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4. What will 7842 feet of pine boards cost, at $17.25 per M? Ans. $135.274.

5. What will 2348 pineapples cost, at $12 per 1000? 6. A broom maker bought 1728 broom-handles, at $3 per 1000. What did they cost him?

7. What is the cost of 2400 feet of boards, at $7 per M; 865 feet of scantling, at $5.40 per M; and 1256 feet of lath, at $.80 per C? Ans. $31.519.

8. What will be the cost of 1476 pounds of beef, at $4.37 per hundred pounds?

173. To find the cost of articles sold by the ton of 2000 pounds.

1. How much will 2376 pounds of hay cost, at $9.50 per ton?

OPERATION.

2) $9.50
$4.75
2.376
$11.28600

SOLUTION.

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Since 1 ton, or 2000 pounds, costs $9.50, 1000 pounds, orton, will cost of $9.50, which is $4.75. One pound will cost roo, or .001, of $4.75, and 2376 pounds will cost 378, or 2.376 times $4.75, which is $11.286.

RULE.-I. Divide the price of 1 ton by 2, and the quotient will be the price of 1000 pounds.

II. Multiply this quotient by the given number of pounds expressed as thousandths, as in 172.

2. At $7 a ton, what will 1495 pounds of hay cost? Ans. $5.2325.

3. At $8.75 a ton, what will 325 pounds of hay cost? 4. What is the cost of 3142 pounds of plaster, at $3.84 per ton? Ans. $6.032. 5. What is the cost of 1848 pounds of coal, at $5.60 per ton?

6. A man bought 125 sacks of guano, each sack containing 148 pounds, at $18 a ton. What was the cost?

BILLS.

174. A Bill, in business transactions, is a written statement of articles bought or sold, together with the prices of each, and the whole cost.

Find the cost of the several articles, and the amount or footing of the following bills:

MR. JOHN RICE,

1.

NEW YORK, June 20, 1894.

Bought of BALDWIN & SHERWOOD.

7 yd. Broadcloth, @$3.60

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Bought of PALMER & BROTHER.

67 pairs Calf Boots, @ $3.75

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G. B. GRANNIS,

3.

CHARLESTON, Sept. 6, 1892.

Bought of STEWART & HAMMOND.

325 lb. A. Sugar, @ $.05

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Bought of ROBERT H. CARTER & Co.

20000 feet Pine Boards, @ $15.00 per M.

7500

"Plank,

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PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES.

1. What will 62.75 tons of potash cost, at $124.35 per ton? Ans. $7802.9625. 2. What will 15 pounds of butter cost, at $.17 a pound? Ans. $2.55.

3. A cargo of corn, containing 2250 bushels, was sold for $1406.25. What did it sell for per bushel? Ans. $ §. 4. If 12 yards of cloth cost $48.96, what will one yard cost?

5. A merchant bought 16 bales of cotton cloth, each bale containing 13 pieces, and each piece 26 yards, at $.07 per yard. What did the whole cost? Ans. $378.56.

6. At $.12 a yard, how many yards of calico can I get for 27 pounds of butter at $.33 a pound?

7. A man bought a horse for $105, a yoke of oxen for $125, 4 cows at $35 apiece, and sold them all for $400. What was gained or lost in the transaction?

8. I bought 28 tons of hay at $19 a ton, and sold it at $15 a ton. How much did I lose? Ans. $112. 9. If a man spends $4 a day, in how many days will he spend $34? Ans. 7.5 days. 10. At $.311 per bushel, how many bushels of potatoes can be bought for $9? Ans. 28.8 bushels. 11. If a man's income is $2000 a year, and his expenses are $3.50 a day, what will he save at the end of a year, or 365 days?

12. A merchant deposits in a bank, at one time, $687.25, and at another, $943.64. If he draws out $875.29, what will remain in the bank?

13. I bought 288 barrels of flour for $1728, and sold one half the quantity for the same price I gave for it, and the other half for $8 per barrel. What did I receive for the whole?

Ans. $2016.

14. What will eight hundred seventy-five thousandths of a cord of wood cost, at $3.75 per cord? Ans. $3.281+. 15. A drover bought cattle at $46.56 per head, and sold them at $65.42 per head, thereby gaining $3526.82. How many cattle did he buy? Ans. 187.

16. If 36.48 yards of cloth cost $54.72, what will 14.25 yards cost? Ans. $21.375. 17. A house cost $3548, which was 4 times as much as the furniture cost. What did the furniture cost?

Ans. $887.

18. How many bushels of onions, at $.82 per bushel, can be bought for $112.34?

19. If 46 tons of iron cost $3461.50, what will 5 tons cost?

20. A man left his widow one third of his property, worth $24000, and the remainder was to be divided equally among 5 children. What was the portion of Ans. $3200.

each child?

21. A man purchased one lot, containing 160 acres of land, at $1.25 per acre; and another lot, containing 80 acres, at $5 per acre; he sold them both at $2.50 per acre. What did he gain or lose in the transaction? 22. A druggist bought 54 gallons of oil for $72.90, and lost 6 gallons of it by leakage. He sold the remainder at $1.70 per gallon. What did he gain?

Ans. $8.70. 23. A miller bought 122 bushels of wheat of one man, and 75 bushels of another, at $.933 per bushel. He sold 60 bushels at a profit of $12.50. If he sells the remainder at $.814 per bushel, what will be his entire gain or loss? Ans. $4.718+ loss. 24. How many pounds of butter, at $.16 per pound, must be given for 39 yards of sheeting, at $.08 a yard? Ans. 19 pounds.

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