? Ans. $3780. 49. Bought a quantity of plate, weighing 15 lb. 11 oz. 13 pwt. 17 gr. how many dollars will pay for it, at the rate of 12s. 7d. New-York currency, per ounce ?

Ans. $301, 50cts. 26m. 50. A factor bought a certain quantity of broadcloth and drugget, which together cost 81. the quantity of broadcloth was 50 yards, at 18s. per yard, and for every 5 yards of broadcloth he had 9 yards of drugget; I demand how many yards of drugget he had, and what it cost him Ans. 90 yards at 8s. per yard. 51. If I give 1 eagle, 2 dollars 8 dimes, 2 cents and 5 mills, for 675 tops, how many tops will 19 mills buy ? Ans. 1 top 52. Whereas an eagle and a cent just three score yards

per yard?

did buy,

How many yards of that same cloth for 15 dimes had I ? Ans. Syds. Sqrs. Sna.+ 53. If the Legislature of a State grant a tax of 8 mills on the dollar, how much must that man pay who is 319 dol. lars, 75 cents on the list?

Ans. $2, 55cts. 8m. 54. If 100 dollars gain 6 dollars interest in a year, how much will 49 dollars gain in the same time? Ans. $2, 94cis,

55. It 60 gallons of water, in one hour, fall into a cistern containing 300 gallons, and by a pipe in the cistern, 35 gallons run out in an hour; in what time will it be filled? Ans, in 12 hours.

56. A and B depart from the same piace and travel the same road; but A goes 5 days before B, at the rate of 15 miles a day; B follows at the rate of 20 miles a day: what distance must he travel to overtake Á♪

Ans. 300 miles.