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MULTIPLICATION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS

1. If one share in a certain stock be valued at £13 8s 91d, what is the value of 96 shares?

Ans. £1290 4s Od. 2. If one spoon weigh 3oz. 5pwt. 15gr., what is the weight of 120 spoons?

3. If a man travel 24mi. 7 fur. 4rd. in one day, how far will he go in one month of 30 days?

Ans. 746mi. 5fur. Ord. 4. If the earth revolve 0° 15' of space per minute of time, how far does it revolve per hour?

5. If a man be 2da. 5hr. 17min. 19sec. in walking one degree, how long would it take him to walk round the earth, allowing 365 days to a year?

Ans. 2yr. 68da. 19hr. 54min. 6. If a man drink 3gal. 1qt. 1pt. of wine in a week, how much will he drink in 52 weeks?

7. A bond was given 21st of May, 1825, and was taken up the 12th of March, 1831: what will be the product, if the time which elapsed from the date of the bond till the day it was taken up be multiplied by 3? Ans. 17yr. 5mo. 3da. 8. Bought 90 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 12cwt. 2gr. 117b.: what was the weight of the whole?

9. What is the cost of 18 sheep at 5s 94d. apiece? Ans. £5 4s 3d. 10. If one hat cost 11s 6d, what will 22 hats cost? 11. What is the weight of 1 dozen silver spoons, each weighing 3oz. 6pwt. Ans. 3lb. 3oz. 12pwt.

12. What is the weight of 7 tierces of rice, each weighing 5cwt. 2qr. 167b.

13. Bought 4 packages of medicine, each containing 31 43 63 19 16gr.: what is the weight of all?

Ans. 13 73 23 19 4gr 14. How far will a man travel in 5 days at the rate of 24mi. 4fur. 4rd. per day?

15. How much molasses is contained in 25hhd., each hogshead having 61gal. 1qt. 1pt.?

Ans. 1534gal. 1qt. 1pt.

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18. How many yards of cloth in 36 pieces, each piece containing 25yd. 3qr.?

19. How much land is there in 9 fields, each field containing 12A. 2R. 25P. ?

Ans. 113A. 3R. 25P. 20. How many yards in 9 pieces, each 29yd. 2qr. 3na. 21. If a vessel sails 5L. 2mi. 6 fur. 36rd. in one week, how far will it sail in 8 weeks?

Ans. 47 L. 1mi. 7 fur. 8rd. 22. A farmer has 18 lots, and each lot contains 41A. 2R. 11P.: how many acres does he own?

23. There are three men whose mutual ages are 14 times 20yr. 5mo. 3wk. 6da.: what is the sum of their ages? Ans. 286yr. 5mo. 2wk. 24. Bought 90 hhd. of sugar, each weighing 12cwt. 2qr. 1476. what is the weight of the whole?

25. If a vessel sail 49mi. 6 fur. 8rd. in one day, how far will she sail in one month of 30 days?

Ans. 1493mi. 2 fur. 26. Suppose each of 50 farmers to raise 125bu. 3pk. 6qt. of grain: how much do they all raise?

27. If one spoon weigh 3oz. 5pwt. 15gr., what is the weight of 240 spoons? Ans. 65lb. 7oz. 10pwt. 28. If one man receive 3yd. 1qr. Ina. of cloth, how many yards will 11 men receive ?

29. If a steamboat in crossing the Atlantic goes 211mi. 4 fur. 32rd. a day, how far will she go in 15 days? Ans. 3174 miles.

DIVISION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS.

1. If 62 yards of velvet cost £2 18s 8d, what will one yard cost? Ans. 11d. 12 far. 2. If 92 yards of broadcloth cost £71 14s 0d, what is the value of 1 yard?

3. If 90 hogsheads of sugar weigh 56 T. 13cwt. 3qr. 107b., what is the weight of 1 hogshead?

Ans. 12cwt. 2qr. 11lb. 4. When 192 shares of a certain stock are valued at £1290 4s Od, what would be the cost of 1 share?

5. If the earth revolve 15° on its axis in 1 hour, how far does it revolve in 1 minute? Ans. 15'.

6. If 106 tons of iron cost £1001 9s 7d, what is the value of 1 ton?

7. If 57 gallons of wine cost £23 11s 51d, what is the cost of one gallon? Ans. 8s. 31d. 8. If 59 casks contain 44hhd. 53gal. 2qt. 1pt. of wine, what are the contents of one cask?

9. When 175gal. 2qt. of beer are drank in 52 weeks, how much is consumed in one week?

Ans. 3gal. 1qt. 1pt.

10. A rich man divided 168bu. 1pk. 6qt. among 35 poor men: how much did each receive?

11. Suppose a man had 9876. 2oz. 19pwt. 5gr. of silver, how much would he give 1 man if he gave an equal Ans. 14lb. 8pwt. 11gr. 12. Divide 9hhd. 28gal. 2qt. by 12.

amount to 7 men?

13. What will be the share of one man, if 810 T. 11cwt. 20lb. 10oz. 11dr. be divided equally among 346 men? Ans. 2 T. 6cwt. 3qr. 11lb. 8oz. 13 dr. 14. What will be the quotient of 65bu. 1pk. 3qt. divided by 12?

15. Sold 876. of indigo for £19 13s 8d.: how much was it a pound? Ans. £2 9s 2d. 16. I gave £8 6s 2d 2far. for 10 dozen of combs: how much did I pay for 1 dozen?

17. If I pay £12 14s 5d 3far. for 35 bushels of wheat, how much is it per bushel? Ans. 7s 3d 1far. 18. If a merchant pays £23 12s 6d for 84 yards of cloth: how much did he pay a yard? 19. Suppose a man has 246mi. 6 fur. 36rd. to travel in 12 days: how far will that be in a day?

Ans. 20mi. 4fur. 23rd.

20. Suppose the distance from New-York to Bristol, England, to be 3176 miles, and a steamship to complete the passage in 15 days: how far will she sail in one day at this rate?

21. If a steamboat should go 224 miles a day, how long would it take her to go to China, it being about 12000 miles? Ans. 53da. 13hr. 42m. 51sec. 22. How long would it take a balloon to go from the earth to the moon, allowing the distance to be about 240000 miles: the balloon ascending 34 miles per hour?

23. If a vessel sail 25° 42′ 40′′ in 10 days, how far will she sail in one day? Ans. 2° 34' 16." 24. If you pay £56 8s for 96 yards of cloth, how much do you pay a yard?

25. If one man can lift 2017b. 12oz.: how much can a boy lift, if a man lift 8 times as much as the boy? Ans. 25lb. 3oz. 8pwt.

26. Divide a leap year into 102 equal parts.

27. Divide a common year into 102 equal parts.

28. If 15 loads of hay contain 35 T. 4cwt., what is the weight of each load?

29. Divide 371bu. 1pk. cf wheat equally among 270 men what will each receive?

Ans. 1bu. 1pk. 4qt.

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8. Reduce 45 to its equivalent improper fraction.

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9. Reduce 1618 to an improper fraction. Ans. 1618 10. Reduce 149119 to an improper fraction. 137

11. Reduce 12410 to a whole or mixed number.

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Ans. 653. 12. In 67856 of pounds of sugar: how many pounds? 13. In 23885 of hhd. of wine: how many hhd.?

360

Ans. 61125hhd. 14. In 354 bushels of wheat: how many bushels? 15. Reduce of 2 of of of} to a simple fraction. Ans.

16. In of of of 21 dollars: how many dollars? 17. Reduce of of of of 9 of 40 to a simple frac18 tion.

18. I bought

19. Sold of did I sell?

Ans. 5.

of of a ship: what part did I buy?
of 265 of yards of cloth: how many
Ans. 131.

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