1. What is the weight of 7 hhds. of sugar, each weighing 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lb. ? Ans. 69 cut. 2. What is the weight of 6 chests of tea, each weighing 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lb. ? Ans. 21cwt. 1gr. 26lb. 3. How much brandy in 9 casks, each containing 41 gals. 3 qts. 1 pt. ? Ans, 376gals. 3qts. 1pt. 4. In 35 pieces of cloth, each measuring 273 yards, how many yards? Ans. 971yds. 1qr. 5. In 9 fields, each containing 14 acres, 1 rood, and 25 poles, how many acres? Ans. 129a. 2qrs. 25 rods. 6. In 6 parcels of wood, each containing 5 cords and 96 feet, how many cords? ins. 34 cords. 7. A gentleman is possessed of 14 dozen of silver spoons, each weighing 2 oz. 15 pwt. 11 grs. 2 dozen of tea-spoons, each weighing 10 pwt. 14 grs. and 2 silver tankards, each 21 oz. 15 pwt. Pray what is the weight of the whole ? Ans. 8th. 10oz. 2pwl. Ogrs. W COMPOUND DIVISION, TEACHES to find how often one number is contained in another of different denominations. DIVISION OF FEDERAL MONEY. Any sum in Federal Money may be divided as a wnole number; for, if dollars and cents be written down as a simple number, the whole will be cents; and if the sum consists of dollars only, annex two ciphers to the dollars, and the whole will be cents; hence the following GENERAL RULE. Write down the given sum in cents, and divide as in whole numbers; the quotient will be the answer in cents. NOTE. If the cents in the given sum are less than 10, you must always place a ipher on their left, or in the ten's place of the cents, before you write them down. ་ EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 35 dollars 68 cents, by 41. 328 41)3568(87 the quotient in cents; and when there is any considerable remainder, you may annex a cipher to it, if you please, and divide it again, and you will have the mills, &c. 288 287 2 Divide 21 dollars, 5 cents, by 14. 14)2105(150 cents 1 dol. 50 cts. but to bring cents 14 70 70 into dollars, you need only point off two figures to the right hand for cents, and the rest will be dollars, &c. 5 3. Divide 4 dols. 9 cts. or 409 cts. by 6. 4. Divide 9 dols. 24 cts. by 12, Ans. 68 cts.-- 5. Divide 97 dols. 45 cts. by 85. Ans. $1 14cts. 6m. Ans. 198cts. Sm.=$1 98cts. 8m. 7. Divide 24 dols. 65 cts. by 248. 8. Divide 10 dols. or 1000 cts. by 25. `9. Divide 125 dols. by 500. 10. Divide 1 dollar into 33 equal parts. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. Ans. 40cts. Ans. 25cts. Ans. 3cts.+ 1. Bought 25 lb. of coffee for 5 dollars; what is tnat a pound? Ans. 20cts. 2. If 131 yards of Irish linen cost 49 dols. 78 cts. what is that per yard? Ans. 38cts. 3. If a cwt. of sugar cost 8 dols. 96 cts. what is that per pound? Ans. Scts. 4. If 140 reams of paper cost 329 dols. what is that per ream? 5. If a reckoning of 25 dols. 41 among 14 persons, what do they pay 6. If a man's wages are 235 dols. is that a calendar month? 7. The salary of the President of twenty-five thousand dollars a year; Ans. $2 35cts. cts. be paid equally a piece? Ans. $1 814cts. 80 cts. a year, what Ans. $19 65cts. the United States, is what is that a day? Ans.$68 49 cts. 2. To divide the denominations of Sterling Money Weights, Measures, &c. RULE. Begin with the highest denomination as in simple division; and if any thing remains, find how many of the next lower denomination this remainder is equal to; which add to the next denomination: then divide again, carrying the remainder, if any, as before; and so on till the whole is finished. PROOF-The same as in simple Division, 2. When the divisor exceeds 12, and is the product of two or more numbers in the table multiplied together. RULE. 1 Divide by one of those numbers first, and the quotient by the other, and the last quotient will be the answer. 3. When the divisor is large, and not a composite number, you may divide by the whole divisor at once, after manner of long division, as follows, viz. 34 pounds remaining. Multiply by 20 and add in the 13s. produces 693 shillings, which divided by 47, gives [14s. in the quotient. 47 223 188 35 shillings remaining. Multiply by 12 and add in the 3d. produces 423 pence, wihch divided as above, gives d. [9d. in the quotient. 243 |