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14. From a piece of cloth containing 1211 yd., a tailor made 18 coats, which took one third of the whole piece. How many yards did each coat contain?

15. How many pints in 26 gal.?

Ans. 21 yd. Ans. 210 pt.

16. A man worth $10000, at his decease, left $225.75 to the poor, and the rest to his five sons, in equal shares. How much did each get? Ans. $1954.85.

17. How many five-acre lots are there in a square mile? 18. A trader, making four speculations, in the first gains. $1520, in the second loses $460, in the third loses $720.50, and in the fourth gains $986.25. Does he gain or lose on the whole, and how much? Ans. Gains $1325.75.

19. A man owning a mine, sells of it to one person, of it to another, and of it to a third. How much does he sell altogether?

210

Ans. 179 20. How many lots of half a rood each can be laid out in 6 acres?

Ans. 52 lots.

Ans. 1001.

21. How many guineas are equivalent to £42 ? 22. A man buys 7 head of cattle for $210. Two die, and he sells the rest for $34.50 apiece. How much does he lose? 23. Add of 90, 3 of 129, and § of 1260. 24. If from 1 gal. of wine 3 qt. 13 pt. are sold, how much will remain ? 25. How many sheets of paper in three lots, consisting of 11 reams, 5 quires, and 1 bundle? Ans. 1800 sheets.

Ans. pt.

8

26. Three persons, going on an excursion, agree to share the expense equally. They hire a carriage for $2.25, a boat for 75c. Their dinner costs them 50c. each, and their tea $1.20 for all four. How much has each to pay? Ans. $1.90. 27. Which contains the most units, 4 dozen, 3 of a gross,

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29. How much is a man worth, over and above his debts, whose whole property is valued at £5100, and who owes one person £75 10s. and another £427 19s. 6d. 2 far.?

Ans. £4596 10s. 5d. 2 far.

30. When a man who has 31 mi. to walk, has gone half

way, how many miles has he yet to go?

31. How many dozen in 2 of a great gross?

32. How many times is 83 contained in 91?

Ans. 113.

33. A crown is worth 5s. How many crowns are equivalent to £25 10s.?

34. Two regiments, of 1125 men each, reach a river. They have 5 boats, capable of carrying 25 men each. How many trips must the boats make, to get them over?

4

35. Reduce to a simple fraction of of 1 of 27 of of 3 of 11.

Ans. 5.

36. An officer, pursuing a thief, gains on him of a mile every hour. If the thief is 73 miles ahead, how many hours will it be before he is overtaken? Ans. 91h.

37. How many more seconds does a leap year contain

than an ordinary year?

38. A lad who has 288 marbles, loses

12

and gives away of them. How many left?

Ans. 86400 sec.

of them, sells 1,

marbles has he

Ans. 48 marbles.

39. How many cows, at $30 apiece, must a farmer give for 6 acres of land, at $15 an acre? Ans. 3 cows.

Find the value of the land; how many cows, at $30, will pay for it? 40. A miller buys 221 cords of wood at $4 a cord, and pays for it in flour at $6 a barrel. How many barrels must he give?

41. A weekly paper has been in existence 103 years. If each paper contains 8 pages, and each page 6 columns, how many columns has it contained during that time?