9 Multiply 25,8417. 16s. 54d. by 7. 10 Multiply 1,854l. 7s. 73d. by 465. 11 Divide 85,432l. 19s. 114d. by 7. 12 Divide 27,5437. 12s. 4d. by 352. 13 A person having 5,7047. 18s. 43d., lays out one third in goods, which he sells for 2,3167. 5s. 10d., how much has he at last, and how much has he gained? 14 At what o'clock does the sun set when it rises at 4h. 16m. 8s.? 5 Multiply 85001997 by 5. 6 Multiply 73299863 by 497. 7 Multiply 35,087 17s. 173d. by 7. 8 Multiply 9,003 19s. 14d. by 39. 9 Multiply 3,001 6s. 44d. by 351. 10 Divide 2975069895 by 35. 11 Divide 628010082621 by 709. 12 Divide 89,0757. 13s. 6d. by 9. 13 Divide 713,2027. 13s. 4d. by 576. 14 Write down in figures: (1) Nine million ten thousand and nineteen. (2) Five thousand and six million eight thousand and ninety four. 15 How many yards of paper (one yard wide) are required to paper a room 15 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 10 feet high? 16 How many days were there between the 3rd June 1850, and the 3rd March 1855, both inclusive? 17 If the telegraph posts are known to be 66 yards apart and one is observed to pass the window every three seconds, how many miles an hour is the train travelling? D. Reduction. 1 Reduce 375 cwts:, 2 qrs., 1 st., 13 lbs., to ounces. 2 Reduce 36 miles, 3 furlongs, 36 poles, 5 yards, to feet. 3 How often will a wheel 34 yards in circumference turn between London and York, the distance being 198 miles? 4 How many pounds of silver are there in 270 spoons, each of which weighs 1 oz., 13 dwts., 8 grs.? 5 How many seconds are there in 35 d., 8 h., 48 m., 29 sec.? 6 How many square yards, feet, and inches are there in the top of a table, the sides of which are 21 ft. 71⁄2 in. and 19 ft. 5 in. ? 7 How many solid yards, feet, and inches are there in 175,983 solid inches? Proportion. 8 If 597. 10s. will buy 25 cwts. 2 qrs. of sugar, what quantity will 67. 14s. 2d. buy? 9 If the penny loaf weighs 5 ounces when wheat is at 62 shillings the quarter, what ought it to weigh when wheat is 64s. the quarter? 10 If by paying down 70l. 17s. 6d. a person becomes entitled to 27. 98. 7d. a year, what income should he gain by paying 2,1517. 17s. 8d. in the same way? 11 If a tax on an income of 1,1327. amount to 125l. 1s. 5ğd., what is that in the pound? 12 If the carriage of 107 cwt. 10 lbs. cost 377. 9s. 7 d., what would the carriage of a ton cost? 13 If 24 men working 8 hours a day can build a house in 70 days, in how many days might it be built by 42 men working 10 hours a day? Practice. 14 Find the value of 373 at 27. 16s. 101d. 15 What is the rent of 67 acres of land for 2 years, 9 months, 11 days, the yearly rent of an acre being 27. 5s. ? 16 Find the value of 9 tons, 4 cwt., 3 qrs., 21 lbs., at 147. 15s. 9d. per ton. 17 Find the price of 2174 yds. of lace at 27. 17s. 7 d. per yd. 18 What is the price of 329 yds., 3 qrs., 2nls., at 5s. 24d. per quarter? 19 What is the dividend on 2,7347. 16s. 8d. at 9s. 4 d. in the pound? Interest. 20 Find the interest on 1,2577. 15s. for 5 years at 4 per cent. per annum. 21 Find the interest on 1947. at 5 per cent. per annum from the 3rd of March to the 18th of December following. 22 At what rate per cent., simple interest, will 9517. 7s. 6d. amount to 1,1417. 13s. in five years. 23 Find the discount on 59.17. 14s. 9d., due 8 months hence, at 52 per cent. simple interest. 24 When the Three per Cents. are at 857. 17s. 6d., what is the rate of interest? 25 Find the amount of 2257. for 3 years at 4'7. per cent. compound interest. 27 Multiply of of 15 by 1 28 What number multiplied by of 7, and subtract the result of 12%. will give 153 as the product? 29 If of a quarter of wheat cost 54s., what will be the price of of a bushel? 30 What fraction of half-a-crown is 3ths of 6s. 8d.? Decimal Fractions. 32 Add together 130055, 900, 57-1, 13.34 and 00000397, and subtract the result from 1314.9. 33 Multiply 95-376 by 0283. 34 Divide 16 by 2, and the result by 0002. 35 Express 241 15424 as a decimal. 36 Reduce 88. 114d. to the decimal of a guinea. 37 Add together 3211 of a guinea, ths of a crown, and 6925 of a shilling, expressing the result as a decimal of a pound. |