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5. On a case of 6 dozen umbrellas valued at 70 each.

6. On a 75-lb. case of drugs valued at 60 a pound; tare, 10 %.

7. On 2800 lbs. cleaned rice.

8. On 5 sheep costing £ 2 each in England.

9. On an importation of 48 lb. of perfumery valued at $3.50 per pound.

10. On 25 dozen dolls (toys) costing 2 marks each in Germany.

11. On 60 gal. olive oil invoiced at 4 lire per gallon, the duty being 50 a gallon; leakage, 10 %.

12. What is the actual cost to the importer of a suit of clothes bought in England for £4 on which is paid an ad valorem duty of 40% ?

13. At 60 per square yard and 40% ad valorem, what is the duty on a rug 15 ft. by 9 ft., costing in Germany 5 marks a square yard?

14. On a painting purchased in Italy for $24,600, there was paid a duty of 20 %. The purchaser paid a premium of 21% to insure safe delivery. Find the total cost.

15. Find the total cost of 720 yd. of Wilton carpet (yd. wide) bought at $1.85 a running yard and subject to a specific duty of 60 a square yard and an ad valorem duty of 40 %.

16. What is the net weight of an importation of 50 cases of preserved fruits, each case containing 4 dozen 2-lb. jars, if an allowance of 20% is made for tare? What is the duty at 19 per pound and 35% ad valorem if the cost is 2 lire per pound?

17. On an importation of 120 pieces of silk lace of 40 yd. each, purchased in France at 5 francs per yard, an ad valorem duty of 60% was collected.

(a) Find the cost of the goods to the importer.

(b) The importer sold the goods to a dry goods firm at a profit of 25 %. Find the importer's profit.

(c) The dry goods firm retailed it at a profit of 50%. Find the retail price per yard. (Give answer to nearest cent.)

18. An importation of 600 dozen pairs of stockings, valued at $1.20 a dozen, pays a specific duty of 85% a dozen and an ad valorem duty of 15%. The importer makes a profit of 163 %, and the retailer a profit of 20 %. Find the retail price per dozen pairs.

BASEBALL PROBLEMS

1. A baseball ground is 480 ft. by 360 ft. Its perimeter is what part of a mile?

2. Find its area in acres.

3. It is inclosed by a tight board fence 12 ft. high, supported by posts placed 10 ft. apart, to which are attached three 2" x 4" stringers. The top of the fence is covered by a round rail. The posts cost 45 apiece; the stringers, $32 per M; the boards, $36 per M; and the rail, 2 a linear foot. Find the total cost of the lumber.

4. A championship game was attended by 5460 persons, each of whom paid an admission fee of 50% and 40% of whom paid 25¢ more for seats in the grand stand. Find the gross receipts.

5. Of the 5460 persons attending the game, 661% went by trolley, each paying a 5-cent fare both to and from the grounds. If the average cost to the railway company was 3 cents for each fare, find the net receipts of the company.

6. How many open cars of 13 seats each, 5 passengers to a seat, would be required to carry these persons to the game at one time, if each car carried more persons than its seating capacity?

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7. Make a table showing the number of games won, the number of games lost, number of games played, and the standing in per cent of each club, expressing the per cent to the nearest tenth of a per

cent.

8. A first baseman of the Clevelands was credited with 1557 put outs, 105 assists, and 9 errors.

How many

chances had he? What per cent did he accept?

PHILADELPHIA

GAMES WON

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9. Find the total number of times at bat; runs; hits; 2-base hits; 3-base hits; home runs.

10. Of the 1370 hits made by the Detroit team, 202 were 2-base hits; 96 were 3-base hits; and 17 were home runs. Find the total number of bases won by hits by the Detroit team. By each of the other teams. 11. The Detroits made 1370 hits in 5199 times at bat. Find their batting per cent.

12. List the clubs according to batting per cent.

OPENING AN ACCOUNT WITH A BANK

A person opening an account with a bank first gives his signature to the bank, in order that his orders for payment may be identified.

He then receives a bank book in which his deposits may be entered, and a check book filled with blank orders on the bank, each of which is attached to a stub, on which a memorandum of each order may be kept.

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A deposit slip is handed in with each depost.

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