Ans. SS413 Questions to Exercise Multiplication and Division. 1. What will 93 tons of hay come to, at 14 dollars a Ans. $136. ton ? 2. If it takes 320 rods to make a mile, and every rod contains 5 yards; how many yards are there in a mile ? 3. Sold a ship for 11516 dollars, and I what was my part of the money? 4. In 276 barrels of raisins, each 3 hundred weight? owned of her; Ans. 1760. cwt. how many Ans. $8637. Ans. 966 cwt. 5. In 36 pieces of cloth, each piece containing 24 yards; how many yards in the whole? Ans. 873 yds. 6. What is the product of 161 multiplied by itself? Ans. 25921. Ans. $41. 7. If a man spends 492 dollars a year, what is that per calendar month? 8. A privateer of 65 men took a prize, which being equally divided among them, amounted what is the value of the prize? to 119/. per man; make 225 ? Ans. £7735. 9 What number multiplied by 9, will Ans. 25. 10. The quotient of a certain number is 457, and the divisor 8; what is the dividend? Ans. 3656. 11. what cost 9 yds. of cloth, at Ss. per yard? Ans. 27s. 12. What cost 45 oxen, at8l. per head? Ans. £360. 1 lb. 13. What cost 144 lb. of Indigo, at 2 dols. 50 cts. or 250 cents per Ans. $360. 14. Write down four thousand six hundred and seventeen, multiply it by twelve, divide the product by nine, and add 365 to the quotient, then from that sum subtract five thousand five hundred and twenty-one, and the remainder will be just 1000. Try it and see. COMPOUND ADDITION, Is the adding of several numbers together, having af ferent denominations, but of the same generic kind, as pounds, shillings and pence, &c. Tons, hundreds, quarters, &c. RULE.* 1. Place the numbens so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other. 2. Add the first column or denomination together, as in whole numbers; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater; setting down the remainder under the column added, and carry the quotient to the next superior denomination, continuing the same to the last, which add, as in simple addition. 1. STERLING MONEY, Is the money of account in Great-Britain, and is reckoned in Pounds, Shillings, Pence and Farthings. See the Pence Tables. * The reason of this rule is evident: For, addition of this money, as 1 in the pence is equal to 4 in the farthings; 1 in the shillings, to 12 in the pence; and 1 in the pounds, to 20 in the shillings; therefore carrying as directed, is the arranging the money, arising from each column, properly in the scale of denominations; and this reasoning will hold good in the addition of compound numbers of any denomination whatever. 11. Find the amount of the following sums, viz. 421. 13s. 5d.-11. 10s.-47. 17s. 8d.-13l. Os. 7d.-19s. 41d.-271 and 15l. 6s, £ s. d. Ans. £. 115 7 0 12. Add 304l. 5s. and 0d.-34l. 19s. 7d-7l. 18s. 5d. -2471. Os. 11d.-19s. 6d. 1qr. and 451. together. Ans. £640 3s. 53d, 13. Find the sum total of 14l. 19s. 6d.-11l. 4s. 9d.25l. 10s.-4l. Os. 6d.-3l. 5s. 8d.-19s. 6d. and Os. 6d. Ans. £60 0s. 5d. 14. Find the amount of the following sums, viz. Forty pounds, nine shillings, Sixty-four pounds and nine pence, £. S. d. Ans. £. 2016 11 15. How much is the sum of Thirty-seven shillings and six pence, Ans. £. 10 0s. 101⁄2d. 16. Bought a quantity of goods for 125l. 10s. paid for truckage forty-five shillings, for freight seventy-nine shillings and six pence, for duties thirty-five shillings and ten pence, and my expences were fifty-three shillings and mine pence; what did the goods stand me in ? 17. Six men took a prize, and having divided it equally Ans. £. 136 4s. 1d. amongst them, each man shared two hundred and forty pounds, thirteen shillings and seven pence; how much money did the whole prize amount to? Ans. £. 1444 1s. 6d. |