132. Add together 71, 43, and 5%. 133. What is the rate of taxation in a town where Mrs. S. pays a tax of $80 on an estate which the assessors value at $5000? 134. Twenty-five per cent of $24 is what per cent of $200 ? 135. What number is that of which exceeds 1 by 21? 136. Divide a dollar between Henry and Fred so that Henry shall have as many cents as Fred. 137. If a collector takes $16 for collecting $800, what per cent does he take? 138. A dealer bought 12 dozen eggs at $0.25 a dozen and sold them so as to gain 33%. How much did he gain? How much did he receive for them? 139. If a man earns $60 in 4 weeks, how much will he earn in a year? 140 James earns $12 a week, Frank $50 a month. What is the difference in their earnings for a year? 141. Five ninths of 72 are of twice the square of what number? 142. What is the value of a pile of wood 36 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet high, at $4 a cord? 143. Divide 48 into two such parts that the first to the second shall be as 3 to 5. 144. A man paid $25 for a harness, which was 12% of the cost of his horse. His carriage, robe, and whip cost as much as the horse and harness. What was the price of the entire outfit? 145. A dealer lost 10% of a cargo of fruit on account of poor packing, and 33% of the remainder decayed. He sold the balance for $6000. What would he have received for the entire cargo, in good order? 146. A dealer sold 5 tons of sugar at $0.041 a pound and lost 10%. What per cent would he gain by selling it at $0.06 a pound? How many dollars would he gain? 147. Find the interest at 6% of $420 for 3 months and 15 days. 148. Find the amount of $308 at 6% for 5 months. 149. Find the interest at 3% of $800 for 1 year and 8 months. 150. At 4% what is the amount of $222 for 9 months? 151. At 5% what is the amount of $600 for 2 years? 152. At 7% find the interest of $600 for 6 months. In some kinds of business a ton means 2240 pounds. This is called the long ton. Coal dealers buy by the long ton, and sell by the short NOTE. A degree of the circumference of the earth at the equator is 60 geographical miles (minutes), equal to about 691 common miles. The names of the months, called calendar months, and the number of days in each are: The number of days in each month may be easily remembered by committing the following lines : "Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; Except the second month alone, |