THE

SCHOOLMASTER'S ASSISTANT

PART IV.

A COLLECTION OF QUESTIONS TO EXERCISE THE

FOREGOING RULES.

4. WRITE down nine Hundred Millions, seven Hun

dred sixty Thousand, and Twenty-one

2. What must 20s pay towards a Tax, when 326/ 6s 8d. is assessed at 417 16s 2d. ? Ans 2s 6d 2 qrs.77600.

3. If the of 6 he 3, what will the1 of 20 be? Ans. 74. 4. I demand the sum of 1748 added to itself? Ans. 3496. 5. I demand the product of 76 multiplied by itself? Ans. 5776.

6. I demand the difference between 14676 and the fourth of itself? Ans. 1:00.

7. I demand the Quotient of the square of 476 divided by the half of its root? Ans. 952.

8. There is, in 3 bags, the sum of 14687 viz. in the first bag 461. in the second 5811. I demand what is in the third bag? Ans. 426.

9 What Number is that which being multiplied by 18, the product will be 221? Ans. 17.

10 Two Persons, A, and B, owe several Debts; the losser debt, being that of A, is 2173 the difference is 3711. what is the debt of B? Ans. 2544/.

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11 A Captain and 160 Sailors took a prize worth 1360! of which the Captain had for his share, and the rest was equally divided among the Sailors; what was each man's part? An. the captain had 2724 and each Sailor had 6/ 16s.

12 An ancient Lady being demanded how old she was; to avoid a direct answer, said, I have 9 children, and there are three years between the birth of each of them; the eldest was born when I was 19 years old, which is now exactly the age of the youngest: how old was the Lady? Ans. 62 years old.

13 What number is that from which if you take 341. the remainder will be 726? Ans. 1067.

14 What number is that which being added to 168; makes the sum to be 706 ? Answer 538.

15 What number is that which being divided by 19, the quotient will be 72? Answer 1368.

16 A Broker bought for his Principal, in the year 1720, 400/ Capital Stock in the South Sea, at 650 per cent. and sold it again when it was worth but 130 per cent. how much was lost in the whole? Ans. 20801.

17 The sum of two numbers is 4139, their difference is 948; what is the lesser number? Ans. 3191.

18 A Gentleman went to Sea at 17 years of age; 8 years after that he had a son born, who lived 46 years, and died before his Father; after whom the Father lived twice 20 years and then died also; I demand the age of the Father when he died? Ans. 111 years.

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19 Three Gardeners, A, B, and C, having bought a piece of Ground, find the profits of it amount to 1201 per Now the sum of money which they laid down was in such proportion, that as often as A paid 5 B paid 71 and as often as B paid 47 C paid 67. I demand how much each man must have per annum of the gain?

B A B

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20 A, B, and C, freight a ship with wine, viz. A lays out 1342/ B 11787. C 6301. the whole 212 tuns, are sold at 32/ per tun; what shall each man receive ?

1. S. d.

Ans. A 2890 3 11

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B 2537 150

C 1356 16 0

21 B, C, and D made up a Stock of 1000l whereof B. put in 409/ C 1987 and they improved it to 1964. I demand what was the Stock of D, and what was each man's share of the whole gain?

1000

22 A, B. and C, freight a ship for the Canaries, worth 36961 whereof A puts in 369 B 8971 but by reason of

a storm, one third of the goods were cast over-board; I demand each man's share of the loss ? A's loss was 1231 B's 2991 and C's 810.

23 A and B traded together, and gained 1007 A put in 640 B put in so much that he must receive 60 of the gain; I demand how much B put in ? Ans. 9607.

24 What is the value of 27 dozen, and 10lb of Candles, at 5d per lb? Ans. 6/ 19s 2d.

25 Bought 28 grs. 2 bushels of wheat, at 4s 6d per

bushel; what is the worth of it? Ans. 50/ 17s.

26 If a man earns 2s cd 2qrs. per day, how much is that for 19 weeks, Sundays excepted? Ans. 14 98 9d.

27 A, B, and C, traded together, the first laid in I know not how much, B put in 20 pieces of Cloth, and C put in 500l and they have gained 1000/ whereof A ought to have 350l. and B 400l I demand C's share, how much the first man laid in, and what the 20 pieces of cloth were worth? Ans. C's share was 2501 A laid in 7001 and B's Cloth was worth 800l.

28 A Merchant buys up 6 bags of Canterbury hops, No. 1 of which weighed 3 °C 3 qrs. 20lb. No. 2, 30 Sqrs. 26lb No. 3, 3C qrs. 24lb. No. 4, 3C 3 qrs. only, No. 5, 20 qrs 22lb. No. 6, 2C 2qrs 261b besides 5 pockets, 3 of which weighed 76lb each, and the other two 62 lb 4 each, how many Cwt. has he to pay carriage for? Answer 23C Oqrs. 244lb.

29 How many ducats must I deliver at Venice, to receive at London 178/ 2s the Exchange being at 4s 4d per Ducat? Ans. 822 Ducats.

30 A Traveller would change 500 French Crowns at 4$ 6d per crown, into sterling money, but he must pay a halfpenny per crown, for change; how much must he receive? Ans. 114/ 9s 2d.

31 When a Factor taketh 1 per cent for his commission, what must he have for 7431 17s 3d? Ans. 71 8s 9d 1qr.

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32 Two Merchants in company gained 100l. A laid in so much that for his share of the gain he must have 607. B laid in 720 Ducats at 6s 8d per Ducat; I demand how much A laid in, and what the Ducats were worth? Aus. A laid in 360l. and the Ducats were worth 240/.

33 There were two Merchants who traded in Company; the first laid in the sum of 6401 and took of

the gain. I demand how much the second Merchant laid in? Answer 3841.

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34 What number is that which being multiplied by 15, the product will be ? Answ. 1 35 I demand the of 20 shillings? Ans. 12s. 6d. 36 What Fraction is that, to which if you add, the sum will be ? Ans. 413.

37 What number is that to which if you add 73, the whole will be 14? Ans.

38 What number is that from which if you take 3, the remainder will be? Ans. 28.

39 What number is that from which if you take 131⁄2 the remainder will be 5? Ans. 193

40 What number is that, which being divided by 2, the quotient will be 21 P Ans. 153.

41 What number is that which if multiplied by 3, produceth? Ans. 3.

42 What number is that, from which if you take of itself, the remainder will be 12? Ans. 20.

43 What part of 25 is g of an unit? Ans.

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44 What number is that, to which if you add its own 3, the whole shall be 20? Ans. 12.

45 What number is that, which maketh 9 to be the of it? Ans. 13.

46 If a cannon may be discharged at twice with cib of powder, how many times will 7C 3qrs 171b discharge the same piece? Ans. 295 times.

47 If of a ship be worth 3740l. what is the whole worth? Ans. 9973/ 6s 8d.

48 A young man received 210l. which was of his elder brother's portion; now three times the elder brother's portion was half of the Father's estate; I demand how much the estate was? Ans. 18907.

49 A Factor bought a certain quantity of broad cloth, and Drugget, which together cost him 817. the quantity of broad cloth that he bought was 50 yards, and 18s per yard, and for every 5 yards of broad cleth he had 9 yards of drugget; I demand how many yards of drugget he had, and how much the drugget cost him per yard? Ans. 90 yards of Drugget, at 8s per yard.

50 A certain Usurer lent out 90 for 12 months, and reeived principal and interest 957 8s. I demand at what rate per cent he received interest? Ans. 6 per cent.

51 Two men depart both from one place, the one goes.

north and the other south; the one goes 7 miles a day, - and the other 11 miles a day; how far are they distant the 12th day after their departure? Answer 216 miles.

52 A merchant bought & Tuns of Wine, which having received damage, he sold for 4001 and 12 per cent. loss; I demand how much it cost him per tun, and how he sold it per Gallon, to lose after the said rate?

Ans.

9600

2060

Cost 56/ Os od per Tun. Sold at 6/ 3s 11d 2qrs. 2888 per Gallon. 53 Two Men depart both from one place, and both go the same road; the one travels 12 miles every day, the other 17 miles every day; how far are they distant the 10th day after their departure? Answer 50 miles.

54 If a Gentleman hath an estate of 1000l per annum, how much may he spend one day with another, to lay up threescore Guineas at the Year's end? Answer 27 11s 4d

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55 76lb of Cinnamon cost 40 10s 8d. and 1 Cwt. of Nutmegs 591. 14s. 8d. I demand the price of 3 oz. one with another? Ans. 2s.

56 A Grocer delivered 17C 3qrs 10lb of Tobacco in the Roll, to be cut and dried, and when it came home, it held out 16C qrs 14lb. I demand how much was lost in every lb and also supposing it cost in the roll 8d per Ib. and the cutting id per lb. I demand what it now stands him in?

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Answer Lost per lb. 1oz. 8dr. 1800. S It stands him in 871 5s 3d 1qr. 18. 57 If Tallow be sold for 4d per lb. what is the value of 3 Tubs, each 3C 1qr 10lb Gross, Tare per Tub 25lb ? Answer 17/ 9s.

58 Ship'd from Spain 10 Tuns of Wine, at 101 sterling per hhd. paid custom at the Port of London 1s. per GalJon; the charges for Lighterage, Cartage, and Porterage, amounted to 3 afterwards by the misfortune of a Pipe staving, containing 26 Gallons, I lost 59 Gallons ; the next day 28 Gallons more run out, and the remainder of the Pipe not being saleable, I threw it away. The Market Price not running high, I sold the rest for 17! per hhd. I demand how much I gained or lost by the Sale of the said Wine? Answer, gained 115/'

59 A Ship's company took a prize of 3001 which is to be divided among them as parties, according only to