1 17 11 10 6 3 loaves of Sugar, wt. 35lb. at 1s. 1d. per lb. What sum added to 177. 118. 84d. will make 100%.? 3. Borrowed 50l. 10s. paid again at ore time 17. 11s. 6d. and at another time, 97. 4s. 8d. at another time 177. 9s. Gd and at another time 19s. 6d. how much remains unpaid? Ans. £15 48 9zd. 4. Borrowed 1007. and paid in part as follows, viz. at one time 217. 18. 6d. at another time 197. 178. 44d. at another time 10 dollars at 6s. each, and at another time. two English guineas at 28s. each and two pistareens, at 144d. each; how inach remains due, or unpaid? Ans. £52 128. Sd. 5. A, B, and C, drew their prize money as follows, viz. A had 75%. 15s. 4d. B. had three times as much as A, lacking 158. 6d. and C, had just as much as A and B both; pray how much had Cì Ans. £302 5s. 10d. 6. I lent Peter Trusty 1000 dols. and afterwards lent him 26 dols. 45 cts. more. He has paid me at one time 361 dols. 40 cts. and at another time 416 dols. 09 cents, be sides a note which he gave me upon James Paywell, for 143 dols. 90 cts. ; how stands the balance between us ? Ans. The oalance is $105 06 cts. due to me. 7. Paid A B in full for E F's hill on me, for 1057. 10s. viz. I gave him Richard Drawers note for 15l. 14s. 9d. Peter Johnson's do for 301. Os. 6d. an order on Robert Dealer 11s. the rest I make n in cash. I want to know what sum will make up the deficiency? Ans. £20 38. 9d 8. A merchant had six debtors, who together, owed him 2917l. 10s. 6d. A, B, C, D, and E, owed him 1675l. 13s. 9d of it; what was F's debt? Ans. £1241 16s. 9d. 9. A merchant bought 17C. 2qrs 14lb. of sugar, of which he sells 9C. 3qrs. 25lb. how much of it remains unsold ? Ans. 7C. 2grs. 177b. 10. From a fashionable picce of cloth which contained 52yds. 2 na. a taylor was orde ed to take three suits, each 6yds. 2qrs. how much remains of the piece? Ans. 32yds. 2qrs. 2na. 11. The war between England and America commenced April 19, 1775, and a general peace took place January 20th, 1783; how long did the war continue ? Ans. 7yrs. 9mo. 1d COMPOUND MULTIPLICATION. COMPOUND Multiplication is when the Multiplicand consists of several denominations, &c. 1. To Multiply Federal Money. RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and place the separatrix as many figures from the right hand in the product, as it is in the multiplicand, or given sum. 8. There were forty-one men concerned in the payment of a sum of money, and each paid 3 dollars and 9 mills; how much was paid in all? Ans. $123 36cts. 9mills. 9. The number of inhabitants in the United States is five millions; now suppose each should pay the trifling sum of 5 cents a year, for the term of 12 years, towards a continental tax; how many dollars would raised thereby ? Ans. three millions Dollars. 2. To Multiply the denominations of Sterling Money, Weight, Measures, &c. RULE.* Write down the Multiplicand, and place the quantity underneath the least denomination, for the Multiplier, and in multiplying by it, observe the same rules for carrying from one denomination to another, as in compound Addition. INTRODUCTORY EXAMPLES. £. S. d. q. s. d. Multiply 1 11 6 2. by 5 How much is 3 times 11 9 * When accounts are kept in pounds, shillings and pence, this kind of multiplication is a concise and elegant method of finding the value of goods, at so much per yard, lb. &c. the general rule being to multiply the given price by the quantity. What cost nine yards of cloth at 5s. 6d. per yard ? Multiply by per bush. 1 1 0 12 bushels of apples, at 0 1 9 12 bushels of wheat, at O 9.10 per bush. 5 18 0 2. When the multiplier, that is, the quantity, is a composite number, and greater than 12, take any two such numbers as when multiplied together, will exactly produce the given quantity, and multiply first by one of those figares, and that product by the other; and the last product will be the answer. EXAMPLES. What cost 28 yards of cloth, at 6s. 10d. per yard ? £, s. d. |