7. Add £35 12s. 2d.; £66 13s.; £352 17s.; and £2 19s. 21d. 8. Add £145; £72 Os. 8d; £15 9s. 84d, 18s. 5; and £43 2s. 3ąd.

11. Add 2lb. 11oz. 10dwt. 2gr.; 15lb. 10oz. 2dwt.; and 145lb.. 2oz. 2dwt.

12. Add 14lb. 3oz. ; 3lb. Ooz. 13dwt.; 16lb. 5oz. 14dwt.; and 25lb. 6oz.

15. Add 30 tons, 2 hundred weight, 2 quarters; 13 tons, 2 quarters; and 3 tons, 15 hundred weight.

16. Add 13 hundred weight, 3 quarters, 27 pounds; 17 hundred weight, 10 pounds; and 1 hundred weight, 15 pounds.

19. Add 11 pounds, 7 drams, I scruple; 15 pounds, 10 ounces, 2 drams; 4 pounds, 4 ounces; and 46 pounds, 2 scruples. 20. Add 15 pounds, 9 ounces; 1 pound, 12 grains; 8 ounces 7 drams, 2 scruples; and 4 drams 12 grains.

24. Add 15 yards, 3 quarters. 2 nails; 45 yards, 2 quarters;

yard. 3 nails; and 125 yards.

25. Add 14 English ells, 3 quarters; 25 English ells, 2 quar ters, 3 nails; and 3 quarters, 1 nail.

28. Add 13 lengues, 2 miles, 6 furlongs; 4 leagues, 4 furlongs,. 32 poles; 1 league, 2 miles, 18 poles; and 20 leagues. 29. Add 2 yards, 1 foot, 9 inches; 1 yard, 11 inches; 1 foot, 6 inches; and 10 yards 5 inches.

32. Add 125 acres, 3 roods; 401 acres, 2 roods, 28 perches 56 acres, 20 perches; 540 acres.

33. Add 15 yards, 6 feet; 2 yards, 7 feet; 16 yards, 2 feet, and 28 yards.

36. Add 36 tons, 45 feet; 36 feet; 1 foot, 1641 inches; and 32 feet, 945 inches.

37. Add 75 cords, 94 feet, 1172 inches; 364 cords, 74 feet, 246 inches; 49 feet, 812 inches; and 113 cords.

40. Add 11 tuns, 3 hogsheads, 16 gallons; 4 tuns, 2 hogsheads,

9 gallons; 2 hogsheads, 40 gallons; and 14 tuns.

41. Add 14 gallons, 3 quarts, 1 pint; 25 gallons, 2 quarts; 2 gallons, 1 pint; and 23 gallons.

44. Add 116 bushels, 3 pecks, 6 quarts; 341 bushels, 1 peck; 40 bushels, 6 quarts; and 375 bushels.

45. Add 3 bushels, 3 pecks, 4 quarts, 1 pint; 6 bushels, 1 peck, 2 quarts; and 1 peck, 5 quarts, 1 pint.

48. Add 20 years, 4 months; 45 years, 6 months; 81 years,

10 months; 16 years; and 100 years.

49. Add 6 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours, 45 minutes; 3 weeks, 4 days, 20 hours; 3 days, 18 hours, 14 minutes; and 8 hours.

52. Bought a Geography for 8s. 6d.; an English Reader for 6s. 8d.; an Arithmetic for 4s. 6d. ; a slate for 2s. 6d. ; and a penknife for 3s. 6d.; what do they all come to? Ans. £1 5s. 9d. 53. Bought, of a silversmith, dishes, weighing 16lb. 10oz. 13dwt.; plates, weighing 35lb. 10 oz. 11dwt.; and tea-spoons, 2lb. 10oz.; what was the weight of the whole?

Ans. 55lb. 7oz. 4dwt.

54. Bought 3 hogsheads of sugar, weighing as follows; viz. No. 1, 9cwt. 2qr. 18lb.; No. 2, 8cwt. 3qr. 12lb.; No. 3, 7cwt. 2qr. 19lb; how much is the amount? Ans. 26cwt. Oqr. 21lb.

55. Admit a man travelled in one day, 27 miles 2 furlongs; in another 32 miles 7 furlongs, 33 perches; in another 19 miles, 7 furlongs, 16 perches; and in another 12 miles, 5 furlongs; how far did he travel in all? Ans. 92m. 6fur. 9 perches.

56. A landlord has 4 farms; the first contains 120 acres, 3 roods; the second, 150 acres; the third 215 acres, 1 rood; and the fourth 96 acres, 2 roods, 20 perches; how many acres are there in all ? Ans. 582A. 2R. 20P.

57. A person was born in New-York; he lived in that place until he was 18 years and three weeks old; he then went to New-Haven, spending 2 days on the road; he resided there 3 years and 6 months; and then moved to Hartford, he was but 1 day on the road; he remained in Hartford 1 year 2 months and 3 weeks; and then moved to Albany, being 5 days in travelling thither; he has been in Albany 12 years and six days; what will be his age in 2 weeks from this time? Ans. 34y. 10m 2w.

COMPOUND SUBTRACTION.

Compound Subtraction teaches to take one quantity of several denominations from a greater of like quality.

RULE.

1. Place the less quantity under the greater, with similar de. nominations under each other.

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