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14. 42 cwt. I qr. 21 lbs. of sugar at £12, 11s. 8d. per cwt. 15. 7 pls. 27 sq. yds. of land at 2s. 4d. per square yard. 16. (a) 37 lbs. 4 oz. 16 dwts. of silver at £3, 4s. 91d.per lb.

(b) 37 lbs. 4 oz. 16 dwts. of silver at 5s. 10d. per oz. 17. 903 cub. yds. 9 cub. ft. at £3, 3s. 9d. per cubic yard. 18. 16 ac. I rd. 30 pls. at £1, 11s. 4d. per acre.

19. 6 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 10 lbs. 8 oz. at £3, 14s. 8d. per

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20. 2 mls. 6 fur. 9 chains 10 yds. at 18s. 4d. per mile.

21. I ton I cwt. 21 lbs. at £1, 4s. 7d. per quarter.
22. 138 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. at £3, 17s. 8d. per cwt.
23. 9 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. at £4, 135. 4d. per cwt.
24. 4 tons I cwt. I qr. 14 lbs. at £4, 17s. 6d. per ton.

25. 8 ac. 3 rds. 10 pls. at £1, 17s. 8d. per acre.

26. 9 yds. 2 ft. 10 in. at 5s. 74d. per yard.

27. 84 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. at £6, 5s. 10d. per cwt.

28. (a) 14 doz. silver spoons, each weighing 2 oz. 13 dwts. 18 grs., at 5s. an oz.

(b) What sum will pay for digging a ditch 440 yds. long, 4 yds. deep, and 3 yds. broad, at the rate of 1s. 11d. per cubic yard?

29. Find, by Practice, how much a boy should receive in 7 years 8 calendar months and 6 days (reckoning 30 days to the month), if his wages are £23, 10s. a year.

30. Find the amount of wages for 18 months (of 4 weeks each) 3 weeks 5 days at 11s. 44d. per week.

31. Nine hundred and six pounds four ounces five drams one and a half scruples, at six shillings and eightpence per oz. 32. What should be paid for 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. at 9s. 64d. per quarter?

33. Three lots of ground are sold, containing respectively 59 acres, 761 acres, and 39 acres 12 poles; £12, 75. 10d. per acre was paid for the first lot, £13, 15s. 9d. for the second, and £16, 8s. 6d. per acre for the third: what was the price of the whole?

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34. What is the value of a gold salver, weighing 2 lbs. 4 oz. 15 dwts. at £3, 15s. 6d. per oz. Troy?

35. Find the expense of a journey of 97 mls. 1 fur. 6 chains 18 yds. at £1, 16s. 8d. per mile.

36. Charge for 5 fur. 7 chains 8 yds. at £3, 13s. 4d. a mile. 37. Find the cost of 31 galls. 2 qts. at 17s. 9d. per gallon, and at 2s. 9d. a pint.

38. What should be paid for 9072 lbs. 2 oz. 15 dwts. at £39, 75. per lb.?

39. How much money shall I have left, if, having been paid an average price of 47 guineas each for 17 horses, I buy 374 qrs. 7 bush. 2 pks. of wheat at £2, 3s. 8d. per quarter?

40. Bought 639 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. at £2, 12s. 6d. per cwt. Half was completely spoilt, and the remainder had to be sold at half cost price; what sum did it fetch?

41. How much money shall I require to purchase 1 ton 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. at £6, 7s. 8d. per cwt.; and 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. at 11s. 41d. per quarter?

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42. Two articles of jewellery were sold at £3, 6s. 9d. per One article weighed 18 oz. 16 dwts. 16 grs., the other lbs. 5 oz.; what was the total cost?

43. What is the drainage tax on 780 ac. 3 rds. 16 pls. at 10s. 6d. per acre?

44. If a commodity is sold at seven guineas a ton, what money should I have left out of seven guineas, after purchasing 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. of it?

45. I was offered a guinea and a half for 5 bush. 3 pks. I gall, of corn, but I sold it at the rate of £2, 5s. 4d. per quarter; how much did I gain or lose by rejecting the offer?

46. What is the value of seven square yards eight square feet and fifty-four square inches at 13s. 6d. per square yard?

47. How many yards of cloth at 2s. 24d. a yard should be given for 26 yds. 2 qrs. at 2s. 91d. a yard?

48. Find, by Practice, the price of 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. 12 oz. at £5, 2s. 8d. per cwt.

49. Find, by Practice, how many acres will supply 53 horses with hay and oats per year, each horse consuming annually the produce of 5 ac. 3 rds. 26 pls.

PROPORTION (Simple).

1. 729 gallons of oil at £43, 17s. 11d. per 252 gallons. 2. What is the income of a man who pays 7d. per £1 for income tax, and has thereafter remaining £932?

3. What is the income of a person who pays £15, 9s. for income tax, when an income of £300 pays £7, 10S.?

4 From 3 tons 5 cwt. take 1 ton 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 oz., and find the value of the remainder at the rate of £1, 7s. 6d. for I qr. 27 lbs.

5. If half-a-dozen eggs are sold for 3d., what should be paid for 27 eggs and for 99 eggs?

6. If 15 dozen spoons can be made out of 21 lbs. of silver, and the silver of each spoon is worth 6s., what is the value of the silver per ounce ?

7. What weight of goods should be carried 4 miles for the same sum as 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. can be carried 21 miles?

8. If 5 dozen silver spoons are made out of 3 lbs. 6 oz. of silver, and silver is worth 5s. 6d. an oz., what is the value of the silver in each spoon?

9. If 13 lbs. of coffee cost 16s. 1d., what is the cost of 114 lbs. ?

10. If a passenger can travel 132 miles (second class) for 198. 3d., what should he pay for the journey from London to Edinburgh, a distance (by railway) of 398 miles?

11. A bankrupt fails owing £1250; what money has he in hand if he can pay 7s. 9d. in the ? What would be the loss of a creditor to whom he owes £300, 6s. 8d.?

12. £150 was paid for one hundred thousand bricks; what was that per dozen bricks?

13. If I gained 82d. on the sale of 7 lbs. of sugar, what should I expect to gain on 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. ?

14. If 14 couples of fowls are worth £3, 18s. 2d., what is the value of 3 fowls?

15. If a man eats 2 lbs. of meat in 3 days, and a boy 1 lb. in 2 days, how long will the supply of 5 men for 3 weeks last 10 boys?

16. If a contractor incurs a fine of £9, 11s. 91d. per week, what sum will he have lost at the end of a year of 365 days? 17. If I cwt. of sugar cost £2, 16s. 6d., what will I ton 17 cwt. I qr. cost?

18. The rent of a farm of 39 ac. 2 rds. 20 p. is £148, IIS. Iold.; what ought 42 ac. I rd. to be rented for at the same rate?

19. If 145 sheep cost £169, 3s. 4d., what is the price of a score at the same rate?

20. If one can travel 176 miles for £2, 18s. 8d., what must one pay for travelling 65 miles?

21. What weight of sugar may be bought for £187, 4s., when the cost of 6 cwt. 2 qrs. is £27, 14s. 8d.?

22. A wedge of gold weighing 14 lbs. 3 oz. 8 dwts. is valued at £514, 45.; what is the value per oz.?

23. How many acres can be bought for £975, when 15 ac. 3 rds. cost £787, 10s.?

24. What is the value of a wedge of gold weighing 5 lbs. 3 oz. 7 dwts. 16 grs., if 3 oz. are worth £13, 13s. 3d.? 25. If it costs £1, 145. 5d. to mow a 3 acre field, what must be paid for mowing 45 ac. 3 rds. 20 p. ?

26. If either 5 oxen or 7 horses eat up the grass of a field in 87 days, in what time will 2 oxen and 3 horses eat it up?

27. Fifty-seven cottages cost £9170, 9s. 41d.; what is the cost of eleven such cottages?

28. If 5 tons and a half cost £616, what is the price of 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 17 lbs. 6 oz.?

29. What is the cost of 179353 pipes of wine, if two pipes cost £50, 8s. 71d.?

30. After paying an income tax of 7d. in the £, I have £248, 10s. 8d. left; what is my gross income?

31. A work is performed in 53 days by 15 men or 27 boys; in what time would 27 men and 15 boys perform the same?

32. The rates in a rental of £365, 7s. 3d. amount to £36, 8s. 9d.; what should be the rental of an estate on which the rates are £24, 5s. 10d.?

33. If six blacksmiths, receiving 4s. 8d. a day each, earn as much as seven carpenters, what are the weekly (six days') wages of 105 carpenters?

34. How much cloth may be bought for £20, 16s. 3d., if 202 yards cost £34, 13s. 9d.?

35. Working 7 hours a day, A can complete a job in 6 days, while B can do it in 8 days; how long will they take to do it, working together?

36. If 3 quarters of wheat are worth 4 quarters of barley, what should be the price of a bushel of wheat when barley is at £2, 16s. 6d. per quarter?

37. If 1000 pilchards cost 10s. 5d., what quantity could be got for 31d., and what quantity for 2s. 54d.?

38. A man has an annuity of £700 a year, and spends £1, 17s. 10 d. per day; what does he save in 9 years, neglecting the extra day in leap year?

39. Find the cost of 26594 lbs. of rice at 20 guineas per ton?

40. £45, 2s. 2d. was paid for mowing 91 acres 3 roods; how many acres should be mowed for £5, 3s. 3d. at the same rate?

41. If potatoes are sold at £3, 14s. 8d. per ton, what quantity can be bought for one penny?

42. A bankrupt, having £645, 5s. 31d. left, can pay 7s. 81d. in the ; what is the amount of his debts?

43. If 375 apples sell for 125., what should be given for 1000 apples, and how many may be had for £1?

44. If 35 loads of hay can be had for £100, what should be given for 126 loads, and how many loads can be had for £180?

45. What is the rent of 89 acres of land at £1, 11s. 3d. per acre, and what quantity could be rented for 6s. 3d.?

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