Practical Questions in LAWFUL and FEDERAL Moner. 1st. A man borrows twenty-nine pounds, thirteen shillings, and tour pence half penny; he pays nineteen pounds, fifteen shillings, and six pence three farthings; how much remains unpaid? £9 17 93 Ans. 2d. A man borrows one thousand, three hundred, eighteen dollars twenty-five cents, five mills; but he pays five hundred and eighty-nine dollars, seventy five cents, five mills; how much remains unpaid ? $728,50 Ans. 3d. Subtract nine pence half penny, from thirty-five pounds. 4th. Subtract five mills from twenty-four thousand dollars. $23999, 99, 5 Ans. £34 19 2 Ans. 5th. What is the difference between one farthing, and a thousand pounds? £999 19 11 Ans. 6th. A man is worth fourteen thousand, five hundred and sixty pounds, sixteen shillings and four pence; but he owes one man, two thousand, three hundred and forty-six pounds, ten shillings and eight pence; to another, three thousand, five hundred and nine pounds, eighteen and ten pence half penny; and to a third, eight hundred and sixteen pounds, fourteen and five pence hal penny; how much will he have left after his debts are paid? £7887 12 4 Ans. 7th. A man borrows, at one time, sixty-nine dollars, twenty-five cents; at another, forty-five dollars, forty cents; and, at another, thirty-seven dollars, seventy-five cents. He pays, at one time, twenty-eight dollars, twenty cents; at another, thirty-nine dollars, twenty-five cents; and at another, fortyfive dollars. What sum is still due? $39, 95 Ans. Subtract twelve grains, fifteen pwt. eight ounces, nineteen pounds, from forty six pounds, two ounces, three pwt. eight grains. 26lb. 5oz. 7pwt. 20gr. Ans. Subtract eight drams, ten ounces, from nine tons, one quarter. 9T. Ocwt. Oqr. 27lb. 5oz. 8dr. Ans. Suppose I buy fifteen pounds, five ounces, three drams, one scruple, thirteen grains; and sell ten pounds, eleven ounces, six drams, two scruples, eighteen grains of the same; what haye I left? 4lb. 53 43 13 15gr. Ans. What is the difference between three nails and twenty five yards? 24yds. sqr. Ina. Ans. Subtract two barley-corns, one foot, twenty rods, three miles, from eight miles, two furlongs, one yard, nine inches. 5miles. 1tur. 20rds. Oyd. 21t. 8in. 1bar. Ans. A man has two farms. The first contains three hundred and forty acres, seventy five rods; the second contains eighty two acres, ninety rods; how much more is the first than the second? 257A. 145 rods. Ans. Bought a cask of brandy containing fifty-five gallons, two quarts; sold twenty-eight gallons, one pint, two gills of the same; how much remains unsold? What is the difference between one pint, and one hundred anel thirty-five hogsheads? 134hhd. 53gal. зqts. 1pt. Ans. Suppose a man let himself to work five years; but stays only three years, nine months, one week, four days; how long before his time is out does he go away? 1yr. зmo. 2w. 3d. Ans. Subtract forty-five minutes, fifteen seconds, from ten years. 9yr. 11mo. 3w. 6d. 23h. 14m. 45s. Ans. REDUCTION BY MULTIPLICATION. Reduction by Multiplication* teaches to bring a high denomination to an equivalent value in a low denomination. This is called Reduction Descending. RULE. Multiply each descending denomination by as many of the next lower denomination as make one in that which you are about to reduce ;-thus proceed till the question is brought into the denomination required. PROOF. Divide the last product by the last multiplier, and that quotient by the next, &c. If the last quotient be equal to the first multiplicand, the work is right. Note. When there are several denominations in the question, as for instance, pounds, shillings, &c. bring in the odd shillings when multiplying by 20, the odd pence when multiplying by 12, &c. Proceed in like manner with all questions of this nature. N. B. When there is a remainder after dividing, it is always of the same denomination with the dividend. D 1234 LONG MEASURE. miles. fur. rod. yd. ft. in bar. Reduce 378 0 0 0 0 0 0 to barley-corns.' 27 5 18 3 1 8 1 to barley-corns.t 5520 335 231 71850240 5262037 2433222 28160 1 Reduce 130 0 * 1760 yards make one mile; therefore when the question is miles only, multiply the miles by 1760; the product will be yards. In reducing rods to yards, in long measure, multiply the rods by 5; then add half the multilicand to the product, wbich sum will be the multiplicand, multiplied by 5 1-2. In reducing rods to yards, in square measure, multiply the rods by 30; then add one quarter of the multiplicand to the product. |