Multiplication. Answers, 120 dozen of candles at 9s. 9 d. per dozen £46 15s. Od. 144 reams of paper at 13s. 4d. per ream 96 0 0 Multiply 24m. 3f. 20p. 2y. by 6. Multiply £1 9s. 4d. by 28. In 6169 pence how many pounds ? Rule of Three. What is the value of 19} chaldrons of coals at 11. 118. 6d. per chaldron? £ At 10 d. per pound, what is the value of a firkin of butter containing 56lbs.? £ A bankrupt owes 4,9687.; he has only money sufficient to pay 9s. 7d. in the pound; how much money has he to pay his debts ? If 100 men can finish a work in 12 days, how many men are sufficient to do the same in 3 days? What is the half year's rent of 547 acres of land at 15s. 6d. an acre ? Write down in figures 1 Two millions five thousand and eighty-seven. Multiplication. 8 Multiply 11. 178. 6d. by 47. 9 201. 3s. Ofd. by 18. 10 131. Os. 11 d. by 368. Division. 11 Divide 1361. 17s. 8d. by 26. 12 181. 9s. 02d. by 78. Reduction. 13 Reduce 42 cwts. 3 qrs. 17 lbs. 6 ozs. 14 18 tons 17 cwts. 2 qrs. 1lb. 15 15 miles 2 fur. 36 per. 2 yds. 16 15 guineas to farthings. Proportion. 17 How much land at 16s. an acre shall be given in exchange for 480 acres at 15s. an acre ? 18 A person fails for 1,0781., and his effects are worth 3701. 18s. 5 d. : what will be the dividend on 781. 10s. ? 19 If 6001. gain 451. in 18 months, how much will 1001. gain in a year ? 20 If 701. 16s. 4d. is the cost of 16 cwt. 4 lbs., what would 1 ton 2 cwt. 3 qrs. cost ? Practice. 21 The value of 1,245 at 4d. 22 653 at d. 23 328 at 8s. 5 d. 24 1,5304 at 15s. Od. 25 674 at 41. 8s. 4d. 26 638 at 21. 178. 4d. 27 983 at 3s. 10d. 28 3 cwts. 2 qrs. 17 lbs. at 11. 5s. 8d. per quarter. EXPECTANTS OF EXCISE. Add together .0007, 1.0109, .01 & 9. From 10154271• take 9178965.8742. 68 3 8 3 Multiply 53786417276 by 5846. 4 Divide 793847615 by 5. 5 Divide 632798014 by 7243. 6 The Norman Conquest took place in the year 1066 and Queen Victoria was crowned in 1838, how many years in tervened between the two events ? 7 How many days intervened between 6th April, 1836, and 6th April, 1854 ? |