NOTE. 2. If of a cord cost $17, will cost 2; and or 1 cord will cost 3 times $2, 3 cords? 5 cords? 8 cords? = of $17, $63. What cost 46. If 3 pounds of cheese cost 30 cents, what is 1 lb. worth? 3 lb. 5 lb.? MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES IN ALL THE PRECEDIng Rules. 45. 1. Multiply one thousand seven hundred and one,and five hundredths, by thirty thousand and four, and add to the product six thousand and one. 2. A borrowed $85.00. He has paid $30.12 at one time, $15.125 at another, and $18.875 at another. How much remains unpaid? How many pounds of butter, at 18 cents a pound, will it take to pay the balance? 3. A grocer buys 15 firkins of butter, each weighing 45 pounds, at 15 cents a pound. How much molasses will it take to pay for it at 24 cents a gallon? 4. A farmer sold 575 pounds of pork, at 6 cents a pound; 3 tons of hay, at $.75 a cwt.; 1 ton of carrots, for $12.00. He received in pay 2 barrels of flour, at $6.50; 50 pounds of salt fish, at 4 cents a pound; 25 pounds of sugar, at 5 cents a pound; 15 pounds of rice, at 4 cents a pound, and 24 yards of cotton cloth, at 74 cents a yard. How much was the bal ance? 5. What will 5 bu. 3 pk. 6 qt. of meal come to, at 2 cents per qt.? 6. A farmer sold a fat ox. The fore quarters weighed 341 pounds each; the hind quarters, 312 pounds each; the hide weighed 75 pounds; the tallow, 63 pounds. He had 5 cents a pound for the fore quarters, 64 cents a pound for the hind quarters, 8 cents a pound for the tallow, and 65 cents a pound for the hide. What did the ox come to? 7. A publisher is about printing a new edition of a book. It will take 12 reams of paper, each ream weighing 29 lb., at 11 cts. per lb.; he is to pay $1.50 per ream for printing, and 121 cts. a book for the binding. What will an edition of 1000 copies cost? How much for each book? In this and other questions in which the answer is in Federal Money, the pupil may get the answer to the nearest mill. 8. A merchant buys 50 barrels of flour for $257.00. what price must he sell it per barrel to gain $55.50 on the whole? At 9. A bankrupt settles with his creditors by paying .75 of his debt. How much will he pay a creditor to whom he owes $450.00? How much will the creditor lose? 10. A man labors 307 days in the year, earning each day $1.45. What will his year's wages amount to? He pays $65.00 a year for house rent; he burns 6 cords of wood, at $4.75 a cord, and pays $250.77 for other family expenses. How much does he save per annum? 11. A young man, when 17 years old, contracts a habit of smoking tobacco. If it costs him one cent a day, how much will it have cost him when he is 30 years old? If after that time it costs him 2 cents a day, how much will it have cost him for this article alone at the age of 50? 12. How much cloth, at 5s. per yard, can be bought for £3 15s.? 13. How much pork, at $0.075 a pound, can be bought for $75? How many barrels will it fill, if each barrel holds 200 lb. ? 14. How many dwt. of silver are there in 3 lb. 5 oz. 17 dwt.? How many spoons can be made of it, each spoon weighing 13 dwt.? 15. How many coats may be made of 53 yd. 3 qr. of cloth, allowing 2 yd. 1 qr. for each coat? 16. A man sold 110 gallons of molasses, at 284 cents a gallon, and received his pay in potatoes at 57 cents a bushel. How many bushels did he receive? 17. If 1 barrel, = 196 lb., of flour cost $5.88, what is it per lb.? How much are 5 lb. worth? 16 lb.? 25 lb.? 35 lb.? 18. If 15 lb. of beef are worth $1.05, how much are 12 lb. worth? 19. What will 3 cwt. 3 qr. 15 lb. of tea come to, at $0.375 a pound? 20. If 354 bushels of corn are worth $223.02, what are 17 bushels worth? 21. A farmer sold a grocer, to whom he owed $87.50, 25 bushels of barley, at 53 cents a bushel, 65 bushels of corn, at 65 cents a bushel, and paid the remainder in hay at $16 a How much hay did it take? ton. 22. A merchant imported 2 bales of broadcloth, each bale containing 195 yards. The cloth cost in London $3.75 a yard; he paid $6.00 for freight; the duties were $1.35 per " yard; other expenses were $5.50. cost him? How much per yard? How much did the cloth 23. For how much must he sell the whole to gain $100.00? At how much per yard? 24. Divide $350.54 among 5 men. Give the first $20.15; the second, three times as much as the first; the third, as much as the first and second; the fourth, as much as the first three, wanting 75 dollars. How much shall the fifth have? 25. If 25 barrels of flour, at $6.20 per barrel, are given for 28 cords of wood, what is the wood valued at a cord? 26. A grocer bought 150 lb. of butter for $25, and sold it for $27.25. How much did he gain on a pound? 27. If 457 lb. of cheese cost $36.00, at what price per lb. must it be sold to gain $5.25? 28. If 3 yards of cloth cost $13.50, how many yards can be bought for $67.50? 29. What will 7 shares of railroad stock cost, at $103.50 per share? 30. How many acres of land will pay for it, at $62.50 per acre? 31. If the interest of one dollar is $0.06 a year, how much is the interest of $40.00 for 1 year? For 2 years? For 3 years? 32. What would be the interest of $154.18 for 3 years? 33. A man owing $300, has paid .25 of his debt at one time, .35 at another, and .33 at another. How much does he still owe? 34. If 3 horses will eat 9 bu. 3 pks. of oats in 2 weeks, how many pecks will one horse consume? 6 horses ? 19 horses? How many bushels ? 35. If 1 oz. of silver is worth $1.10, what is that a dwt.? How much are 8 oz. 17 dwt. worth? 36. In £1024 15s. 7 d. how many farthings? 37. In 119892 farthings how many pounds? 38. How many pounds Troy in a million of grains? 39. In 484 lb. 11 oz. 19 dwt. 23 gr. how many grains? 40. In 24 tons 16 cwt. 2 qr. 15 lb. 9 oz. 14 dr. how many drams? 41. In 647895 drams how many oz.? pounds? 42. In 547968 inches how many yards? 43. In 287 sq. yards 8 sq. ft. 132 sq. in. how many sq. inches? 44. In 12345678 sq. inches how many sq. yards? 45. In one cubic yard how many cubic inches? (57.) 46. In 43765947 cubic inches how many cubic yards? 47. In one solar year, consisting of 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 57 seconds, how many seconds? 48. How many days from the 24th of May to the 24th of November? 49. How many days from the 25th of March to the 24th of June? 50. How many days from the 25th of December to the 25th of March in leap year? 51. The pressure of air upon a person of moderate size is said to be about 324000 pounds; how many tons of 2000 pounds each? BILLS. 46. A BILL is a paper given by the seller to the buyer, containing a statement of the article or articles sold, with their prices. Find the cost of each article in the following bills, and the amount of each bill: Mr. ABRAM WHITTEMORE, Lowell, Jan. 15, 1849. Bought of WILLIAM PRESCOTT, 19 yds. Black Silk, at $0.75, 0.121 per doz., |