PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.

1. Bought 12 barrels of flour for 78 dollars;

what was that à barrel? Ans. $6, 50. 2. If 26 gallons of molasses cost $11,44, what is that a gallon?

Ans. ,44 cents. 3. Bought 25 lbs. of coffee for 4 dollars; how much is that á pound?

Ans. ,16 cents.

4. If 112 lbs. of sugar cost $10,64, how much will 1 pound cost at that rate?

Ans. 9 cents. 5. If 18 gallons of brandy cost $42,75, what is that a gallon? Ans. $2,375, $2,37. 6. If a man's wages be $254,04 a year, what is that a calendar month? Ans. $21,17. 7. A prize of 1562 dollars 55 cents is to be divided equally among 125 sailors; what will each one receive?

Ans. $12,50+. 8. If a man's salary be 3650 dollars in a year, or 52 weeks, what is that a week? Ans. $70 19 cts. 2 m. 9. Bought 125 yards of cloth for $181,25; what did it cost a yard?

Ans. $1,45.

SUPPLEMENT TO MULTIPLICATION.

To multiply by a mixed number; that is, a whole number joined with a fraction, as 5, 61, 8, 73, &c.

RULE.

Multiply by the whole number, and take 1, 1, 1, †, &c., of the multiplicand, and add it to the product.

Note. To get of a number, divide by 4; 4, divide by 2 ; divide by 3;, divide by 5;, divide by 6. &c.

In the firs, we take 5 times

of 96. In the second place, we take of 5 times 96: either

of which methods may be practised.

5. Multiply 312 by 30. 6. Multiply 334 by 91. 7. Multiply 511 by 19. 8. Multiply 6597 by 51 9. Multiply 1825 by 71. 10. Multiply 3462 by 41.

EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.

1. What will 15 acres of land come acre ?

Ans. 9516.

Ans. 3117.

Ans. 9811.

Ans. 339273.

Ans. 130031.

Ans. 14425.

to, at $37,50 per Ans. $581,25. containing 3

2. In 36 barrels of beans, each barrel bushels, how many bushels ?

3. It takes 320 rods to make a mile, and 5 a rod; how many yards in a mile?

Ans. 126. yards to make Ans. 1760.

what

4. Sold a ship for $11341,52; I owned & of her; was my part of the money? Ans. $4253,07 cts. 5. What will 235 acres of land cost, at $48,50 per acre?

6. What will 156 pound? 7. What will 12

yard?

8. What cost 5 yard?

yards of satin, at 2 dollars 35 cts. per Ans. $12,531.

9. Bought 48 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 31 yards, at 37 cents per yard; what did the whole come to? Ans. $558.

A CONCISE METHOD

To find the cost of articles, when the price is an aliquot, or even part of a dollar, (usually called Practice.)

The aliquot part of any number is such a part of it, as being taken a certain number of times, exactly makes that number. Thus, 25 cts. is an aliquot, or even part of a dol lar, because 4 times 25 cents is just equal to 1 dollar.

A TABLE OF ALIQUOT, OR EVEN PARTS.

Divide the given quantity by the number of even parts in the price, which it takes to make 1 dollar.

Thus, if the price be 50 cents, divide bv 2; if 25 cents, or of a dollar, divide by 4, &c.

EXAMPLES.

1. What is the value of 14765 yards of cloth at 25 cents or of a dollar per yard?

4)14765,00 3691,25

25 cts. of a dollar, therefore we divide the number of yards by 4; and to the remainder we annex two ciphers and diAns. $3691,25.

vide again, which gives cents.

2. What will 4764 lbs. of butter come to, at 12 cents per pound? Ans. $595,50: 3. What cost 4680 bushels potatoes, at 25 cents per bushel ?

4. What cost 2460 bushels of rye at 50

5. What cost 9366 yards of cloth at 33 dollar per yard?

Ans. 1170. cents a bushel?

Ans. $1230. cents, or of a Ans. $3122. yards of ribbon Ans. $1627

6. At 163 cents a yard; what will 9762 come to ? 7. What cost 1768 yards, at $1,12 cts. a yard? Thus, 8)1768 cost at 1 dollar a yard.

Ans.

221=cost at 12 cts. or of a dollar a yard. $1989-cost at $1,12 cents a yard.

8. What is the value of 1245 bushels of wheat at $1,50 per bushel?

Ans. $1867,50.

9. What will 127lbs. of indigo come to, at $4,33 cents per pound? Ans. $550,33,3+

Questions.

1. How do you change dollars to

cents?

2. How do you change cents to dollars?

3. How are dollars reduced to mills? mills to dollars? cents to mills? mills to cents?

4. How do you multiply Federal Money?

5. How do you find the value of goods when the price of 1 yard, &c. is given in Federal Money?

7. How do you divide the denominations of Federal Money

7. How do you multiply by a mixed number?

8. By what number would you divide to get one half of any sum? to get one third? one fourth? one fifth? &c.

9. How do you find the cost of articles when the price is an aliquot or even part of a dollar?

10. What part of a dollar is 25 cents? is 50 cents? is 33 1-3 cents? is 16 2-3 cents? is 12 1-2 cents? is 6 1-4 cents? is 10 cents? is 20 cents? is 5 cents? is 81-3 cents? is 4 cents?

EXERCISES IN FEDERAL MONEY.

1. Bought a hogshead of molasses containing 65 gallons, at 27 cents per gallon; and 15 barrels of flour, at $6,50 per barrel: what did the whole amount to?

Ans. $115,05.

2. Bought 9 yards of broadcloth, at $5,43 per yard; 12 yards of linen, at 58 cents per yard; 23 yards cotton cloth, at 12 cents per yard; and a book for 68 cents; what did the whole amount to? Ans. $59,381.

3. Bought 3 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 650lbs. at 93 cents per pound; what did the whole cost?

Ans. $185,25.

4. A farmer sold 36 bushels of corn, at 75 cents a bushel; 25 bushels of rye, at 82 cents a bushel; and 145 bushels of potatoes, at 25 cents a bushel; and received $51,75 in part payment: how much remains due ? Ans. $32. 5. How many yards of cloth at $3 per yard, may be had for 136 bushels of wheat at $2 per bushel?

Ans. 90 yards.

Nov. 10, To 156 bushels corn, at $,75 per bushel,