88. PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 73. Lent a tradesman 150l. 10s. and received of him in part 741. 19s. 8d.; what sum remains due to me? Ans. 75l. 10s.3d.4. 74. Borrowed of a friend 1000l. and have since returned in part 2341. 5s. 6d. ; what sum do I still owe him? Ans. 765l. 14s. 6d. 75. The amount of a person's property is 4057. 1s. 2d., out of which he owes 1781. 11s. 9d.; what will he be worth when his debts are paid? Ans. 2261. 9s. 4d.✈. 76. My yearly income is 5677. 12s. 8d. out of which I spend 3901. 18s. 1d.; how much do 1 lay up? Ans. 176l. 14s. 6d.. 77. An adventurer purchased a lottery ticket for 271. 16s. 10d. his ticket came up a prize of 500l.; what sum did he gain? Ans. 4721. 3s. 2d. 78. A farmer carried seventy guineas to market, and brought 201. 10s. 6d. home; what sum did he spend? Ans. 52l. 19s. 5d.. 79. From a bar of silver, weighing 5lb., an artist contrived to file off unperceived a piece weighing 4oz. 3dwt. 2gr.; what was the weight of the bar after this operation? Ans. 4lb. 7oz. 16dwt. 22gr. 80. A blacksmith bought 7 tons of iron, out of which he worked up during the first week 17cwt. 2qr. 11lb.; what quantity had he remaining? Ans. 6t. 2cwt. 1gr. 164lb. 81. An apothecary mixed several drugs into a compound, weighing 3 23 13 29 10gr. and after supplying his patients, he had 1 53 23 29 12gr. of the compound left; what quantity did he send out? Ans. 1 83 63 29 18gr. 82. A pedestrian engaged to travel 17 miles in 3 hours, on foot, but was obliged to give up at the distance of 4m. 5fur. 16p. short of his journey's end; what distance did he travel? Ans. 12m. 2fur. 24p. 83. Through the middle of a park, containing 127 acres, a canal was cut, which occupied 19a. 3r. 37p.; what quantity of land did the park contain after this was accomplished? Ans. 107a. 3p. 84. A shop-lifter purloined 14yds. 3qr. 1n. of ribband from off a roll of 37 yards; what quantity did he leave? Ans. 22yd. 3n. S5. A ship of 200 tons burthen has already taken on board goods which occupy 38 cubic feet more than 158 tons; how much more is wanting to complete her lading? Ans. 41t. 4f. 86. A countryman had a rundlet of elder wine, and after treating his friends and neighbours, he bottled off the remainder, which was only Sgal. 2qt. 1pt. 3gills; what quantity did the good folks drink? Ans. 9gal. 1qt. 1gill. 87 By the leaking of a beer-butt, which was full at the first, 12gal. 3qt. 14pt. was lost; what quantity remained in the butt after this accident? Ans. 95gal. pt. 88 Two cart-horses thrust their heads into a bin, containing 3 quarters of oats, and had eaten, before they were detected, 3pk. 1gal. 2qt. 1pt.; how much did they leave in the bin? Ans. 2gr. 7bu. 1gt. 1pt. 89. A watch, which usually goes 27 hours after winding up, stopped 8h. 13m. 43′′ short of the time; how long did the watch keep going? Ans. 18h. 46m.17′′. |