7. 237 houses.
8. A man's share = £66,

os. 41d., a woman's
share = £33, os. 2 d.,
a child's share = £11,

os. Ofd.
9. 16s.
10. 120 lbs.
11. £11, 45

12. 6 lbs. 13. 2764 lbs. 14. 402 score. 15. £6, os. 5d. remaining. 16. 2693, 25. rod. 17. 2524, 125. icd. 18. 4,6775 yards. 19. £99, 9s. 8d. 20. £2, 8s. 4 d.

REDUCTION

(a) Money. 1. £15,628, 4s. 61d.

7. 65,265 halfpence. 2. 1,167 guineas 135 1}d. 8. 90 guineas nos. ; 2,814 3. 1,120 half-guineas.

half-crowns. 4. 32,632 halfpence.

9. 1,250 crowns 2s. ; 27,750 5. 1,250 times.

fourpenny pieces. 6. £7,947, 25. 10d.

(6) Weights and Measures. 1. 208,080 ounces.

9. 32 days. 2. 17 miles 20 po.

10. Ill times. 3. 1,725,708 drams.

11. 320 times. 4. 7 cub. yds. 3 ft. 124 in. 12. 192 times. 5. 7 miles 5 fur. 16 po.

13. 8 min. 14 sec., and 152,000 6. 24 hrs. 9 min.

miles over. 7. 9 years 131 days 18 hrs. 14. 72 shirts. 12 min. 54 sec.

15. 18,720 times. 8. 2,830 times, and 750 min. 16. 94,902,500 miles.

over.

COMPOUND RULES (Weights and Measures).

Subtraction. 1

5 ac. 17 po. 141 yds. | 2. 15 lbs. 10 oz. 7 drs. 12 grs.

3 oz.

45 min.

Multiplication. 1. 6 miles 6 fur. 10 po.

9. 5 tons 3 qrs. 24

Ibs. 2. 1,512 cub. yds. 25 ft. 10. 2,117 hhds. 57 gals. 3 qts. 696 in.

11. 9 years 86 days 3 hrs. 3. 2 tons 9 cwt. 1 lb. 8 oz. 8 drs.

12. 2,422 ac, 12 po. 4. 2,491 years 247 days 2 13. 1,625 yards.

hrs. 16 min. 48 sec. 14. 202 miles. 5. 1 year 323 days 6 hrs. 40 15. 151 tons i cwt. 2 qrs. 22 min.

lbs. 6. 585 leagues i mile 6 fur. 16. 1,008 yards.

17. 151 tons i cwt. 2 qrs. 22 7. 461 miles 12 po.

lbs. 8. 1,493 cub. yds. Il ft. 18. i ton 19 cwt. 2 qrs. 23

lbs. 8 oz.

1,332 in.

Miscellaneous Exercises on the Compound Rules

(Weights and Measures). 1. 6 lbs. 6 oz., and 392 oz. 5. 140 plots.

6. 14 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. 2. 41 lbs. 6 oz. 11 dwts. 7. 94 miles 2 fur. 3. 94 qrs. 6 bus. 3 pks. 8. 83 miles 7 fur. 4. 100 yards 3 qrs.; 207 yards 9. 14,08oyards ; 640 chains; I qr.

8 miles.

Over.

EXERCISES INVOLVING REDUCTION AND THE

COMPOUND RULES (Money). 1. £15, 16s. 44 .

3. £22, 18s. 8 d. 2. £41, 7s.6d.

Weights and Measures. 1. 493 yards.

5. 16 cub. yds. 8 ft. 1127 in. 2 97 packages.

6. 428,640 grains. 3. 92 miles 16 yds. 2 ft. 10 in. 7. 9 drams, and 448 drams 4 47 tons 12 cwt. 26 lbs. 11 02.

over.

S.

1

I

12

157 16

2.

21.

II

94.

I

515 18

PRACTICE (Simple).
£
d.

£

d. 59 9 6; 19.

4,713

63. 52 3;

20.

1,919 5 5; 9.

636 lbs. 10 OZ. 3 dwts. 18 grs. 40,628 19

2,637 15

of
13,927 10.

2,577 13 44
6,399 9
Difference=60

8.
5.
4,834 11 54. 22. 13,266,763 18
6,963 15 11.
23. 1,981

1
3,150 17 34. 24.

186
5 37

. 14:514 O 49.

7

7. 12,886 8 10.

26.

11,342 13 5.8; 904,209 4

5,498

9 10} 26,027 12

27.

1,895 8 it 928 9 5.

4,020 7

6 960 7.

18,324 39

Total 434,298 10 is.

cost

= 24,239 15 II.
1,810 6 7.
2,173 I 9.

IO

25.

2 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 13. 14 15. 16. 17. 18.

53

15.

1.

5. 6.

2

34. 35. 36. 37.

2

18

38.

39,

14.
15.
16. (a)

(6)
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28. (a)

(6) 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

£ S. d. 108 Іо 7.1. 178 4 42

12 7.
27

19
34 13 0.
356,992 4

44.

41 847 17

818 I 2 34 Lest, 29

5 23. 419 27 215

16 89 I 2 15_114 ! 228 I 2 8.

40.

£ S. d.
534 O
27

17 I.
I 21 3 21
130
2,879 7 6.

25 15
496 4 61.

2 I 2 7.
104 3 54
539 5 114
912 · 15

IO.
19 16 87
16 II
2

15 114
534

14 II2

6. 522 JO 0. 180 II 2.

43 2 71 3,625 II 3. II

4 21. 737

6

I 1,051 5 II

641 16 1.

17

114

41.

17

Total cost

Gain,

9... 46.

5 · 7

od 47. 33 yds. 2 qrs. 48. £30, 135. old. 49. 313 ac. i ro. 18 po.

195. id.

PROPORTION (Simple). 1. £126, 19. 8 d.

11. £484, 7s.6d.; £183, 2. £.960. 3. £618.

12. 41d. 09. 4. £79, IS. 7d.

13. £3, 195. 5d. 5. Is. 3id. ; 45. 92d.

14. 85.43d. 6. 45. 6d.

15. 2 weeks. 7. 4 tons 2 cwt. 241 lbs. 16. £,499, 198. 5 d. 8.

17. £ 105, 4s. 7d. 9. £6, 16s. 2d.

18. £158, 8s. gd. 10. £2, 18s. old.

19. £23, 6s. 8d.

35. 8d.

20. £1, is. 8d.

49. 35. 7 d. 21. 2 tons 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. 50. id. 22. £3.

51. 242 potatoes. 23. 19 ac. 2 ro.

52. £199, 45. 34d. 24. £247, 8s. 5 d.

53. £308. 25. £22, iis. 11d.

54. is. 5 d. ; is. 9d. 26. 105 days.

55. 1,275 quarters. 27. £1,769, 145. 9}d.

56. 6 minutes. 28. £100, 5S. 4}d.

57. £243, IIS. 6d. 29. 2452,250, 125. 9£d. 58. 6 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. 30. £256.

59. 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 31. 22} days.

60. £8, 14s. 11 d. 2239. 32. £.243, 11s. 6d.

61. 6431 miles. 33. £126.

62. £79, 1os. 34. 1215 yards.

63. 170 gallons. 35. 3> days.

64. 7 weeks 1 day. 36. gs. 5d.

65. 210. 37. 26 pilchards; 234 pil

66. 450. chards.

67. £1,600. 38. £79, os. 7d.

68. £200. 39. £249, 6s. 4}d.

69. £,400. 40. 10 aC. 2 ro.

70. £1,250. 41. 2! Ibs.

71. £ 1,001. 42. £1,674, 4s.

72. 35. 4d. 43. 21, 12.; 625 apples. 73. 28 tailors. 44. £360; 63 loads.

74. 66 days. 45. £139, 16. 101d.; 32 75. 22 minutes to four on poles.

Sunday morning. 46. Tower 28 yards, and flag- 76. Three o'clock on Saturstaff 7 yards.

day afternoon. 47. £425, 125. 10 d.

77. 16 men. 48. 5 tons.

78. 32 snipes. PROPORTION (Compound). 1. 374 days.

7. 3 tons 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. 2. 2423days.

8. 42 men. 3. 3 qrs. 131 lbs.

9. £244, 16s. 4. 2 guineas.

10. 37,500 flagstones. 5. £3, 73. 8.1d.

11. £54, 125. 9 d. 6. 8d.

12. £i.