EXAMPLES. 1. What will 4937 yards come to at 9d. per yard? Yards. 64937 32468 6 1234 3 203702 9 Ans. £185 29 d. CASE III. When the price is shillings, or shillings and pence, and an even part of a pound. RULE. Divide the given quantity by the even part, and the quotient is the answer in pounds. If there be a remainder, reduce it as in Compound Division. EXAMPLES. 1. At 6s. 8d. per yard, what will 473 yards come to ? 6s. 8d. | | 473 When the price is shillings, or shillings and pence, which make no even part of a pound. RULE. Find the even parts for the price, and divide as in Case III. or multiply the given quantity by the shillings, and take the even parts of shillings for the pence, as in Case II. EXAMPLES. 1. What cost 287 yards at 178. 6d. per yard? First method. Second method. 17 6 2009 35 17 6 When the price is an even number of shillings. RULE. Multiply the quantity by half the shillings, doubling the first (or right hand) figure of the product for shillings, the rest are pounds. EXAMPLES. 1. What will 788 yards come to, at 2 shillings per yard? When the quantity and price are both of several denomina tions. RULE. Multiply the price by the number in the highest denomination, and take parts of the price for the rest, and these added together will give the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. What will 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. of sugar come to, at £3 15 6 per cwt.? Ans. 25 19 02 2. What will 6 cwt. 2 qrs. 23 lbs. of lead come to, at $12 per cwt. $80,46,4 Ans. $80,46,4 3. How much will 16 cwt. 1 qr. 25 lbs. of potashes come to, at $82,50 per ton, or 2240 lbs. ? 82,50 Or 1845 lbs. NOTE. The answer may be found oy calculating it at $4,12 cts. per cwt. qual to $82,50 per ton. 4. How much will 4 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 22 lbs. of iron come to, at $212,50 per 2240 lbs. ? Ans. $1016,77,4. Ans. £37 13 61. $265,46. £166 9 62. 20 1 4. 228 37. $82,47,7. 443,43,7. £223 16 2. 45 10 6. 14. 37 tons, 14 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. of hemp at £89 6s. 8d. per ton. Ans. £3370 13 2. 15. 27 tons, 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 18 lbs. of hemp at £90 10s. Ans. £2520 0 5. per ton. 16. 24 tons, 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 18 lbs. of hemp at $289,50 per Ans. $7221,73. ton. 17. 31 tons, 16 cwt. of hemp at $268,75 per ton. Ans. $8546,25. 18. 19 tons, 14 cwt. 2 qrs. 12 lbs. of iron at $110 per ton. Ans. $2170,33,8. $14 per cwt. 19. 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 24lbs. of cordage at 21. What is the commission on £19 12 3, at 17 per cent.? 22. A debt of £153 17 9 was Ans. £3 8 728. discharged at 13s. 11ąd. per pound, how much was received for it? Ans. £107 11 23. 23. What will 19 tons, 19 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. come to at £9 19s. 11d. per ton? Ans. £399 19 51988. 16641 17920 TARE AND TRET. TARE and TRET are allowances made in selling goods by weight. Draft is an allowance on the gross weight, in favor of the buyer or importer; it is always deducted before the tare. Tare is an allowance made to the buyer for the weight of the hogshead, barrel, or bag, containing the commodity.* Gross weight is the whole weight of the goods, together with the hogshead, barrel, or bag, &c. that contains them. Suttle is when part of the allowance is deducted from the gross. Net weight is what remains after all allowances are made. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the net weight of 10 casks of alum, weighing gross 33 cwt. 2 qrs. 15 lbs., tare 15 lbs. per cask? 4 3 224 3. What is the net weight of 42 boxes of sugar, weighing gross 21588 lbs.-allowing 4 lbs. per box for draft, and 15 per cent. for tare? 21588 gross 42×4= 168 draft 21420 suttle 21420 15 107100 |