4. At $,163 (or $), what will 12 yds. cost? cost? Will 14 yds. cost? Will 25 yds. cost? Will 300 yds. ?

Will 13 yds Will 120 yds.?

5. At $,12) (or $1) a yard, what will 16 yds. cost? Will 96 ́ yds.? Will 97 yds. Will 100 yds.?

6. At $,064 (or $), what will 33 yds. cost? Will 66 yds ? 7. What will 4 qts. of molasses cost at 2 cents a gill? 8. How many shillings in 4£? In 8£? In 3£58. 9. How many minutes in 8 hours? In 12 hours?

10. How many cents is of a dollar? Is $? Is $t?

Is $4? Is $? Is $3 ? Is $7%? Is $g? Is $7%?

Is $? Is $}}? Is $1? Is $18? Is $7? Is $1 ? 11. How many pence in 3 s. 9 d.? In 8 s. 6d. ? 12. How many cents in 2 s.? In 38.? In 3 s. 9 d. ? 13. How many cents will buy 3 slates, at 1 s. 9 d. each? 14. How many cents are 18d.? Are 2s. 6d.? Are 5s. 3d.. 15. What kind of a fraction is ? Is 14? Is of ? Is

16. What mixed number is equal to ??

17. How many 5ths in 8? In 4?

18. How many pounds in 8£? In

19. How many pounds and shillings in 10£? (zb£ is 1 s.) In 8£?

In 14 d.?
?

20. How many shillings in 36 d. 21. What fraction is equal to ? 22. What kind of a fraction is,5? 23. What will be the cost of 3 books, at $,5 apiece? At

$,25?

Is 14,3?

24. What decimal fraction is equal to ????

25. Bought ,4 of a bushel of rye at one time, at another,25, and at another ,35; how much did I buy in all?

26. How much is † of a shilling? 1⁄2 s. ? († s. is t of 12 d. = shilling?

2 d.)

of what number?

of what number? of what number?

37. of 12 is
38. If a man save

of allar a day, how many dollars will

he save in 16 days? How many in 17 days? In 25 days?

41. In

how many times I?

42. In, how many times 1?

43 William gave away 1 apple and †, which was of all he had; how many had he? is 3 times às much as §; hence, if 1 is of a certain number, the number must be 3 times 14; thus 1; then } × 3 =}=44, Ans.

44 2 is of what number? (If 24 is 1, §, or the number, is 5 times as much; that is, 5 times 2 =) 111, Ans. of what number?

45. 13 is

46. 1 is

of what number?

47. William gave $,25 for 2,4 yds. of ribbon; how much was.

it a yard?

43. Divide 3,5 by ,7. 59. Divide 3,5 by ,07.

50. Multiply 5 by,7.

A. 5.

A. 50.

A. 3,5.

51. Multiply 50 by,07. A. 3,5.

52. How much will of a peck of salt cost, at $1 a bushel' 53. How many drams is of an ounce ?

54. How much is of a yard?

55. How much is

56. How much is

of a day?

of a minute?

57. If you pay 6 cents a quart for ale, how much is that a gallon?

58. If a man earn $3 a week, how much is that for each working day in a week?

59. If a man travel 6 miles in 2 hours, how far will he travel in 16 hours?

60. What is the ratio of 2 to 6? Of 6 to 2? Of 9 to 6? Ot 6 to 9? Of 10 to 100?

61. If 20 bushels of apples cost $10, what will 5 busl.cls cost?

62. What is the ratio of 20 to 5?

63. If 6 gallons of water fall into a cistern, containing 12 gallons, in 1 hour, and 3 gallons leak out in an hour, how long will it take the cistern to be filled?

64. If 4 men, in one day, consume 3 loaves of bread, how many loaves will 12 men consume in 4 days?

65. If 6 men, in 12 days, reap 18 acres of grain, how many teres will 12 men reap in 4 days?

66. What part of 1 month is 15 days? Is 1 day? Is 2 days? Is 3 days? Is 5 days? Is 10 days? Is 20 days?

67. What is the interest of $20 for 4 months? For 10 mouths? For 3 months? For 1 year 4 months?

63. What is the amount of $40 for 2 mo.? For 5 mo.? For 10 mo. ? For 1 yr. 8 mo."

69. What is the interest of $60 for 15 days? For 1 day? For 5 days? For 2 mo. 15 days? days? For 1 yr. 8 mo. 15 days?

For 10 days?
For 4 mo. 10

70. What must you pay a broker, who gives you $20 in Boston bills, in exchange for Providence bills, at per cent commission? At per cent.? At 1 per cent.?

71. What is my demand for selling $600 worth of cotton, and guarantying the payment, at 5 per cent. commission? At per cent. commission? At 4 per cent.?

7

72. What is the amount of $1 for 1 yr. 8 mo.?

73. What is the amount of $200 for 1 yr. 8 mo.?

74. What, then, is the present worth of $220, due 1 yr. 8 mo hence?

75. What is the present worth of $530, due 1 yr. hence? What is the discount?

76. A merchant, having bought cloth for 50 cents a yard, wishes to mark it so as to gain 10 per cent.; what price must he put on it (,50 × 110=$,55, Ans.) What price must he put on it to gain 4 per cent.? 8 per cent.? 20 per cent?

77. William bought a sled for $3, and sold it so as to gain 10 per cent.; what did he get for it?

Exercises for the Slate.

1. Bought 1 gallon of molasses for 62 cents, I quarter of flour for $1,125, 3 lbs. of tea for $1,05, 3 yards of flannel for $87, and skein of silk for 64 cents; what was the amount of the whole? A. $3,733.

2. Bought 144 lbs. of raisins for $16; what was that a pound? 4. $.1114.

3. What is the cost of 3600 yards of flannel, at 9,124 a yard? (450) At $33? (1200) At $,20? (720) A. $2370.

4. In 20 lbs. of silver, how many spoons, each weighing 5 oz. 10 pwt.? A. 43 spoons, and 3 oz. 10 pwt. rem.

5. A bought 4 hogsheads of molasses for $84, sold 1 hogshead for $25, and the remainder at the rate of 4 cents a pint; how much did he make on the whole? A. $1,48.

6. Bought a hogshead of sugar, weighing 12 cwt. 1 qr. 15 lbs., ami sold at one time 2 cwt. 2 qre. 8 lbs, at another, 5 cwt. 15 lbs.,

and at another, 1 cwt. 3 qrs.; how much remained unsold A. 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs.

7. Multiply by J. A. 3.

9. Multiply by 2.

10. Divide

by 2. A. #4=1}.

11. There are 4 pieces of cloth, one containing 8 yds., another 163 yds., another 124 yds., and another 73 yds.; how many yards in the 4 pieces? A. 44 yds. 3 qrs. 34 na.

12. What is the difference between 1 and †? A. Z. Between and ?A.. Between and ?..

13. Reduce of a guinca to the fraction of a pound. A.. 14. What is the value of ,003125£? A. 3 qrs.

15. How much does ,025 make multiplied by ,325? (8125) By To? (6) By 317ʊ? (7675) By 276? (69) By 2510800? (6250125) A. 7,8104875.

16. A farmer sent a load of hay to market, which, with the cart, weighed 29 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs.; the weight of the cart was 104 cwt., what did the hay come to, at $15 a ton?

A. $14,357+. 17. A merchant bought sugar in a hogshead, both of which weighed 8 cwt. 15 lbs.; the hogshead alone weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr.; what was the cost of the sugar, at 114 cents a pound?

A. $86,733. The two preceding questions are proper examples in a rule usually termed Tare and Trett.

18. Bought 50 yards of broadcloth for $160,50, but, not prov ing so good as I expected, I am willing to lose $42 on the sale of it; what must I demand per ell French? A. $3,555.

19. What is my demand for selling 600 bales of cotton, at $403 a bale, for 24 per cent. commission? (550125) For 4 per cent.?. (110025) For 7 per cent.? (171150) For 5 per cent.? (13141875) A. $4676,064.

20. What is the interest of $200,50 for 2 yrs. 6 mo.? (30075) For 5 yrs. 3 mo. 15 days? (63658) For 6 mo.? (6516) For 1 yr 3 mo. 1 days? (15672) A. $115,921.

21. What is the difference between the compound and simple interest of $200 for 1 yr. 6 mo.? (36) For 3 yrs. 4 mo.? (2967) For 2 yrs. 6 mo. 15 days? (1523) A. $4,85.

22. What is the amount of $60 for 10 yrs. 3 mo. 19 days? (9709) For 8 yrs. 9 mo. 9 days?" (9159) A. $188,68.

23. Bought calico for 25 cts. a yard; how must. I mark it so as to gain 10 per cent. on each yard? (275) 12 per cent.? (28) 15 per cent? (287) 20 per cent.? (30) A. $1,142.

24. What is the difference between the discount of $227,66

for 2 yrs. 3 mo. 20 days, and the interest of the same sum for the same time? A. $3,832.

25. Which is the most, the compound interest of $520 for 5 yrs., or the discount of the same sum for the same time?

A. Compound interest, by $55,877.

26. If 300 men, in 6 months, perform a piece of work when the days are 12 hours long, how inany men will do the same in 4 months, when the days are only 8 hours long? A. 675 men.

27. What is the difference of time between April 1st, 1826, and June 15th, 1829? (3,2,14) Between March 19th, 1829, and August 20, 1826? (2,6,29) Between July 5, 1800, and February 16, 1826? (25,7,11) A. 31 yrs., 4'ino., 24 days.

25. What is the interest of $120,60, from June 1, 1828, to June 16, 1829? (7537) From May 15, 1824, to August 20, 1830? (45506) From October 10, 1825, to November I, 1828 á (2213) A. $75,173+.

¶ LXXV.

In computing Interest on Notes,

When a settlement is made within a short time from the date or commencoent of interest, it is generally the custom to proceed according to the follow

RULE.

Find the amount of the principal, from the time the interest Commenced to the time of settlement, and likewise the amount of each payment, from the time it was paid to the time of settlement; then deduct the amount of the several payments from the amount of the principal.

Exercises for the Slate.

1. For value received, I promise to pay Rufus Stanly, or order, Three HunGred Dollars, with interest. April 1, 1825.

PETER MOSELY

Time.

850 3, 2, 6, 1, 11, 15, 4.

$120

CALCULATION.

What was due April 1, 1828? Ans., $60,73.