Elementary arithmetic, with brief notices of its history... by Robert Potts.

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III.
1. Multiply ~11 l s. lld. by each of the nine digits respectively,
and reverse the operation in each case.
2. Multiply ~14 17s. llad. by 35, 37, and 175 respectively.
3. Multiply ~963 Is. lId. by 999.
4. Multiply ~10 17s. 63d. by 8764.
5. Divide ~192 15s. lld. by 13, and establish the truth of the
-process.
6. Divide ~20,000 19s. 6d. by 57621.
7. Divide 18s. 4d. by 44 and by 3s. 8d., and explain the nature of
the quotients.
8. Find how often ~24 lls. 6-d. is contained in ~8060 18s. 1Od.
9. What is the difference between 5482 times ~1 12s. 6jd. and
1562 times ~5 14s. 2~d.?
10. What is the standard unit of English money? Explain under
what conditions one concrete number may be multiplied by another.
IV.
1. What sum will be required to pay 18s. 6d. to each of 26
persons?
2. Among how many persons must ~59 6s. 33d. be divided, that
each person may receive ~3 2s. 5Id.?
3. Among how many persons can ~1482 18s. 4~d. be divided, so
that each may receive ~12 Is. 1id.?
4. Find the price of 7865 articles at ~2 19s. 6d. each, using one
multiplication and one division.
5. Required the value of 2710 pounds at 6s. 8d. a pound.
6. If 6 articles cost ~3 16s. 6d., how much will 13 cost at the same
rate?
7. How much a day is ~82 10s. lid. a year?
8. Divide ~1000 equally among 121 persons; and if the silver,coins of the value of threepence be employed, what is the value of
the remainder?
9. There are three quantities, ~5, 8s., and 75 gallons. Multiply,one of them by the quotient of the other two. State accurately the
result of the operation, and perform it in as many different ways as
possible.
V.
1. How many crowns are equal in value to 200 half-guineas?
2. If an English guinea be worth 27~ French francs, at lOd. each,
how much French money ought a person to receive for 44 guineas?
3. How many coins of 5s. 04d. are worth 59527 coins of 5s. lId.
each?
4. An Austrian souverain and a gold ducat are worth 13s. lid.
~and 9s. 6d. respectively. How many ducats are equivalent to 4560
zouverains?