EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 35 dollars 68 cents, by 41. 328 41)3568(87 the quotient in cents; and when there is any considerable remainder, you may annex a cipher to it, if you please, and divide it again, and you will have the mills, &c. 287 Rem. 1 2. Divide 21 dollars, 5 cents, by 14. 14)2105(150 cents 1 dol. 50 cts. but to bring cents 14 70 70 into dollars, you need only point off two figures to the right hand for cents, and the rest will be dollars, &c. 5 3. Divide 4 dols. 9 cts. or 409 cts. by 6. Ans. 68 cts,+ 4. Divide 9 dols. 24 cts. by 12. Ans. 77 cts. Ans. $1 14 cts. 6m, 98 cts. 8m. Ans. 9 cts. 9m. Ans. 198 cts. 8m.=$1 7. Divide 24 dols. 65 cts. by 248. S. Divide 10 dols. or 1000 cts. by 25. 9. Divide 125 dols, by 500. 10. Divide 1 dollar into 33 equal parts. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. Ans. 40 cts. Ans. 25 cts. Ans. 3 cts.+ 1. Bought 25 lb. of coffee for 5 dollars; what is that a pound? Ans. 20 cts. 2. If 131 yards of Irish linen cost 49 dols. 78 cts. what is that per yard? Ans. 38 cts. 3. If a cwt. of sugar cost 8 dols. 96 cts. what is that per pound? Ans. 8 cts. 4. If 140 reams of paper cost 329 dols. what is that per ream? 5. If a reckoning of 25 dols. 41 cts. be 14 persons, what do they pay apiece? 6. If a man's wages are 235 dols. 80 hat a calendar month? Ans. $2 35 cts. paid equally among Ans: $1 81 cts. cts. a year, what is Ans. $19 65 cts. 7. The salary of the President of the United States, is twenty-five thousand dollars a year; what is that a day? Ans, 868 49 cts. To divide the denominations of Sterling Money Weights, Measures, &c. RULE. Begin with the highest denomination as in simple division; and if any thing remains, find how many of the next lower denomination this remainder is equal to; which add to the next denomination: then divide again, carrying the remainder, if any, as before; and so on till the whole is finished. PROOF. The same as in simple Division. 14. Divide 26 by 9 79 0 113 15. Divide 948 11 6 by 12 2. When the divisor exceeds 12, and is the product of two or more numbers in the table multiplied together. RULE.-Divide by one of those numbers first, and the quotient by the other, and the last quotient will be the answer. 3. When the divisor is large, and not a composite number, you may divide by the whole divisor at once, after manner of long division, as follows, viz. . . Examples of Weights, Measures, &c. 1. Divide 14 cwt. 1 qr.8 lb. of sugar equally among 8 men, C. gr. lb. oz. 8)14 1 8 0 2. Divide 6 T. 11 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lb. by 4. Ans. 1 T. 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 lb. 12 oz. 3. Diyide 14 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lb. by 5. Ans. 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 13 lb. 9 oz. 9 dr.+ 4. Divide 16th. 13 oz. 10 dr. by 6. Ans. 2 lb. 12 oz. 15 dr. 5. Divide 56 lb. 6 oz. 17 pwt. of silver into 9 equal parts. Ans. 3 lb. 3 oz. 8 pwt. 13 grs.+ 6. Divide 26 lb. 1 oz. 5 wt. by 24. Ans. 1 lb. 1 oz. 1 pwt. 1 gr. 7. Divide 9 hhds. 28 gals. 2 qts. by 12. Ans. Ohhd. 49 gals. 2 qts. 1 pt. 8. Divide 168 bu. 1 pk. 6 qts. by 35. Ans. 4 bu. 3 pks. 2 qts. 9. Divide 17 lea. 1 m. 4 fur. 21 po. by 21. Ans. 2 m. 4 fur. 1 po. 10. Divide 43 yds. 1 qr. 1 na. by 11. Ans. 3 yds. 3 qrs. 3 na. 11. Divide 97 E. E. 4 qrs. 1 na. by 5. Ans. 19 yds. 2 qrs. 3 na. + 12. Divide 4 gallons of brandy equally among 144 Ans. 1 gill apiece. soldiers. 13. Bought a dozen of silver spoons, which together weighed 3 lb. 2 oz. 13 pwt. 12 grs. how much silver did each spoon contain? Ans. 3 oz. 4 pwt. 11 gr. 19 lb. of sugar, and sold out 14. Bought 17 cwt. 3 qrs. one third of it; how much remains unsold? Ans. 11 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lb. 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 na. a tailor was ordered to make 9 soldiers' coats, which took one third of the whole piece; how many yards did each coat contain? Ans. 2 yds. 1 gr. 2na. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. 1. If 9 yards of cloth cost 41. 3s. 74d. what is that per yard? £ S. d. gr. 9)4 3 2 9 3 2 Answer. 2. If 11 tons of hay cost 237. Os. 2. what is that per Ans. £2 1s. 10d. tun? 3. If 12 gallons of brandy cost 4l. 15s. 6d. what is that per gallon? Ans. 7s. 11d. 2qrs. what is that Ans. 54d. 5. Bought 48 pairs of stockings for 11. 2s. how much a pair do they stand me in? Ans. 4s. 74d. 6. If a reckoning of 5l. 8s. 10d. be paid equally among 13 persons, what do they pay apiece? Ans. 8s. 44d. 7. A piece of cloth containing 24 yards, cost 181. 6s. what did it cost per yard? Ans. 15s. 3d. 8. If a hogshead of wine cost 337. 12s. what is it a gallon? Ans. 10s. Ed. 9. If 1 cwt. of sugar cost 31. 10s. what is it per pound ? Ans. 7d. 10. If a man spend 717. 14s. 6d. a year, what is that per calendar month? Ans. £5 19s. 6d. 11. The Prince of Wales' salary is 150,0007. a year, what is that a day? Ans. £410 19s. 2d. 12. A privateer takes a prize worth 12465 dollars, of which the owner takes one half, the officers one fourth, and the remainder is equally divided among the sailors, who are 125 in number; how much is each sailor's part? Ans. $24 93 cts. 13. Three merchants A, B, and C, have a ship in company. A hath, B, and C, and they receive for freight 2231. 16s. 8d. It is required to divide it among the owners according to their respective shares. Ans. A's share £143 0s. 5. B's share £57 4s. 2d C's share £28 12s. ld. H. A privateer having taken a prize worth $6350, it is |