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PRACTICE.
41
Questions.
99 bushels of malt,
10 sheep,
21 week’s wages,
44 reams of paper,
Questions.
12 lb or 1 cwt
.! 24 lb or 2 cwt
36
1 cwt
36 lb or 3 cwt
s d
Answers.
1 s d
18 18 0
81 8 8
23 16 0
9 16 0
87 17 0
55 15 75
at 3 4| per lb
at 7 3£ per lb
at 1 5 each
at 1 9 per lb
at 5 21 per lb
at 3 2£ each
But if the multiplier cannot be exactly produced by the
ultiplication of small numbers, find the nearest to it, either
'eater or less, which can be so produced ; then after ha¬
ng multiplied continually by the component parts of this
imber, to or from the last product, add or subtract the
oduce of so many as it is less or greater than the given
imber.
Questions.
17 at 0 5
23 at 0 1
29 at 2 5
34 at 0 19
38 at 1 11
41 at 0 3
46 at 0 4
51 at 0 6
68 at 0 9 llj
79 at 0 11 5|
94 at 0 12 2
106 at Oil 7£-
59 at 0 .7 10
Ex4mpi.es.
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6
65
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7
51
1
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Answers.
1 s d
4 13 6
1 15 55
65 12 10^
33 5 10
59 15 5
6 6 5
lOdl 95
16 18 lit
33 15 9
45 6 105
57 3 • 8
77 8 0£
23 2 2