14 The difference between | and 14 from Woodstock to
Windsor; how far is it from
Burlington to Windsor?
Ans. 99 miles,

two numbers is 1448, and the
least number is 2575; what
is the greater? Ans.. 4023.

15. There are three bags of money, one contains 6462 dollars, one 8224 dollars, and the other 5749 dollars; how many dollars in the three bags? Ans. 20485 dolls.

16. According to the census of the United States in 1820, there were 3995058 free white males, 3866657 free white females, and 1776289 persons of every other description; what was the whole number of inhabitants at that

time?

Ans. 9637999.

18. How many days in a common year, there being in January 31 days, in February 28, in March 31, in April 30, in May 31, in June 30, in July 31, in August 31, in September 30, in October 31, in November 30, and in December 31 days? Ans. 365.

19. A person being asked his age, said that he was 9 years old when his youngest brother was born, that his brother was 27 years old when his eldest son was born, and that his son was 16 years old; what was the person's age?

23.

Ans. 52 years.

24.

8192735

25. 2746+390+1001+9976+4321+6633=25067, Ans. 26. 39543216+4826352+19181716=63551264, Ans.

2. MULTIPLICATION.

ANALYSIS.

83. We have seen that Addition is an operation by which several numbers are united into one sum. Now it frequently happens that the numbers to be added are all equal, in which case the operation may be abridged by a process called Multiplication.

1. If a book oost 5 cents, what will 4 such books cost?

Addition.

Ans. 20 cts.

Four books will evidently cost four times. as much as one book; and to answer the Multiplication question by Addition, we should write down 4 fives, and add them, as at the left hand. By Multiplication we should proceed as at the right hand, thus, 4 times 5 are 20. Now these two operations differ

Ans. 20 cts.

only in the form of expression; for we can arrive at the amount of 4 times 5 only by a mental process similar to that at the left hand. Hence, in order to derive any advantage from the use of Multiplication over that of Addition, it is necessary that the several results arising from the multiplication of the numbers below ten, should be perfectly committed to memory. They may be learned from the Multiplication table, page 19. (16)

2. If 1 pound of raisins cost 9 cents, what will 7 pounds cost?

84. 3. There are 24 hours in a day; how many hours are there in 3

days?

Three days will evidently contain three times as many hours as 1 day, or 3 times 24 hours; we may therefore write down 24 three times, and add them together, as at the left hand, or we may write 24 with 3, the number of times it is to be repeated, under

it, as at the right hand, and say 3 times 4 are 12, (the same as 3 fours added together) which are 1 ten and 2 units. We there fore write down the 2 units in the place of units, and reserving the 1 ten to be joined with the tens, we say, 3 times 2 tens are 6 tens, to which we add the 1 ten reserved, making 7 tens. We therefore write 7 at the left hand of the 2, in the place of tens, and we have 72 hours, the same as by Addition. In Multiplication the two numbers which produce the result, as 24 and 3 in this example, are called factors. The factor which is repeated, as the 24, is called the multiplicand; the number which shows how many times the multiplicand is repeated, as the 3, is called the mul tiplier; and the result of the operation, as the 72, is called the product. 4. There are 320 rods in a mile; how many rods in 8 miles? 85. 5. A certain orchard consists of 26 rows of trees, and in each row are 26 trees; how many trees are there in the orchard?

26

26

156

52

Here we find it impracticable to multiply by the whole 28 Operation. at once; but as 26 is made up of 2 tens and 6 units, we may separate them, and multiply first by the units, and then by the tens; thus, 6 times 6 are 36, of which we write down the 6 units, and reserving the 3 tens, we say 6 times 2 are 12, and 3, which was reserved, are 15, which we write down, the 5 in the place of tens, and the 1 in the place of hundreds, and thus find that 6 of the rows contain 156 trees. We now pro676 ceed to the 2, and say times 6 are 12; the 2 by which we multiply being 2 tens, it is evident that the 12 are so many tens; but 12 tens are 1 hundred and 2 tens; we therefore write the 2 under the place of tens, which is done by putting it directly under the 2 in the multiplier, and reserve the 1 to be united with the hundreds. We then say 2 times 2 are 4; both these 2's being in the tens' places, their

product 4 is hundreds, with which we unite the 1 hundred reserved, making 5 hundreds. The 5 being written at the left hand of the 2 tens, we have 5 hundreds and 2 tens, or 520 for the number of trees in 20 rows. These being added to 156, the number in 6 rows, we have 676 for the number of trees in 26 rows, or in the whole orchard.

86. 6. There are in a gentleman's garden 3 rows of trees, and 5 trees in each row; how many trees are there in the whole?

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,

*

We will represent the 3 rows by 3 lines of 1's, and the 5 trees in each row by 5 1's in each line. Here it is evident that the whole number of 1's are as many times 5 as there are lines, or 3 times 5=15, and as many times 3 as there are columns, or 5 times 3-15. This proves

that 5 multiplied by 3 gives the same product as 3 multiplied by 5; and the same may be shown of any other two factors. Hence either of the

two factors may be made the multiplicand, or the multiplier, and the product will still be the same. We may therefore prove multiplication by changing the places of the factors, and repeating the operation.

SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION.

87. Simple Multiplication is the method of finding the amount of a given number by repeating it a proposed number of times. There must be two or more numbers given in order to perform the operation. The given numbers, spoken of together, are called factors. Spoken of separately, the number which is repeated, or multiplied, is called the multiplicand; the number by which the multiplicand is repeated, or multiplied, is called the multiplier; and the number produced by the operation is called the product.

RULE.

88. Write the multiplier under the multiplicand, and draw a line below them. If the multiplier consist of a single figure only, begin at the right hand and multiply each figure of the multiplicand by the multiplier, setting down the excesses and carrying the tens as in Addition. (84) If the multiplier consists of two or more figures, begin at the right hand and multiply all the figures of the multiplicand successively by each figure of the multiplier, remembering to set the first figure of each product directly under the figure by which you are multiplying, and the sum of these several products will be the total product, or answer required.(85)

PROOF.

89. Make the former multiplicand the multiplier, and the former multiplier the multiplicand, and proceed as before; if it be right, the product will be the same as the former. (86)

QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE.

23. Multiply 848329 by 4009.
24. Multiply 64+7001+103-83 by 18+6.
25. 49X15X17X12×100—how many?

CONTRACTIONS OF MULTIPLICATION.

90. 1. A man bought 17 cows for 15 dollars apiece; what did they all cost? If we multiply 17 by 5, we find the cost at 5 dollars apiece, Operation. and since 15 is 3 times 5, the cost, at 15 dollars apiece, will 17 manifestly be 3 times as much as the cost at 5 dollars apiece. 5 If then we multiply the cost at 5 dollars by 3, the product must be the cost at 15 dollars apiece.

85 A number (as 15) which is produced by the multiplication 3 of two, or more, other numbers, called a composite number. The factors which produce a composite number (as 5 and 3), Ans.$255 are called the component parts.

1. To multiply by a composite number. RULE.-Multiply first by one component part, and that product by the other, and so on, if there be more than two; the last product will be the

8. Multiply 2478 by 36.
Product 89208.

4. Multiply 8462 by 56.
Product 473872.

91. 5. What will 16 tons of hay cost at 10 dollars a ton?

It has been shown (73) that each removal of a figure one place towards the left increases its value ten times. Hence to multiply by 10, we have only to annex a cipher to the multiplicand, because all the significant figures are thereby removed one place to the left. In the present example we add a cipher to 16, making 160 dollars for the answer.

6. A certain army is made up of 125 companies, consisting of 100 men each; how many men are there in the whole?

For the reasons given under example 5, a number is multiplied by 100 by placing two ciphers on the right of it, for the first cipher multiplies it by 10, and the second multiplies this product by 10, and thus makes it 10 times 10, or 100 times greater; and the same reasoning may be extended to 1 with any number of ciphers annexed. Hence

2. To multiply by 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed. RULE.-Annex as many ciphers to the multiplicand as there are ciphers in the multiplier, and the number thus produced will be the product. 7. Multiply 3579 by 1000. 8. Multiply 789101 by 100000. Prod. 78910100000.

Ibs.?

25
3

Prod. 3579000.

92. 9. What is the weight of 250 casks of sugar, each weighing 300 Here 300 may be regarded as a composite number, whose component parts are 100 and 3; hence to multiply by 300, we have only to multiply by 3 and join two ciphers to the product; and as the operation Ans. 75000 lbs. must always commence with the first significant figare, when the multiplicand is terminated by ciphers, the cipher in that may be omitted in multiplying, and be joined afterwards to the product. Hence

8. When there are ciphers on the right of one or both the factors: RULE.-Neglecting the ciphers, multiply the significant figures by the general rule, and place on the right of the product as many ciphers as are neglected in both factors,