PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.

1. Reduce £3 9s. 11d. 3 far. to farthings. 2. Reduce £12 15s. 8d. to pence.

3. Reduce £ Os. 2d. to pence.

4. Reduce 2354 farthings to the higher denominations. 5. Reduce 543 pence to the higher denominations. 6. Reduce 731 shillings to the higher denominations. 7. Reduce 3 T. 6 cwt. 2.qr. 12 lb. 6 oz. and 9 dr. to drams.

8. Reduce 672432 drams to the higher denominations. 9. Reduce 5 lb. 8 oz. 9 pwt. 15 gr. to grains.

10. Reduce 64324 grains Troy to the higher denominations.

11. Reduce 2 lb. 63 43 20 10 gr. to grains.

12. Reduce 6742 gr., Apothecaries weight, to the higher denominations.

13. Reduce 3 lea. 2 mi. 5 fur. 24 rods 2 yd. 1 ft. 6 in. to inches.

14. Reduce 802456 inches to the higher denominations.

15. Reduce 4 yards 3 qrs. 2 na. and 2 inches to inches.. 16. Reduce 5 ells Flemish to inches.

17. Reduce 4 ells English to inches. 18. Reduce 3 ells French to inches.

19. Reduce 4 sq. rods 8 sq. yd. 105 sq. ft. and 112 sq. in. to square inches.

20. Reduce 3 cu. yd. 12 cu. ft. and 1236 cu. in. to cubic inches.

21. A pile of wood is 16 ft. long, 4 ft. high, and the length of the wood is 4 feet. How many cords of wood?

16 × 4×4 8x4x4

22. Reduce 25 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. and 3 gills to gills.

23. Reduce 9 bu. 3 pk. 4 qt. 1 pt. to pints.

24. How many years, months, and days, from April 15th, 1842, to June 20th, 1850?

25. How many years, months, and days, from October 25th, 1845, to August 18th, 1850?

REM.-In this question, instead of using the eighth and tenth months, some authors prefer calling them 7 months and 9 months; but if there is an inaccuracy in the months, there is also in the years; hence if we read the above thus: The one thousand eight hundred and fiftieth year, the 8th month and 18th day, there is no inaccuracy.

In computations of time we always take 30 days as a month.

26. The difference in time of two places is 2 hr. 2 min. and 2 sec.; what is the difference in longitude?

Ans. Thirty degrees, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds.

27. If the difference of longitude of two places is 15°, the difference of time will be one hour; the eastern place will have the latest time. If the difference in longitude is 16° 24' 30", what is the difference in time? 15 ) 16° 24′ 30′′ ( 1 hr. 5 min. 38 sec.

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29. Multiply 576 by 25 == 14400. Take of the

37. Multiply 576 by .62576×5÷8=360. 38. Multiply 576 by .87 576 x 7÷8 = 504.

39. What cost 342 yds. muslin at 8) 342

12 cts. per yard?

$428=$424.

40. What cost 342 yds. linen at 37 cts. per yard? Multiply by 3 = $128.

41. What cost 342 yds. linen at 62 cts. per yard? Multiply by 5 = $2134.

42. What cost 342 yds. linen at 87 cts. per yard? Multiply by 7 = $2991.

43. What cost 548 yds. muslin at 16 cts.

per yard?

44. What cost 345 yds. muslin at 20 cts. per yard?

45. What cost 469 yds. linen at 331 cts. per yard?

6) 548

$914

5) 345

$69

3) 469

$1561

46. What cost 469 yds. linen at 66 cts. per yard? Multiply by 2 = $312.

47. What cost 500 yds. linen at 25 cts. per yard? 5004 $125.

48. What cost 500 yds. linen at 75 cts. per yard? Multiply by 3 = $375.

49. What cost 500 yds. linen at 50 cts. per yard? 5002 $250.

50. Bought 648 yards muslin at 124 cts. a yard, and sold it at 16 cts. per yard. What was the profit?

51. Bought 500 yds. cloth at 20 cts., and sold it at

52. Bought 480 yds. cloth at 66 cts., and sold it at 87 cts.; what was the profit?

53. Bought 480 yds. at 37 cts., and sold it for 50 cts. per yard; what was the profit ?

54. Bought 600 yds. cloth at $1 per yard, and sold it for $1.25 per yard; what was the profit?

55. How many yards of cloth, at 12 cts. per yard, can be bought for $240 ? 8 yds. can be bought for every dollar.

57. Sold 500 barrels flour at $6.62 per barrel, and invested the proceeds in different kinds of dry goods, averaging 87 cts. per yard. What were the proceeds of the flour, and how many yards of goods did I get?