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3. If 30009 cents are paid for one man's services, how many cents would be paid to 814 men, each man receiving the same wages? Ans. 24427326.

4. If in one granary there are 375296321 kernels, how many kernels would there be in 79024 granaries?

5. If one farm costs 2730 dollars, how much would 8 farms cost? Ans. 21840.

6. Multiply 123456789 by 987654321.

7. What will 397 barrels of flour cost at 7 dollars a barrel? Ans. 2779 dollars. 8. What will 569hhd. of sugar cost at 74 dollars a hhd.? 9. If a vessel sails 169 miles a day, how many miles will she sail in 576 days? Ans. 97344. 10. What will 687 yoke of oxen cost at 73 dollars a yoke?

11. If one man travels 74 miles in one day, how many miles will he travel in 365 days? Ans. 27010. 12. What will 698 heifers cost at 14 dollars per

head?

13. Multiply 6176777 by 22222. Ans. 137260338494. 14. What will 616783 yards of calico cost at 36 cents 'per yard?

15. There are 320 rods in a mile, how many rods are there in the distance from St. Louis to New Orleans, being 1092 miles? Ans. 349440. 16. What will 46000 bushels of potatoes cost at 34 cents per bushel?

17. Suppose a book to contain 470 pages, 45 lines on each page, and 50 letters in each line: how many letters in the book? Ans. 1057500.

18. Supposing a crew of 250 men to have provisions for 30 days, allowing each man 20 ounces a day: how many ounces have they?

19. What will 820437 bushels of salt cost at 905 mills a bushel? Ans. 742495485 mills. 20. What will 2807 yards of cloth cost at 45 dollars a yard?

21. There are 350 rows of trees in a large orchard, 125 trees in each row, and 3000 apples on each tree: how many apples in the orchard? Ans. 131250000.

DIVISION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS.

1. In one pound there are 16 ounces: how many pounds are there in 223360 ounces? Ans. 13960. 2. If there are. 160 square rods in an acre, how many acres are there in 2172480 square rods?

3. If a garrison of 987 men are supplied with 351372 pounds of beef, how much will that be for each man? Ans. 356lbs. 4. If you pay 94 cents a yard for cloth, how many yards can you buy for 6716394 cents?

5. If you pay 145 dollars for a pipe of wine, how many pipes can you buy for $10875? Ans. 75. 6. If a man travels 47 miles a day, how many days would it take him to travel 1222 miles?

7. How many times is 3942 contained in 21587211936? Ans. 5476208. 8. If a ship sails 142 miles a day, how many days will it take her to sail 48564 miles?

9. Divide 887124 dollars equally among 236 men? Ans. $3759.

10. Divide 1491 dollars among 7 men? 11. Divide 74400 dollars among 620 men? Ans. $120. 12. Suppose 60 men catch 295200 fish: how many would each have caught?

13. If 17028 dollars is to be divided among a ship's crew, and each man to receive 44 dollars: how many men compose the crew? Ans. 387.

14. Suppose 68959488 to be a dividend, and 718328 the quotient: what is the divisor?

15. Suppose 34310 pounds of pork to be equally divided among a body of soldiers, each receiving 47 pounds: what is the number of soldiers? Ans. 730.

16. What is the divisor of 761858465, if 90001 be the quotient?

17. If the dividend is 761858465, and divisor 8465, what will be the quotient? Ans. 90001.

18. There are 1893312 inhabitants in 912 villages; if each village contains the same number, what is the popu-. lation of each?

19. If 61 rods of railroad cost 28609 dollars, how much I will one rod cost? Ans. 469 dollars. 20. If 472 rods of the same rail road cost 251104 dollars, how much was it a rod? Ans. 532 dollars. 21. If 26537009535 dollars be equally divided among 27856 men, how many dollars will each have?

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APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION.

1. What number multiplied by 3456, will produce 3411072 ? Ans. 987. 2. If 1974 men are supplied with 175686 pounds of pork, how much will each man have?

3. In 1830, the national debt of the United States was 48565406 dollars; in 1836, the debt was cancelled: had the payments been equal how much would have been paid in each year? Ans. 80942342 dollars. 4. What would 1800 miles of railroad cost at 14000 dollars a mile?

5. The diameter of the earth is 7912 miles, and the diameter of the sun 112 times greater: what is the diameter of the sun, and how much greater is it than the diameter of the earth?

Ans.

886144 in diameter; and 878232 miles

{greater than the diameter of 19232 m

6. The volcano in the Island of Bourbon, in 1796, threw out 45000000 cubic feet of lava: how long would it take 25 carts to carry it off, if each cart carried 12 loads a day, and 40 cubic feet at each load?

7. In 1787 it threw out 60000000 cubic feet: how long would it take for 25 carts to remove it?

Ans. 5000 days. 8. The income of the Bishop of Durham, in England, is 292 dollars a day; how many clergymen would this support on a salary of 730 dollars per annum.

9. There are 31173 verses in the Bible: how many verses must be read each day, that it may be read through in a year? Ans. 85+.

10. A man's income is 2698 dollars a year, and his expenses 6 dollars a day: how much will he lay up?

11. The river Ganges discharges 405000 cubic feet of water in a second: how much in an hour?

Ans. 1458000000.

12. The sediment which flows down the Ganges in one day is 4320000000 cubic feet. If we suppose 12 cubic feet to weigh a ton, the weight will be 60 times the weight of the great Pyramid in Egypt: what is the weight of the Pyramid?

13. If a railroad car goes at the rate of 65 miles an hour, how long would it take to pass round the globe, the distance being about 25000 miles? Ans. 38448 hours.

14. If a man sell 90 acres of land at 38 dollars an acre, and divides the money among his 5 children: what is each child's share?

15. The national debt of England is about 1990000000 dollars: how many years would it take to pay this debt, if 10000000 dollars are paid annually? Ans. 199.

16. I bought 167 hogsheads of sugar at 48 dollars per hogshead, and sold them for Thibet shawls at 4 dollars apiece: how many shawls did I buy?

17. How many yards of cloth, at 8 dollars per yard, will it take to buy 62 yoke of oxen at 95 dollars a yoke? Ans. 7363.

18. Sold 5505 pounds of cheese at 12 cents per pound, and took my pay in molasses at 36 cents a gallon: how many gallons did I buy?

REDUCTION

FROM A HIGHER TO A LOWER DENOMINATION.

1. How many hours in 344wk. 6da. 17hr.?

Ans. 57953 hours.

2. In 6 signs, how many minutes? 3. In 15 tons of hewn timber, how many solid inches? Ans. 1296000 inches.

4. How many times will a wheel, 16 feet and 6 inches in circumference, turn around in the distance of 84 miles? 5. What will 28 rods and 129 feet of land cost, at 12 dollars a square foot? Ans. 93024 dollars.

6. In two leagues, how many inches?

7. How many times will a wheel, 10 feet and 6 inches in circumference, turn round in going from New Haven to Hartford, the distance being 34 miles?

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8. How many times will a ship, 104 feet and 8 inches long, sail her length in going from New-York to China, it being about 12000 miles?

9. In 29 pieces of Holland, each containing 36 Ells Flemish how many nails?

Ans. 12528.

10. In 3hhd. 13gal. 2qt.: how many half pints? 11. In 12 T. 15cwt. 1qr. 197b. 12dr.: how many drams? Ans. 7323404. 12. How many seconds old is a man, who has lived 32 years and 40 days?

13. In 24 cords of wood: how many solid inches?

Ans. 5308416. 14. How many barley corns will reach round the globe, the circumference being about 25000 miles? 15. In 583.A. 3R. 10P.; how many square rods?

Ans. 93410.

16. In 190 yards, how many nails? 17. How many seconds since the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776, to July 4th, 1838?

Ans. 1956571200. 18. How much will 3 loads of hay come to at 3 cents a pound, each load weighing 18cwt. 3qr. 24lb. ? · 19. In 24hhd. 18gals. 2qts. of molasses: how many pints? Ans. 12244. 20. If you should buy a piece of cloth containing 341yds. 3qrs. Ina.: how many nails in the piece? 21. In 197111024 square miles, how many square inches? Ans. 791300155893350400.

22. Reduce 18 tons of round timber to cubic inches. 23. Change 24 pipes into gills. Ans. 96768 gills

24. Reduce 95 barrels of beer to pints.
25. Change 84 chaldrons of coal to pecks.

Ans. 12096.

26. Suppose your age to be 15yrs. 2wk. 5da. 13hr. 38m. 48sec.: how many seconds old are you?

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