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

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sums ~520, ~200, ~700, and ~1,000; and lost in the second, fifth, and
seventh years ~100, ~250, and ~320 respectively.
2. According to a Parliamentary return for the year 1872-3, the
dividends on India Stock charged with income tax was ~7,032,247;.
on Colonial Stocks, ~2,839,776; and on Foreign Stocks, ~9,341,193;;
find the income tax on each of these dividends, and the whole amount
at the rate of fourpence in the pound.
3. The rental of a parish is ~19,380; how much in the pound will
produce a rate of ~403 15s.?
4. A farmer rents a farm of 500 acres, on the following terms: he
pays a fixed rent of 15 shillings an acre, and a corn rent of 120 quarters.
of wheat, 80 quarters of barley, and 60 quarters of oats. The prices
of wheat, barley, and oats being respectively 48s. 6d., 25s., and
19s. 6d. per quarter; find his rent per acre.
5. In a certain parish the tithe rent-charge, valued at ~740, was.
commuted for equal portions of wheat, barley, and oats, whose prices.
were 6s. 8d., 3s. 2d., and 2s. 6d. a bushel respectively. When barley
and oats were at 2s. 9d. and 2s. respectively, what must be the priceof wheat, that the tithe rent-charge may be worth ~780?
6. In 1834, on the abolition of slavery in the West Indies, 203
millions sterling was voted by the British Parliament to compensate
the slave-owners, whose slaves were valued at ~45,282,000. What.
was the average compensation the slave-owners received for each
slave, supposing each slave of same value?
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1. Divide ~1000 among three persons, so that the first may have
3 times as much as the second, and the third as much as the first and
second together.
2. The sum of ~984 is to be divided between 4 men, A, B,, D
in such a manner, that for every ~3 given to A, B is to receive ~5, C
~7, and ) ~9; what sum did each receive?
3. Divide ~1000 among four persons A, B, C, /), so that C shall
have ~5 more than ), B ~5 more than C, and A ~5 more than B.
4. The sum of ~72 is to be divided among 24 men, 36 women, and
72 children, so that the shares of two men shall be equal to that of three
women, and each woman's share equal to the shares of two children;.
what will be the share of each?
5. The sum of ~204 Gs. 3d. is to be divided between 6 men, 3
women, and 12 children: for every pound each woman receives, each
man is to receive two pounds, and each-child ten shillings; how much.
will they severally receive'?
6. The sum of ~20 is to be divided among 42 persons, in such a.
manner that 25 of them shall have 7s. 6d. each, and the rest shall share
equally in the remainder; find the share of each of the latter.
7. In a manufactory there are employed 3 foremen at 3s. 4d. a day,.