When the price is pence, or pence and farthings, and no even part of a shilling. RULE. Find the even parts for the price, and proceed as in Case I. and the sum of the quotients is the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. What will 4937 yards come to at 9d. per yard? Yards. 64937 32468 6 20 3702 9 Ans. £185 29 d. CASE III. When the price is shillings, or shillings and pence, and an even part of a pound. RULE. Divide the given quantity by the even part, and the quotient is the answer in pounds. If there be a remainder, reduce it as in Compound Division. EXAMPLES. 1. At 6s. 8d. per yard, what will 473 yards come to ? CASE IV. When the price is shillings, or shillings and pence, which makes na even part of a pound. RULE. Find the even parts for the price, and divide as in Case III. or multiply the given quantity by the shillings, and take the even parts of shillings for the pence, as in Case II. EXAMPLES. 1. What cost 287 yards at 17s. 6d. per yard? When the price is an even number of shillings. RULE. Multiply the quantity by half the shillings, doubling the first (or right hand) figure of the product for shillings, the rest are pounds. EXAMPLES. 1. What will 788 yards come to, at 2 shillings per yard? When the quantity and price are both of several denominations. RULE. Multiply the price by the number in the highest denomination, and take parts of the price for the rest, and these added together will give the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. What will 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lb. of sugar come to, at £3 15 6 per cwt. 3 15 6 Ans. £25 19 02 2. What will 6 cwt. 2 qrs. 23 lb. of lead come to, at $12 per cwt. 12,00 Or 751 lb. 12 4)9012 7)2253 4)321,857 $80,46,4 Ans. $80,46,4 3. How much will 16 cwt. 1 qr. 25 lbs. of potashes come to, at $82,50 per ton, or 2240 lbs. 82,50 Or 1845 lbs. NOTE, The answer may be found by calculating it at $4,123 cts. per cwt. equal to $82,50 per ton. 4. How much will 4 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 22 lbs. of iron come to, at $212,50 per 2240 lbs. ? 212,50 Or 10718 lbs. 212 9. 24 18 3 18 hemp at 289 50 per ton. Ans. 7221 73 15. At £4 11 3 per cwt. what will 3 qrs. 25 lb. come to? per cwt. 251 50 dols. cts. per acre. Ans. 744 3 2886 88 16. What will 19 tons, 19 cwt. 3 qrs. 271 lb. come to, at 19 19s. 11 d. per ton? Ans. £399 19s. 51981. TARE AND TRET. TARE and TRET are allowances made in selling goods by weight. Tare is an allowance made to the buyer for the weight of the hogshead, barrel, or bag, containing the commodity.* Gross weight is the whole weight of the goods, together with the hogshead, barrel, or bag, &c. that contains them. Suttle is when part of the allowance is deducted from the gross. Neat weight is what remains after all allowances are made. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the bet weight of 10 casks of allum, weighing gross, 33 cwt. 2 qrs. 15 lb. tare 15 lb. per cask? 2. What is the tare of 138 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lb. tare 4 lb. cwt. per 3. What is the net weight of 42 boxes of sugar, weighing gross 21588 lbs.-allowing 4 lb. per box for draft, and 15 per cent. for tare? 21588 gross 42X4 168 draft 8 4 3 224 equal to 162 cwt. 2 qrs. 7 lb. *For Custom House allowances, see American Duties. |