94 Anf. CASE 22. When the given quantity hath a fraction annexed, RULE. Value the whole number as before, and for the fraction multiply the price by the numerator, and divide that product by the denominator; the quotient is the value of the fraction, and must be added to the value of the whole number. EXAMPLE. What will 3583 ells of holland come to, at 6s. 11d. per ell? S. d. 6 358 2148 6 II 3 £ 123 18 9 Anf. CASE 23. When then given number is not of the fame name with that on which the price is fet. P 2 RULE RULE. Reduce it into the fame as taught in reduction, and then find the amount by the shortest of the foregoing rules. £. 420 o Anfwer CASE 24. When the given quantity is of lefs denomination than that on which the price is fet, RULE. Divide the price by the part or parts the quantity given is of; the quotient, or fum of the quotient, is the answer. EXAMPLES. At 14/. 145. per hogfhead, what will one gallon of wine come to? £. 5. 7)14 14 64 At 81. 125. per Cut, what will 42 lb. come to? At 42. per Cwt, what will 35 lb. come to? 3 £.3 4 6 Anf. 2842 11 10- -6 2 7플 Note. It often happens in business, that by inverting a queftion; that is, by calling your price the quantity, and the quantity your price; you may find the answer much easier, and fooner than by the common method. EXAMPLES. What will 29 yards What will 26/6. come to at 61d. come to, at 1s. 6d. or 18 yards at per lb. or 61 lb. at 2s. 2d. ? 25. 5d.? S. d. S. d. Practical Methods, for cafting up particular goods and quantities; fome in the wholefale way. METHOD 1. In goods fold by fix-score to the hundred, RULE. Half the pence in the price of one, is the value of the hundred in pounds. EXAMPLES. What will 120 deal boards come What will 120 yards of cloth to, at 22 d. per dozen ? come to, at 9 d. per yard? 2)22 £.11 5 Anf. 2)9 £.4 15 Anf. METHOD 2. If the quantity given happens to be 240, the pence in the price of one is the value of the whole in pounds. Note. A farthing must be reckoned as 55.-a half-penny 105.and three-farthings 155. EXAMPLES. What will 240 lb. of doublerefined fugar come to, at 13 d. per lb. £.13 5 Anf. METHOD 3. If the given quantity be 160, take, and multiply that product by 2 for the answer. What will 160 ells of cloth come EXAMPLES. What will 160 METHOD 4. If the given number be 96, multiply of the price by 2. EXAMPLES. What will 96 yards come to, at 15d. per yard? What will 96 lb. come to, at 5)15 3 10 2 2 £.6 4 Anf. 134d. per lb.? 513 5 2 13 2. £.5 6 Anf. EXAMPLE. What will 80 yards come to, at 19 d. per yard? 3)19 15 £.6 11 8 Anf If the given number be 60, the is the answer. EXAMPLE. What will 60 yards come to, at 224d. per yard? Note. If the price be given in fhillings and pence, bring them into pence. If the given number be 48, take for the answer. come to, at 35. 6d. per yard? d. 3 6 12 If the given number be 40, take for the answer. EXAMPLE. What will 40 ells of holland come to, at 44d. per ell? £. 5. d. 6)44 GOODS fold by the THOUSAND. RULE. Multiply the pence that one coft by 50, and divide that product by 12; the quotient is the value of a thoufand in pounds. Note. The reafon of the above rule is 1000 = 124. EXAMPLES. What will a thou 240 fand Dutch tiles come to, at 2d, What will 1000 ells of cloth come to, at 8s. 6d. per ell? each? L.425 Anf. GOODS fold by the great grofs of 144 dozen, are caft up by the following RULE. Multiply the price that one coft by 3, and divide the product by 5, the quotient is the yalue of the great grofs in pounds. EXAMPLES GOODS fold by the fmall grofs of twelve dozen may be caft up by the preceding rule; feeing there are as many particulars in a small grofs as dozens in a great one. EXAMPLES. What will a fmall grofs of tobacco boxes come to, at 6&d. 6 d. per box? What will a small grofs of but. tons come to, at 71⁄2d. per pair? To value the common HUNDRED WEIGHT, of 112 lb. RULE. Multiply the price that 1 lb. coft by 14, and divide the product by 30, or multiply by 7 and divide by 15; in both cafes the quotient is the answer in pounds: 43 of a pound. EXAMPLE. What will i hundred weight come to, at 6d. per pound? £. s. 3 O 8 Anf. Note. There are feveral other methods and contractions which might have been added, but as they are more curious than useful, I fhall here conclude this rule, and proceed to tare and trett. XVII. TARE and TRETT. TARE and TRETT, are allowances made in buying and felling commodities that are liable to lofs or wafte. In this rule there are fix things to be obferved, viz. weight. 2, Tare. 3, Trett. 4, Suttle. 5, Cloff. 1. The grofs weight, is the whole weight of any what it will, and that which it is packed up in. 1, The Grofs 6, Net weight. commodity, be 2. Tare |