3. What cost 4 lb. of sugar at 94d.? Ans. 3s. 2d. 4. What cost 6 lb. of tea at 4s. 6d.? Ans. 17. 7s. 5. What cost 8 lb. of butter at 104d.? Ans. 6s. 10d. 6. What cost 10 lb. of cheese at 5d.? Ans. 4s. 7d. 7. What cost 12 lb. of beef at 44d.? Ans 4s. 3d. 8. What cost 14 lb. of mutton at 34d.? Ans. 4s. 1d. 9. What cost 16 lb. of veal at 52d.? Ans. 7s. Sd. 10. What cost 24 gallons of brandy at 12s. 6d.? Ans. 151. 11. What cost 28 firkins of herring at 7s. 34d.? Ans. 107. 4s. 2d. 12. What cost 30 lb. of candle at 94d.? Ans. 17. 3s. 9d. 13. What cost 32 ells of holland at 8s. 44d.? Ans. 131. 7s. 4d. 14. What cost 36 bolls of meal at 14s. 64d.? Ans. 261. 2s. 9d. 15. What cost 56 firkins of butter at 16s. 3d.? Ans. 457. 12s. 4d. 16. What cost 60 bolls of wheat at 11. 4s. 6d.? Ans. 731. 10s. 17. What cost 72 stones of wool at 8s. 6d.? Ans. 30. 12s. 18. What cost 100 stones of coals at 1d.? Ans. 14s. 7d. 19. What cost 108 cwt. of cheese at 11. 5s. 3d.? Ans. 1361. 7s. 20. What cost 120 cwt. of hops at 41. 7s. 6d. ? Ans. 5251. 21. What is the weight of 35 hhds. of sugar, each 14 cwt. 2 qr. 17 lb.? Ans. 512 cwt. 3 qr. 7 lb. 22. What quantity of land is there in 27 fields, each 15 ac. 2 ro. 19 poles, 22 yards? Ans. 421 ac. 3 ro. 13 po. 24 yds. 23. What quantity of ale is there in 49 casks, each containing 54 gal. 3 qts. 14 pint? Ans. 2691 gal. 3 qts. 1 pt. 24. How much silver in 5 dozen dessert-spoons, each 2 oz. 11 dwt. 17 grains, and 6 dozen teaspoons, each 19 dwt. 23 grains? Ans. 18 lbs. 10 oz. 19 dwt. 12 grains. RULE II. If the Multiplier is not the Product of any two or more numbers, first, Multiply by two such numbers as come nearest the given Multiplier, either greater or less. Next, Multiply the Multiplicand by the difference between this number and the Multiplier; then add or subtract the Product from that before found, according as the given number was greater or less than the assumed number. 25. What is the price of 17 pair of shoes at 6s. 3d.? Ans. 5l. 6s. 3d. 26. What is the value of 29 pair of stockings at 2s. 6d.? Ans. 37. 12s. 6d. 27. What cost 37 pair of buckles at 4s. 44d.? Ans. 81. 1s. 10дd. 28. What cost 46 gallons of whisky at 10s. 6d.? Ans. 247. 3s. 29. What will the rent of a shop amount to in a year, at 14s. 8d. a-week? Ans. 38l. 4s. 10d. 30. What cost 92 stones of flax at 9s. 8d.? Ans. 447. 15s. 1d. 31. What cost 105 puncheons of rum at 247. 6s. 2d.? Ans. 2552l. 7s. 6d. 32. What will 29 men's wages amount to in a year at 16s. 11 d. each per week? Ans. 12801.4s. 7d. 33. What is the value of 39 oxen at 15l. 7s. 114d. each? Ans. 600l. 9s. 63d. 34. What is the value of 23 acres of turnips at 197. 17s. 9 d. per acre? Ans. 4571. 9s. 84d. 35. What must a farmer pay for cutting down his crop, supposing that he employs 63 reapers for 3 weeks at 2s. 52d. per day? Ans. 1407. 11s. 44d. RULE III. When the Multiplier is large, multiply as many times by 10 as there are figures in the Multiplier above the unit's place; then multiply the Product of the last 10 by the left-hand figure, and the Product above that of the last 10 by the next figure, and so on till you have multiplied by all the figures in the Multiplier; then add the Products. 36. What will a man's wages amount to in 253 days at 1s. 4 d. a-day? Ans. 177. 7s. 10 d. 37. A gentleman's yearly income is 500%. and he spends daily 19s. 1d., reckoning 365 days to a year; how much does he spend? and how much does he save yearly? Ans. Spends 3481. 5s. 5d.; saves 1517. 14s. 7d. 38. If a traveller's expenses are 27. 13s. 44d. aday, what will they amount to in 486 days? Ans. 12977. Os. 3d. 39. What cost 4880 cwt. at 18s. 74d. ? Ans. 45391. 8s. 4d. 40. What cost 3789 quarters of wheat at 37. 17s. 64d.? Ans. 146867. 6s. 51d. 41. What is the rent of a farm containing 1786 acres at 27. 11s. 2 d. p. acre? Ans. 4574l. 15s. 34d. 42. What is the weight of 345 hogsheads of sugar, each 14 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lb. ? Ans. 4977 cwt. 3 qr. 12 lb. 43. If a fleece of wool weigh 3 st. 1 clove, 5 lb., what will be the weight of 2430 fleeces, each fleece being supposed to contain the same quantity of wool? Ans. 9372 st. 1 clove, 5 lb. 44. How much wine will 46 casks contain, each holding 243 gallons, 2 qts. 1 pint? Ans. 11206 gal. 3 qts. 45. How much will a mill grind in a year at 2 qr. 3 bush. 3 pks. a-day? Ans. 901 qr. 3 pks. 46. What is the weight of 20 hogsheads of tobacco, each 4 cwt. 1 qr. 18 lb. 12 oz.? Ans. 4 tons, 8 cwt. 1 qr. 11 lb. Feb. 15. 20 reams post paper, at 17. 1s. 24 reams printing demy, at 18s. 10d. Ans. £130 4 2 3. A Woollen Draper's Bill. Bought of Joseph Black, Mr Richard Reid 17 yards drab, at 3s. 2d. COMPOUND DIVISION. RULE 1. Place the Divisor and Dividend as in Simple Division. 2. Begin at the highest denomination of the Dividend, divide as in Simple Division; and reduce the Remainder, if any, to the next lower denomination, adding the given number of that name; divide this sum, and proceed in the same manner with all the denominations. The several parts of the Quotient, thus found, will be the answer required. PROOF. By Multiplication. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 37. 10s. by 2. Ans. 17. 15s. 2. Divide 81. 6s. 6d. by 3. 3. Divide 97. 10s. 10d. by 4. 4. Divide 187. 16s. 94d. by 5. 5. Divide 177. 13s. by 6. 6. Divide 201. 6s. 7d. by 7. 7. Divide 217. 8s. by 8. 8. Divide 2717. 1s. 24d. by 9. 9. Divide 437. 16s. Odd. by 10. 10. Divide 3407. 10s. by 16. 11. Divide 2487. 17s. 34d. by 35. 24d. Ans. 27. 15s. 6d. Ans. 21. 7s. 84d. Ans. 37. 15s. 4 d. Ans. 27. 18s. 10d. Ans. 27. 18s. 1d. Ans. 27. 13s. 6d. Ans. 30l. 2s. 44d. Ans. 47. 78. 74d. Ans. 217. 5s. 7 d. Ans. 71. 2s. 12. Divide 35901. 12s. 6d. by 53. 111d. g. Ans. 677. 14s. 13. Divide 56721. 14s. by 96. Ans. 597. 1s. 9 d. 14. Divide 6301. 7s. 84d. by 365. 6 d. Ans. 17. 14s. 15. Divide 178437. 18s. 104d. by 801. 5s. 6d. 16. Divide 345 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lb. by 11. cwt. 1 qr. 16 lb. Ans. 221. Ans. 31 17. Divide 47 lb. 2 oz. 13 dwt. by 7. Ans. 6 lb. 8 oz. 19 dwt. 18. Divide 19 lb. 6 oz. 3 dr. 2 scr. by 5. 3 lb. 10 oz. 7 dr. 8 gr. Ans. |