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2. In 246 oz. how many pwts. and grains ?* Ans. 4920pwt. 118080grs.

Ans. 8

3. Bring 46080 grs. into pounds. 4. In 97397 grains of gold how many pounds? Ans. 16lb. 10oz. 18pwt. 5grs. 5. In 15 ingots of gold, each weighing 9 oz. 5 pwt. how many grains? Ans. 66600

6. In 4 lb. 1 oz. 1 pwt. of silver, how many table spoons, weighing 23 pwt each, and tea-spoons, 4 pwt. 6 grs. each, can be made, and an equal number of each

sort ?

23pot.+4pwt. 6grs. 654grs. the divisor and 4lb. 1oz. 1pwt. 23544grs. the dividend. Therefore 23544 654-36 Answer.

3. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

La 89 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lb. 12 oz. how many ounces ?

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$59 quarters.

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2. In 19 lb. 14 oz. 11 dr. how many drams?

3. In 1 ton how many drams?

Ans. 5099. Ans. 573440.

4. In 24 tons, 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 17 lb. 5 oz. how many ounces ?

5. Bring 5099 drams into pounds.

Ans. 892245.

Ans. 19lb. 14oz. 11dr.
Ans. 1.

6. Bring 573440 drams into tons.

7. Bring 892245 ounces into tons.

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Ans. 15084.

Ans. 24 tons, 17cwt. 3qrs. 17lb. 5oz. S. In 12 hlids. of sugar, each 11 cwt. 25lb. how many pounds? 9. In 42 pigs of lead, each weighing 4cwt. Sqrs. how many fother, at 19cwt. 2qrs. ? Ans. 10 fother, 43owt. 10. A gentleman has 20hhds. of tobacco, cach Scwt. Sqrs. 141b. and wishes to put it into boxes containing 70lb. each, I demand the number of boxes he must get ?

4. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.

Ans. 284.

1. In 9ft 83 13 23 19grs. how many grains.

2. In 55799 grains, how many pounds?

Ans. 55799.

Ans. 983 13 29 19gr.

5. CLOTH MEASURE.

1. In 95 yards, how many quarters and nails? Ans. 380grs. 1520na.

~ 2. In 341 yards, Sqrs. Ina. how many nails?

3. In 3783 nails, how many yards?

Ans. 5469.

Ans. 236yds. 1gr. Sna.

4. In 61 Ells English, how many quarters and nails ?

Ans. 305grs. 1220na.

5. In 56 Ells Flemish, how many quarters and nails?

Ans. 168qrs, 672na.

6. In 148 Ells English, how many Ells Flemish ?

Åns. 246E. F. 2qrs.

7. In 1920 nails, how many yards, Ells Flemish, and

Ells English P

Ans. 120yds. 160E. F. and 96E. E. 8. How many coats can be made out of 363 yards of broadcloth, allowing 13 yards to a coat?

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Ans. 21.

1. In 136 bushels, how many pecks, quarts and pints? Ans. 544pks. 4352qts. 8704pts.

2. In 49 bush. Spks. 5qts. how many quarts?

3. In 8704 pints, how many bushels ? 4. In 1597 quarts, how many bushels ?

Ans. 1597.

Ans. 136.

Ans. 49bus. Spks. 5qts. 5. A man would ship 720 bushels of corn in barrels, which will hold 3 bushels, 3 pecks each, how many ba rels must he get? Ans. 192.

7. WINE MEASURE.

1. In 9 tuns of wine, how many hogsheads, gallons and quarts?

Ans. 36hhds. 2268gal. 9072qts. 2. In 24 lhds. 18 gals. 2 qts. how many pints?

Ans. 12244.

Ans. 9.

3. In 9072 quarts, how many tuns ?
4. In 1905 pints of wine, how many hogsheads?

Ans. 3hhds. 49gala 1pt.

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5. In 1789 quarts of cider, how many barrels ? Ans. 14bls. 25qts. 6. What number of bottles, containing a pint and a half each, can be filled with a barrel of cider ? Ans. 168. 7. How many pints, quarts, and two quarts, each an equal number, may be filled from a pipe of wine ? Ans. 144.

8. LONG MEASURE.

1. In 51 miles, how many furlongs and poles?

corns ?

Ans. 408fur. 16520 poles. 2. In 49 yards, how many feet, inches, and barleyAns. 147ft. 1764inch. 5292b.c. 3. How many inches from Boston to New-York, it being 248 miles ? Ans. 15713280inch.

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4. In 4352 inches, how

many yards ?

Ans. 120yds. 2ft. 8in..

5. In 682 yards, how many rods?

Ans. 682×2+11124rods.

6. In 15840 yards, how many miles and leagues?

Ans. 9m. 3lea.

7. How many times will a carriage wheel, 16 feet and 9 inches in circumference, turn round in going from New-York to Philadelphia; it being 96 miles?

Ans. 30261 times, and 84 feet over. 8. How many barley-corns will reach round the globe, it being 360 degrees ? Ans. 4755801600.

9. LAND OR SQUARE MEASURE.

1. In 241 acres, 3 roods and 25 pôles, how many square rods or perches ? Ans. 38705perches. 2. In 20692 square poles, how many acres? Ans. 129a. 1r. 12po. S. If a piece of land contain 24 acres, and an inclosure of 17 acres, 3 roods, and 20 rods be taken out of it, how many perches are there in the remainder ?

Ans. 980 perches.

4. Three fields contain, the first 7 acres, the second 10 acres, the third 12 acres, 1 rood; how many shares can they be divided into, each share to contain 76 rods?

Ans. 61 shares, and 44 rods over.

10. SOLID MEASURE.

1. In 14 tons of hewn timber, how many solid inches? Ans. 14x50x1728-1209600. 2. In 19 tons of round timber, how many inches? Ans. 1313280.

5. In 21 cords of wood, how many solid feet? Ans. 21x128=2688.

4. In 12 cords of wood, how many solid feet and inches? Ans. 1536ft. and 2654208inch. 5. In 4608 solid feet of wood, how many cords? Ans. 36cds.

11. TIME.

1. In 41 weeks, how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds ?

Ans. 287d. 6888h. 413280min. and 24796800sec. 2. In 214d. 15k. 31m. 25sec. how many seconds ?

Ans. 18545485sec.

3. In 24796800 seconds, how many weeks?

Ans. 41 weeks.

4. In 184009 minutes, how many days?

Ans. 127d. 18h. 49min. 5. How many days from the birth of Christ, to Christmas, 1797, allowing the year to contain 365 days, 6 hours. Ans. 656354d. Ch.

6. Suppose your age to be 16 years and 20 days, how many seconds old are you, allowing 365 days and 6 hours to the year? Ans. 506649600sec. 7. From March 2d, to November 19th following, inclusive, how many days ?. Ans.. 262.

12. CIRCULAR MOTION.

1. In 7 signs, 15° 24′ 40′′ how many degrees, minutes, and seconds? Ans. 225 13524 and 811480".

2. Bring 1020300 seconds into signs.

Ans. 9 signs, 15° 25′

QUESTIONS TO EXERCISE REDUCTION.

1. In 1259 groats, how many farthings, pence, shillings,

and guineas at 285.

Ans. 20144grs. 50s6d 419s. 8d. and 14guineas, 27s. 8d.

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