Examples in arithmetic. (revised) by J. Bell, Volume 2 |
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Page 233 - Ireland 7310000. In 1851 the former had increased 8-45 per cent. and the latter had decreased 12'5 per cent. Find the increase per cent. in the population of the whole kingdom.
Page 240 - After a certain number of men had been employed on a piece of work for 24 days, and had half finished it, 16 men more were set on...
Page 230 - In the month of December last the number of paupers in a certain union was 336, the number of women being double that of the men, and the children being as many as the men and women together.
Page 230 - A tradesman's annual losses during 5 years average 1^ per cent. on the capital with which he began, and at the end of the 5 years his effects are worth 2,5311.
Page 228 - A person buys teas at 3s. and 4s. the lb., and mixes them in the proportion of 4 to 7, what will he gain per cent, by selling the mixture at 4s. 2d. per lb.
Page 205 - What is the value of the linen per yd. ? 3. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 56 days, in what time will 1 man and 2 women working together do it? 4. If 5 men can do as much in a day as 8 boys, how long will it take 32 boys to finish a piece of work which 15 men can do in 12 days ? 5. If $100 gain $4 in 1 year, what will $350 gain in 3£ years ? 6. If 48 horses in 10 days consume 180 bu. oats, how...
Page 216 - If it costs sixteen guineas to supply 30 men, 48 women, and 60 boys with bread for a week, supposing a man to eat twice as much as a boy, and a woman to eat one-fourth less than a man ; how much will it cost to supply 25 men, 60 women, and 72 boys for 10 days...
Page 228 - If twelve men can dig a trench 15 yards long and 4 broad in 3 days of 12 hours each, in how many days of 9 hours each can 8 men dig a trench 20 yards long and 8 broad ? 22.
Page 236 - If a man rows 10 miles in 2 hours and a half against a stream, the rate of which is 3 miles an hour, how long would he be in rowing 5 miles with the stream ? 6.
Page 237 - A vessel whose speed was 9|- miles per hour started at 8 o'clock to go a distance of 74 miles. A second vessel, whose speed was to that of the first as 8 to 5, starting from the same place, arrived 5 minutes before the first. When did the second vessel start?