6. If a man's income be 6 dollars a day, how much does it amount to in a year, allowing 365 days in a year? Ans. 2190 dollars. 7. What is the product of 376×54? Ans. 20304. 8. 64 men have 17280 dollars divided equally among them; what is each man's part? Ans. 270 dollars. 9. Multiply three hundred and seventy-eight thousand and five hundred, by thirty-four. Ans. 12869000 product. 10. What is the third part of 3669 ? Ans. 1223. 11. Divide 6764 by 19. Ans. 356 quotient. 12. What number must be added to 764 to make it 1256 ? Ans. 492. 13. By what number must I multiply 67, that the product may be 871 ? Ans. 13. 14. There are two numbers whose difference is 796, the greater number is 4320; I demand the less. Ans. 3524. 15. Supposing a man to have been born in the year 1762; how old was he in 1806? Ans. 44. 16. Suppose a man to have been 78 years old in the year 1806; in what year was he born? Ans. 1728. 17. What will 12 tons of hay come to at 27 dollars per ton ? Ans. 324 dollars. 18. What will 750 barrels of beef come to at 11 dollars per barrel; and what will the profits amount to in selling it, if I clear 3 dollars on each barrel? Ans. 8250 dollars amount. 2250 dollars profit. 19. There is a town which contains 290 houses, and each house 6 inhabitants; how many inhabitants are there in that town? Ans. 1740. 20. A prize of 48726 dollars is owned by 270 men ; what is each man's share? Ans. 1802 dollars. 21. If 12 bundles of wheat produce 1 bushel, how many bushels will 4764 bundles produce? Ans. 397 bushels. 22. Borrowed of A, 12 sums of money, each 250 dollars; paid him at one time 97 dollars, and at another 35; the balance I am to pay him in six equal payments; what is one of those payments? Ans. 478 dollars. TABLES OF MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES, 1. MONEY.* 4 Farthings make one penny; gr. d. denote farthings and pence respectively. 12 Pence make one shilling 20 Shillings 1 pound Is one farthing, or one fourth; is one halfpenny, or one half; three farthings, or three fourths. 2. TROY WEIGHT. 24 Grains make one pennyweight, marked grs. dwt. 20 Pennyweights 12 Ounces By this weight are weighed jewels, gold, silver, electu aries and liquors. Apothecaries use this weight in compounding their medicines, but they buy and sell their drugs by Avoirdupois weight. * Sterling money was, formerly, of the same value in all the Colonies of North-America. By reason, however, of the emission of paper money by the Legislatures of those Colonies, which afterwards depreciated, the Spanish dollar came to be reckoned, in different Colonies, at a higher or lower value, accordingly to the less or greater depreciation of their paper currencies. Still, though the pound was valued accordingly to this paper medium, it was, in every Colony, reckoned at twenty shillings, as in England. Thus, a Spanish dollar being worth 4s. 6d. in England, became, in Georgia and South-Carolina, where the depreciation of the paper was least, worth 4s. 8d.; in Canada and NovaScotia, where it was somewhat greater. 5s.; in New-England, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 6s.; in New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, 7s. 6d. ; and in New-York, and North Carolina, 8s. By a late law of this State, 25 make a qr. By this weight are weighed all things of a coarse nature; such as leather, cheese, grocery wares, bread, and all metals except gold and silver. It is our common steelyard weight. NOTE.-5760 grains 1fb. Troy; 7000 grains 1b. Avoirdupois; therefore the weight of a pound Troy, is to a pound Avoirdupois as 5760 to 7000, or as 144 to 175. 5. CLOTH MEASURE. 4 Nails, or 9 inches, make 1 Quarter, marked, 4 Quarters 3 Quarters 5 Quarters 6 Quarters -- na. gr. yd. E. Fl. E. E. E. Fr. NOTE. We buy Scotch and Irish linens by our American yard, and Dutch linens by the ell Flemish ; but we sell them here by the same measure, the yard. * Most of the merchant's and traders in the United States, now call 25 lb. only a quarter of a cwt. Hoops and Staves are now reckoned five scores to the hundred in this State, by a late law. A ton in weight for Ships is 2000 lb. A ton for goods, boxes, cases, &c. is 40 cubic feet. 360 Degrees make the circumference of the Earth. By this measure distances are measured. 66 feet, or 4 rods, make a Gunter's chain, containing 100 links, each of which is 79 92 inches. 6 feet make a fathom, in measuring depths. 5 feet make a geometrical pace. 4 inches make a hand, in measuring the height of horses. 6ft. 4 in.= a French toise. 1 French post=2 Fr. Leagues=536 Eng. miles. 1 German short mile=3,8% Eng. miles. 1 Eng. mile 13+Russian verst. 7. LAND OR SQUARE MEAsure. 144 Square inches make 1 Square Foot, marked In. Ft. Yd. Rod. 4 Roods 640 Acres 1 Rood or of an acre, Rood. By this measure, surfaces are measured. It is long measure squared, or multiplied into itself. 8. CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE. 50 Feet of hewn, or . T. 40 Feet of round Timber} 1 Ton or Load 128 Feet, i.e. 8 feet in length, 4 in breadth and 4 in height } 1 Cord of Wood, Cor. By this measure the contents of solids are obtained, or things that have length, breadth, and depth. It is long measure cubed, or multiplied by itself, twice. NOTE. The diameter of the Winchester or common bushel is 18 inches, and its depth 8 inches. The gallon dry measure contains 2684 cubic inches. Corn, grain, beans, peas, flax-seed, salt, coals, &c. are measured by striked measure; but pears, apples, turnips, potatoes, onions, &c. are heaped to a handsome rounding measure. The bushel contains 21503+cubic inches. 4 Gills make 10. WINE MEASURE. 1 Pint, marked 2 Pints 4 Quarts 42 Gallons 63 Gallons 84 Gallons 2 Hogsheads 1 Quart, 1 Gallon, 1 Tierce, 1 Hogshead, 1 Puncheon, 1 Pipe or Butt, 1 Tun, Pipe. 2 Pipes or 4 Hhds. NOTE. The wine gallon contains 231 cubic inches. The hogshead of 63 gallons, and the puncheon of 84 gallons, are not used with us. The hogshead of 108 or 110 gallons is called a hogshead or a puncheon. Brandies, spirits, perry, cider, vinegar, mead, oil, and honey, are sold by this measure, though honey is sometimes sold by the pound avoirdupois. Milk is sometimes measured by this measure, though more commonly and justly by beer measure. NOTE. The Ale gallon contains 282 cubic inches. Milk is sold by the Beer quart, which is about one sixth larger than the wine, cider, &c. quart. 32 gal.=1 bar. ale. |