7. 169 boxes of oranges at $6.71 per box? $1133.99 17 score penknives at 17 cts. each? & $57.80 96 yds. broad cloth at $5.75 per yard? $552.00 10. 421 bushels wheat at $1.35 per bushel? $568.35 11. Sold 6 bags of coffee per lb. as follows: 'Sums' in which there are Ciphers at the right hand of the Multiplier or Multiplicand. RULE. Cut off the ciphers and add them to the result when multiplied. Sums in which Ciphers are intermixed. RULE.-Skip one place for every cipher. 120013 No. 3 374957 No. 1 106 No. 2 No. 6 40085 No. 7 4240 3024 3109 Sums in which Ciphers are intermixed with the figures of the Multiplier. 1. A merchant bought 106 hhds. of wine at $204 per hhd. How many dollars did he pay for all? Sums in which the Multiplier is 10, 100, 1000, &c. 1. A merchant bought 76 barrels of flour at $10 per barrel. How many dollars did he pay for the whole? 1. If you pay $7 for a barrel of flour, how many dol lars must you pay for 125 barrels? 2. If you pay 8 cents for one lb. of cents must you pay for 375 pounds? Ans. $875.00 pork, how many Ans. $30.00 ་ 3. A merchant bought 225 lemons at 5 cents a piece, how many cents did he pay for the whole? Ans. $11.25 4. James has 125 nuts, and William has 5 times as many, how many nuts has William? Ans. 625 5. A merchant has 9 boxes of raisins, each containing 15 pounds, how many pounds do all the boxes contain? Ans. 135 lbs. 6. A farmer sold 428 pounds of cheese at 7 cents a pound, how many cents did he receive for the whole? Ans. $29.96 7. If you pay $7 for one yard of broad cloth, how many dollars must you pay for 6 yards? Ans. $42.00 8. If the wages of one man for a year be $132, what will the wages of 12 men be? Ans. $1584.00 9. There are 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week, how many hours in one week? Ans. 168 10. There are in a hhd. 63 gallons, how many gallons in 24 hogsheads? 11. To the Senate of the United States each of the 26 States, sends two members, how many members are there in the Senate of the United States? Ans. 1512 Ans. 52 12. If a steamboat run 15 miles in one hour, how miles can it run in 24 hours! many Ans. 360 Ans. 7300 13. In 20 years how many days, allowing a year to be 365 days? 14. What will 168 reams of medium paper come to at $4.25 per ream? Ans. $714.00 15. Bought 120 boxes of oranges at $5.35 per box. Ans. $642.00 16. 148 yds. broad cloth at $3.75 pr. yd. Ans. $555.00 17. 95 yds. cassinett at 621⁄2 cts. pr. yd. Ans. $59.371 18. 144 yds. of broad cloth at $3.95 pr. yd. $568.80 Bought of John Wilson, 19. James Young, |