Henry Sinclair Hall
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 38
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...were running together, in what time would they fill 1069 cubic inches? 7. What will 1000 amount to, in 3 years, at 5 per cent. per annum compound interest? 8. What is the present Worth of a bill for 151. 10s., due in 80 days, the rate of interest being 4 per cent. per year of 365 days? 9. I invest 2820 in Italian Five per Cents. at 94, sell the stock again at 95, and reinvest the proceeds in Spanish Four per Cents. at 57. If I receive a quarter's dividend on the Spanish stock, and afterwards sell it at 58, what sum shall I realize by the dividends and sale together? 10. If 48 gallons of spirit at 12s. per gallon, 2$ gallons at 10s. 6d., and 19i gallons at 1s. id., be mixed with 19J gallons of water; and the mixture sold at 7s. l0id. per gallon; what is the gain per cent.? 15 11. Find to three places of decimals the square root of 8--. 12. If 1 is equivalent to 25 francs, 36 ducats to 375 francs, and 19 ducats to 40 roubles, find how many roubles are equivalent to 95. 1. Find the present value of 1919. 5s. llfcd. due 2 years and 7 months hence, simple interest being reckoned at 3 per cent. 2. If 235, after being lent for 4 years at simple interest, amounts to 267. 18s., find the rate at which interest is charged. 3. Divide-000324 by-018, -0000018, and 1800. 4. Reduce 33 yards to the decimal of a mile. 5. Simplify the expression 6. Reduce-03042 of 3 tons 15 cwt. 75 lbs. to ounces and the decimal of an ounce. 7. Find the value of 3-6 of-954 of-42857i of 18s. Gd. 8. By selling a horse for 85 a man lost 7 per cent.; find what would have been his gain or loss per cent. if it had been sold for 96. 10s. 9. The circumference of a carriage-wheel is 2yds. 2 ft. 2 in.; how many times...