EXAMPLES.

1. If 6 yards of cloth cost 9 dollars what will 20 yards

cost at the same rate?

Here 20 yards, which moves

the question, is the third term ; 6 yds. the same kind, is the first, and 9 dollars the second.

Yds. $

Yds.

6:9: 20

9

6)180

Ans. 20yds.

Ans. $9

4. If 3 cwt. of sugar cost 81. 8s. what will 11 cwt. 1qr.

24 lb. cost?

5. If one pair of stockings cost 4s.

dozen pair cost.

6. If 19 dozen pair of shoes cost 517. pair cost?

6d. what will 19
Ans. £51 6s.
6s. what will one
Ans. 4s. 6d.

7. At 101d. per pound, what is the value of a firkin of butter weight 56 pounds? Ans. £2 9s.

8. How much sugar can you buy for 231. 2s. at 9d. a pound? Ans. 5C. 2grs. 9. Bought 8 chests of sugar, each 9 cwt. 2qrs. what do they come to at 21. 5s. per cwt. ? Ans. £171. 10. If a man's wages be 75l. 10s. a year, what is that a calendar month? Ans. £6 5s. 10d. 11. If 4 tons of hay will keep 3 cattle over the winter; how many tuns will it take to keep 25 cattle the same time? Ans. 371 tuns. 12. If a man's yearly income be 2087. 18. what is that Ans. 11s. 4d. 373 grs.

a day? 13. If a man spend 3s. 4d. per day, how much is that a year? Ans. £60 16s. 8d. 14. Boarding at 12s. 6d. per week, how long will 327. Ans 1 year.

10s. last me?

15. A owes B 34757. but B compounds with him for 13s. 4d. on the pound; pray what must he receive for his debt? Ans. £2316 13s. 4d, 16. A goldsmith sold a tankard for 87. 12s. at 5s. 4d. per ounce, what was the weight of the tankard? Ans. 2lb 8oz. 5pwt. 17. If 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lb. of sugar cost 61. 1s. 8d. what cost 351 cwt.? Ans. £73. 18. Bought 10 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 92 yards, at 11s. 41 pence per yard; what did the whole Ans. £55 9s. Ozd.

come to ?

FEDERAL MONEY.

NOTE I. You must state the question, as taught in the Rules foregoing, and after reducing the first and third terms to the same name, &c. you may multiply and divide according to the rules in decimals; or by the rules for multiplying and dividing Federal Money.

EXAMPLES.

19. If 7 yds. of cloth cost 15 dollars 47 cents, what

will 12 yds. cost?

Yds. cts. yds.

7: 15,47: 12
12

7)185,64

Ans. 26,52=$26, 52cts.

But any sum in dollars and cents may be written down as a whole number, and expressed in its lowest denomination, as in the following example: (See reduction of Federal Money, page 67.)

20. What will 1 qr. 9 lb. sugar come to, at 6 dollars 45 cts. per cwt. ?

gr. lb.

1 9

28

37 lb

NOTE 2. When the first and third numbers are tederal money, you may annex ciphers, (if necessary) until you make their decimal places or figures at the right hand of the separatrix, equal: which will reduce them to a like denomination. Then you may multiply and divide, as in whole numbers, and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in the second, or middle term.

EXAMPLES.

21. If 3 dollars will buy 7 yards of cloth, how many yards can I buy for 120 dollars, 75 cents?

cts. yds. cts.

As 300: 7 :: 12075

$cts.

23. If a man lay out 121, 23 in merchandise, and thereby gains, 39 dollars, 51 cts. how much will he gain by laying out 12 dollars at the same rate?

Cents. Cents. Cents.

As 12123: 3951: : 1200

24. If the wages of 15 weeks come to 64 dols. 19 cts. what is a year's wages at that rate?

Ans. $222, 52cts. 5m. 25. A man bought sheep at 1 dol. 11cts. per head, to the amount of 51 dols. 6 cts. ; how many sheep did he buy? Ans. 46.

26. Bought 4 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 31 yards, at 16s. 6d. per yard, (New-England currency) what does the whole amount to in federal money ?

Ans. $341. 27. When a tun of wine cost 140 dollars, what cost a quart? Ans. 13cts. 8. 28. A merchant agreed with his debtor, that if he would pay him down 65 cents on a dollar, he would give him up a note of hand of 249 dollars, 88 cts. I demand what the debtor must pay for his note ?

Ans. $162 42cts. 2m. 29. If 12 horses eat up 30 bushels of oats in a week, how many bushels will serve 45 horses the same time? Ans. 112 bushels. 30. Bought a piece of cloth for $48 27 cts. at 1 dollar 19 cents per yard; how many yards did it contain ? Ans. 40yds. 2qrs.. 31. Bought 3 hhds. of sugar, each weighing 8 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lb. at 7 dollars, 26 cents per cwt. what come they to? Ans. $182 1ct. 8m.

32. What is the price of 4 pieces of cloth, the first piece containing 21, the second 23, the third 24, and the fourth 27 yards at 1 dollar 43 cents a yard?

Ans. $135 85cts. 21+23+24+27=95yds. 33. Bought 3 hhds. of brandy, containing 61, 62, 621 gallons at 1 dollar, 38 cts. per gallon, I demand how much they amount to ? Ans. $255 99cts.

34. Suppose a gentleman's income is 1836 dollars a year, and he spends 3 dollars 49 cents a day, one day with another, how much will he have saved at the year's end? Ans. $562, 15cts. 35. If my horse stand me in 20 cts. per day keeping, what will be the charge of 11 horses for the year, at that Ans. $800.

rate ?