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35. How many yards of cloth 3qrs. wide arc equal in 

 measure to 30 yards 5qrs. wide ? Ans. 50 yards. 



36. A borrowed of his friend B 250I. for 7 months, 

 promising to do him the like kindness : sometime after B 

 had occasion for 3 col. how long may he keep it to receive 

 full amends for the favour ? 



Ans. 5 m.onths and 25 days. 



37. If, when the price of a bushel of wheat is 6s. 3d. the 

 penny loaf weig]i 90Z. what ought it to weigh when wheat 

 is at 8s. 2-|-d. per bushel ? Ans. 6oz. I3dr. 



38. If 4ycwt. may he carried 36 miles for 35s. how ma- 

 ny pounds can I have carried 20 miles for the same money ? 



Ans. 9071b. -J—. 



39. How many yards of canvas, that is ell wide, will line 

 20 yards of say, that is 3qrs. wide ? Ans. 12yds. 



40. If 30 men can perform a piece of work in 1 1 days, 

 how many men will accomplish another piece of work, 4 

 times as big, in a fifth part of the time ? Ans. 600. 



41. A wall, that is to be built to the height of 27 feet, 

 was raised 9 feet by 1 2 men in 6 days : how many men 

 must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same 

 rate of working ? Ans. 36. 



42. If -^oz. cost y~K what will loz. cost ? 



Ans. il. 5s. 8d. 



43. If -^-g- of a ship cost 273I. 2s. 6d. what is j^— of her 

 worth ? Ans. 227I. 12s. id. 



44. At I ~1. per cwt. what does 3^ lb. come to ? 



Ans. lo^d, 



45. If |- of a gallon cost |-j. what will -J of a tun cost ? 



Ans. 140I. 



46. A person, having -|- of a coal mine, sells -| of his 

 share for 171I. what is the whole mine worth ? 



Ans. 380I. 



47. If, when the days are 13I- hours long, a traveller per* 

 forms his journey in 354- days ; in how many days will he 

 perform the same journey, when the days are 11-^- hours 

 long ? . Alls. 4o|y|- days, 



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