4. If of a yard cost of a pound, what will of an 5. If of a yard cost of a pound, what will of an English ell cost? 375) 12500(-333, &c. 6s. 8d. the answer, 1125 1250 1125 1250 1125 125 6. What is the value of a cwt. of sugar at 54d. per lb. ? Ans. 21. 11s. 4d. 7. What is the value of a chaldron of coals at 1id. per bushel ? Ans. 11. 14s. 6d. 8. What is the value of a pipe of wine at 101d. per pint? Ans. 441. 2s. 9. At 31. 9s. per cwt. what is the value of a pack of wool, Ans. 91. 6d. 12 weighing 2cwt. 2qrs. 13lb. 10. What is the value of 1cwt. of coffee at 51d. per ounce ? Ans. 61l. 12s. 11. Bought 3 casks of raisins, each weighing 2cwt. 2qrs. 251b. what will they come to at 21. 1s. 8d. per cwt. ? Ans. 171. 4 d. 11%. 32 12. What is the value of 2qrs. 1nl. of velvet at 19s. & d. per English ell? Ans. 8s. 101d. 13. 4 13. Bought 12 pockets of hops, each weighing 1cwt. 2qrs. 17lb.; what do they come to at 41. 1s. 4d. per cwt. ? Ans. 80l. 12s. 14d. 11. 96 14. What is the tax upon 7451. 14s. 8d. at 3s. 6d. in the Ans. 130k. 10s. Od. 1. pound? 48 15. If of a yard of velvet cost 7s. 3d. how many yards 1 can I buy for 13l. 15s. 6d. ? 16. If an ingot of gold, weighing 9lb. worth 4111. 12s. what is that per grain? Ans. 28 yards. 9oz. 12dwt. be Ans. 1 d. 17. How many quarters of corn can I buy for 140 dollars at 4s. per bushel? Ans. 26qrs. 2bu. 18. Bought 4 bales of cloth, each containing 6 pieces, and each piece 27 yards, at 16l. 4s. per piece; what is the value of the whole, and the rate per yard? Ans. 3881. 16s. at 12s. per yard. 19. If an ounce of silver be worth 5s. 6d. what is the price of a tankard, that weighs 1lb. 10oz. 10dwt. 4gr.? 20. What is the half year's rent of 547 acres of land at 15s. 6d. per acre ? Ans. 2111. 19s. 3d. 60 21. At 1.75D. per week, how many months' board can I have for 1001. ? Ans. 47m. 2w 126 22. Bought 1000 Flemish ells of cloth for 901. how must I sell it per ell in Boston to gain 101. by the whole?" Ans. 3s. 4d. 23. Suppose a gentleman's income is 1750 dollars a year, and he spends 19s. 7d. per day, one day with another, how much will he have saved at the year's end? Ans. 1671. 12s. 1d. 24. What is the value of 172 pigs of lead, each weighing 3cwt. 2qrs. 17 lb. at 81. 17s. 6d. per fother of 194cwt.? Ans. 2861. 4s. 44d. 25. The rents of a whole parish amount to 17501. and a rate is granted of 32l. 16s. 6d. what is that in the pound? Ans. 44d. 00 288.0 26. If keeping for my horse be 114d. per day, what will be the charge of 11 horses for the year? Ans. 1921. 7s. 81d. 27. A person breaking owes in all 14901. 5s. 10d. and has in money, goods, and recoverable debts, 7841. 17s. 4d. if these things be delivered to his creditors, what will they get in the pound? Ans. 10s. 6d. 1997 20993 28. What must 40s. pay toward a tax, when 6521. 13s. 4d, is assessed at 831. 12s. 4d.? Ans. 5s. 11d. 18879. 15376 29. Bought 3 tuns of oil for 1511. 14s. 85 gallons of which being damaged, I desire to know how I may sell the remainder per gallon, so as neither to gain nor lose by the bargain? Ans. 4s. 61d. T 25 30. What quantity of water must I add to a pipe of mountain wine, valued at 331. to reduce the first cost to 4s. 6d. per gallon? Ans. 20 gallons. 31. If 15 ells of stuff, yard wide, cost 37s. 6d. what will 40 ells of the same stuff cost, being yard wide? Ans. 61. 13s. 4d. 32. Shipped for Barbadoes 500 pairs of stockings at 3s. ed. per pair, and 1650 yards of baize at 1s. 3d. per yard, and have received in return 348 gallons of rum at 6s. 8d. per gallon, and 750lb. of indigo at 1s. 4d. per lb. what remains due upon my adventure? Ans. 241. 12s. 6d. 33. If 100 workmen can finish a piece of work in 12 days, how many are sufficient to do the same in 3 days? Ans. 400 men. 34. How many yards of matting, 2ft. 6in. broad, will cover a floor, that is 27ft. long, and 20ft. broad? Ans. 72 yards. 35. How many yards of cloth, 3qrs. wide, are equal in measure to 30 yards, 5qrs. wide? Ans. 50 yards. 36. A borrowed of his friend B 2501. for 7 months, promising to do him the like kindness; sometime after B had occasion for 3001. how long may he keep it to receive full amends for the favor? Ans. 5 months and 25 days. 37. If, when the price of a bushel of wheat is 6s. 3d. the penny loaf weigh 9oz. what ought it to weigh when wheat is at 8s. 21d. per bushel ? Ans. 6oz. 13dr. 38. If 4 cwt. may be carried 36 miles for 35 shillings, how many pounds can I have carried 20 miles for the same money? Ans. 907lb. 4 39. How many yards of canvass, that is ell wide, will line 20 yards of say, that is 3qrs. wide? Ans. 12yds. 40. If 30 men can perform a piece of work in 11 days, how many men will accomplish another piece of work, 4 times as big, in a fifth part of the time? Ans. 600. 41. A wall, that is to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days; how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same rate of working? Ans: 36. 42. If oz. cost 11. what will 1oz. cost? Ans. 11. 5s. 8d. 43. If of a ship cost 2731. 2s. 6d. what is of her T Ans. 2271. 12s. 1d. worth? 44. At 141. per cwt. what does 33lb. come to? Ans. 10 d. 45. If of a gallon cost §1. what will of a tun cost? Ans. 1401. 46. A person, having of a coal mine, sells of his share for 1711. what is the whole mine worth? Ans. 3801. 47. If, when the days are 13 hours long, a traveller perform his journey in 35 days; in how many days will he perform the same journey, when the days are 11% hours long? Ans. 40 days. 15 48. A regiment of soldiers, consisting of 976 men, are to be new clothed, each coat to contain 2 yards of cloth, that is 1gyd. wide, and to be lined with shalloon, yd. wide; how many yards of shalloon will line them? PRACTICE is a contraction of the Rule of Three, when the first term happens to be an unit, or one; and has its name from its daily use among merchants and tradesmen, being an easy and concise method of working most questions, that occur in trade and business. The method of proof is by the Rule of Three. An aliquot part of any number is such a part of it, as, being taken a certain number of times, exactly makes that number. |