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Miscellaneous Examples.

1. At 4s. 3d. per bushel, what cost 3 bushels of

corn?

2. At 2s. 3d. per yard, what cost 4 yards of cloth? 3. What cost 7 lb. of coffee, at 1s. 6d. per lb. ? 4. What cost 3 gallons of wine, at 8s. 3d. per gal.? 5. What cost 4 quintals of fish, at 13s. 3d. per quintal?

6. What cost 5 cwt. of iron, at 1£. 9s. 4d. per cwt.? 7. What cost 6 cwt. of sugar, at 3£. 8s. 4d. per cwt.?

8. What cost 9 yds. of broadcloth, at 2£. 6s. Sd. per yard ?

9. How much sugar in 3 boxes, each box containing 14 lb. 7 oz. ?

10. At 3£. 9s. per cwt., what cost 7 cwt. of wool? 11. What is the value of 5 cwt. of raisins, at 2£. 1s. 8d. per cwt.?

12. How much wool in 3 packs, each pack weighing 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 13 lb.?

13. What is the weight of 5 casks of raisins, each cask weighing 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 lb. ?

14. What is the weight of 12 pockets of hops, each pocket weighing 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 İb.?

15. What is the weight of 16 pigs of lead, each pig weighing 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lb. ?

Note. Divide the multiplier into factors as in Art. IV.; that is, find the weight of 4 pigs and then of 16.

16. At 7s. 4d. per bushel, what cost 18 bushels of wheat?

17. What cost 21 cwt. of iron, at 1£. 6s. 8d. per cwt.?

18. What cost 28 lb. of tea, at 5s. 7d. per lb. ? 19. What cost 32 lb. of coffee, at 1s. 8d. per lb. ? 20. What cost 23 lb. of tea, at 4s. 3d. per lb. ?

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Note. Find the price of 21 lb. and then of 2 lb. and add them together, Art. IV.

21. What cost 26 yds. of cloth, at 8s. 9d. per yd.? 22. What cost 34 cwt. of rice, at 1£. Is. 8d. per cwt.?

23. If an ounce of silver cost 6s. 9d., what is that per lb. Troy? What would 2 lb. 7 oz. cost?

24. What is the value of 38 yds. of cloth, at 2£. 6s. 4d. per yd.?

25. A man bought a bushel of corn for 5s. 3d., and a bushel of wheat for 7s. 6d. ; what did the whole amount to?

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26. How much silver in 6 table spoons, each weighing 5 oz. 10 dwts. ?

27. A man bought two loads of hay, one weighing 18 cwt. 3 qrs., and the other 19 cwt. 1 qr.; how much in both?

28. A man bought one load of hay for 7£. 3s. and another for 6£. 8s. 4d. ; how much did he give for both? 29. A man bought 3 vessels of wine; the first contained 18 gallons; the second 15 gal. 3 qts.; and the third 17 gal. 2 qts. 1 pt. How much in the 3 vessels ?

30. A merchant bought 4 pieces of cloth. The first contained 18 yds. 3 qrs.; the second 23 yds. 1 qr. 3 nls.; the third 25 yds. ; and the fourth 16 yds. 2 qrs. 2 nls. How many yards in the whole ?

31. A man bought 3 bu. 2 pks. of wheat at one time; 18 bu. 3 pks. at another time; 9 bu. 1 pk. 5 qts. at a third; and 16 bu. O pk. 7 qts. at a fourth. How many bushels did he buy in the whole?

32. A man bought a cask of raisins for 1£. 18s. 4d.; 1 lb. of coffee for Is. 6d. ; 1 cwt. of cocoa for 3£. 17s. ; 1 keg of molasses for 13s. 7d.; 1 box of lemons for 1£. 3s.; 1 bushel of corn for 4s. 3d. How much did the whole amount to?

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33. A man bought 4 bales of cotton. tained 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 16 lb.; the second 3 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lb. ; the third 5 cwt. 0 qr. 23 lb.; and the fourth 4 cwt. 3 qrs. What was the weight of the whole?

34. A merchant bought a piece of cloth, containing 19 yds. 3 qrs., and sold 4 yds. 1 qr. of it; how much had he left?

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35. A grocer drew out of a hhd. of wine 17 gal. 3 qts.; how much remained in the hogshead?

36. A bought of B a bushel of wheat for 7s. 6d. He gave him 1 bushel of corn worth 5s. 3d. and paid the rest in money. How much money did he pay?

37. C bought of B a bale of cotton for 18£. 4s. and B bought of C 4 barrels of flour for 9£. 3s. C paid B the rest in money. How much money did he pay? 38. If from a piece of cloth, containing 9 yds. you cut off 1 yd. 1 qr., how much will there be left?

39. If from a piece of cloth, containing 18 yds. 1 qr. you cut off 3 yds. 3 qrs., how much will be left ?

40. If from a box of butter, containing 15 lb. there be taken 6 lb. 3 oz., how much will be left?

41. A man sold a box of butter for 17s. 4d., and in pay received 7 lb. of sugar, worth 9d. 2qr. per lb. and the rest in money. How much money did he receive?

42. A countryman sold a load of wood for 2£. 8s. and received in pay 3 gal. of molasses at 2s. 8d. per gal., 8 lb. of raisins at 10d. per lb., 1 gal. of wine at 11s. 3d. and the rest in money. How much money did he receive?

43. A smith bought 17 cwt. 3 qrs. of iron, and after having wrought a few days, wishing to know how much of it he had wrought, he weighed what he had left, and found he had 8 cwt. 1 qr. 13 lb. How much had he

wrought?

44. A merchant bought 110 bars of iron, weighing 53 cwt. 1 qr. 11 lb., of which he sold 19 bars, weighing 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 15 lb. How much had he left?

45. A merchant bought 17 cwt. 2 qrs. 1 lb. of sugar, and sold 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 17 lb. How much remains unsold?

46. From a piece of cloth, which contained 43 yds. 1 qr., a tailor cut 3 suits, containing 6 yds. 2 qrs. 2 nls. each. How much cloth was there left?

47. The revolutionary war between England and America commenced April 19th, 1775, and a general peace took Jan. 20th, 1783. How long did the war continue?

48. The war between England and the United States commenced June 18th, 1812, and continued 2 years 8 months 18 days. When was peace concluded?

49. The transit of Venus (that is, Venus appeared to pass over the sun) A. D. 1769, took place at Greenwich, Eng. June 4th, 5 h. 20 min. 50 sec. morn. Owing to the difference of longitude between London and Boston it would take place 4 hours 44 min. 16 sec. earlier by Boston time. At what time did it take place at Boston?

X. 1.* If 1 yard of cloth is worth 2 dollars, what is of a yard worth?

2. What is of 2 dollars?

3. If 2 dollars will buy 1 lb. of indigo, how much will 1 dollar buy? How much will 3 dollars buy? How much will 7 dollars buy? How much will 23 dollars buy? How much will 125 dollars buy ?

4. At 3 shillings per bushel, what will of a bushel of corn cost? What will of a bushel cost?

5. At 3 dollars a barrel, what part of a barrel of cider will 1 dollar buy? What part of a barrel will 2 dollars buy? How much will 4 dollars buy? How much will 5 dollars buy? How much will 8 dollars buy? How much will 28 dollars buy?

6. At 3 dollars a box, how many boxes of raisins may be bought for 125 dollars?

7. How many bottles, holding 3 pints each, may be filled with 85 gallons of cider?

8. At 4 dollars a yard, how much will of a yard of cloth cost? How much will of a yard cost? How much will of a yard cost?

9. At 4 dollars a box, what part of a box of oranges may be bought for 1 dollar? What part for 2 dollars? What part for 3 dollars? How many boxes may be bought for 5 dollars? How many for 19 dollars?

10. At 4 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of rye flour may be bought for 327 dollars?

*See First Lessons, sect. III. art. B.

11. At 5 dollars a cord, what will of a cord of wood cost? What will cost? What will cost? What will cost? What cost? What will cost?

12. At 5 dollars a week, what part of a week's board can I have for 1 dollar? What part for 2 dollars? What part for 3 dollars? What part for 4 dollars? How long can I be boarded for 7 dollars? How long for 18 dollars? How long for 39 dollars?

13. At 5 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of fish may be bought for $453?

14. If a firkin of butter cost 6 dollars, how much will of a firkin cost? How much will cost? How much will cost? How much will cost? How much will

cost?

15. At 6 dollars a ream, what part of a ream of paper may be bought for 1 dollar? What part for 2 dollars? What part for 5 dollars? How many reams may be bought for 17 dollars? How many will 56 dollars buy? 16. At 6 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of flour may be bought for 437 dollars?

17. If a stage runs at the rate of 7 miles in an hour, in what part of an hour will it run 1 mile? In what part of an hour will it run 3 miles? In what part of an hour will it run 5 miles? In what time will it run 17 miles? In what time will it run 59 miles? In what time will it run from Boston to New York, it being 250 miles?

18. At 8 dollars a chaldron, how many chaldrons of coals may be bought for 75 dollars?

19. At 5 dollars ream, how many reams of paper may be bought for 253 dollars?

20. At 7 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of flour may be bought for 2,434 dollars?

21. At 9 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of beef may be bought for 3,827 dollars?

22. At 8 dollars a cord, how many cords of wood may be bought for 853 dollars?

23. At 17 cents per lb., how many pounds of chocolate may be bought for $1.00? How many lb. for $2.00? How many lb. for $8.87 ?

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