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22. From 2637804 take 2376982.

23. From 3762162 take 826541

24. From 78213609 take 27821890.

25. From thirty thousand and ninety-seven, take one thousand six hundred and fifty-four.

26. From one hundred millions two hundred and fortyseven thousand, take one million, four hundred and nine.

27. Subtract one from one million. 28. From 804367 subtract 27905. 29. From 18623041 subtract 61294. 30. From 4270492 subtract 26409. 31. From 8741209 subtract 728104. 32. From 741874 subtract 689346.

33. From sixty-five billions, three millions, six hundred and twelve, take nine billions, one million, four thousand and 6. 34. From 14 billions, 127 millions, six hundred and fourteen thousand, 916, take twenty-nine millions, 416 thousand. 35. From forty trillions, 160 billions, 42 millions, 16 thousand, 4 hundred, take 3 trillions, 63 billions, 1 hundred. 14

Applications.

40. It should be observed, that in all the applications of Subtraction, one number can be subtracted from another, only, when they both have the same unit.

1. Suppose I had lent a man 1565 dollars, and he died, owing me 450 dollars: how much had he paid me?

2. A man bought a house and lot for 5650 dollars, on a mortgage of 3 years; he paid, at different times, sums amounting to 3756 dollars: how much did he still owe?

3. Suppose John were born in eighteen hundred and fifteen, and James in eighteen hundred and twenty-five: what is the difference of their ages ?

4. A man was born in 1785: what was his age in 1830? 5. George Washington was born in the year 1732, and died in 1799: how old was he at the time of his death? 6. The Declaration of Independence was published, July 4th, 1776: how many years to July 4th, 1838 ?

7. In 1850, there were in the State of New York, 3,097,394 inhabitants, and in the State of Pennsylvania, 2,311,786 inhabitants: how many more inhabitants were there in New York than in Pennsylvania?

8. The revolutionary war began in 1775; the late war, in 1812: what time elapsed between their commencements ?

9. A merchant bought a vessel for 12642 dollars, and gave in part payment a house that was worth 7585 dollars, and the rest in cash: how much did he pay in cash?

10. A person sold a farm for 15896 dollars, which had cost him 12264 dollars: how much did he gain?

11. A man dies, worth 1200 dollars; he leaves 504 to his daughter, and the remainder to his son: what was the son's portion?

12. A merchant bought a house for 6450 dollars; he paid 4625 dollars in cash, and the rest in merchandise: what was the value of the merchandise?

13. Washington died in 1799, at the age of 67: in what year was he born?

14. Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson river in 1609. how many years since?

15. Pliny, the historian, died 17 years after the birth of Christ how many years was that before the Declaration of Independence?

16. In one week, one steamer traversed 2065 miles, while another traversed 1986 miles: how much further did the one travel than the other?

17. In 1850, there were in New York, which is the largest city in the United States, 515,547 inhabitants, and in Philadelphia, the next largest city, 340,045: how many more inhabitants were there in New York than in Philadelphia?

18. At a certain period, there were 4338472 children in the United States, between the ages of 5 and 15; of this number, 2477667 were in schools: how many were out of schools?

19. The circulation of the blood was discovered in 1616: how many years to 1855?

20. A merchant bought 500 barrels of flour, for 3500 dollars; he sold 250 barrels, for 2000 dollars: how many barrels remained on hand, and how much must he sell them for, that he may lose nothing?

21. A merchant bought 1675 yards of cloth, for which he paid 5025 dollars; he then sold 335 yards, for 1005 dollars: how much had he left, and what did it cost him?

22. In 1850, the slaves in the United States amounted to 3204313; free colored, to 434495: what was their difference? 23. What length of time elapsed between the birth of Sir Francis Bacon, in 1561, and the birth of Benjamin Franklin, in 1706?

24. A merchant sold a vessel for 9768 dollars, and, by so doing, gained 1862 dollars: how much had the vessel cost?

25. A householder sold two houses: for the first, which cost 3500 dollars, he received 4760 dollars; for the second, which cost 3735 dollars, he received 5000 dollars: on which of the houses did he make the greater gain, and how much?

26. By the census of 1850, the number of white inhabitants

in the United States amounted to 19553068; and the blacks, to 3638808: by how many did the white inhabitants exceed the black?

27. By the census of 1850, the entire population of the United States was 23191876; that of the six New England States, 2728116: by how many did the whole population exceed that of the six New England States ?

28. An army of 75425 men is required by a general, who finds that he has only 49846 men: how many more men are required?

29. A boy, in working an example, used the number 2306400, which he afterward found was too large by 29875: what was the correct number?

Applications in Addition and Subtraction.

1. A merchant buys 19576 yards of cloth of one person, 27580 yards of another, and 375 of a third; he sells 1050 yards to one customer, 6974 yards to another, and 10462 yards to a third: how many yards has he left?

2. A person borrowed of his neighbor, at one time, 355 dollars, at another time, 637 dollars, and 403 dollars at another time; he then paid him, 977 dollars: how much did he owe him?

3. I have a fortune of 2543 dollars, to divide among my four sons, James, John, Henry, and Charles. I give James 504 dollars, John 600 dollars, and Henry 725: how much remains for Charles?

4. I have a yearly income of ten thousand dollars. I pay 275 dollars for rent, 220 dollars for fuel, 35 dollars to the doctor, and 3675 dollars for all my other expenses: how much have I left at the end of the year?

5. A man pays 300 dollars for 100 sheep, 95 dollars for a pair of oxen, 60 dollars for a horse, and 125 dollars for a chaise. He gives 100 bushels of wheat, worth 125 dollars; a cow, worth 25 dollars; a colt, worth 40 dollars, and pays the rest in cash: how much money does he pay?

6. A merchant owes 450120 dollars, and has property as

follows: bank stock, 350000 dollars; western lands, valued at 225100; furniture, worth 4000 dollars, and a store of goods, worth 96000: how much is he worth?

7. If I buy 489 oranges for 912 cents, and sell 125 for 186 cents, and then sell 134 for 199 cents, how many will be left, and how much will they have cost me?

8. By the census of 1850, the entire population of the United States was 23191876; the slave population, 3204313; free colored, 434495: what was the white population?

9. A man gains 367 dollars, then loses 423; a second time he gains 875, and loses 912; he then gains 1012 dollars how much has he gained in all?

10. If I agree to pay a man 36 dollars for plowing 25 acres of land, 200 dollars for fencing it, and 150 for cultivating it, how much shall I owe him after paying 331 dollars?

11. A merchant bought 85 hogsheads of sugar for 28675 dollars, paid 1231 dollars freight, and then sold it for 1683 dollars less than it cost him: how much did he receive for it?

12. If a man's income is 3467 dollars a year, and he spends 269 dollars for clothing, 467 for house rent, 879 for provision, and 146 for traveling, how much will he have left at the end of the year?

13. Six men bought a tract of land, for 36420 dollars: the first man paid 12140; the second, 3035 less than the first; the third, 346; the fourth, 6070 more than the third; the fifth, 1821 less than the fourth: how much did the sixth man pay?

14. The coinage in the United States Mint, from its establishment in the year 1792 to 1836, was thus: gold, 22102035 dollars; silver, 46739182 dollars; copper, 740331 dollars. The amount coined, from the year 1837 to 1848, was 81436165 dollars: how much more was coined in the last-mentioned period than in the first?

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