The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41
September, 1879. — Arithmetie
September, 1879.
Arithmetie.
1. Multiply six hundred and fifty thousand one hundred and twenty three by five thousand and eighty-nine; prove the result by division.
(1) | 25½ guineas to sixpences. |
(2) | 5000 poles to acres. |
(3) | 560 miles to inches. |
(4) | 156256 oz. to tons. |
- dividend, factor, multiple, measure, interest.
4. Reduce each of these fractions to its lowest terms:
5. Simplify:
6. Find, by practice, the cost of 16 oz. 6 dwts. 17 grs. at £13 10s. 6d, per oz.
( a) | 4s. 7½d. to the decimal of 20s. |
( b) | 2 qrs. 21 lbs. to the decimal of 1 ton. |
8. Multiply 23.156 by 1.25, and by 12.5; prove the results by division.
9. Find the simple interest and amount of £235 10s. 6d. for 5 years 5 months, at 5¼ per cent.
10. What sum of money must be invested at 6 per cent. to produce a return of £125?
11. If 20 men can reap a field in 24 days, in how many days will 30 men reap it?
12. How many bushels of wheat at 3/7 of £1½ a bushel will pay for 15 muids of oats at 5/6 of 2 guineas a muid?
( Note, 1 Muid = 3 bushels).