3. Received payment, Jan. 15, 1896, BURKE & WHITE, By JOHN R. PIERCE. FORM OF A RECEIPTED BILL. JEROME A. PHELPS, NEW YORK, June 30, 1896. In account with D. O. POTTER & Co. 4. Mr. John Q. Adams buys of D. McCarthy & Co.: 14 pounds of coffee at 27 cents a pound, 28 pounds of sugar at 5 cents a pound, 15 gallons of molasses at 60 cents a gallon, Make out the bill. 5. James Smith, farmer, sold Richard Dunn, grocer, the following: 16 barrels of potatoes at $1.80 a bbl., 12 tons of hay at $16 a ton, 13 cords of wood at $4 a cord, 360 pounds of butter at 241 a pound. Make a receipted bill. Edward Smith sold B. M. 6. Chicago, Dec. 5, 1900. Watson 65 yd. Brussels carpet at $1.25; 24 yd. oil cloth @ 35; one dozen pair of merino hose @ $3.50; 2 willow chairs @ $4.50. Make bill, find the footing, and properly receipt it. 7. Make out a bill of groceries. Foot it, and receipt it, with F. H. Mead as creditor and Wm. H. Scott as debtor. TO THE TEACHER. See that the prevailing prices are used, and that the quantities are consistent. 8. J. H. Acker bought of H. A. Strong of San Francisco, the following articles: 15 bbl. flour @ $8.00; 6 tubs of butter, 120 pounds in a tub, at 24 cents a pound; 5 barrels of beef, 200 lb. to the barrel, at 54; 25 sacks of flour @ 95; 450 pounds of ham at 111. Make out bill, and receipt it. 9. Make out a bill of hardware, another of groceries, and another of dry goods. 10. Make out a bill of goods bought at a shoe store; at a stationer's; at a furniture store. MISCELLANEOUS. 176. 1. I have four pieces of broadcloth. The first contains 13.7642 yd.; the second, 22.008 yd.; the third, 15.027 yd.; and the fourth, 19.255 yd. How many yards in all? 2. From a piece of ribbon containing 103§ yd., 734 yd. were sold. How many yards were left? 3. How many yards of muslin at $.12 a yard will it take for 4 pair of curtains, if each curtain contains 3.375 yd.? 4. I have 14.735 yd. of lace, and desire to cut it into seven equal strips. How much will there be in each strip? 5. What will be the cost of a hat at $7.50, a pair of gloves at $1.13, a veil at $1.25, and a parasol at $3.375? 6. Arrange the following articles in the form of a bill: 7 qt. of molasses at $.15 a qt., bu. of apples at $1.28 a bushel, 30 lb. of sugar at $.08 a pound, and 12 bu. of potatoes at $.29 a bushel. 7. A grocer bought three bunches of bananas at $1.54 a bunch. The first bunch contained 73 bananas, the second 54, and the third 97. He sold them all at 30¢ a dozen. Did he gain or lose, and how much? 8. The first year in business a grocer made $2374.68, the second $1529.47, and in the third year he lost $300. His expense each year averaged $928.45; how much money had he gained at the end of three years? 9. What will 9 barrels of flour cost, if 28 barrels cost $173.60 ? 10. I bought 437 heads of lettuce at $5 a hundred, and sold them at $.08 a head. What was my gain? Find the cost of: 11. 6824 lb. of coal at $4.68 a ton. 12. 2384 lb. of coal at $5.67 a ton. 13. 8972 ft. of lumber at $35.40 a thousand. 21. A father left his son $24,000, which was .375 of his estate. What was the value of the estate? 22. Divide 26 by 2, and multiply the result by 17.345. 23. Divide of .375 by § of of .298. 24. The product of three numbers is 167.7. Two of the numbers are 3.25 and 5.16. What is the other? 25. What number divided by 2.86 equals .34? 26. What number diminished by 38.64 leaves .356? 27. A man bought 8.5 yd. of cloth at $3.331 a yard, 12.4 yd. at $2.75, 18 yd. at $4.375, and 24ğ yd. at $2.875. How many bushels of corn at 433 cents a bushel will pay for the cloth? 28. .5 of a number exceeds .45 of it by 20. What is the number? SOLUTION. .5 - .45.05. Now the question is, 20 is .05 of what? 20.05 400. = 29. At 85 a yard, how many yards of cloth can be purchased for $29.75? 30. Divide $785 among A, B, and C, so that C will have $185 more than each of the others. 32. What part of .876 is 31536 ? 33. If .375 of a ton of coal cost $1.25, what will 7.125 tons cost? 34. What is .3 of a number when .8 of it is 80? 35. How many thousandths in 3 units? 36. How many thousandths in .1? 37. Express of one hundredth as a decimal. 38. The salary of the President of the United States is $50,000 a year. How much does he receive per day? 39. Divide the product of 5 times plus 40. Divide 4 of 4 by of 51 Find the cost of the following: 3 41. 3151⁄2 lb. of tea at $.371⁄2 a pounu, 343 lb. of coffee at $.183 a pound, 263 yd. of sheeting at $.07 a yard. 42. A owns of a farm and B owns the remainder; & of the difference of their shares is worth $2400. What is the value of the farm? 43. Divide $3 among some poor children, giving each of a dollar. What will be the number of children? 44. Two men hire a pasture for $25. A puts in 8 horses and B 12 horses. How much should each pay? NOTE. Both have put in 20 horses. A must pay and B 1 of $ 25. 45. Add 8 to both terms of the fraction, and find how much you have increased or diminished it. |