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133. Sample price list. The following is a price list of certain school supplies, with the discounts allowed to schools and dealers where the prices are not net:

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1. How much must your school pay

holders? for gross? for a gross?

for gross of pen

2. The school wishes to buy 5 packages of drawing paper and 300 thumb tacks. What will they cost?

3. What will 8 gross of pens and gross of composition books cost? 2 gross of pens and 1 doz. rulers?

4. There are 40 pupils in a class, and each needs drawing compasses and a ruler. What will they cost the school? Suppose there were 60 pupils?

5. If a dealer sells pens at a cent apiece, what does he gain per gross? If he sells penholders at 2 ct. each, what does he gain per gross?

6. A dealer buys a gross of rulers and a gross of drawing pencils. He sells both at 5 ct. each. What does he gain on the lot? Suppose he buys 2 gross of each?

7. If a dealer buys a gross of tubes of paste for mounting pictures, and sells the tubes at 5 ct. each, what does he gain on the purchase? How much on 3 gross?

134. Ordering goods. The following is a model order:

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Dear Sirs: Please send at once, by express,

75 Smith's Practical Arithmetics,

60

Primary Arithmetics.

Yours truly,

WOOD & ROBERTS

135. Model bill. The following is the bill that Ginn & Company would send in reply:

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It is customary to state per cents like 163%, 121%, 20%, and 25%

in the common-fraction form, as above.

WRITTEN EXERCISE

Write both orders and bills for the following goods bought of yourself, by the person named or by some one you know:

1. Bought 2 doz. tennis rackets @ $21; 8 doz. balls @ $3; 2 doz. tennis nets @ $19.20. Discount 12%, 5%, 2%.

2. Henry James, Des Moines, Iowa: doz. rugs @ $84; 750 yd. carpet @ 82; 3 doz. hassocks @ $6. Discount .

3. Bought 12 doz. tumblers @ $1.05; 35 doz. dinner plates @ $2.50; 11⁄2 doz. sugar bowls @ $9.60. Discount .

4. Jones & Co., 3497 Wabash Ave., Chicago: 2 bbl. P. R. molasses @ $12; 200 lb. Rio tapioca @ 6 ct.; 150 lb. Mocha coffee @ 20 ct. Discount 6%.

5. Bought 5 doz. bottles of ink @ $3; 300 lb. paper @ 30 ct.; 2 doz. bottles of mucilage @ $4; 6 gross pencils @ $2.75. Discount 3%, 2%, 1%.

6. George Lloyd, Lincoln, Neb.: 18 brass bedsteads, No. 142, @ $17.25; 15 woven wire mattresses, No. 16, @ $3.45; 3 sideboards, No. 196, @ $17.25. Discount .

7. Newton & Co., 2831 Spring St., New York: 21 Ohio. steers, 1226 lb. (average), @ $5.10 (per 100 lb.); 20 do. (ditto the same), 1247 lb., @ $5.10; 20 do., 1112 lb., @ $4.95. Discount.

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8. Sherman & Culver, New York: 20 Illinois steers, 1157 lb. (see Ex. 7), @ $4.60; 28 do., 996 lb., @ $4.12; 20 Kentucky steers, 1230 lb., @ $4.80; 7 Indiana do., 1078 lb., @ $4.70. Discount.

9. R. B. Homer, Buffalo: 75 180-lb. bags of Western potatoes @ $1.48; 50 150-lb. do. @ $1.28; 125 168-lb. do. @ $1.42; 1620 lb. Jersey potatoes in bulk @ $1.47 per 180 lb. Discount

SIMPLE ACCOUNTS

136. The debit column. In his account a man charges his income to himself, and places it in the left column. He is debtor (Dr.) to himself for this column.

137. The credit column. His expenditures he credits to his account, and places them in the column marked Cr.

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1. Make out the following account for a day. Cash on hand, $174.30; Receipts, mdse., $12.50, $6.75, $0.42, $17.30, $9.50, $42.75; Expenses, Perry & Co. bill, $75.82.

2. Make out the following account for a week. Cash on hand, $21.30; Receipts, from apples sold, $7.50; Eggs, $3.25; Poultry, $6.90. Disbursements, Horseshoeing, $0.75; Repairs to wagon, $1.20; Shingles, $4.20; Seed, $3.50.

3. Make out the following account for a week. Cash on hand, $1.75; Receipts, weekly allowance, $1. Expenses, Writing paper, 10 ct.; Pencils, 8 ct.; Ink, 10 ct.; Compasses, 10 ct.; Arithmetic, 90 ct.; Penholder, 3 ct.; Eraser, 5 ct.

Pupils should be required to make out imaginary accounts.

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Make out the following accounts for last week, inserting the proper year, month, and day of the month:

4. Dr., Monday, Cash on hand, $1.05; Allowance for house expenses, $6; Thursday, Sewing for Mrs. Graham, $1. Cr., Tuesday, Groceries, $1.35; Meat, 85g; Wednesday, Meat, $1.08; Thursday, Groceries, $2.30; Saturday, Meat, $1.12.

5. Dr., Monday, Cash on hand, $17.50; Eggs sold, $4.20; Tuesday, Corn sold, $26.50; Poultry sold, $6.75; Thursday, 3 T. 750 lb. hay sold @ $8. Cr., Tuesday, 4 days' wages, John Cobb, @ $2.50; Wednesday, Grocery bill, $7.28; Friday, Repairs, $1.60.

6. Dr., Monday, Cash on hand, $26.70; Saturday, Wages, $15. Cr., Monday, Allowance for house, $7.50; Carfare, 10g; Tuesday, Carfare, 109; Wednesday, Rent, $20; Carfare, 10; Thursday, Carfare, 10; Friday, Shoes, $3; Saturday, Suit for Rob, $6.40.

7. Dr., Monday, Cash on hand, $9.75; Allowance for house expenses, $10; Thursday, Sale of old suit, $1.25. Cr., Tuesday, Meat bill, 95g; Carfare, 15; Grocer, $1.68; Wednesday, Meat bill, $1.30; Grocer, $2.15; Thursday, Laundry, 604; Gas bill, $1.80; Friday, Ice, $1.60; Grocer, $3.60; Meat bill, $1.42; Broom and ironing board, $1.10.

8. Dr., Monday, Cash on hand, $278.50; Sales, $72.80; Tuesday, Sales, $98.75; Wednesday, Sales, $126.40; Sale of old show case, $6.50; Thursday, Sales, $82.75; Friday, Sales, $110.62; Saturday, Sales, $96.30. Cr., Monday, Gorham bill, $168.40 less 10%; Tuesday, Whiting bill, $68.90 net; Barton bill, $137.50 less 6%; Saturday, Frank's wages, $12.50; Morgan's wages, $15; Hulbert's wages, $14.

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