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EXAMPLES.

1. What is the value of 725 yards of muslin, at 131d per yard?

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When the price is any number of shillings under 20, work by

RULE 5.

Multiply the given number by the price for the answer in shillings: or,

If the price be an aliquot part of a pound, divide the given number by as many thereof as make a pound, for the answer in pounds.

EXAMPLES.

1. What is the value of 528 bushels of apples, at 3s. per bushel?

2. What is the value of 750 yards of linen, at 5s. per yard?

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2/0)1584 Ans. in shillings.

Ans. 79L. 4s.

| 5s. | | 750 at 5s.

Ans. 187 L. 10s.

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Note. When the price is an even number of shillings, the answer may be found thus:-Multiply the given number by half the price, doubling the right hand figure of the product for shillings; the rest of the product will be pounds.

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When the price is shillings and pence, or shillings, pence and farthings, work by

RULE 6.

If the price be an aliquot part of a pound, divide the given number by as many thereof as make a pound, for the answer in pounds: but,

If the price be not an aliquot part of a pound, multiply the given number by the shillings of the price, and the product will be shillings; to which add the value of said number, in shillings, at the rest of the price, found by Rule 2 or 3; the amount will be the answer in shillings. EXAMPLES.

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764 yards, at 2s. 6d.

2s. 6d. | | 764

Ans. 95 L. 10s.

Ans. 94L. 10s.

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20)246|1 Answer in shillings.

Ans. reduced 123 L. 1s.

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When the price is pounds, or pounds, shillings, &c. work by

RULE 7.

Multiply the given number by the pounds, and the product will be pounds, to which add the value of said number at the rest of the price, found by the preceding rules: or,

Reduce the pounds and shillings of the price to shillings; multiply the given number by these, and the product will be shillings; to which add the value of said number, in shillings, at the rest of the price.

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When the given quantity consists of several denominations, and the price relates to the highest of those denominations, work by

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Multiply the price by the number of the highest deno-mination in the given quantity, and the product will be the value thereof; to which add the value of the remaining denominations, found by taking parts of the price: or,

Find the value of the number of the highest denomination, by one of the preceding rules, to which add the value of the remaining denominations, found as before.

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1. What is the value of 171 cwt. I qr. 7 lb. of sugar, at 3L. 6s. 8d. per cwt.? Ans. 571 L. Os. 10d,

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EXAMPLES IN FEDERAL MONEY.

Note.--When the given price of an article is in Federal money, the question may generally be answered by Simple Multiplication, or by the Rule of Three, more readily than by Practice. It is useful however to be acquainted with the method of working by Practice, as it affords a means of proving the correctness of operations performed by those other rules.

The examples that are given in this place, are chiefly confined to cases in which the price is an aliquot part of a dollar for working which the following is a

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