EXAMPLES.

1. If 6 yards of cloth cost 9 dollars, what will 20 yards

cost at the same rate?

Here 20 yards, which moves the question, is the third term; 6 yds. the same kind, is the first, and 9 dollars the second.

F'ds. $ l'as.

6:9: 20

9

6)180

Ans. 830

2,0)18,0

Ans. 89

6

9)180

Ans. 20yds.

4. If 3 cwt. of sugar cost 81. 8s. what will 11 cwt. 1 qr.

5. If one pair of stockings cost 4s. 6d. what will 19 dozen pair cost? Ans. £51 68. 6. If 19 dozen pair of shoes cost 511. 6s. what will one pair cost?

Ans. 4s. 6d. 7. At 10d. per pound, what is the value of a firkin of butter, weight 56 pounds?

Ans. £2 9s. 8. How much sugar can you buy for 251 25. at 9d. a pound? Ans. 7. 2grs. 9. Bought 8 chests of sugar, each 9 cwt. 2 qrs. what do they come to at 2l. 5s. per cwt. P Ans. £171. 10. If a man's wages are 75l. 10s. a year, what is that a calendar month ? Ans. £6 5s. 10d. 11. If 4 tons of hay will keep 3 cattle over the winter; how many tons will it take to keep 25 cattle the saine time? Ans. S7 tons. 12. If a man's yearly income be 2081. 1s. what is that Ans. 11s. 4d. Srs.

a year?

a day? 13. If a man spends 3s. 4d. per day, how much is that Ans. 60 16s. 8d. 14. Boarding at 12s. 6d. per week, bow long will 324. 10s. last me? Ans. 1 year. 15. A owes B 34751. but B compounds with him for 133. 4d. on the pound; pray what must he receive for his debt ? Ans. £2316 13s. 4d. 16. A goldsmith sold a tankard for 8. 12s. at 5s. 4d. per ounce, what was the weight of the tankard ? Ans. 2lb. 8oz. 5pct. 17. If 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lb. of sugar cost 6l. 1s. 8d. what cost $54 cwt. ? Ans. £73. 18. Bought 10 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 9 yards, at 11s. 41 pence per yard; what did the whole come to ? Ans. £55 9s. Ojd.

FEDERAL MONEY.

NOTE 1. You must state the question, as taught the Rules foregoing, and after reducing the first and third terms to the same name, &c. you may multiply and divide according to the rules in decimals; or by the rules for multiplying and dividing Federal Money.

EXAMPLES.

19. If 7 yds. of cloth cost 15 dollars 47 cents, what will 12 yds. cost?

Fds. $cts. yds.

7: 15,47 :: 12

12

7)185,64

Ans. 26,52826, 52cts.

But any sum in dollars and cents may be written down as a whole number, and expressed in its lowest denomi nation, as in the following example: (See Reduction of Federal Money, page 67.)

20. What will 1 qr. 9 lb. sugar comé to, at 6 dollars 45 cts. per cwt. ? gr. lb.

28

1 9

lb.

cts.

lb.

As 112: 645 : : 37

37

4515

1935

ets.

112)23865(215+ Ans. 82, 13.

224

146

112

345

336

9

NOTE 2 When the first and third numbers are federal money, you may annex cyphers, (if necessary) until you make their decimal places or figures at the right band of the separatrix, equal: which will reduce them to a like denomination. Then you may multiply and divide, as in whole numbers, and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in the second, or middle term

EXAMPLES.

21. If S dollars will buy 7 yards of cloth, how many yards can I buy for 120 dollars, 75 cents ?

cts. yds. cts.

As 300 7 :: 12075

23. If a man lays out 121, 23 in merchandize, and thereby gains 39 dollars, 51 cts, how much will he gain by laying out 12 dollars at the same rate ?

Cents. cents cents.

As 12123: 3951 :: 1200

1200

-cts. 8 cts.

12129)4741200(391-8,91 Ans.

36369

110430

109107

13230

12123

1107

24. If the wages of 15 weeks come to 64 dols. 19 cts. what is a year's wages at that rate?

Ans. $222, 52cis. 5m. 25. A man bought sheep at 1 dol. 11 cts. per head, to the amount of 51 dols. 6 cts. ; how many sheep did he buy?

Ans. 46. 26. Bought 4 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 31 yards, at 16s. 6d. per yard, (New-England currency) what does the whole amount to in federal money?

Ans. $341. 27. When a tun of wine cost 140 dollars, what cost a quart ? Ans. 15cts. 8M

28. A merchant agreed with his debtor, that if he would pay him down 65 cents on a dollar, he would give him up a note of hand of 249 dollars, 88 cts. I demand what the debtor must pay for his note ?

Ans. $162, 42cts. 2m. 29. If 12 horses eat up 30 bushels of oats in a week, how many bushels will serve 45 horses the same time? Ans. 112 busbels.

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30. Bought a piece of cloth for $48 27 cts. at 1 dollar 19 cents per yard; how many yards did it contain ? Ans. 40yds. 2qrs. 100° 31. Bought 3 hhds of sugar, each weighing 8 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lb. at 7 dollars, 26 cents per cwt. what come they to ř Ans. $182 1ct. 8m.

32. What is the price of 4 pieces of cloth, the first piece containing 21, the second 23, the third 24, and the fourth 27 yards at 1 dollar 43 cents a yard?

Ans. $135 85ets. 21+25+24+27=95 yds. 33. Bought Shhds. of brandy, containing 61, 62, 62} gallons, at 1 dollar, 33 cents per galion, 1 demand how nuch they amount to ? Ans. $255, 99cts.

34. Suppose a gentleman's income is 1836 dollars a year, and he spends 3 dollars 49 cents a day, one day with another, how much will he have saved at the year's end? is. $562, 15cts. 35. If my horse stands me in 20 cents per day keeping, what will be the charge of 11 horses for the year, at that rate?

Ans. $803