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 IN MEMORIAM 
 FLORIAN CAJORI 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 BT 
 
 BRUCE M. WATSON 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SPOKANE, WASH. 
 AND 
 
 CHARLES E. WHITE 
 
 PEINCIPAL OF FRANKLIN SCHOOL, SYRACUSE, N.Y. 
 
 D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS 
 
 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO 
 
 1912 
 
Copyright, 1908, 
 By D. C. Heath & Co. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 This volume, the third of the series, is designed for use in 
 the higher grammar grades. 
 
 It contains a brief and somewhat more mature treatment of 
 topics covered by the first two books, and a thorough course in 
 the more advanced subjects taught in the upper classes. 
 
 The aim has been to secure in pupils a high degree of facility 
 and accuracy in computation, to develop the power of visual- 
 ization, and to cultivate a habit of reliance upon independent 
 thought, rather than upon rules and formulas, in obtaining 
 results. 
 
 The attention of teachers is especially directed to the plan of 
 developing the basal ideas of each new topic by means of oral 
 exercises, thus insuring appreciation of the new idea in advance 
 of the conventional form of computation. 
 
 The authors desire to acknowledge their obligation to Mr. 
 Edward South worth. Head Master of the Mather School, Boston, 
 Mass., for helpful suggestions in the treatment of Mensuration ; 
 to Principal C. S. Gibson and Miss Mary Losacker of Seymour 
 School, Syracuse, N.Y., for aid in the preparation of the sec- 
 tions pertaining to Interest ; and to the many superintendents 
 and others who have performed a most valuable service in read- 
 ing and correcting the proofs. 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PA6B 
 
 Arabic Notation and Numeration 3 
 
 Roman Notation 8 
 
 Addition of Integers and Decimals 10 
 
 Subtraction of Integers and Decimals 12 
 
 Addition and Subtraction — Oral .14 
 
 Multiplication of Integers 15 
 
 Division of Integers 17 
 
 Multiplication and Division of Decimals 19 
 
 Indicated Operations 23 
 
 Tests of Divisibility 25 
 
 Ideas of Proportion 27 
 
 Factors and Multiples 29 
 
 Cancellation 31 
 
 Least Common Multiple 32 
 
 Greatest Common Divisor 34 
 
 Fractions 36 
 
 Reduction to Lowest Terms 37 
 
 Reduction of Improper Fractions to Integers or Mixed Numbers 39 
 
 Reduction of Integers and Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions 40 
 
 Reduction of Fractions to Least Common Denominator . . 41 
 
 Addition of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 42 
 
 Subtraction of Fractions and Mixed Numbers .... 43 
 
 Multiplication and Division Combined 44 
 
 Multiplication .45 
 
 Division 48 
 
 Comparative Study of Decimals and Common Fractions . 51 
 
 Aliquot Parts . 55 
 
 Special Cases in Multiplication . 57 
 
 Special Cases in Division 58 
 
 Accounts and Bills 61 
 
 Review and Practice . .68 
 
 Articles sold by the Thousand, Hundred, or Hundredweight 75 
 
 Denominate Numbers 76 
 
 Reduction of Denominate Numbers . 85 
 
 Addition and Subtraction of Compound Numbers .... 91 
 
 Multiplication and Division of Compound Numbers ... 94 
 
 Measurements . . 96 
 
 Areas of Parallelograms 96 
 
 Areas of Triangles . .98 
 
 Measurement of Rectangular Solids 100 
 
 Building Walls 102 
 
 Floor Covering 104 
 
 Plastering 105 
 
 Wall Coverings 107 
 
 Lumber Measure • • . . 108 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS V 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Estimating Shingles 112 
 
 Volume and Capacity 113 
 
 Review and Practice 117 
 
 Computation in Hundredths 125 
 
 Percentage 128 
 
 Per Cents Equivalent to Common Fractions 133 
 
 Profit and Loss 139 
 
 Commission 145 
 
 Commercial Discount 150 
 
 Contracts 157 
 
 Insurance 157 
 
 Interest . . 165 
 
 Interest for Short Periods 170 
 
 Exact Interest 171 
 
 Problems in Interest 172 
 
 Compound Interest 180 
 
 Promissory Notes 182 
 
 Kinds of Notes 185 
 
 Indorsement 186 
 
 Maturity 187 
 
 Default of Payment 188 
 
 Exercises 188 
 
 Computing Interest on Notes 191 
 
 Partial Payments > 193 
 
 Review and Practice 198 
 
 Banks and Banking 205 
 
 Depositing and Withdrawing Money . . . . . . 206 
 
 Comparison of Checks and Notes 209 
 
 Bank Discount 211 
 
 Protesting Notes, Checks, and Drafts . . . ' . . . 218 
 
 Taxes ' .... 220 
 
 Exchange 226 
 
 Commercial Drafts 231 
 
 Exchange by Postal Money Order 235 
 
 Exchange by Express Money Order 237 
 
 Exchange by Telegraph Money Order 238 
 
 Foreign Exchange 239 
 
 Metric System 247 
 
 Linear Measure 247 
 
 Surface Measure 252 
 
 Land Measure 255 
 
 Volume Measure 256 
 
 Capacity Measure 257 
 
 Measures of Weight 259 
 
 Duties 261 
 
 Equations 267 
 
 Review and Practice . • • • 276 
 
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 PAGE 
 
 Stocks . 284 
 
 Bonds • 296 
 
 Ratio 303 
 
 Proportion 306 
 
 Partitive Proportion 312 
 
 Partnership 314 
 
 Review and Practice 317 
 
 Involution 323 
 
 Evolution . , 326 
 
 Square Root 329 
 
 Square Root of a Decimal 336 
 
 Square Root of a Common Fraction 337 
 
 Evolution by Factoring 339 
 
 Applications of Square Root 340 
 
 Mensuration . 344 
 
 Plane Figures 345 
 
 Areas of Regular Polygons 345 
 
 Areas of Trapezoids 346 
 
 Study of the Circle 347 
 
 Solids o 351 
 
 Study of Prisms 351 
 
 Study of the Cylinder 352 
 
 Study of the Cone 355 
 
 Study of Regular Pyramids 358 
 
 Study of the Sphere 359 
 
 Similar Surfaces 361 
 
 Longitude and Time . . . , 367 
 
 Standard Time 371 
 
 Review and Practice , • • . 373 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 Cube Root 392 
 
 Similar Solids 397 
 
 Methods of Computing Interest 397 
 
 Method by Aliquot Parts .... c .... 397 
 
 Bankers' Method 398 
 
 Ordinary Six Per Cent Method 398 
 
 True Discount and Present Worth 398 
 
 Suretyship 400 
 
 Compound Proportion 402 
 
 Government Lands 405 
 
 Greatest Common Divisor by Continued Division . . . 406 
 
 Farmers* Estimates 407 
 
 Kinds of Paper Money 408 
 
 Multiplication Table 409 
 
 Compound Interest Table . • • • • • . . 410 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 ARABIC NOTATION AND NUMERATION 
 
 1. That which tells how many is number; e.g. three, seven, 
 five, two and one half. 
 
 2. One is a unit; e.g. one, one (doHar), one (book). 
 
 3. A number that is applied to some particular thing or things 
 is caUed a concrete number ; e.g. five (books), seven (doHars), 
 ten (months). 
 
 4. A number that is not applied to any particular thing or 
 things is called an abstract number; e.g. five, seven, eleven. 
 
 To the Teacher. — See Primary Arithmetic, pages 139 and 140. 
 
 5. A number that is composed entirely of whole units is an 
 integer; e.g. six, eight, thirteen. 
 
 6. One or more of the equal parts of a unit is a fraction; e.g. 
 
 7 _2_5_ 
 ?' 10 0- 
 
 7. The number above the line in a fraction is the numerator ; 
 the number below the line in a fraction is the denominator ; e.g. 
 in the fractions |-, |-, and -f-^-^., the numerators are 2, 7, and 25. 
 The denominators are 3, 8, and 100. 
 
 8 . The product of equal factors is a power. (See § 47) ; e.g. 
 
 4 is a power of 2 because 2x2=4 
 
 8 is a power of 2 because 2x2x2 =8 
 
 81 is a power of 3 because 3x3x3x3 =81 
 
 100 is a power of 10 because 10 x 10 = 100 
 
4 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Name three other powers of 10. 
 
 9. A fraction whose denominator is 10 or a power of 10 is a, 
 decimal fraction ; e.g. -^^, -^q^, lotoo' '^^ '^^•> -0^38. 
 
 10. Expressing numbers by means of figures or letters is 
 notation; e.g. 32, XXXII. 
 
 11. Expressing numbers by means of figures is Arabic notation; 
 e.g. 349, 6872.351. 
 
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are called significant figures because 
 they have values. The figure 0, called a cipher, naught, or zero, 
 expresses no value. It is used to give the significant figures 
 their proper places in expressing numbers. 
 
 12. The value of each significant figure depends upon the 
 place which it occupies when used with other figures in express- 
 ing a number. 
 
 The value of a figure in any place is ten times as great as it 
 would be if it occupied the next place to the rights and one 
 tenth as great as it would be if it occupied the next place to 
 the left. 
 
 Since the value of a figure is increased tenfold as it is moved 
 one place from right to left, and divided by ten as it is moved 
 one place from left to right, Arabic notation is said to be based 
 on a scale of ten ; or, the scale of Arabic notation is a decimal scale. 
 
 The decimal scale extends through decimal fractions as well 
 as integers, the scale of increase and decrease being uniform 
 from the highest unit of the integer to the lowest unit of the 
 decimal. 
 
 The names of the units occupying the different places are 
 called the different orders of units; and each group of three 
 orders of units constitutes a period. 
 
 The left hand period of an integer may contain only one or two 
 figures, or orders of units ; it is then called an incomplete period. 
 
ARABIC NOTATION AND NUMERATION 
 
 13. TABLE OF ARABIC NOTATION 
 
 o -S o "I 
 
 •n .2 -z °- -a 
 
 J = o ^ 
 
 = •- ^ c 
 
 CO 2 I- 3 
 
 •C TJ 
 
 i^ « U> «» 5 
 
 «2 E fs . £ rt 
 
 C - M CA jj -M (O 
 
 fe = •- = ^ Ili = 
 
 q:=«> =o» =« 25 "5 w^tjii 
 
 w-Vo ■?§ TO r!2-D«) ^ -^ -a »> V f> 
 
 w a)=c<i>=<o<i)=I2©2"Jo» rt«)Q)coOo+; 
 
 S T3*r.2x!-?5T3VO-0-»;'3"Dtf)W.E5-0 3r-00 
 
 o ccEEE^^CEEccocc.-tioccocciE 
 
 ^ 3a>i-3<Ur=30--3Q)£3<UE0a>3£©3-- 
 
 i|-I-ihcqxhSxi-i-3:i-3Q|-xi-I-i2 
 12 7, 34 6, 20 8, 63 5, 409 . 239 107 
 
 Observe in the above table that 
 
 a. The decimal point (.) is placed between units' and tenths' 
 places. Figures at the left of the decimal point express in- 
 tegers^ and figures at the right of the decimal point express 
 decimal fractions. 
 
 h. The different orders of units are numbered from the deci- 
 mal point both to the right and to the left. 
 
 c. The values of the different orders of units increase uni- 
 formly from right to left and decrease uniformly from left to 
 right in a tenfold ratio, throughout the integer and the decimal. 
 
 d. The name of each period is the same as that of the riglit- 
 hand place in that period. 
 
 e. Commas are used to separate the periods, for convenience 
 in reading. 
 
 14. A number that is composed of an integer and a decimal is 
 called a mixed decimal; e.g. 2.5, 31.242, 600.00006. 
 
6 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 15. Naming the places of figures and reading numbers is nu- 
 meration ; e.g.^ to numerate the number .40236, we should say, 
 tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten-thousandths, hundred- 
 thousandths — forty thousand two hundred thirty-six, hun- 
 dred-thousandths. 
 
 16. In reading numbers, the word and should not be used 
 except between the integer and the decimal of a mixed decimal, 
 or between the integer and the fraction of a mixed number ; e.g. 
 30,245 is read, thirty thousand two hundred forty -five ; .328 is 
 read, three hundred twenty-eight thousandths; 30,245.328 
 is read, thirty thousand two hundred forty-five and three hun- 
 dred twenty-eight thousandths. 
 
 17. Read the following integers and write them in words: 
 
 1. 
 
 42,930 
 
 6. 
 
 8,034,034 
 
 11. 
 
 400,000,040 
 
 2. 
 
 80,765 
 
 7. 
 
 3,001,001 
 
 12. 
 
 6,097,429 
 
 3. 
 
 49,060 
 
 8. 
 
 9,705,010 
 
 13. 
 
 913,074,060,812 
 
 4. 
 
 305,041 
 
 9. 
 
 389,046 
 
 14. 
 
 3,501,230,780,020 
 
 5. 
 
 200,030 
 
 10. 
 
 8,107,010 
 
 15. 
 
 600,400,300,001 
 
 18. Bead the following decimals and write them in words 
 
 1. .34 6. .8070 * 11. .20456 
 
 2. .751 7. .24305 12. .380751 
 
 3. .03 8. .9280 13. .0007 
 
 4. .705 9. .60834 • 14. .000007 
 
 5. .807 10. .90307 15. .603120 
 
ARABIC NOTATION AND NUMERATION 7 
 
 19. Read the following mixed decimals and write them in 
 
 words . 
 
 ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 64.85 
 
 11. 
 
 9,500.5050 
 
 21. 
 
 900.900 
 
 2. 
 
 289.9 
 
 12. 
 
 384.20108 
 
 22. 
 
 .990 
 
 3. 
 
 407.07 
 
 13. 
 
 70,903.60050 
 
 23. 
 
 6.00006 
 
 4. 
 
 897.403 
 
 14. 
 
 8,000.800 
 
 24. 
 
 • 42.0402 
 
 5. 
 
 2,025.025 
 
 15. 
 
 8,000.00008 
 
 25. 
 
 100.00001 
 
 6. 
 
 83.0008 
 
 16. 
 
 .08008 
 
 26. 
 
 100.100 
 
 7. 
 
 4,920.0020 
 
 17. 
 
 .060010 
 
 27. 
 
 101.101 
 
 8. 
 
 370.0700 
 
 18. 
 
 .0010 
 
 28. 
 
 101.100 
 
 9. 
 
 9,876.540 
 
 19. 
 
 .1010 
 
 29. 
 
 10,010.1010 
 
 10. 
 
 300.00003 
 
 20. 
 
 400,004.00004 
 
 30. 
 
 100,000.100 
 
 20. Express the following numbers in fig\ires: 
 
 1. Two hundred thousand, two hundred. 
 
 2. Twelve thousand, and two thousandths. 
 
 3. Eighty-eight thousand, and three hundredths. 
 
 4. One hundred, and one hundred thousandths. 
 
 5. One hundred thousand, and one hundred-thousandth. 
 
 6. Three thousand one hundred-thousandths. 
 
 7. Eight thousand, and eight thousandths. 
 
 8. Five billion, sixty thousand, two hundred. 
 
 9. Three hundred six million six. 
 
 10. Forty-eight thousand two hundred, and two hundred- 
 thousandths. 
 
 11. Three hundred seventy-five thousand sixty, and four 
 hundred ten thousandths. 
 
8 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 12. Seventy thousand four hundred, and four hundred ten- 
 thousandths. 
 
 13. Sixty thousand fifty, and sixty-nine ten-thousandths. 
 
 14. Ninety-one, and ninety-one thousandths. 
 
 15. Two thousand three hundred one, hundred-thousandths. 
 
 16. Five hundred eighteen, and five hundred eighteen ten- 
 thousandths. 
 
 17. Thirty-nine thousand four millionths. 
 
 18. Two hundred two thousandths. 
 
 19. Two hundred, and two thousandths. 
 
 20. Two and two hundred thousandths. 
 
 21. Two and two hundred-thousandths. 
 
 22. Six hundred six thousand. 
 
 23. Six hundred six thousandths. 
 
 24. Six hundred, and six thousandths. 
 
 25. Six hundred, and six hundred thousandths. 
 
 26. Six hundred, and six hundred-thousands. 
 
 ROMAN NOTATION 
 
 21. Expressing numbers hy 7neans of letters is Roman notation. 
 
 For many years the Roman system of notation was commonly used in 
 Europe. The ancient Greeks also had a system of notation which employed 
 the letters of the Greek alphabet. Both of these systems were awkward, 
 and of little use in making computations. 
 
 The Arabic numerals were used first in India. The figure was lacking 
 until about the fifth century. Its introduction added greatly to the useful- 
 ness of the system. 
 
 Arabic notation was first used in Europe about the twelfth century, hav- 
 ing been brought there by the Arabs. It is now the prevailing system of 
 notation throughout the civilized world. 
 
ROMAN NOTATION 
 
 9 
 
 22. The Roman system of notation employs the following 
 seven capital letters in expressing numbers: 
 
 I (1), V (5), X (10), L (50), C (100), D (500), M (1000). 
 
 In combining these letters, the following principles are 
 observed : 
 
 a. Repeating a letter repeats its value ; e.g. 
 
 X = 10, XX = 20, XXX = 30. 
 
 h. When a letter folloivs one of greater value, its value is added 
 to the greater value ; e.g. C = 100, L = 5jO, CL = 150. 
 
 c. When a letter precedes one of greater value., its value is sub- 
 tracted from the greater value ; e.g. C = 100, X = 10, XC = 90. 
 
 d. When a letter is placed between two letters of greater value, 
 its value is subtracted from the sum of the two greater values ; 
 e.g. C = 100, X = 10, L = 50, CXL = 140. 
 
 e. A bar placed over a letter multiplies its value by 1000 ; e.g. 
 XC = 90, XC = 90,000. 
 
 23. Read the following numbers and express them in Arabic 
 numerals: 
 
 1. IX 
 
 2. XIII 
 
 3. XIX 
 
 4. ccc 
 
 5. CDVII 
 
 6. XCVI 
 
 7. CLXIX 
 
 8. MDCC 
 
 9. XVI 
 
 10. MCMIX 
 
 11. MCMXI 
 
 12. QLIII 
 
 13. M 
 
 14. CMIX 
 
 15. DCXL 
 
 16. LXXyill 
 
 17. XCV 
 
 18. XCIV 
 
 19. CCXCI 
 
 20. DLXXjq 
 
 21. MCMXIX 
 
10 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 24. Express the following numbers in Roman numerals : 
 
 1. 8 5. 86 9. 83 13. 64 17. 237 
 
 2. 18 6. 44 10. 99 14. 110 18. 550 
 
 3. 119 7. 55 11. 14 15. 208 19. 1555 
 
 4. 29 8. 136 12. 75 16. 400 20. 1911 
 
 ADDITION 
 
 25. Addition is the process of uniting two or more numbers into 
 one number ; e.g. 2 + 5=7. 
 
 26. The numbers added are addends ; e.g. 3 + 10 = 13 ; 3 
 and 10 are the addends. 
 
 27. The result of addition is the sum ; e.g. 8 books and 7 
 books are 15 books ; 15 is the sum. 
 
 28. The addends and the sum are called the terms of addition. 
 
 29. The sign + indicates addition and is read plus. 
 
 30. The sign = , called the sign of equality., is read equals., and 
 indicates that the expression preceding it has the same value 
 as the expression following it. 
 
 31. In column addition, we should learn to read a column of 
 figures, catching the combinations of two figures at a glance, 
 just as we read a book without stopping to spell the words. 
 
 In the following examples, add by combinations of two figures 
 as indicated in the units' column of example 1, especially where 
 the sum of two figures does not exceed 12. 
 
 Test each sum by adding in reverse order. Time yourself 
 and see how quickly you can get correct answers. 
 

 
 
 ADDITION 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 5. 
 
 2351 
 682 j 
 
 838 
 
 925 
 
 28 
 
 89 
 
 209 
 
 7463 
 
 39 
 
 22 
 
 796 J 
 
 761 
 
 729 
 
 476 
 
 917 
 
 489 
 
 5834 
 
 834 
 
 483 
 
 899 
 
 117 
 
 609 
 
 276 
 
 9876 
 
 4681 
 
 1ft 
 
 343 
 
 182 
 
 9013 
 
 2345 
 
 722, 
 
 flO 
 
 536 
 
 4231 
 
 1862 
 
 1076 
 
 326|^^ 
 245 J 
 
 498 
 
 5687 
 
 918 
 
 8864 
 
 704 
 
 21 
 
 4705 
 
 173 
 
 348/ 
 
 428 
 
 4598 
 
 8196 
 
 8888 
 
 193 
 
 234 
 
 729 
 
 2222 
 
 11 
 
 32. Numbers to he added should he written so that units of 
 the same order stand in the same column. 
 
 In writing decimals, this will be accomplished by making the decimal 
 points stand in a column. 
 
 Dimes, cents, and mills are expressed decimally as tenths, hundredths, 
 and thousandths of a dollar. 
 
 33. In examples 1-5, add and test, timing yourself. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 5. 
 
 1 34.25 
 
 1 3.82 
 
 1 9.764 
 
 i 48.39 
 
 1186.424 
 
 69.87 
 
 14.32 
 
 5.20 
 
 446.19 
 
 4.2468 
 
 801.06 
 
 90.125 
 
 49.0742 
 
 72.934 
 
 .9374 
 
 12.14 
 
 6.187 
 
 .894 
 
 693.126 
 
 102.0738 
 
 198.28 
 
 2.353 
 
 2.763 
 
 28.987 
 
 84.176 
 
 79.63 
 
 4.589 
 
 .058 
 
 6.104 
 
 9.334 
 
 918.47 
 
 81.236 
 
 .9278 
 
 92.193 
 
 19.2376 
 
 29.13 
 
 9.88 
 
 4.615 
 
 8.56 
 
 5.28 
 
 40.88 
 
 71.24 
 
 .8923 
 
 .79 
 
 80.342 
 
 60.82 
 
 3.257 
 
 .705 
 
 42.138 
 
 9.76 
 
 41.98 
 
 4.934 
 
 400.0006 
 
 8.973 
 
 3.582 
 
12 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 6. Add four dollars and ninety-one cents, sixty-three dollars 
 seventy-five cents and eight mills, twenty-seven dollars forty- 
 two cents and two mills, three hundred seventy-eight dollars 
 twenty-nine cents and seven mills, nine hundred forty-two dol- 
 lars, six dollars and seventy-eight cents. 
 
 7. Find the sum of eighty-one and eighty-one thousandths, 
 sixty-three and twenty-nine hundredths, two hundred fourteen 
 and one hundred fifty-eight ten-thousandths, five hundred six- 
 teen thousandths, twenty-nine and forty-four ten-thousandths, 
 six hundred eighty-four ten-thousandths, ninety -six ten- 
 thousandths, fifty-six ten-thousandths, seventy-six and eight 
 tenths. 
 
 SUBTRACTION 
 
 34. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between 
 two numbers ; eg, 21 — 7 = 14 ; 13 cents — 5 cents = 8 cents. 
 
 35. The number from which we subtract is the minuend. The 
 number subtracted is the subtrahend. The result of subtraction 
 is. the difference or remainder. 
 
 36. The difference is always the number that must he added 
 to the subtrahend to obtain the minuend ; e.g. 17 — 9 = 8. 17 
 is the minuend, 9 is the subtrahend, and 8 is the difference or 
 remainder. 
 
 37. The minuend^ subtrahend^ and remainder are the terms 
 of subtraction. 
 
 38. The sign — indicates subtraction and is read minus, or 
 
 39. Numbers to be subtracted should be written so that 
 units of any order in the subtrahend stand under units of the 
 same order in the minuend. 
 
SUBTRACTION 
 
 13 
 
 40. The correctness of work in subtraction may be tested by 
 adding the remainder and the subtrahend. If this gives the 
 minuend, the work is correct. 
 
 41. 1. From 7364 take 3875. 
 
 Since 5 units cannot be taken from 4 units, we take 1 ten from 
 6 tens, which, united with 4 units, makes 14 units. 5 tens remain in 
 the minuend. 5 units from 14 units leave 9 units. 
 
 In a similar manner, 7 tens from 15 tens leave 8 tens, 8 hundreds 
 from 12 hundreds leave 4 hundreds, and 3 thousands from 6 thousands 
 leave 3 thousands. 
 
 The entire remainder is 3489. 
 
 7364 
 
 3875 
 3489 
 
 Subtract and test, timing yourself: 
 
 2. 
 
 3042 
 
 . 825 
 
 3. 
 
 63895 
 
 4287 
 
 4. 
 
 2961 
 1953 
 
 5. 
 
 27409 
 8129 
 
 6. 
 
 63204 
 9183 
 
 7. 
 
 28654 
 17946 
 
 8. 
 
 10090 
 1095 
 
 9. 
 
 26130 
 9231 
 
 10. 
 
 31024 
 2736 
 
 11. 
 
 82431 
 8243 
 
 12. 
 
 63205 
 8164 
 
 13. 
 
 90372 
 82365 
 
 14. 
 
 64351 
 
 27809- 
 
 15. 
 
 30756 
 7912 
 
 16. 
 
 12005 
 11996 
 
 17. 
 
 3102 
 471 
 
 18. 
 
 28143 
 9204 
 
 19. 
 
 2000 
 199 
 
 20. 
 
 7000 
 6999 
 
 21. 
 
 202 
 193 
 
 Decimals to be subtracted should be written so that the deci- 
 mal point of the subtrahend comes directly below that of the 
 minuend. Why? 
 
 When the subtrahend contains more decimal places than the 
 minuend, we may subtract as though ciphers were annexed to 
 
14 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 the minuend to make as many decimal places in the minuend 
 as in the subtrahend. 
 
 Annexing ciphers to a decimal affects its value how? Why? 
 
 42. Written 
 1. Subtract 39.2479 from 167.3. 
 
 167.3 
 39.2479 
 
 128.0521 Difference or Remainder 
 
 Find the remainders^ and test without re-writing the numbers 
 
 2. 43527-389.19 12. 384.79-93.6215 
 
 3. 168.42 - $42.93 13. 29.810 - 13.7901 
 
 4. $365.-846.12 14. 6.8001-5.80013 
 
 5. $89.10-123.562 15. $40.78 -$29,783 
 
 6. 30.-4.7619 16. 8050.706-805,0706 
 
 7. 563. -.9999 17. 423.7-42.37 
 
 8. $913. -$.258 18. 68023.4-234 
 
 9. 63.9542-18.156 19. $121.075 -$12.10 
 
 10. 864.23-1.0009 20. 76513.28-7762.47103 
 
 11. 909.091-89.0902 21. 83.54 -.7592 
 
 ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION 
 43. Oral 
 
 1. Add 84 and 79 2. Subtract 76 from 91 
 
 84 H- 70 = 154 91 - 70 = 21 
 
 154+ 9 = 163 21-6 = 15 
 
 Say 84, 154, 163. Say 91, 21, 15. 
 
MULTIPLICATION 15 
 
 3. 35 + 19 9. 29 + 34 15. 57 + 24 
 
 4. 46 + 15 10. 83-47 16. .f.86-$.38 
 
 5. $.83-f.l4 11. f.79 + 1.24 17. 1.79 + 1.42 
 
 6. $.37 + 1.48 12. $1.21 + 1.43 18. $1.20-1.84 
 
 7. $.92 -$.25 13. 115-37 19. $2.80 + $.70 
 
 8. 88-39 14. 36 + 45 20. $1.50-$. 73 
 
 MULTIPLICATION 
 
 44. Multiplication is taking one number as many times as there 
 are units in another ; e.g, 6 times 9 = 54. 
 
 45. The number multiplied \^ the multiplicand ; the number by 
 which we multiply is the multiplier ; the result of multiplication 
 is the product ; e.g, 12 times 20 are 240. 20 is the multiplicand^ 
 12 is the multiplier^ and 240 is the product, 20 and 12 are 
 factors of 240. 
 
 46. The multiplier^ multiplicand^ and product are the terms 
 of multiplication. 
 
 47. Uach of the numbers that are multiplied to produce a num- 
 ber is a factor of that number ; e.g, 2, 3, and 5 are factors of 
 30 because 2 x 3 x 5 = 30. 
 
 48. The multiplier and multiplicand are factors of the product. 
 The product is the same in whatever order the factors are 
 taken ; e.g. 6 times 7 = 42, and 7 times 6 = 42 ; 3 x 5 x 4 = 60, 
 and 4 X 3 X 5 = 60. 
 
 49. The sign x , placed between two numbers, indicates that 
 one of them is to be multiplied by the other. 
 
16 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 50. Multiplication of integers is a short method of adding 
 equal integers ; e.g. 4x5 may be obtained by adding four 5's, 
 thus 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20, or by adding five 4's, thus 4 + 4 + 4 
 + 4 + 4 = 20. 
 
 51. Oral 
 1. 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Multiply each number in the upper row by every number in 
 the lower row. 
 
 2. What is the effect of annexing a cipher to an integer ? 
 Two ciphers? Three ciphers ? Four ciphers ? 
 
 3. How may we multiply a number by 100,000 ? 
 
 4. 300 = 3 X 100 15 X 300 = 15 X 3 X 100 = ? 
 
 5. Multiply 25 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000. 
 
 6. Multiply 368 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000. 
 
 7. Multiply 9 by 10,000 ; by 100,000 ; by 1,000,000. 
 
 8. Multiply 12 by 40 ; by 400 ; by 4000. 
 
 9. Multiply 36 by 200 ; by 2000 ; by 20,000. 
 
 10. Multiply 70 by 1000 ; by 50 ; by 800 ; by 4000. 
 
 52. Written 
 1. Multiply 5972 by 689. 
 
 In multiplying 5972 by 689 we multiply by 9, by 80, and 
 
 ^"" by 600, and add the results (called partial products). The 
 
 53748 sum of the pa^rtial products is the product required. 
 
 47776 ^6 omit the ciphers at the right of the partial products 
 
 S5882 after the first. The second partial product is 477,760. Read 
 
 A1 IzlTHft ^^ third partial product. 
 
DIVISION 17 
 
 2. Multiply 864 by 403. 
 864 
 
 403 When the multiplier contains a cipher, a partial product 
 
 2592 is omitted. Why? The next partial product begins two 
 3456 places to the left. Read the partial products in example 2. 
 
 348192 
 
 In examples 3-17, find the products^ and read each partial 
 product : 
 
 3. 368x29 8. 7359x83 13. 4907x199 
 
 4. 4596 X 38 9. 9138 x 43 14. 2051 x 7892 
 
 5. 6874 X 63 10. 294 x 137 15. 345 x 4006 
 
 6. 1024x99 11. 809x809 16. 4239x618 
 
 7. 2809 X 83 12. 799 x 835 17. 9999 x 8507 
 
 DIVISION 
 
 53. Division is the process of finding one of two factors^ when 
 the other factor and the product are given ; e.g. 35 is the prod- 
 uct of 7 and 5 ; 35 divided by 7 equals 5 ; 35 divided by 5 
 equals 7. 
 
 54. The number divided is the dividend. 
 
 55. The number by which we divide is the divisor. 
 
 56. The number obtained by division is the quotient. 
 
 57. When the divisor is not exactly contained in the dividend^ 
 the part of the dividend that is left is called the remainder. 
 
 Name the terms used in division. 
 
 58. The sign -?- between two numbers indicates that the first 
 is to be divided by the second. Division may also be indicated 
 
18 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 by writing the dividend above, and the divisor below, a hori- 
 zontal line ; e.g. 
 
 35 -!- 7 or -3y5. means 35 divided by 7. 
 3 -J- 11 or Y^j means 3 divided by 11. 
 
 59. Division may be tested by multiplying the divisor and 
 quotient together and adding the remainder, if there is one. 
 If this result equals the dividend, the work is correct. Why ? 
 
 60. 1. Divide 981,504 by 213. 
 
 4608 Quotient 
 
 213)981504 213 is not contained in 9 or 98, but is contained in 981 
 
 852 four times. This is 4 thousands because 981 is thousands, 
 
 J295 The remainder is 129 (thousands). Bringing down 5 
 
 1278 (hundred), we have 1295 (hundred), which contains 213 
 
 yjCiA six (hundred) times, with a remainder of 17 (hundred). 
 
 y7QA Bringing down the cipher, we have 170 (tens), which 
 
 does not contain 213 any tens times. We write in 
 
 tens' place in the quotient, bring down 4, and obtain 8 units for the last 
 figure of the quotient, with no remainder. 
 
 Note 1. — In the above example, we may obtain the quotient figures by 
 using the left-hand figure of the divisor for a guide figure, thus, 2 in 9, four 
 times ; 2 in 12, six times ; 2 in 17, eight times. 
 
 When the second figure of the divisor is 7, 8, or 9, we may add 1 to the 
 left-hand figure for a guide figure; e.g. if the divisor is 286, it is nearly 
 300 ; therefore, we may use 3 for a guide figure instead of 2. When the 
 second figure of the divisor is 5 or 6, we may take for the guide figures both 
 the left-hand figure and the left-hand figure plus 1. 
 
 Note 2. — When the divisor is not greater than 12, the quotient should 
 be obtained by short division ; that is, by expressing only the dividend, divisor, 
 and quotient. The quotient may then be placed either above or below the 
 dividend, according to convenience, thus, 
 
 Divisor 12)564677 Dividend 47056^5 Quotient 
 
 47056^2 Quotient 12)564677 Dividend 
 
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS 19 
 
 2. 2785-^5 5. 2796-6 8. 68,347^12 
 
 3. 3928^6 6. 61,933^9 9. 7,640,328-^-12 
 
 4. 2890-7 7. 137,401-11 lo. 29,346^11 
 
 11. 3249-^10 21. 912,946^24 
 
 12. 32,695 H- 57 22. 427,473^97 
 
 13. 33,874-^49 23. 9664-16 
 
 14. 99,003^25 24. 13,734-18 
 
 15. 45,914-59 25. 62,826^74 
 
 16. 335,630-62 26. 2,098,119-987 
 
 17. 491,289 H- 73 27. 67,117,890-98 
 
 18. 216,428-^84 28. 29,067,642^1032 
 
 19. 412,582-58 29. 65,980,064^5004 
 
 20. 981,384-75 
 
 30. What number multiplied by 351 will give 347,692 for 
 a product? 
 
 31. 1,993,164 is the product of 489 and what other number? 
 
 32. By what must 982 be multiplied to obtain 3,537,492 ? 
 
 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS 
 61. Oral 
 
 1. Moving a figure one place to the right affects its value 
 how? Two places? Three places? Four places? 
 
 2. Pointing off one decimal place in a number is the same as 
 moving all the figures of the number one place to the right. 
 How does it affect the value of the number ? 
 
20 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3. Pointing off two decimal places in a number affects its 
 value how ? Three places ? Four places ? 
 
 4. How many decimal places must we point off in a number 
 to divide it by 10 ? by 1000 ? by 100 ? by 10000? 
 
 5. Divide 12,468 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000 ; by 10,000. 
 
 6. Divide 367.54 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000; by 10,000. 
 
 7. How may any integer be divided by 10 ? by 100 ? by 1000 ? 
 
 8. How may any decimal be divided by 10 ? by 100 ? 
 by 1000 ? 
 
 62. Written 
 
 1. Multiply 3.456 by 2.47. 
 
 3 ^^Q 3.456 = 3456 -^ 1000 
 
 ' 2 47 2.47 = 247 ^ 100 
 
 -24192 ^•^''^^ X 2.47 = 3456 x 247 -f- 1000 -f- 100 
 
 -^3g24 ^^^6 X 247 = 853632 
 
 6912 853632 -- 1000 -j- 100 = 8.53632 
 
 TTToaoo ^^ divide 853,632 by 1000 and 100 by pointing off 3 + 2, or 5, 
 ^•^'^'^'^^ decimal places. 
 
 • Summary 
 
 To multiply decimals^ multiply them as integers. Point off in 
 the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in 
 both factors. If the number of figures in the product is less than 
 the required number of decimal places, prefix ciphers. 
 
 2. 
 
 32.5 X 17 
 
 7. 
 
 4.039 X .24 
 
 12. 
 
 .4907 X .018 
 
 3. 
 
 426 X 5.9 
 
 8. 
 
 .875 X 1.9 
 
 13. 
 
 .029 X 568 
 
 4. 
 
 3.08 X 6.7 
 
 9. 
 
 13.55 X .037 
 
 14. 
 
 2.879 X .015 
 
 5. 
 
 6.015 X 3.1 
 
 10. 
 
 .068 X 5.81 
 
 15. 
 
 .030 X 5960 
 
 6. 
 
 42,805 X .6 
 
 11. 
 
 .351 X .42 
 
 16. 
 
 42.691 X. 08 
 
20. 
 
 93.50 X 78.92 
 
 23 
 
 .9'J9 X 1000 
 
 21. 
 
 9.10 X .086 
 
 24. 
 
 .888 X 8.88 
 
 22. 
 
 4.375 X .092 
 
 25. 
 
 15.15 X 98.07 
 
 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS 21 
 
 17. 30.01 X 3.400 
 
 18. .9756 X 84 
 
 19. .0231 X .098 
 
 63. Oral 
 
 1. One factor lias three decimal places, the other four. How 
 many has the product ? 
 
 2. The product has four decimal places, the multiplicand 
 one. How many has the multiplier ? 
 
 3. The product has six decimal places, the multiplier three. 
 How many has the multiplicand ? 
 
 4. The product has four decimal places. What could be the 
 number of decimal places in each of the factors ? 
 
 64. Written 
 
 1. Divide 27.3587 by 4.7. 
 5.821 
 
 4.7 27.3587 
 
 The quotient and divisor are factors of what? 
 
 ^^^ The dividend is what of the divisor and quotient? 
 
 385 When the factors are given, how may the number 
 
 376 of decimal places in the product be found ? 
 
 QQ When the product and one factor are known, how 
 
 Q . may the number of decimal places in the other factor 
 
 ^— be found ? 
 
 47 
 47 
 
 Summary 
 
 To divide decimals^ divide as with integers and point off in the 
 quotient as many decimal places as there are in the dividend, 
 minus the number of decimal places in the divisor. 
 
 If the dividend contains fewer decimal places than the divisor^ 
 annex ciphers to make the required number. 
 
22 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Note. — It has been found helpful to make a dot, before dividing, as 
 many places to the right of the decimal point in the dividend as there are 
 decimal places in the divisor, and on a line with the tops of the figures, 
 making the decimal point in the quotient directly over this dot, thus : 
 
 5.821 
 
 
 4.7 
 
 27.3-587 
 
 
 Divide and test : 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. 27.72 by 3.85 
 
 
 
 12. 
 
 340.2 by .042 
 
 3. 5074.65 by 56.7 
 
 
 
 13. 
 
 34,177 by 14.3 
 
 4. 10.5252 by 2.94 
 
 
 
 14. 
 
 190.0892 by 20.3 
 
 5. 6.79592 by .76 
 
 
 
 15. 
 
 8.19 by 195 
 
 6. 111.34 by 293 
 
 
 
 16. 
 
 35.434 by .014 
 
 7. 16.35 by .025 
 
 
 
 17. 
 
 8674.975 by .025 
 
 8. 205.3758 by 64.2 
 
 
 
 18. 
 
 397 by .125 
 
 9. 102.6 by .27 
 
 
 
 19. 
 
 273.273 by 63.7 
 
 10. 7644 by .84 
 
 
 
 20. 
 
 1.906438 by .634 
 
 11. 6793.2 by .999 
 
 
 
 21. 
 
 33.84387 by 3890.1 
 
 65. Find the quotients 
 
 correct to three decimal places : 
 
 1. 439 -r- 86 
 
 2. 92-407 
 
 8. 
 
 46 
 
 987 
 
 
 12. 42.8 
 639.4 
 
 3. 9.91-13 
 
 
 32 
 
 
 n^ 99 
 
 4. 8645-237 
 
 9. 
 
 416 
 
 
 "'• 880 
 
 5. 42.356 -.029 
 ^ 86.924 
 
 10. 
 
 89.1 
 190C 
 
 » 
 
 14. ^^-^1 
 
 760 
 
 ^' .39 
 
 11. 
 
 29.41 
 
 15. 287.5 
 4100 
 
 999 
 
 5000 
 
 3025 
 
INDICATED OPERATIONS 
 
 23 
 
 INDICATED OPERATIONS 
 66. The signs of aggregation are : 
 
 a. Parentheses ( ) c. Brackets 
 
 h. Braces 
 
 [ ] 
 
 Vinculum 
 
 An expression written within, or included by, any of these 
 signs is to be treated as a single number. 
 
 67. The operations indicated within a sign of aggregation 
 must he performed before those operations indicated outside the 
 sign; e.g. 
 
 40 X (9 -6)^ [2 + 4] = 
 40 X 3 - 6 = 20 
 
 68. When several successive operations are indicated with- 
 out the use of signs of aggregation, the indicated multiplication 
 and division must be performed before the indicated addition and 
 subtraction; e.g. 
 
 40x9-6-^2 + 4 = 
 360 - 3 +4 = 361 
 
 69. Oral 
 
 1. 4 + 3x2 = ? 
 
 2. (4+3)x2 = ? 
 
 3. 4x 3 + 2 = ? 
 
 10. 9 X (2 +3)^3 = ? 
 
 4. 4x(3 + 2) = ? 
 
 5. 8 + 4-2 = ? 
 
 6. (8 + 4)--2 = ? 
 
 7. 8x7 + 21-3 = ? 
 
 8. (8 + 4) + 9-^3=? 
 
 9. 9x7-21^3 = ? 
 
 11. 18^6 + 3 = ? 
 
 12. 18-^(6 + 3) = ? 
 
 13. 11x7-3x2=? 
 
 14. Ilx(7-3)x2 = ? 
 
 15. 14^2 + 5x8 = ? 
 
 16. 14^(2 + 5) X 8 =? 
 
 17. 36 -r- 9-6 ^3 = ? 
 
 18. 36^(9-6)-^3 = ? 
 
I 
 
 24 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 70. Written 
 
 Perform the operations indicated: 
 
 1. 25.13-^(47.2-43.7) 
 
 2. 2.85 X [9.6 + 3.02 + .86] 
 
 3. 2.03 X 607.015 -59.6034 
 
 4. 2.03x607.015-59.6034 
 
 5. 487 + 598 + {6.45- (20.3- 14.35)} 
 
 6. 41.983 -.87 x 10.3 + .047 
 
 7. (41. 983-. 87) X [10.3 + .047] 
 
 8. 2310 - [10 X. 7] + 604x3.50 
 
 9. 378.34-58.7 + 649.83x64.8-6.48 
 71. Indicate the operations and solve : 
 
 1. The difference between 496.37 and 288.037, multiplied 
 by the quotient of 183.75 divided by 2.5. 
 
 2. A grocer bought a load of potatoes containing 48 bushels, 
 at 65 cents a bushel, and sold them at 80 cents a bushel. 
 What was his profit ? 
 
 3. The product of three numbers is 18.902. Two of the 
 numbers are .02 and 130. Find the other. 
 
 4. A machinist earns $1080 a year. He pays $180 a year 
 for rent, $306 for food, and $369 for other expenses. In how 
 many years, at that rate, can he save $900? 
 
 5. What number divided by 20.8 will give the quotient 
 85 and the remainder 11.7? 
 
 6. A city lot worth $1200 and three carriages at $190 each 
 were given in exchange for 30 acres of land. At what price 
 per acre was the land valued ? 
 
TESTS OF DIVISIBILITY 25 
 
 7. A confectioner put 2151 pounds of candy into boxes 
 holding 1 pound, 3 pounds, and 5 pounds, respectively, using 
 the same number of boxes of each kind. How many boxes 
 were used for all the candy ? 
 
 8. What number must be added to the sum of 342.807, 
 231.96, and 324.7 to equal the difference between 2107.62 and 
 and 1009.006? 
 
 9. A certain number was divided, and 20.45 was both 
 quotient and divisor. What was the number divided ? 
 
 10. Make and solve a problem that requires the product of 
 two numbers to be subtracted from the product of two other 
 numbers. 
 
 11. Make and solve a problem that requires the product of 
 two numbers to be added to the product of two other numbers 
 and the sum divided by a certain number. 
 
 12. Divide by 37 the result obtained by adding 111 to the 
 product of 148 and 6090. 
 
 13. A merchant bought 345 pounds of wool of one man, 3067 
 pounds of another, 468 pounds of another, and 384 pounds of 
 another, and sold -|- of it at 27 cents a pound. What did he 
 receive for the part sold ? 
 
 14. Make and solve a problem that may be indicated thus: 
 110- (f .35 + 12.20 + 16.19 + f .18). 
 
 TESTS OF DIVISIBILITY 
 
 72. The figures used in Arabic notation are called digits. Name 
 the digits. 
 
 73. A number that can be exactly divided 5y 2 is an even num- 
 ber; e.g. 2,4,18. 
 
26 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 74. A number that cannot be exactly divided by 2 is an odd 
 number; e.g. 3, 7, 19. 
 
 75. A number is exactly divisible 
 
 a. By 2, if the digit in units' place is or even; e.g. 70, 
 since the units' digit is 0; 35,976, since the units' digit is 
 even. 
 
 b. By 4, if the digits in units'' and tens'' places are O's ; or if 
 the number expressed by them is divisible by 4 ; e.g. 3100, 3976. 
 How do you know ? How can we tell without actual trial that 
 2398 is not divisible by 4 ? 
 
 c. By 8, if the digits in units', tens\ and hundreds' places are 
 O's, or if the number expressed by them is divisible by 8 ; 
 e.g. 11,000 and 37,112. How do you know? Why not 
 76,518? 
 
 d. By 3, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3; e.g. 24,762, 
 since 2 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 2, or 21, is divisible by 3. 
 
 e. By 9, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9; e.g. 
 397,647, since 3 + 9+7+6 + 4+7, or 36, is divisible 
 by 9. 
 
 /. By 5, if the units' digit is or 5; e.g. 80 ; 115. 
 
 g. By 25, if the units' and tens' figures are O's, or if the 
 number expressed by them is divisible by 25 ; e.g. 1900 ; 
 8375. 
 
 h. By 125, if the units', tens', and hundreds' figures are O's, 
 or if the number expressed by them is divisible by 125; e.g. 13,000 ; 
 71,750. 
 
 i. By 10 or a power of 10, if it contains as many O's at the 
 right of its significant figures as there are O's at the right of the 
 1 in the divisor; e.g. 390 is divisible by 10; 390,000 is divisible 
 by 10,000. 
 
 y. By 6, if the number is even and the sum of its digits is 
 divisible by 3 ; e.g. 21,106. 
 
IDEAS OF PROPORTION 27 
 
 76. Oral 
 
 1. Test each of the following numbers for divisihility by 2, 4, 8, 
 3, 6, 9, 5, 25, and 125 : 
 
 a. 
 
 1440 
 
 /. 
 
 22,825 
 
 k. 
 
 108,819 
 
 p. 429,000 
 
 b. 
 
 4950 
 
 9- 
 
 54,901 
 
 I. 
 
 90,626 
 
 q. 6,485,479 
 
 c. 
 
 4875 
 
 h. 
 
 1,629,433 
 
 m. 
 
 35,015 
 
 r. 20,525,750 
 
 d. 
 
 36,090 
 
 i. 
 
 302,275 
 
 n. 
 
 833,950 
 
 s. 9,031,330 
 
 e. 
 
 711,000 
 
 J- 
 
 181,365 
 
 0. 
 
 1,530,000 
 
 t. 1,234,567 
 
 2. An even number will not exactly divide an odd number. 
 Why? 
 
 3. What numbers can be exactly divided by 6 ? Can you 
 tell what numbers may be exactly divided by 18 ? 
 
 4. If 10 will divide a given number, what other numbers 
 will divide the same number ? 
 
 5. If 8 will divide a given number, what other numbers will 
 divide it ? 
 
 6. If 125 will divide a given number, what other numbers 
 will divide it? 
 
 IDEAS OF PROPORTION 
 
 77. Oral 
 
 1. 36 is how many times 12 ? 12 is what part of 36? If 12 
 oranges cost 8.35, 36 oranges will cost how many times 8.35? 
 How much will they cost? How many oranges can be bought 
 for 8.70? 
 
 2. 125 is what part of 500? If 500 sheets of paper cost 90 
 cents, 100 sheets will cost what part of 90 cents? 100 sheets 
 will cost how much ? At the same rate, how many sheets can 
 be bought for 9 cents? For 45 cents? 
 
28 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3. A 3-pound basket of grapes cost 10 cents. At the same 
 rate, what must be paid for a 12-pound basket? How many 
 pounds can be bought for 50 cents? 
 
 4. An automobile travels 67 miles in 4 hours. At the same 
 rate, how far will it travel in 8 hours? In what time will it 
 travel 33i miles? 
 
 5. A Vermont farmer made 7 pounds of maple sugar from 
 23 gallons of sap. At that rate, how many gallons of sap were 
 required for 35 pounds of sugar ? How many pounds of sugar 
 could be made from 92 gallons of sap ? 
 
 6. A man is paid for his work at the rate of il7 for 44 hours' 
 work. What does he receive for 11 hours' work? How long 
 must he work to earn $S^? 
 
 7. A Kansas farmer raised 518 bushels of wheat on 14 acres 
 of land. That was an average of how many bushels on two 
 acres? 259 bushels of this crop were raised on how many 
 acres? How many acres would be required to produce 1036 
 bushels, at the same rate ? How many bushels could be raised 
 on 42 acres at the same rate? 
 
 8. It required 1 110 a week to buy food for 40 boarders 
 at a certain boarding house. What would be the weekly 
 cost of food for 160 boarders, at the same rate? How 
 many persons could be fed for $11 per week? 
 
 9. If 300 quarts of milk cost $ 21, what will 300 gallons 
 cost, at the same price per quart? 
 
 10. How many books at 32^ each will cost as much as 405 
 books at 96^ each ? 
 
 11. In how many minutes will a steamer, going 100 rods a 
 minute, go as far as a man will row in 28 minutes, if he rows 
 25 rods a minute ? 
 
FACTORS AND MULTIPLES 29 
 
 FACTORS AND MULTIPLES 
 
 78. A number that exaetly contains another number is a mul- 
 tiple of that number ; e.g. 21 is a multiple of 7. It is also a 
 multiple of 3. 
 
 79. A factor that is an integer is called an integral factor ; e.g. 
 8 is an integral factor of b6. 
 
 80. A number that is not the product of integral factors other 
 than itself and 1 is a prime number ; e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. 
 
 81. A number that is the product of integral factors other than 
 itself and 1 is a composite number; e.g. 16, 24, 35, 1000. 
 
 82. A factor that is a prime number is a prime factor; e.g. 13 
 is a prime factor of 26. 
 
 Note. — In finding the factors of a number it is customary to consider only- 
 integral factors. 
 
 83. Oral 
 
 1. Give the factors of 51; 45; 99; 87; 96; 69; 84; 91. 
 
 2. Name three factors of 80. 
 
 3. Name as many factors of 24 as you can. 
 
 4. Of what numbers are 3, 5, and 11 the prime factors? 
 
 5. Name four multiples of 8. 
 
 6. 132 is the product of 11 and what other factor? 
 
 7. Name all the prime numbers smaller than 132. 
 
 &, 98 is the product of three factors. Two of them are 2 
 and 7. What is the other ? 
 
 9. Of what number are 2, 3, 5, and 7 the prime factors ? 
 
 10. Give the prime factors of 35; 45; 81; 63; 57; 38; 
 48; 51; 108; 231; 121; 144. 
 
30 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 11. 5, 2, and what other number are the prime factors of 70? 
 
 12. Give two factors of 30 that are not prime. 
 
 13. What even number is prime ? 
 
 84. Rule for finding whether a Number is Prime or Composite. 
 
 1. If the given number is odd, divide it hy 3. 
 
 2. If Z gives a remainder, divide the given number hy 5. 
 
 3. Continue this process, using each prime number in order as 
 a divisor, until an exact divisor is found, or until the divisor 
 equals or exceeds the quotient. If no exact divisor is found until 
 the divisor used equals or exceeds the quotient, the number is prime. 
 Otherwise it is composite. Even numbers need not be tested. 
 Why? 
 
 85. 1. Applying the tests given on page 26 instead of actu- 
 ally dividing by 3 and 5, determine whether 191 is prime or 
 composite. 
 
 7 )191 11 )191 13 )191 " 17 )191 
 
 27-2 rem. 17-4 rem. 14-9 rem. 11-4 rem. 
 
 191 is not divisible by 3 or 5. (How do we know?) Since 
 the divisor, 17, is greater than the quotient, 11, and no exact 
 divisor has been found, 191 must be prime. 
 
 Find whether each of these numbers is prime or composite : 
 
 2. 123 6. 263 10. 197 14. 1618 18. 401 
 
 3. 253 7. 143 11. 217 15. 487 19. 593 
 
 4. 187 8. 721 12. 361 16. 781 20. 3950 
 
 5. 561 9. 407 13, 1005 17. 437 21. 1241 
 
CANCELLATION 81 
 
 86. Written 
 
 1. Find the prime factors of 7020. 
 
 By what kind of numbers do we divide ? Why ? 
 
 Which divisors do we use first? 
 
 What besides the divisors is a prime factor? 
 
 2 
 
 7020 
 
 2 
 
 3510 
 
 3 
 
 1755 
 
 3 
 
 585 
 
 3 
 
 195 
 
 5 
 
 65 
 
 
 13 
 
 .2 
 
 .3.3 
 
 ind 
 
 ^ thep 
 
 2. 
 
 112 
 
 3. 
 
 420 
 
 4. 
 
 660 
 
 5. 
 
 nil 
 
 6. 
 
 1055 
 
 7. 
 
 4626 
 
 3 • 5 • 13 Prime factors, Ans, 
 
 8. 
 
 145 
 
 14. 
 
 3087 
 
 9. 
 
 129 
 
 15. 
 
 667 
 
 10. 
 
 625 
 
 16. 
 
 310 
 
 11. 
 
 4293 
 
 17. 
 
 399 
 
 12. 
 
 1425 
 
 18. 
 
 1287 
 
 13. 
 
 1414 
 
 19. 
 
 253 
 
 
 CANCELLATION 
 
 
 20. 
 
 1682 
 
 21. 
 
 561 
 
 22. 
 
 1001 
 
 23. 
 
 1225 
 
 24. 
 
 6822 
 
 25. 
 
 7290 
 
 87. Dividing both dividend and divisor by the same number 
 affects the quotient how ? 
 
 7 
 77 
 
 m 
 
 462 ;2x^x7x^ n ^ .' . M 7 /I .• , 
 
 n 
 1 
 
 In either method we divide both dividend and divisor by 2, by 3, and by 11 
 
32 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Taking out the same factor from both dividend and divisor is 
 cancellation. 
 
 88. Solve hy cancellation: 
 
 1. Divide 36 x 54 x 49 x 38 x 50 by 70 x 18 x 30. 
 
 2. (28 X 152 X 48) -^ (14 x 19 x 24 x 2 x 8) = ? 
 
 3. (182 X 5 X 54) - (13 X 35 X 6) = ? 
 
 4. What is the quotient of 108 x 48 x 80 divided by 27 x 
 72 X 40 ? 
 
 5. Divide 125 x 45 x 7 x 10 by 49 x 5 x 2 x 225. 
 
 6. Divide 65 x 51 x 11 x 9 x 4 by 17 x 20 x 12 x 11 X 26. 
 
 7. Divide 25 x 26 x 72 x 14 by 78 x 9 x 120. 
 
 8. How many bushels of potatoes at 80 cents a bushel must 
 be given in exchange for 45 pounds of tea at 64 cents a pound? 
 
 9. (240 X 36 X 385 x 26) -f- (12 x 154 x Qb'). 
 
 10. What prime factor besides 19 and 11 has 8569? 
 
 LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE 
 
 89. Oral 
 
 1. 3x8 = ? 24 is what of 3? Of 8 ? 
 
 2. 4 X 6 = ? 24 is what of 4 ? Of 6 ? 
 
 3. Name all the numbers of which 24 is a multiple. 
 
 4. Define multiple. 
 
 90. A number that exactly contains two or more numbers is a 
 common multiple of those numbers; e.g. 12 is a common mul- 
 tiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6. 36 also is a common multiple of 2, 3, 
 4, and 6. 
 
 Can you name any other common multiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6 ? 
 
LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE 33 
 
 91. The smallest number that exactly contains two or more num- 
 bers is their least common multiple (L. C. M.) ; e.g. 18 is the 
 least common multiple of 3, 6, and 9. 36 is a common multi- 
 ple of 3, 6, and 9. Why is it not the least common multiple ? 
 
 92. Oral 
 
 Find the L, 0. M. of: 
 
 1. 5 and 3 10. 5, 4, and 4 
 
 2. 2, 5, and 4 li. 7, 4, and 2 
 
 3. 4 and 10 12. 10, 15, and 4 
 
 4. 18 and 12 13. 2, 4, 8, and 12 
 
 5. 20 and 6 14. 12, 5, and 15 
 
 6. 8 and 12 15. 7 and 12 
 
 7. 5, 6, and 2 16. 14 and 6 
 
 8. 1, 8, 6, and 4 17. 2, 15, 6, and 5 
 
 9. 2, 3, and 11 18. 4, 18, 3, and 12 
 
 93. When the least common multiple is a large number, the 
 following direct method is employed in finding it : 
 
 Let it be required to find the L. C. M. of 12, 15, and 18. 
 
 12 = 2x2 x3 
 15 = 3x5 
 18 = 2x3x3 
 
 What kind of factors have we found? A number, in order 
 to contain 12, must have what prime factors ? What prime 
 factors must it have in order to contain 15 ? 18 ? 
 
 A number that contains 12, 15, and 18 must have how many 
 factors 2 ? How many factors 3 ? How many factors 5 ? 
 
34 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 What is the smallest number that has the factors 2, 2, 3, 3, 
 and 5 ? What, then, is the L. C. M. of 12, 15, and 18 ? 
 The prime factors may be easily found in this way : 
 
 12 15 18 
 
 ^5 9 By what kind of numbers do we divide? 
 
 ""5 3 2 X 3 X 2 X 5 X 3 = 180 L. C. M. 
 
 94. Find the L. CM,: 
 
 1. 36, 54, 60 8. 315, 60, 140, 210 15. 70, 15, 30, 14 
 
 2. 18, 24, 36 9. 24, 84, 54, 360 16. 48, 240, 21 
 
 3. 48, 144, 180 10. 75, 20, 35, 120 17. 9, 36, 90, 63, 42 
 
 4. 7, 9, 54 11. 98, 21, 35, 315 18. 25, 15, 60, 50 
 
 5. 72, 40, 48 12. 72, 48, 96, 192 19. 13, 19, 17 
 
 6. 90, 24, 36 13. 120, 18, 20, 60 20. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 
 
 7. 105, 210, 21, 28 14. 48, 24, 40, 30 21. 21, 56, 45, 70 
 
 GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR 
 
 95. A number that will exactly divide two or more numbers is 
 a common divisor of those numbers; e.g. 5 is a common divisor 
 of 30, 40, and 60. 
 
 96. The largest number that will exactly divide two or more 
 numbers is their greatest common divisor (G. C. D.); e.g. 10 is 
 the greatest common divisor of 30, 40, and 60. 
 
 Note. — A common divisor is sometimes called a common factor, and the 
 greatest common divisor is sometimes called the highest common factor. 
 
 97. Numbers that have no common divisor are prime to each 
 other; e.g. 13 and 15. 
 
GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR 35 
 
 98. Oral 
 
 1. Findthea.O.D. of: 
 
 a, 18, 9, 12 e. m, 24, 40 i. 90, 45, 60 
 
 h, 40, 30, 35 /. 70, 28, 42 /. 54, 27, 36 
 
 c, 14,30,16 g. 33,22,121 k. 60,24,36,48 
 
 d. 36, 30, 18 A. 21, 54, 39 I. 96, 32, 48 
 
 2. Name two numbers of which 11 is a common divisor. 
 
 3. Name three numbers of which 12 is a common divisor. 
 
 4. Name two numbers which are prime to each other. 
 
 5. What is the greatest number that will exactly divide 84, 
 60, and 36 ? 
 
 6. Name two numbers of which 13 is the G. C. D. 
 
 7. Tell which of these pairs of numbers are prime to each 
 other : 
 
 a. 12 and 49 h. 48 and 60 c. 38 and 63 d. 16 and 45 
 
 99. Written 
 
 1. Find the greatest common divisor of 336, 504, and 924. 
 
 336 = ;2x;2x2x2x^x 7 
 504 = ;2x?x2 x^x3x7 
 924 = ;2 X ;2 X ^ X 7 X 11 
 
 2 x2x3 x7 = 84G.C.D. 
 
 Factoring the numbers and selecting the common prime factors, we 
 find them to be 2, 2, 3, and 7. Since all of them are factors of each of 
 the given numbers, their product, 84, is the greatest common divisor 
 required. 
 
I 
 
 36 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 The common prime factors may easily be found in this way : 
 
 2 
 
 336 
 
 504 
 
 924 
 
 2 
 
 168 
 
 252 
 
 462 
 
 3 
 
 84 
 
 126 
 
 231 
 
 7 
 
 28 
 
 42 
 
 77 
 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 2 • 2 • 3 • 7 Common prime factors. 
 Find the a. C, B. : 
 
 2. 84, 126 8. 252, 96, 120, 24 14. 378, 126, 189 
 
 3. 180, 210 9. 120, 168, 216 15. 144, 243, 135 
 
 4. 448, 168 10. 90, 270, 160 16. 364, 143, 312 
 
 5. 396, 468 11. 305, 60, 90 17. 576, 400, 240 
 
 6. 280, 60, 80 12. 180, 72, 81 18. 168, 630, 616, 350 
 
 7. 320, 144, 560 13. 176, 121, 165 19. 1980, 945, 245 
 
 20. Find the greatest number that will exactly divide 567, 
 378, and 504. 
 
 21. Find all the common prime factors of 630, 720, and 540. 
 
 22. Find the product of all the common prime factors of 216, 
 432, and 720. 
 
 23. Find a number that is prime to 350. 
 
 24. Name three numbers of which 13 is the greatest common 
 divisor. 
 
 FRACTIONS 
 
 100. One or more of the equal parts of a unit is a fraction ; 
 
 p ri 1 • 3 . 2 . at 5 
 ^'9' 8' 5' T' '^TO- 
 
 101. A fraction is always an expression q/ division. For ex- 
 ample, if 1 inch is divided into 8 equal parts, each part is J of 
 
FRACTIONS . 37 
 
 an inch. If a line 7 inches long is divided into 8 equal parts, 
 one part is | of an inch long. That is, 1 inch ^ 8 = | inch, 
 and 7 inches -?- 8 = |^ inch. 
 
 Take your rule and draw a line 1 inch long. Divide it into 
 4 equal parts. How long is one part ? Draw a line 3 inches 
 long. Divide it into 4 equal parts. Measure one of the parts. 
 3 inches -j- 4 = ? 
 
 Draw a line 5 inches long. Divide it into 8 equal parts. 
 Measure one of the parts. 5 inches -^8 = ? 3-j-7 = ? 
 9-4-11 = ? 
 
 102. The number above the line in a fraction is the numerator. 
 It is always a dividend. In the fractions ^, ^, ^^-, -H, the 
 numerators are 1, 7, 15, and 23. 
 
 103. The number below the line in a fraction is the denominator. 
 It is always a divisor. In the fractions ^, |^, ^g^-, ^|, the de- 
 nominators are 3, 9, 5, and 12. 
 
 104. The numerator and the denominator are the terms of a 
 fraction ; e.g. the terms of -^^ are 7 and 11. 
 
 105. The value of a fraction is the quotient obtained by divid- 
 ing the numerator by the denominator. 
 
 REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS 
 
 106. Changing the form of a number without changing its value 
 is reduction ; e.g. 8 pt. = 4 qt. ; i7 = 700 ct. ; 7 ft. = ^ yd. ; 
 
 REDUCTION TO LOWEST TERMS 
 
 107. A fraction is in lowest terms when the numerator and de- 
 nominator are prime to each other ; e.g. -f^, ||, ^^. 
 
38 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 108. Oral 
 
 1. A fraction is always an expression of what operation ? 
 
 2. Tlie numerator of a fraction is which term in division ? 
 The denominator ? The value of the fraction ? 
 
 3. Dividing the dividend and the divisor by the same num- 
 ber affects the quotient how ? 
 
 4. Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction 
 by the same number affects the value of the fraction how ? 
 
 Summary 
 
 A fraction may he reduced to lowest terms hy dividing its 
 terms hy their common factors, continuing the process until the 
 terms are prime to each other ; or, hy dividing hoth terms of the 
 fraction hy their greatest common divisor. 
 
 109. Written 
 
 1. Reduce 1|| to lowest terms. 
 
 163 — 3 3 ~ A* 
 
 We divide both terms by 5 and then by 3. If the greatest common 
 divisor, 15, is used, only one division is necessary. 
 
 Reduce to lowest terms : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2- \n 
 
 6- 2WU 
 
 10. 
 
 tV\% 
 
 14. 
 
 A¥r 
 
 18. 
 
 Ml 
 
 3- m 
 
 '• lV5% 
 
 11. 
 
 iifl 
 
 15. 
 
 li 
 
 19. 
 
 iW 
 
 *• m 
 
 8- fsV* 
 
 12. 
 
 \%\ 
 
 16. 
 
 if 
 
 20. 
 
 m 
 
 5- iff 
 
 9- i-h% 
 
 13. 
 
 ill! 
 
 17. 
 
 i! 
 
 21. 
 
 m 
 
FRACTIONS 39 
 
 22. Express in lowest terms 637 -?- 833. 
 
 23. Express in lowest terms the quotient of 288 divided by 
 504. 
 
 24. Express in lowest terms f^f • 
 
 REDUCTION OF IMPROPER FRACTIONS TO INTEGERS OR 
 MIXED NUMBERS 
 
 110. A fraction whose numerator is smaller than its denomi- 
 nator is a proper fraction ; e.g. |, ^l^, -^f . The value of a proper 
 fraction is always less than 1. 
 
 111. A fraction whose numerator equals or exceeds its denomi- 
 nator is an improper fraction, e.g. f , |, ^^. The value of an 
 improper fraction compares how with 1 ? 
 
 112. A number that is composed of an integer and a fraction is 
 a mixed number; e.g. 5f, lOJ, 201^6-, 18.25. 
 
 113. Oral 
 
 1. A fraction is an expression of what operation? 
 
 2. Define the value of a fraction. 
 
 3. The value of an improper fraction is always an iflteger or 
 a mixed number. How may we find it? 
 
 Find the values of: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. 1 
 
 8. \^ 
 
 12. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 16. 
 
 !! 
 
 20. 
 
 !l 
 
 24. 
 
 fl 
 
 5- f 
 
 9. J/ 
 
 13. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 17. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 21. 
 
 \\ 
 
 25. 
 
 \i 
 
 6. 1 
 
 10. Y 
 
 14. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 18. 
 
 1|A 
 
 22. 
 
 !l 
 
 26. 
 
 w 
 
 7. Y 
 
 11. ^- 
 
 15. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 19. 
 
 i3A 
 
 23. 
 
 !l 
 
 27. 
 
 w 
 
I 
 
 ) 
 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 
 
 114. 
 
 Written 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 H^ 
 
 3. ^^^ 
 
 5. 
 
 ¥2^ 
 
 7. ^IF 
 
 9. 
 
 W 
 
 2. 
 
 ¥# 
 
 ^- ',V 
 
 6. 
 
 ^¥- 
 
 8. ^iV- 
 
 10. 
 
 \W 
 
 11. 
 
 ■¥/ 
 
 14. m^ 
 
 
 17. 
 
 ¥/- 
 
 20. 
 
 ^IF 
 
 12. 
 
 mi 
 
 15. w 
 
 
 18. 
 
 Y/ 
 
 21. 
 
 X|-|l 
 
 13. 
 
 w 
 
 16. ^^ 
 
 
 19. 
 
 \W 
 
 22. 
 
 Hli' 
 
 REDUCTION OF INTEGERS AND MIXED NUMBERS TO 
 
 IMPROPER FRACTIONS 
 115. Written 
 1. Reduce 38|- to a fraction. 
 
 38 = 38 X 9 ninths = 342 ninths. 
 342 ninths plus 7 ninths = 349 ninths. 
 The work may be expressed thus : 38| = ^^ Ans, 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 342 
 
 7' 
 349 
 
 
 
 Reduce to 
 
 improper fractions : 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. 17f 
 
 9. 26^3^ 
 
 16. 
 
 1253V 
 
 23. 
 
 217,V 
 
 3. 15| 
 
 10. 45if 
 
 17. 
 
 159f 
 
 24. 
 
 248f 
 
 4. 29if 
 
 11. 571 
 
 18. 
 
 167f 
 
 25. 
 
 459^ 
 
 5. 25^^ 
 
 12. 255 
 
 19. 
 
 24M 
 
 26. 
 
 160,V\ 
 
 6. 69| 
 
 13. 35^\ 
 
 20. 
 
 55|i 
 
 27. 
 
 388t^ 
 
 7. 170f 
 
 14. 57f, 
 
 21. 
 
 129^V 
 
 28. 
 
 646fA 
 
 8. 49| 
 
 15. 61| 
 
 22. 
 
 216U 
 
 29. 
 
 569|J 
 
FRACTIONS 41 
 
 30. In 560 there are how many 5ths? 
 
 31. Reduce 250 to 16ths. 
 
 32. Change 12| to 16ths. 
 
 33. Change 156 to a fraction whose denominator shall be 12. 
 
 LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR 
 
 116. Fractions whose denominators are alike have a common 
 denominator ; e.g, 60 is a common denominator of -f-^^ l|^, and |^. 
 
 117. Fractions having the smallest possible common denominator 
 have their least common denominator ; e.g. ^^, ^q, gV 
 
 118. Oral 
 
 1. We have found that when we add fractions having dif- 
 ferent denominators, we must first change them to fractions 
 having the same denominator. What shall we call that 
 denominator? 
 
 2. Since the common denominator must contain all the given 
 denominators, it must be what of those denominators? (A 
 number that exactly contains two or more other numbers is 
 what ?) 
 
 3. The least common denominator^ then, must be which mul- 
 tiple of the given denominators? 
 
 4. Reduce |, |, and f to fractions having the least common 
 denominator. 
 
 119. Written 
 
 Change j^, j^^, ^J, and ^^ to fractions having the least com- 
 mon denominator. 
 
i 
 
 42 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 33 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 33 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 1 11 
 
 330-5-10 = 33 
 
 330 -H 15 = 22 
 
 330-^33 = 10 
 
 2x3x5xll = 330L. C. M. 330-30 = 11 
 
 7 X 33 ^ 231 
 330 
 
 ^176 
 
 15 X 22 330 
 16x10^160 
 330 
 187 
 
 10x33 
 8 x22 
 
 33x10 
 17x11 
 
 30 X 11 330 
 
 2 31 115. 160 18 7 A^fi 
 
 3 3 0' 3 3 0' 3 3 0' 33 ^'''*' 
 
 Change to fractions having the least common denominator: 
 
 sf I 
 
 2. |,l,i 
 
 3- hx%i 
 5- ftVM'A 
 
 6- if f-l 
 »• 2' T' 6' 12 
 
 *. 
 
 4 __9_ 
 9' 10 
 
 9. 
 
 10- i'l'A'f'l 
 
 11 14. 15 .3 7 
 
 "^■*- 3 5' 91' 65 
 
 •*-2- tV I' h i J 
 
 13 j5 1A _5_ 3 
 
 ■^''' 6' 34' 12' lY 
 
 14. 
 
 4 21 7 _5 
 9' 26' l¥' 1 
 
 15 2 __8_ _5_ JL __8_ 
 ■^^- Y' 21' 13' 63' 11 
 
 ADDITION OF FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS 
 
 120. A number is in its simplest form when it is in the form of 
 an integer^ or a proper fraction in its lowest terms, or a mixed 
 number whose fractional part is in its lowest terms ; e.g. 18, |, 
 and 51 are in simplest form ; -2^-, |i ^^, and 8| are not. Why ? 
 
 Answers should always be expressed in simplest form, 
 
 121. Written 
 
 1. Add i ^9^, and IJ. 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 '34 1 
 2x2x3x3x4 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 1—1 
 
 HI 
 
 144, L. C. D. 
 
 ^l^ = 2^iSum 
 
FRACTIONS 43 
 
 2. Add lOf, 7f , and 6f . 
 
 75 ~~ 72 5 * ^® ^^^ *^® integers and frac- 
 
 *■§■ ~ ^40 tions separately, and then unite the 
 
 6f= 6|^ sums. 
 
 Rule. — To add fractions, reduce them to their least common 
 denominator^ add the numerators, place the sum over the common 
 denominator, and reduce the result to simplest form. 
 
 When there are integers or mixed numbers, add the integers and 
 the fractions separately, and unite the results. 
 
 Add: 
 
 5- h\h\hU>ii 10- X2f,19f,28^ 
 
 6. J,|,^,H 11. 19f, 18|, 15J, 12Jj 
 
 7. 16J^, 24J3, 43ii 12. 71,9,75,61,41 
 
 13. During a storm, a tree was broken off 17f feet from the 
 ground. The piece broken off was 41| feet long. How tall 
 was the tree before it was broken ? 
 
 14. The subtrahend is 89||- and the remainder 49^^. What 
 can you find ? Find it. 
 
 15. A rectangular field is 509^^ feet long and 347^g feet 
 wide. How many feet of fence are re(}uired to inclose it? 
 
 SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONAL AND MIXED NUMBERS 
 
 122. Fractions must have a coi^Qaoii'- cfeii'orainator in order 
 that one may be subtracted from tMe ot^reK 
 
 i 
 
i 
 
 44 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 123. Written 
 
 1. From il take |. 
 
 11 = 11 
 
 1 ^ t J How is 45 obtained ? 
 
 5 
 
 il Difference 
 
 4 = |4 
 
 In subtracting mixed numbers, if the fraction in the subtrahend is 
 greater than that in the minuend, one integral unit of the minuend must 
 be united with the fraction to form an improper fraction, before subtracting. 
 
 2. From 291 take IS^^- 
 
 291 = 29^0 = 28f f How do we obtain |f ? 
 
 15|^| = 15^ Differ enee 
 
 3. 121 -f 11. 11 _ I 19. IS^V-l^^V 
 
 4. 261 - 4f 12. 181 - 151 20. 381^3^ - 332^5^ 
 
 5. 242-1 - 33f 13. 1101 - 109| 21. 62| - 46-f- 
 
 6. 298f - 149| 14. 1121 - 151 22. 3301 _ 140_3- 
 
 7. 43| - 22| 15. 17| - 15f 23. 189| - 1431 
 
 8. 26f - 8| 16. 146f - 127| 24. 407^^ - 3981 
 
 9. f - I 17. 167f - 76f 25. 90| - 484 
 10. 1| - 1^ 18. 421 - 36f 26. 81^4^ - 371 
 
 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION COMBINED 
 124. Written 
 
 (20 -5- 4) X (21 - 7) = ? 
 
 15 Ans, 
 
 tXM aHA Cor 
 
 4 7 4^7iteW»'- 
 
 \ 
 
FRACTIONS 45 
 
 20 and 21 are dividends and 4 and 7 are divisors. The result is the same 
 whether we make each division separately and then multiply the quotients, 
 or divide the product of the dividends by the product of the divisors. In 
 many cases the latter way is easier, because we may use cancellation ; e.g. 
 
 .. (20.4) X (21.7) = (fxf)=M = 15^..; 
 
 ^ 7 42 
 h. (18 . 7) X (28 . 24) X (210 - 15) = ^l^f.^ ^^^ = 42 Ans. 
 
 Find results : 
 
 1. (22 - 11) X (12 -f- 5) X (25 . 6) x (25 . 2) 
 
 2. (16 . 4) X (20 . 6) X i^S . 10) X (42 - 11) 
 
 3. (52 . 13) X (35 -V- 21) X (12 - 7) x (21 . 3) 
 ^ 28 42 36 63 
 
 ^- y^T^y^ii 
 
 5. (36 . 27) X (35 . 75) x (25 . 12) x (12 - 7) 
 
 6. (7 . 49) X (68 . 7) X (14 . 8) x (35 . 17) 
 
 7. (40 ^ 39) X (52 -f- 10) X (34 . 13) x (125 . 10) 
 
 8. (70 . 35) X (26 . 20) x (68 . 13) x (125 . 35) 
 
 9. (70 . 17) X (68 . 24) x (35 . 7) 
 
 _ 49 75 108 98 „ 51 49 24 17 20 
 ^"- 25^r2^^^15 ''• 60V6^34^-5-^¥ 
 
 12. Multiply the quotient of 79 divided by 24 by the quo- 
 tient of 168 divided by 79. 
 
 MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS 
 
 125. Any integer may he expressed as a fraction hy writing 
 it as a numerator with \ for a denominator ; e.g. 5 is the same as 
 f ; 19 is the same as ^-^-\ | X 7 x |f is the same as f X ^ x ||. 
 
46 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 126. The word of, between fractions^ means the same as the 
 sign of multiplication ; e.g. |of | = |x|; ^oi4iX^Q = ^x\ 
 
 ■^ 16' 2 • 3 ^^ 5 2 • V3 -^ 5/' 
 
 127. An indicated multiplication of two or more fractions is 
 called a compound fraction ; e.g. f X f ; le '^ M ^ 11 ' Y ^^ f * 
 
 128. Written 
 
 1. Find the product of |, f , and -^^, 
 
 Each of these fractions indicates what operation ? 
 
 Since all the numerators are dividends and all the denominators are divi- 
 sors, we may find the result by dividing the product of the numerators by 
 the product of the denominators, using cancellation : 
 
 3 
 2 5 9 15 . 
 
 8 
 Find the products : 
 
 2. |X| 8. f of ^9^ off 14. AxfX^xil 
 
 3. ^Vxf 9. JxJjXf 15. foffoffxl4 
 
 4. I of I of ^\ 10. T^ X I X I 16. I X t:\ X if X 22 
 
 5. Joffofif 11. Mx-V^xf 17. ix2x|ofJj 
 6- ix^VxA 12. if x34xf 18. f^XT^of84xT^e 
 7. f of J of I 13. f off of 15 19. ifx/jx^ 
 
 129. Mixed numbers may be reduced to improper fractions and 
 then multiplied; thus, 
 
 l|x8iXiVx4 = 
 2 
 ^x^'^x ^ x^-^^-162 ^/IS 
 
FRACTIONS 
 
 47 
 
 6. Find ^6_ of f of -11 of 8| 
 
 7. 8ix8f 
 
 3. 77fx3 
 
 4. 85fx47f 
 
 Written 
 
 1. 6fx4| 
 
 2. 12^\x7J 
 
 8. 15|x8fx^\ 
 
 9. 5^ X 5f X f 
 
 5. 781 X 17| 10. -^x^x^x 6f 
 
 11. Multiply I by 101 by f by f by 6|. 
 
 12. Multiply : a, 25| by 24f . 5. 116 by |. 
 
 13. 15| X 124 X 20 15. 9| X ^V X 21 17. | x 4 x 5i 
 
 14. 171 X 15f X f 16. 61 X 11 X i\ 18. -^x^Ox 5| 
 
 130. In multiplying a large mixed number by an integer, 
 time may be saved by multiplying the whole number and the 
 fraction separately, then adding the products, thus : 
 
 Written 
 
 1. 845^^x8 = ? r 
 
 845A 
 
 
 
 8 ,5^x8 = 3,:^ 
 3 j^ 845 X 8 = 6760 
 
 
 
 6760 6760 + 3,^ = 6763tV Ans. 
 
 
 
 6763^ 
 
 9. 
 
 381^5^ X 27 
 
 2. 89|x5 
 
 10. 
 
 3079f X 15 
 
 3. 20811x6 
 
 11. 
 
 413^^ X 20 
 
 4. 628fxl5 
 
 12. 
 
 6283| X 18 
 
 5. 830^\xl8 
 
 13. 
 
 3100^5 X 35 
 
 6. 2037-jVx28 
 
 14. 
 
 2050^ X 52 
 
 7. 3547fxl00 
 
 15. 
 
 83101 X 51 
 
 8. 230J^x200 
 
 16. 
 
 2806i| X 90 
 
48 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 DIVISION OF FRACTIONS 
 
 131. Divide f | by f . 
 
 Since || is a product and | is one of its factors, we may state 
 the question thus : 4 
 
 35^5 o ^ 35 _ 5 X ? 
 
 72 8 ■ ^"^ 72 8 X ? 
 
 In order to find the required factor we must divide the 
 numerator 35 by 5, and the denominator 72 by 8, thus : 
 
 35^^7 
 
 72 -V- 8 9* 
 
 That is exactly what we should do if the question were : 
 
 7 
 
 72 5 ' Jf § 9' 
 9 
 
 The latter method is the more convenient, especially when 
 the numerator of the divisor is not exactly contained in the 
 numerator of the dividend, or the denominator of the divisor in 
 the denominator of the dividend. 
 
 Therefore, to divide by a fraction we interchange the terms of 
 the divisor and multiply, 
 
 132. Written 
 
 1. Divide 4| by 5|. 
 
 Solution: 4f ^ 5f = M^|= M x A = | Ans. 
 
 2 
 How do we treat mixed numbers before dividing? 
 
FRACTIONS 
 
 49 
 
 2. Divide 47 by 6|. 
 
 Solution : 47 -^ 6^ = ^^^ -- -i 3 = 4JL 
 
 KJUVf^VVUIV , 1 1 - 
 
 - 1^2 
 
 — ~1 ~~2~ 
 
 ~ 1 ' 
 
 "^ 13 = It = 
 
 'T3 
 
 j±ns. 
 
 How do we treat 
 
 integers ? 
 
 
 
 
 
 3- t\^A 
 
 9. 
 
 3J^if 
 
 15. 
 
 18-^,V 
 
 21. 
 
 n^\i 
 
 4. f^l 
 
 10. 
 
 6i^A 
 
 16. 
 
 15-1 
 
 22. 
 
 4i^3J 
 
 S- T^ + f 
 
 11. 
 
 2i\^5| 
 
 17. 
 
 1^14 
 
 23. 
 
 7i + 6f 
 
 6- I's^f 
 
 12. 
 
 ^ + 4i 
 
 18. 
 
 if^8 
 
 24. 
 
 If + Jf 
 
 7- If^l 
 
 13. 
 
 i|-^6| 
 
 19. 
 
 21^51 
 
 25. 
 
 fi^T^ 
 
 8- it-A 
 
 14. 
 
 2 + 1 
 
 20. 
 
 71-lJ 
 
 26. 
 
 121^41^ 
 
 27. By what must || be multiplied to make ||^? 
 
 28. One factor of f A is li What is the other? 
 
 29. a. Jl X ? 
 
 9_ J ? X 2 2 _ __4_ 
 2- ^- • ^ 89 — 15* 
 
 30 a ^i = li^ X *? 5 -4JL 
 
 ow. c*. gg — J^36 '^ • ^'209 
 
 tix? 
 
 133. A fraction whose terms are integers is a simple fraction ; 
 e.g. \^ is a simple fraction. 
 
 134. A fraction that has a fraction in either or both of its terms 
 
 3 2. 5 1 g2. ^ ^ 9 
 
 is a complex fraction; e.g. — -, -^, -f , -f , and . ^^ ' ^ are com- 
 
 8f 16 25 7| lf-| 
 
 plex fractions. Read each fraction. 
 
 A complex fraction is merely an indicated division of frac- 
 tions, made by writing the dividend above a line and the divi- 
 sor below the line, just as a simple fraction is an indicated 
 division of integers ; therefore, 
 
 A complex fraction mag he reduced to a simple fraction by 
 dividing the expression above the line by the expression below the 
 line. 
 
50 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 135. Written 
 
 1. Reduce — to a simple fraction. 
 
 2. Reduce 32 to a simple fraction. 
 
 40 
 
 &=A^40 = i-x— = — Ans, 
 40 17 11 iP 136 
 
 8 
 
 74 
 
 3. Reduce —f~ to its simplest form. 
 
 m 
 
 5 
 
 2-1!" ' ''" 8 • 20" ^ ''5a~106~^^^6^'''* 
 
 2 
 
 iw examples 4-13 change the given complex fractions to simplest 
 form : 
 
 4 li 6 M 8 il 10 ^i- 12 i^ 
 
 *• if ^- 6 °- 12t '°- |xl2i 12. j^^.^ 
 
 8i i| 4 24h-4 I of Si- 
 
 14. If I of an acre of land is worth f 72-^^^, what is the value 
 of 3 acres at the same rate ? 
 
 15. There are 5J yards in a rod. How many rods in 140| 
 yards ? 
 
 16. At |6| a ton how many tons of coal can be bought for 
 
 i77f? 
 
DECIMALS AND COMMON FRACTIONS 51 
 
 136. In division, if the divisor contains a common fraction 
 that cannot easily be reduced to a decimal, it is sometimes 
 helpful to multiply both dividend and divisor by the denomi- 
 nator of the fraction, thus making both dividend and divisor 
 integers, or simple decimals; e.g.: 
 
 .021i).416 
 
 Multiplying both dividend and divisor by 3, and then 
 dividing, 
 
 19.5 Quotient 
 
 .064)1.248-0 
 Written 
 
 137. In the following examples find the quotients correct to two 
 decimal places : 
 
 1. 8.48 ^19| 5. 28.9 -^Tf 9. T.9f^4^ 
 
 2. 3.56-V-41I 6. 30.05 -5- .17f lo. 9.375 -^.16f 
 
 3. 9.305 ^9f 7. 8.3--.07f ii. 3.23-^1.21 
 
 4. 35.3125 -^12f 8. .0135-^.021^ 12. .484-^.5^ 
 
 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DECIMALS AND COMMON FRACTIONS 
 
 138. A fraction that is expressed hy writing the numerator 
 above and the denominator below a line is a common fraction; 
 e.g. f , ||. (See § 9 for definition of decimal fractions.) 
 
 All decimal fractions may be expressed as common fractions 
 without reducing them; e.g. .0104 = -jl^fo. What common 
 fractions can be expressed as decimals without reducing them ? 
 
 139. When a decimal fraction is expressed without its de- 
 nominator, by using the decimal pointy it is said to be expressed in 
 the decimal form. 
 
52 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Oral 
 
 .7 = J7_^ or 7 divided by 10 
 
 .305 = ^3JL5_, or 305 divided by 1000 
 .581 = ^, or 581 divided by 100 
 In like manner tell the meanings of the following decimals: 
 
 1. 
 
 .18 
 
 6. 
 
 .1891 
 
 11. 
 
 .29.1 
 
 16. 
 
 .0051- 
 
 2. 
 
 .41 
 
 7. 
 
 .161 
 
 12. 
 
 .007,2, 
 
 17. 
 
 .0034 
 
 3. 
 
 .216 
 
 8. 
 
 .2391 
 
 13. 
 
 .03f 
 
 18. 
 
 .165 
 
 4. 
 
 .879 
 
 9. 
 
 .548,6, 
 
 14. 
 
 .51341 
 
 19. 
 
 .00017J 
 
 5. 
 
 .200 
 
 10. 
 
 .731 
 
 15. 
 
 .40701 
 
 20. 
 
 .OOOf 
 
 140. A decimal may he reduced to a common fraction in sim- 
 plest form hy expressing it as a common fraction and reducing 
 to lowest terms: e.g. . 85 = ,8_5_ = ii ; 13.8 = 13,% = 13| ; 
 
 * ^ 100 3 l^^ 6 
 
 2 
 
 141. Written. Reduce the following decimals to common frac- 
 tions or mixed numbers in simplest form : 
 
 1. 
 
 .28 
 
 9. 
 
 .875 
 
 17, 
 
 .0054 
 
 25. 
 
 .003| 
 
 2. 
 
 .125 
 
 10. 
 
 .375 
 
 18. 
 
 .250 
 
 26. 
 
 .1251 
 
 3. 
 
 .235 
 
 11. 
 
 .55 
 
 19. 
 
 .1375 
 
 27. 
 
 .871 
 
 4. 
 
 .75 
 
 12. 
 
 .0025 
 
 20. 
 
 .04f 
 
 28. 
 
 .66f 
 
 5. 
 
 .164 
 
 13. 
 
 .56 
 
 21. 
 
 .121 
 
 29. 
 
 .1361 
 
 6. 
 
 .82 
 
 14. 
 
 .68 
 
 22. 
 
 .621 
 
 30. 
 
 116.25 
 
 7. 
 
 .138 
 
 15. 
 
 16.075 
 
 23. 
 
 .061 
 
 31. 
 
 2.33^ 
 
 8. 
 
 .425 
 
 16. 
 
 .0125 
 
 24. 
 
 .018^ 
 
 32. 
 
 .031 
 

 DECIMALS AND 
 
 COMMON FRACTIONS 
 
 53 
 
 33. 
 
 22.621 
 
 38. .07i\ 
 
 43. .1621 
 
 47. 
 
 179.00| 
 
 34. 
 
 7.0871 
 
 39. .126| 
 
 44. 40.40f 
 
 48. 
 
 S.OOff 
 
 35. 
 
 6.131 
 
 40. .12f 
 
 45. 61.411 
 
 49. 
 
 890.901 
 
 36. 
 
 58.061 
 
 41. .166| 
 
 46. 42. If 
 
 50. 
 
 8.000|^ 
 
 37. 
 
 49.6| 
 
 42. .19,7, 
 
 
 
 
 142. Since a fraction is an expression of division, a common 
 fraction may he reduced to a decimal by dividing its numerator by 
 its denominator. 
 
 Before dividing, place a decimal point after the dividend. 
 Annex ciphers as they are needed ; e.g. 
 
 ,^ = 7. 0000 ^16 = .4375 
 39^ = 39.4375 
 
 143. Written. Reduce to decimals? 
 
 1. 
 
 1 
 
 11. 
 
 3tV 
 
 21. 
 
 ^ 
 
 31. 
 
 19iVk 
 
 2. 
 
 1 
 
 12. 
 
 A 
 
 22. 
 
 iVi 
 
 32. 
 
 625 
 
 3. 
 
 i 
 
 13. 
 
 2% 
 
 23. 
 
 z^ 
 
 33. 
 
 -,h 
 
 4. 
 
 1 
 
 14. 
 
 h 
 
 24. 
 
 2A 
 
 34. 
 
 12ef5 
 
 5. 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 15. 
 
 M 
 
 25. 
 
 132^ 
 
 35. 
 
 14M 
 
 6. 
 
 1 
 
 16. 
 
 II 
 
 26. 
 
 19A 
 
 36. 
 
 9iAt> 
 
 7. 
 
 1 
 
 17. 
 
 M 
 
 27. 
 
 12A 
 
 37. 
 
 13A 
 
 8. 
 
 1^6 
 
 18. 
 
 « , 
 
 28. 
 
 600 
 
 38. 
 
 SAV 
 
 9. 
 
 a 
 
 19. 
 
 160 
 
 29. 
 
 1^ 
 
 39. 
 
 5A 
 
 10. 
 
 h 
 
 20. 
 
 ^ 
 
 30. 
 
 t¥b 
 
 40. 
 
 sMo 
 
 144. A fraction in lowest terms whose denominator contains 
 other prime factors than 2 and 5 cannot be reduced to an exact 
 entire decimal; e.g. |, |, J|, ,\, Jf, ||. 
 
54 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Such a fraction may be reduced to a decimal of nearly the 
 same value by carrying the division to a certain number of 
 decimal places, thus : 
 
 Reduce J| to a decimal of four places. 
 
 .7307^9^ Ans. .7307 is almost equal to |f . 
 26.)19.0000 The exact value of i| is .7307^93. 
 
 The result may be expressed, .7307 + . 
 
 Written. Reduce to decimals of three places : 
 2. f 8. A 
 
 4. I 10. ^^ 
 
 6. If 12. 5| 
 
 A COMMON FRACTION AT THE END OF A DECIMAL 
 
 145. .2i = .2+(lof J^, or^V,or.05). 
 .2 + .05 =.25. 
 
 In a similar manner we may show that, 
 
 . 27| = . 275, . 384 1 = . 3845, etc. 
 
 Also, that . 21 = .225, . 34 1 = . 3425, etc. 
 
 Also, that .8| = .875, .06| = .0675, etc. 
 
 Also, that .9 J = .9125, .07f = .07375, etc. 
 
 Oral. Express as entire decimals : 
 
 1. a. .8| b. 1.471 c. .5601 ^. 27^ e. .04^ 
 
 2. a. .9^ b. S.S^ c. $9,001 d. 1.039^ e. .0145| 
 
 3. a. .02f b. 21. If c. $21.06| d. .0033f e. .0090| 
 
 13. 
 
 8l\ 
 
 19. 
 
 62M 
 
 14. 
 
 331 
 
 20. 
 
 Iff 
 
 15. 
 
 68V_ 
 
 21. 
 
 IjVV 
 
 16. 
 
 53f, 
 
 22. 
 
 W3A 
 
 17. 
 
 Jl 
 
 23. 
 
 216/t 
 
 18. 
 
 A 
 
 24. 
 
 Mf 
 
ALIQUOT PARTS 55 
 
 4. a. All ^' ^'% ^- 80.03-1- d. 212f e. 61. 9^ 
 
 5. a. 6421 5. 63.97J c. 15.0f (^. 24.00-|- e. 29.00J 
 
 6. a. 1.40| 5. 2.25f c. lO.OJ d. 25f e. 4.0001 
 
 ALIQUOT PARTS 
 
 146. One of the equal parts of a number is an aliquot part of 
 that number; e.g. 8 oz. is an aliquot part of 16 oz. because 8 oz. 
 is J of 16 oz.; 16-| cents is an aliquot part of 100 cents because 
 16| cents = J of 100 cents. 
 
 Find the number of cents in |1; |1; || ; |i ; f 1; |i ; $1 ; 
 
 iyO' ^tV' ^2V- 
 
 The answers you have given are all what kind of parts of a 
 dollar ? 
 
 Prove the correctness of the following table : 
 
 PARTS OF A DOLLAR 
 
 5 cents = I2V SSJ cents = $J 
 
 6| cents = iy^g 37^ cents = 8f 
 
 8i cents = f ^3 ^^ cents = IJ 
 
 10 cents = I Jq 621 cents = f f 
 
 121 cents = ^ 66| cents = If 
 
 16f cents = |l 75 cents = S| 
 
 25 cents = f ^ 871 cents = $ J 
 
 This table should be committed to memory like the multiplication table, 
 because its use will shorten many problems ; e.g. 33 books, at $.16f, each, 
 will cost 33 X $^ = $5|. 
 
 When handkerchiefs are \2\^ apiece, $3 will buy as many handkerchiefs 
 
 as $3 ^ .| ^, or $ 3 x f = 24 handkerchiefs. Ans. 
 
56 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 147. Oral 
 
 1. i.l4|^ = what part of a dollar? 
 
 2. 1^ of a dollar are how many cents ? |? |-? |-? |-? 
 
 3. 20 cents are what part of a dollar ? 40 cents ? 60 cents ? 
 80 cents ? Which of these is an aliquot part of f 1 ? 
 
 4. Mention three aliquot parts of 12 ; two aliquot parts of 
 10 ; five aliquot parts of 64. 
 
 5. Give four numbers of which 8J is an aliquot part. 
 
 6. What is the cost of 28 pineapples when they are bought 
 at the rate of ^.14|^ apiece ? 
 
 7. At $ . 331 a pound how many pounds of butter will $ 5 buy ? 
 
 8. A man bought five dozen cans of corn at the rate of 8J 
 cents apiece. What did they cost ? 
 
 148. Written 
 
 1. Find the cost of the following : 
 
 a. 166 pounds of pork at 12| cents a pound. 
 
 b. 248 lb. of veal at 16| cents a pound. 
 
 c. 148 boxes of strawberries at 25 cents a box. 
 
 d. 250 lb. of butter at 37| cents a pound. 
 . e. 150 lb. of honey at 25 cents a pound. 
 
 /. 640 bars of soap at 6^ cents a bar. 
 
 g. 960 dozen of eggs at $.16| a dozen. 
 
 h. 32 yd. of dress goods at 1.33^ a yard. 
 
 {. 328 grammar school arithmetics at $ . 62^ apiece. 
 
 y. 656 steel shovels at 1. 87|^ each. 
 
 2. At $ . 33 J a yard, how many yards of linen can be bought 
 for 1150? 
 
 3. How many bushels of barley can be bought for |624, at 
 $.75 a bushel? 
 
SPECIAL CASES IN MULTIPLICATION 57 
 
 4. At |.66| each, how many pocket knives can be purchased 
 for 164? 
 
 5. When butter is 25 cents a pound, how many pounds can 
 bebought for 1650? 
 
 6. How many articles, at 14| cents each, can be purchased 
 for 1154? 
 
 7. At 87 J cents each, how many books can be bought for 
 fl456? 
 
 8. How many boxes of berries can be bought for $250, at 
 16| cents a box? 
 
 9. At $.621 each, how many pairs of gloves can be bought 
 for 1120? 
 
 10. A man bought potatoes at f .62^ a bushel and sold them 
 at $ .87-| a bushel. His profit was 1 160. How many bushels 
 were sold ? 
 
 11. A dealer spent f 120 for chickens, and the same amount 
 for ducks. The chickens cost him 16| cents, and the ducks 
 12|^ cents a pound. How many more pounds of ducks than 
 chickens did he purchase ? 
 
 SPECIAL CASES IN MULTIPLICATION 
 
 149. I. To multiply a number by 10 or a power of 10. 
 
 Each removal of a figure one place to the left multiplies its 
 value by 10. 
 
 Therefore, if the multiplicand is an integer, annex as many 
 ciphers as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; if the multipli- 
 cand is a decimal, move the decimal point as many places to 
 the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier. 
 
 This is the same as moving all the figures to the left. 
 
 II. To multiply a number by 25. 
 
 25 = 100 -^ 4 
 
58 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 « 
 Therefore, multiply the given number by 100 and divide the 
 product by 4. (Apply Case I in multiplying by 100.) 
 
 III. To multiply a number by 125. 
 
 125 = 1000 -f- 8 
 
 Therefore, multiply the given number by 1000 and divide 
 the product by 8. (Apply Case I in multiplying by 1000.) 
 
 IV. To multiply a number by : 
 
 a. .33|^, multiply the given number by \, 
 
 h. .25, multiply the given number by \, 
 
 c, .16|, multiply the given number by i. 
 
 d, .14f, multiply the given number by \, 
 
 e, .125, multiply the given number by J. 
 
 V. To multiply a number by 99. 
 
 99 = 100-1 
 
 Therefore, multiply the given number by 100 and subtract 
 the multiplicand from the product thus obtained. 
 How can we multiply a number by 999 ? 
 
 VI. To multiply by a number having one or more ciphers at 
 the right. 
 
 Multiply by the significant figures of the multiplier, and 
 annex to the product thus obtained, as many ciphers as there 
 are in the multiplier. Explain. 
 
 SPECIAL CASES IN DIVISION 
 
 150. I. To divide a number by 10 or a power of 10. 
 Each removal of a figure one place to the right divides its 
 value by 10. 
 
SPECIAL CASES IN DIVISION 59 
 
 Therefore, if the dividend is an integer, point off as many 
 decimal places as there are ciphers in the divisor ; if the divi- 
 dend is a decimal, move the decimal point as many places to 
 the left as there are ciphers in the divisor. 
 
 This is the same as moving all the figures to the right. 
 
 II. To divide a number by 25. 
 
 25 = JLo^ 
 
 A number divided by 1|^ equals the number multiplied by 
 Y^-Q-, or the number multiplied by 4 and divided by 100. 
 
 Therefore, multiply the given number by 4, and divide the 
 product by 100. (Apply Case I in dividing by 100.) 
 
 III. To divide a number by 125. 
 
 Multiply the given number by 8, and divide the product by 
 1000. Explain. 
 
 IV. To divide a number : 
 
 a. By 331, point off two decimal places and multiply by 3. 
 h. By 16|, point off two decimal places and multiply by 6. 
 
 c. By 14|, point off two decimal places and multiply by 7. 
 
 d. By .331 divide by f By .16|? By .125? By .14f ? 
 By 2.5? By .llj? 
 
 V. To divide by a number with one or more ciphers at the 
 right. 
 
 Point off in the dividend as many decimal places as there are 
 ciphers at the right of the divisor, then divide by the remain- 
 ing figures. 
 
 Explain. 
 
 In the following examples^ find results hy the methods given in 
 sections 149 and 150. 
 
60 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 151. Oral 
 
 1. 34 X 10 16. 32 X 125 31. 27 x .331 
 
 2. 305^100 17. 32 X. 125 32. .16| x 78 
 
 3. 13x200 18. 14,000^700 33. 48x125 
 
 4. 24 X 25 19. 8100 -h 900 34. 31 -^ 25 
 
 5. .00374 X 1000 20. 28 x .14f 35. .24 x 16| 
 
 6. 36x25 21. 42 X. 14 2 36. 2.8-^70 
 
 7. 406 X 100 22. 72 X .16§ 37. .56 x .125 
 
 8. 830 ■- 10 23. 11 - .16f 38. .025 X 3000 
 
 9. 18x10,000 24. 7-^.125 39. 21x.l4f 
 
 10. 1750-10,000 25. 35 X. 142 ' 40. 1.6x25 
 
 11. 48,000-1200 26. 72 X. 125 41. .8-v-25 
 
 12. 360 X .331 27. 13- .16| 42. 80 X .125 
 
 13. 48 X .125 28. 180 X .16f 43. .008 x 1100 
 
 14. 875-10,000 29. 560 X. 25 44. .5x500 
 
 15. 700-25 30. 19x3000 45. .7^.125 
 
 152. Written 
 
 1. 3.85x15,000 10. 6350-25 18. 88.9x17,000 
 
 2. 572x99 11. 47.832-125 19. 62,408 x. 125 
 
 3. 9.07-^25 12. 83,496-4-4000 20. 80,172 x. 331 
 
 4. 63.47 ^.16| 13. 8397-900 21. 5.07x125 
 
 5. 83.750-^.125 14. 87,416 x.l4f 22. 635^25 
 
 6. 1263^142 15. 5.364 X. 125 23. 4.302 -.16| 
 
 7. 864 X. 125 16. 2397x99 24. 23.8-^125 
 
 8. 9654-. 125 17. 453x999 25. 23.8-f-.125 
 
 9. 4.17 X .33J 
 
ACCOUNTS AND BILLS 61 
 
 ACCOUNTS AND BILLS 
 
 153. Individuals or groups of individuals transacting business 
 with one another are called parties to the transactions. 
 
 154. A record of the business transactions between two parties 
 is an account. 
 
 Merchants and others transacting any considerable amount 
 of business have sets of books in which accounts are kept. 
 
 There are various methods of recording transactions as they 
 occur, and arranging them in the different books to suit the 
 needs of the business ; but it is the general custom to copy all 
 accounts, finally, in a ledger, which shows in clear, concise form 
 the complete account of each person, firm, or company with 
 whom business is transacted. 
 
 In the ledger, each person's account is headed by his name. 
 Money paid, services rendered, and goods sold to him are 
 entered in the left-hand or debit side of the account. 
 
 Money, services, and goods received from him are entered 
 in the right-hand or credit side of the account. 
 
 Accounts are balanced at regular intervals by footing the 
 debit side and the credit side, and subtracting the smaller amount 
 from the greater. The difference, called the balance, is then 
 entered on the side having the smaller amount. This makes 
 the two sides equal, or balance, each other. 
 
 Horizontal lines are then drawn below the footings, and the 
 balance is brought forward to begin the account for a new 
 period. 
 
 The following form represents the ledger account of Adolph 
 Schiller, for October and November, at a hardware store. The 
 number in the column at the left of dollars refers to the page 
 of the day book (the book in which each day's transactions 
 are recorded as they occur) in which the item was first entered. 
 
62 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Dr 
 
 
 
 CLcial^ik ^^itUi. 
 
 
 Ce 
 
 
 1907 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1907 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 7 
 
 Nails 
 
 6 
 
 $5 
 
 75 
 
 Oct. 
 
 20 
 
 Locks 
 
 49 
 
 11 
 
 75 
 
 
 11 
 
 Doors 
 
 32 
 
 18 
 
 50 
 
 
 28 
 
 Cash 
 
 54 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Door trimmings 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 48 
 
 
 31 
 
 Balance 
 
 
 41 
 
 48 
 
 
 25 
 
 Windows 
 
 51 
 
 61 
 93 
 
 50 
 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 93 
 
 23* 
 
 1907 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1 
 
 Bal. brought for'd 
 
 
 41 
 
 48 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Cash 
 
 58 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 White lead 
 
 60 
 
 7 
 
 40 
 
 
 15 
 
 Labor 
 
 63 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 
 17 
 
 Shovel 
 
 65 
 
 
 75 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Note. — Many bookkeepers omit from the ledger the words describing 
 the articles bought and sold, as nails, locks, etc., leaving those columns 
 blank. This practice is increasing. 
 
 Copy Mr. Schiller's account for November ; balance it, and 
 make the proper entry to begin the account for December. 
 
 At the time of balancing an account, it is customary to send 
 to the debtor a copy of the account for the period for which the 
 balance is made. This is called a bill or statement. Many 
 business houses send monthly statements to their customers. 
 Some business houses send a bill, or invoice, as it is called, with 
 each list of goods sold. 
 
 155. The party who sells the goods is the creditor; the party 
 tvho purchases the goods is the debtor. 
 
 In common usage, the term debtor means any one who owes a 
 debt^ and the term creditor means any one to whom a debt is owed. 
 
 156. A bill may be defined as follows : 
 
 A formal statement of a debtor s account, or of goods sold, services 
 rendered, or cash paid, made out by the creditor and presented to 
 the debtor, is a bill. 
 
 A bill should always contain these things : 
 1. The time and place of making out the bill. 
 
ACCOUNTS AND BILLS 
 
 63 
 
 2. The debtor's name and address. 
 
 3. The creditor's name and address. 
 
 4. A list of the items — that is, the goods sold, money paid, 
 or services rendered, with the amount of each item. 
 
 5. The date of each transaction, if any of them occur at any 
 other time than that of making out the bill. 
 
 6. The amount, or footing, of the bill. 
 
 157. When a bill is paid, the creditor receipts the bill by 
 writing at the bottom, "Received Payment," followed by the 
 date, and his own name. This shows that the bill has been 
 paid. The debtor keeps the receipted bill. Why ? 
 
 Sometimes a clerk, an agent, or a bookkeeper of the creditor 
 receives the money for payment of a bill. He should then 
 write the creditor's name under the words "Received Pay- 
 ment," and under the creditor's name, his own name or initials. 
 
 158. The following forms illustrate some of the ways in 
 which bills are made out: 
 
 FORM I 
 
 Mrs. John Doe 
 
 1421 West Street, 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Boston, October I, 1908. 
 
 BauBhtot IV. §♦ 0kartis $? Compatig 
 
 140 TREMONT STREET BOSTON 
 
 98 
 128 
 
 SEPT. 
 
 1 GLOVES 
 
 1 1/4 VEILING 
 
 1 1/4 " 
 
 .25 
 50 
 
 4.00 
 
 4.00 
 
 
 .31 
 
 
 
 .63 
 
 .94 
 
 
 4.94 
 
64 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 SHEET IRON PIPING A SPECIALTY 
 ORDER NO. 51673 
 
 Mr. John R. McKavney 
 
 FORM 2 
 
 SHEET METAL WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 
 
 PITTSBURG, PA. Aug. 16, 1908 
 2528 Penn Ave. 
 
 BouGHTOF Grant C. Nobbs, 
 
 SHEET METALWORKAND HARDWARE 
 
 PENN PERFECT FURNACES. 
 
 SALESROOM AND WAREHOUSE 
 
 2623 AND 2625 PENN AVE. 
 
 TIN ROOFING. 
 
 STOVES AND HOUSEFURNISHINO GOODS. 
 
 BOTH PHONES 
 
 OFFICE AND WORKS 
 2520 AND 2522 SMALLMAN ST. 
 
 TERMS 
 
 30 days 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 Doz. 8" Hinge Hasps 
 
 40 - 10? 
 
 @ 1.05 
 
 
 53 
 
 
 29 
 
 
 10 
 
 Gr. i-7 Screws 
 
 87i - 5% 
 
 @ .90 
 
 9 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 08 
 
 
 i 
 
 2 
 
 Doz. #338 Half Hatchets 
 
 @ 6.00 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 00 
 
 
 3 
 
 " #1 Sledge Handles 
 
 @ 1.10 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 
 2 
 
 Kegs Common Nails 
 
 @ 2.10 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 
 1 
 
 Doz. Kules #68 
 
 @ .95 
 
 
 
 
 95 
 
 
 2 
 
 Stanley Planes 
 
 @ .94 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 88 
 
 
 3- 
 
 4 
 
 Doz. Niagara Handled Axes 
 
 @ 6.75 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 06 
 
 
 19 
 
 76 
 
 159. Oral 
 
 1. Name the debtor and the creditor in Form 1. In Form 2. 
 In P'orm 3. In Form 4. 
 
 2. Which of the forms contain both debit and credit items? 
 
 3. Which of the forms contain items for which bills have 
 been previously sent? 
 
 4. In Form 5, what is the amount of the credit items? Of 
 the debit items? What is the balance? 
 
 160. Written 
 
 1. Make out the bill sent to Mr. Schiller (see page 62) 
 on Dec. 1, 1907, supplying names, dates, and addresses. The 
 
ACCOUNTS AND BILLS 
 
 65 
 
 FORM 3 
 
 A. J. REACH CO. 
 
 MAKERS OF FINE SPORTING GOODS 
 
 Terms Strictly 
 Net 30 Days or 2^ 10 Days 
 
 PHILADELPHIA 8/30/07 
 
 YOUR ORDER 8/27/07 
 
 Sold to 
 
 ouRORDEk 8/30/07 
 
 Simmons Hardware Co , 
 
 SHIPPED VIA St . Loud s , Mo . 
 1 Case Weight 150 lbs. Star Union Line 
 
 SHIPPED 
 
 20 
 1 
 
 6/12 
 9/12 
 
 Dz Balls 15.00 
 
 Dz 5A Catcher's Mitts 84.00 
 
 Dz 3 First Baseman's Mitts 48.00 
 Dz OC Fielder's Gloves 30.00 
 
 RECEIVED PAYMENT 
 .....f. mo.,_/j<p day. 190, % 
 
 A.J. REACH CO. 
 
 300 
 
 00 
 
 
 84 
 
 00 
 
 
 24 
 
 00 
 
 
 22 
 
 50 
 
 430 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 first debit item should be, "Account rendered, 141.48," be- 
 cause that was the balance shown on the bill which he re- 
 ceived Nov. 1. 
 
 Receipt the bill as though you were cashier for the creditor. 
 
 Make out and foot bills of the following items, supplying 
 dates and addresses ; receipt them, either as creditor, or as the 
 creditor's agent : 
 
 2. Bought by W. J. McDermott from Bentley and Settle, 
 
 20 bbl. patent flour, 85 per bbl; 2000 lb. granulated sugar, 
 $5.15 per hundredweight; 300 lb. Java coffee, 22^ per pound; 
 250 lb. maple sugar, 14^ per pound. 
 
 McDermott has paid $125 in money. 
 
66 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 STATEMENT 
 
 FORM 4 
 Philadelphia, Pa. , /V^^^^/; 1 90%- 
 
 A.J. Reach Company 
 
 TULIP AND PALMER STREETS 
 
 ^^rM^A^. 
 
 M^ 
 
 
 s^^SZ^i 
 
 TERMS:- 
 
 -NET CASH 30 DAYS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Amount Rendered 
 
 
 
 
 
 :ai- 
 
 / 
 
 To lliase.,.a8 per 1>ill rendered 
 
 .?/ 
 
 f/ 
 
 
 
 
 /"f 
 
 
 //,f 
 
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 4. D. M. Edwards sold to Henry Fenner, 
 June 1, Account rendered, f 15. 
 June 26, 1 pattern $.15. 
 
 21 yd. dimity, 12| ^ per yd. 
 July 1, 4 yd. chiffon, 50^ per yd. 
 
 2 doz. buttons, 15^ per doz. 
 
 41yd. braid at $.33. 
 
 Credit 
 July 6, 2 yd. chiffon at 50^. 
 1 pr. gloves, il.25. 
 Cash, $7.75. 
 
68 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. Debtor, Miss Margaret Maddox ; 
 Creditor, H. G. Stone & Son. 
 
 Account rendered, 112.35. 
 24 yd. lace at 25)^. 
 
 2 spools twist at |.05. 
 
 3 doz. yd. lace at il.25. 
 6f yd. net at $.621. 
 
 6f yd. linen at |. 621 
 
 Credit 
 Cash, $10. 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 161. Oral 
 
 1. Read 300.00300; 2000.002; 860.0860; CXIV ; XLIV ; 
 MCMIX. 
 
 2. Find the change from $1 for $.28; $.36; $.71; $.81; 
 $.53; $.m; $.17. 
 
 3. 75 is how many times 25? If 25 crates of oranges cost 
 $90, what Avill 75 crates cost at the same price per crate ? 
 
 4. Add in the easiest way 28 and 45; 63 and 89; 16 
 
 and 87. 
 
 5. Name six aliquot parts of $1. 
 
 6. Using aliquot parts, find 
 
 a. The cost of 32 packages of hominy at 12|^^ a package. 
 
 h. The quantity of dates that $10 will buy at 6J^ per pound. 
 
 c. The number of sheets of sandpaper that can be bought 
 for $ 2, at 8^ ^ per dozen sheets. 
 
 7. Annexing four ciphers to an integer affects its value 
 how ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 69 
 
 8. Name two composite numbers that are prime to each 
 other. 
 
 9. What is the smallest number that will exactly contain 
 18 and 27? 
 
 10. What is the greatest number that will exactly divide 60, 
 15, and 90? 
 
 11. Name the prime numbers between 80 and 115. 
 
 12. The product of two numbers is 20,000. One of the 
 numbers is 50. What is the other number ? 
 
 13. I is the product of 5 and what other number ? 
 
 14. 1200 is the product of 30, 4, and what other number ? 
 
 15. 1.824 = 1824-? 
 
 16. .0375 = 375^? 
 
 17. 93 - 3 X 11 + 200 -V- 5 = ? 
 
 18. (93 - 3) X (38 -28) -^(5x18) = ? 
 
 19. Reduce to simplest form : || ; ^f ; f f- ; If ; -fl ; yf • 
 
 20. Reduce |, |, -^^ and | to fractions having a common 
 denominator. 
 
 21. From 181 take 7f . 
 
 22. Tell which of the following fractions cannot be reduced 
 to exact decimals, and why ; y^y, |-, ||, 3^5, 2^0^, |^. 
 
 23. Multiply 31 by 99. 
 
 24. Divide 7000 by 25. 
 
 25. How can you tell, without actual trial, that 742 will not 
 exactly divide 1,834,659 ? 
 
70 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 26. How may we know, without actual trial, 
 
 a. That 8 will not exactly divide 4,379,624,700 ? 
 h. That 5 will not exactly divide 3,079,628 ? 
 
 c. That 9 will exactly divide 2,405,376 ? 
 
 d. That 25 will exactly divide 397,400 ? 
 
 27. There are seven decimal places in a product and three 
 decimal places in one of its two factors. How many decimal 
 places are there in the other factor ? 
 
 28. The numerator of a fraction is which term in division ? 
 The denominator ? The value of a fraction ? 
 
 29. A certain number containing five decimal places is the 
 product of three factors. One of its factors contains two deci- 
 mal places, and another factor three decimal places. The re- 
 maining factor contains how many decimal places ? 
 
 30. Make a problem which can be solved by the use of 
 aliquot parts. 
 
 31. What number is the product of all the common prime 
 factors of 84 and 132 ? 
 
 32. One of the school buildings in a certain city was heated 
 by 150 tons of coal, costing 810 dollars. At the same price per 
 ton, what was the cost of the coal for a school that required 
 75 tons ? 
 
 33. 3 X 19 - 7 + 150 ^ 2 = ? 
 
 34. The cost of a number of horses is a product. The 
 number of horses is one factor. What is the other factor ? 
 
 35. 480 is six times what number ? Which of these numbers 
 is a product ? The number to be found is what term ? 
 
 36. 32 is .16 of what number? 32 is which term in multi- 
 plication ? Which terms are .16 and the number to be found ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 71 
 
 37. The yearly wages of 36 men in a factory amount to 
 $28,800. At the average wages, what do 12 men receive ? 
 
 38. A farmer shipped 32 cans of milk to the city in one 
 week, each can containing 40 quarts. How many gallons did 
 he ship ? 
 
 39. .331 of $18 = ? $6 = .331 of what ? $Q are how many 
 hundredths of 1 18? 
 
 40. A seamstress buys a sewing machine for $55. If she 
 pays $25 at the time of purchase, and $5 every month there- 
 after, in how many months will she finish paying for the 
 machine ? 
 
 41. How may we tell at a glance that 6 will not exactly 
 divide 176,435 ? That 6 will exactly divide 933,012 ? 
 
 42. I of the length of a trench is 60 feet. What is | of its 
 length ? 
 
 43. 24 will exactly divide a certain number. Name six other 
 numbers that will exactly divide that number. 
 
 44. 4.5 yards of lace cost $2.70. What is the cost of 1.5 
 yards of the same lace ? Of 1 yard ? 
 
 45. 1946-^19.46 = ? 
 
 46. Read 2.00500; 300,083.383; .62550; 62,500.00050. 
 
 47. Read CDLXXV; CCCXCIII; MCXLIV; GUI; 
 CXIV; XCVII. 
 
 48. a. I of f = ? 
 
 h. 1^ is I of what number ? 
 c. What part of f is ^ ? 
 
 49. At a fruit stand, peaches are marked "4 for 5 cents." 
 What does the dealer receive for 36 peaches ? 
 
 50. Divide: a. 2496 by 10,000 ; h. 36.16 by .04 ; c. 13 by 125 ; 
 d. 5600 by 400. 
 
72 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 51. Determine which of the following numbers are prime 
 and which are composite : 
 
 91; 97; 111; 203; 37,564,296; 131; 141; 113; 109. 
 
 52. How may we test the accuracy of our work in addition ? 
 In subtraction ? In multiplication ? In division ? 
 
 162. Written 
 
 In examples 1-5 find the sums and test hy adding in a different 
 order. Time yourself. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 5. 
 
 385.21 
 
 15.182 
 
 92.75 
 
 837. 
 
 99.37 
 
 46.83 
 
 619.83 
 
 689.98 
 
 .96 
 
 48.69 
 
 795.467 
 
 50.70 
 
 7.42 
 
 43.82 
 
 372.918 
 
 18.23 
 
 912.183 
 
 9.87 
 
 4.79 
 
 72.75 
 
 963.542 
 
 28.764 
 
 48.136 
 
 10.68 
 
 4.681 
 
 795.087 
 
 783.908 
 
 7.091 
 
 5.30 
 
 .37 
 
 32.145 
 
 58.392 
 
 36.98- 
 
 12.98 
 
 .984 
 
 819.768 
 
 75.64 
 
 74.132 
 
 4.672 
 
 98.307 
 
 73.242 
 
 9.728 
 
 8.007 
 
 .89 
 
 8.137 
 
 53.718 
 
 12.34 
 
 2.19 
 
 3.765 
 
 4.90 
 
 910.763 
 
 90.806 
 
 63.981 
 
 48.92 
 
 25.36 
 
 42.86 
 
 9.173 
 
 3.42 
 
 7.96 
 
 7.008 
 
 8.51 
 
 20.304 
 
 7.895 
 
 12.834 
 
 .93 
 
 793.916 
 
 58.79 
 
 9.86 
 
 .098 
 
 24.135 
 
 213.804 
 
 9.309 
 
 57.713 
 
 1.39 
 
 .86 
 
 67.51 
 
 864.23 
 
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 4,06 
 
 7.19 
 
 In examples 6-15 subtract and test your worh^ timing yourself: 
 
 6. 38700.5 7. 17934.68 8. $7000.53 
 
 498.499 279.69 909.44 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 73 
 
 9. 1801010.02 
 
 11. 151000.001 
 
 13. 240.50 
 
 1900.92 
 
 1900.92 
 
 39.49 
 
 10. .13400.75 
 
 12. 28037.6 
 
 14. 23037.644 
 
 2896.075 
 
 280.799 
 
 280.799 
 
 15. Find the difference between 24007.901 and 980.89. 
 
 In examples 16-21 find results^ and test your work hy the re- 
 verse operation: 
 
 16. 3.07x51.8 18. 92.007x380 20. 2133.854-^5.08 
 
 17. 7968^5.38 19. 8.05x39.8 21. 83412-6000 
 
 22. Multiply 837 by 12, and test your work by addition. 
 
 In examples 23-40 perform the indicated operations in the 
 shortest way: 
 
 23. 287x125 29. 90,876 X. 331 35. 48.35x7000 
 
 24. 876-^25 30. 8642 -- 16f 36. 859x1.25 
 
 25. 563x99 31. 50.74-^125 37. 2100 -^ 70,000 
 
 26. 481x2500 32. 39.72x99 38. 548 x 33 J 
 
 27. 3074 -f- 125 33. 47.012 X. 25 39. 7867-^16f 
 
 28. 4.207x25 34. 88.7 ^.14f 40. 6570 x .25 
 
 41. A miller ground .25 of a load of corn into meal, and 
 cracked .35 of the load for chicken feed. There remained 360 
 bushels. The carload consisted of how many bushels ? 
 
 42. A man who owned .375 of a ship sold ^ of his share for 
 $24,000. What was the entire value of the ship? 
 
 43. Express in words, and in Roman numerals, the number 
 of the present year. 
 
74 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 44. A music dealer marked a piano at 1750 and sold it for 
 .83|- of the marked price. How much did he receive for it? 
 
 45. A man owns three houses. He rents the first for $276 
 a year, the second for $450, and the third for | as much as he 
 receives for the first two. How much rent does he receive in 
 5 years ? 
 
 46. A monthly magazine averages 92 pages of advertise 
 ments each month. It receives $276,000 a year for advertise- 
 ments. What is the average cost of one page of advertisements 
 for one month in this magazine ? 
 
 47. The steamship Lusitania^ during one trip, consumed 50 
 tons of coal per hour. At this rate, how many tons will she 
 consume on a voyage lasting four days and twenty hours ? 
 
 48. a. Mr. Rogers uses ^ of his yearly income for household 
 expenses and | of the remainder for his son's tuition. What 
 fraction of his income is left ? 
 
 h. If 1 660 are left, how much does the son's tuition cost ? 
 
 49. What must be added to 882^ to obtain 121^^6 ? 
 
 50. A custom miller used to take \ of the grain as toll to 
 pay him for grinding the remainder of it. He took 376J lb. 
 for grinding a load of wheat. If a bushel of wheat weighs 
 60 lb., how many bushels did the load of wheat contain ? 
 
 51. Make and solve : 
 
 a. A problem that requires addition and subtraction. 
 
 b. A problem that requires addition and multiplication. 
 
 c. A problem that requires multiplication and division. 
 
 52. Make out, foot, and receipt a bill containing three debit 
 items and one credit item. 
 
 53. Make and solve a problem that requires you to find the 
 least common multiple. 
 
ARTICLES SOLD BY THE THOUSAND 75 
 
 ARTICLES SOLD BY THE THOUSAND, HUNDRED, OR 
 HUNDREDWEIGHT 
 163. Written 
 
 1. What is the cost of 8975 bricks at i 7 per M.? (M. stands 
 for 1000.) 
 
 8975 = 8.975 M. 
 
 Since 1 M. costs 1 7, 8.975 M. cost 8.975 x |7, or $ Ans. 
 
 2. What must be paid for 980 soapstone pencils at f .30 per 
 C. ? (C. stands for 100.) 
 
 980 = 9.80 C. 
 
 Since 1 C. costs |.30, 9.80 C. will cost 9.80 x |.30, or | Ans. 
 
 3. Find the cost of 1550 lb. of new buckwheat flour at 12.50 
 per hundredweight (100 pounds). 
 
 1550 lb. = 15.50 hundredweight. 
 
 Since 1 cwt. costs ^2.50, 15.50 cwt. cost 15.50 x $2.50, or $ Ans. 
 
 Note. — In final results, a fraction of a cent, equal to or greater than i cent, 
 is counted a whole cent. A fraction which is less than | cent is dropped. 
 
 4. Find the cost of each of the following items : 
 a. 83,900 bricks at 17.80 per M. 
 
 h. 8950 lb. sugar at $4.95 per C. 
 c. 1550 asparagus roots at $.95 per C. 
 6?. 10,000 laths at $.45 per C. 
 e. 12,500 paper butter trays at $.40 per M. 
 /. 25 barrels of granulated sal soda, each barrel containing 
 325 lb., at $.90 per hundredweight. 
 g. 25,600 cakes of naphtha soap at $3.25 per C. 
 h. 1700 cubic feet of gas at $.95 per M. 
 
T6 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 DENOMINATE NUMBERS 
 
 164. A number that is composed of units of weight or measure 
 is a denominate number; e.g. 5 lb., 7 rd., 6 hr. 3 min. 45 sec. 
 
 165. The name of a unit of weight or measure is a denomina- 
 tion; e.g. ounce, square foot, minute. 
 
 166. A denominate number that is expressed in two or more 
 denominations is a compound number ; e.g. 1 yd. 2 ft. 7 in. ; 
 2 lb. 14 oz. 
 
 167. A number that is expressed in but one hind of units is a 
 simple number ; e.g. 3 days, 8 cents, 19 pounds, 125. 
 
 168. TABLE OF LIQUID MEASURE 
 
 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.). 
 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.). 
 
 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.). 
 
 Oil, vinegar, molasses, and other liquids are shipped in barrels 
 or casks of various sizes. But for the purpose of indicating the 
 capacities of vats, tanks, reservoirs, etc., 31 1^ gallons are called 
 a barrel (bbl.) and 63 gallons a hogshead (hhd.). 
 
 169. TABLE OF DRY MEASURE 
 
 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.). 
 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.). 
 
 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.). 
 
 170. TABLE OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 
 
 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (lb.). 
 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.). 
 2240 pounds = 1 long ton. 
 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.). 
 
DENOMINATE NUMBERS 77 
 
 The term hundredweight is used less than formerly, although 
 its value (100 lb.) is still taken as a unit in quoting freight 
 rates and prices of various articles, when the quantity used 
 makes this a convenient unit of weight. 
 
 The long ton is used in wholesaling certain mining products. 
 
 The ton of 2000 lb. is sometimes called a short ton. 
 
 171. TABLE OF TROY WEIGHT 
 
 24 grains (gr.) =1 pennyweight (pwt.). 
 
 20 penny weights = 1 ounce (oz.). 
 
 12 ounces =1 pound (lb.). 
 
 These weights are used in weighing gold, silver, and some 
 jewels. To get an idea of the weight of a grain, think of the 
 weight of a grain of wheat or rice. 
 
 172. TABLE OF APOTHECARIES* WEIGHT 
 
 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (sc. or 3). 
 3 scruples = 1 dram (dr. or 3). 
 8 drams = 1 ounce (oz. or %), 
 
 This table is used by druggists and physicians in compound- 
 ing medicines; but medicines are bought and sold by Avoir- 
 dupois weight, except in quantities smaller than one ounce. 
 
 173. Druggists use a iQvm fluid ounce, which is not a meas- 
 ure of weight, but of capacity, and is equal to -f^ of a pint. 
 Thus, a 2-ounce bottle is a bottle that holds |^ of a pint of any 
 liquid regardless of its weight. 
 
 174. TABLE OF LINEAR MEASURE 
 
 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 
 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 
 
 8/?»r1 ->"'^<"';> 
 
 320 rods =1 mile (mi.). 
 
78 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 175. TABLE OF SURVEYORS' LONG MEASURE 
 
 7.92 inches = 1 link (li.). 
 100 links =1 chain (ch.). 
 80 chains = 1 mile (mi.). 
 
 This table, formerly used by surveyors in measuring land, 
 should be learned and remembered, because descriptions of 
 land in the public records of deeds and mortgages are largely 
 made in the denominations of this measure. 
 
 176. TABLE OF SURFACE MEASURE 
 
 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.). 
 
 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.). 
 
 30 J square yards " = 1 square rod (sq. rd.). 
 
 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.). 
 
 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq. mi.). 
 
 177. TABLE OF SURVEYORS' SQUARE MEASURE 
 
 625 square links = 1 square rod. 
 16 square rods = 1 square chain. 
 10 square chains = 1 acre. 
 
 This table, like that of Surveyor's Linear Measure, is used 
 in public records, chiefly. 
 
 178. TABLE OF VOLUME MEASURE 
 
 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.). 
 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.). 
 
 179. TABLE OF COUNTING 
 
 12 =1 dozen (doz.). 
 
 12 doz. = 1 gross. 
 20 =1 score. 
 
DENOMINATE NUMBERS 79 
 
 180. TABLE OF TIME 
 
 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.). 
 
 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.). 
 
 24 hours =1 day (da.). 
 
 7 days = 1 week (wk.). 
 
 52^ weeks = 1 common year (yr.). 
 
 52|^ weeks = 1 leap year. 
 
 365 days = 1 common year. 
 
 366 days = 1 leap year. 
 
 Ten years are called a decade, and one hundred years make 
 a century^ but these terms are not used in arithmetical calcula- 
 tions. ^ 
 
 The four thirty-day months may be remembered easily by 
 the following old rhyme : 
 
 " Thirty days hath September, 
 April, June, and November." 
 
 February has 28 days, with 29 in leap year. The other 
 months have 31 days. 
 
 The exact length of the solar year, that is, the time of one 
 revolution of the earth around the sun, is 365 days 5 hours 48 
 minutes and 46 seconds, or nearly 365| days. By adding one 
 day to the 365 every fourth year, too much time is added. 
 This is corrected by counting every centennial year as a com- 
 mon year, except when its number is divisible by 400. The 
 year 1900, therefore, was not a leap year, although its number 
 was divisible by 4. . , 
 
 181. TABLE OF PAPER MEASURE 
 
 24 sheets = 1 quire. 
 20 quires = 1 ream. 
 
80 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 The terms bundle (2 reams) and hale (5 bundles) are seldom 
 used. The denomination quire is used mostly in measuring the 
 finer grades of writing paper. Wrapping paper is sold by the 
 pound or by the thousand sheets. Many kinds of paper are sold 
 in packages of five hundred or one thousand sheets. Packages 
 of five hundred sheets are sometimes called reams. 
 
 182.. TABLE OF UNITED STATES MONEY 
 
 10 mills = 1 cent. 
 10 cents = 1 dime. 
 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 
 
 The gold coins of the United States are the $5, flO, and 
 $20 pieces, once called the half eagle, eagle, and double eagle. 
 Gold dollar coins are not in general circulation, although a few 
 of them have been made. 
 
 The silver coins are the dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, 
 and dime. Silver half dimes are no longer coined. Most five- 
 cent pieces are made of nickel. Most 1-cent pieces are made 
 of bronze, though some nickel and copper cents are in 
 circulation. 
 
 The mill is not coined. 
 
 183. TABLE OF ENGLISH MONEY 
 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (c?.). 
 
 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.). 
 
 20 shillings = 1 pound (£). 
 
 Farthings are not coined, and are commonly written as 
 fractions of a penny. 
 
 184. TABLE OF FRENCH MONEY 
 
 100 centimes = 1 franc. 
 
ARC AND ANGLE MEASURE 81 
 
 185. TABLE OF GERMAN MONEY 
 
 100 pfennigs = 1 mark. 
 
 186. The denominations of Canadian money are like those of 
 the United States. 
 
 187. TABLE OF ARC AND ANGLE MEASURE 
 
 60 seconds (^') = 1 minute ('). 
 60 minutes = 1 degree (°). 
 An arc of 360° = 1 circumference. 
 
 188. The difference in direction of two lines that meet is an 
 angle; e.g. ^^^ 
 
 Angles 
 
 189. The lines that meet to form an angle are 
 -^ the sides of the angle. 
 
 Lines are read by means of letters placed 
 ^ at their extremities. Angles are read by 
 
 means of letters placed at the extremities of their sides. 
 In the angle ABQ the lines AB and ^(7 are the sides. 
 
 190. The sum of all the angles that can he formed around a 
 point in a plane is 360°. 
 
 191. A plane figure hounded hy a curved line., 
 every point of which is equally distant from a 
 point within called the center^ is a circle. 
 
 192. The houndary line of a circle is its 
 circumference. 
 
 193. Any part of a circumference is an arc. 
 
82 
 
 GRAMxMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 194. The number of degrees in an arc is always the same as the 
 number of degrees in the angle at the center^ whose sides meet the 
 A extremities of the arc^ thus ; 
 
 The angle AOB is \ the sum of all the 
 angles at the center, or 90°. The arc AB is 
 \ of the circumference, or 90°. Can you tell 
 the number of degrees in the arc BU ? In the 
 Single UOB? 
 
 Angles are measured by a protractor, an instrument made 
 of metal, with degrees marked and numbered as shown below. 
 
 .z' 
 
 ,^'M 
 
 ,/ 
 
 Fig. 1 
 
 Fig. 2 
 
 ^^H 
 
 To measure the angle AOO, the protractor is placed as indi- 
 cated, so that the center, 0, of the protractor, coincides with 
 
ARC AND ANGLE MEASURE 83 
 
 the vertex, 0, of the angle, and the sides A and CO take the 
 positions indicated. . Th6 scale on the protractor indicates that 
 the angle A 00 is an angle of 20°. 
 
 Notice that the length of the sides does not affect the size of 
 the angle. They may be prolonged indefinitely without chang- 
 ing the angle. 
 
 State the number of degrees in each of the following angles 
 as indicated by the protractor in Fig. 3 : 
 
 a. 
 
 Angle A OB 
 
 e. 
 
 Angle MOK 
 
 i. 
 
 Angle BOB 
 
 b. 
 
 Angle A OB 
 
 /. 
 
 Angle MOII 
 
 J- 
 
 Angle COB 
 
 e. 
 
 Angle AOE 
 
 ^• 
 
 Angle BOK 
 
 k. 
 
 Angle BOB 
 
 d. 
 
 Angle HOK 
 
 h. 
 
 Angle OOE 
 
 I 
 
 Angle COS 
 
 195. An angle of 90° is a right angle. 
 
 196. An angle that is greater than a right angle is 
 an obtuse angle. 
 
 197. An angle that is less than a right angle is an 
 acute angle. 
 
 In Fig. 3, what kind of angle is angle AOC? 
 Angle AOB? Angle AOB? Angle AOB? Angle BOB? 
 
 198. MISCELLANEOUS DENOMINATIONS 
 
 6 feet = 1 fathom, used in measuring the depth of the water 
 at sea. 
 
 40 rods = 1 furlong. 
 
 4 inches = 1 hand, used in measuring the height of horses. 
 
 1.15 common or statute miles = 1 nautical mile, or knot, 
 used in measuring distances at sea and the speed of vessels. 
 The nautical mile is assumed at 6086.07 feet, or 1.152664 
 statute miles, by the United States Coast Survey. For ordi- 
 nary purposes of computation, however, 1.15 is sufficiently exact. 
 
84 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3 nautical miles = 1 league. 
 
 640 acres, or one square mile, = 1 section of land. 
 3.2 grains (approximately) = 1 carat, used in indicating the 
 weight of diamonds and other gems. The term carat is also 
 used in indicating the fineness of gold. 14-carat gold, or gold 
 that is 14 carats fine, is metal of which l-| is pure gold, and H 
 is alloy (that is, harder metal mixed with the gold to make 
 it more durable). The word is sometimes spelled karat and 
 jewelers use the abbreviation k in rings and other gold articles. 
 What is the meaning of 2^-k gold? Of 1^-k gold? Of 10-k 
 gold? 
 
 The term perch is sometimes used to indicate (a) one rod in 
 length, or (5) one square rod of land, or (c) a quantity of stone 
 or masonry 1 rod long, 1| feet wide, and 1 foot thick, contain- 
 ing 24| cubic feet. 
 
 One hundred square feet of painting or roofing are called a 
 square. 
 
 199. TABLE OF EQUIVALENTS 
 
 1 gallon = 231 cubic inches. 
 
 1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches. 
 
 1 pound Avoir. = 7000 grains. 
 
 1 pound Troy = 5760 grains. 
 
 1 pound Apoth. = 5760 grains. 
 
 £ 1 (Gt. Britain) = 14.8665. 
 
 1 franc (France) = 1.193. 
 
 1 franc (Belgium) =i.l93. 
 
 1 lira (Italy) =.f.l93. 
 
 1 mark (Germany) = | . 238. 
 
 1 yen (Japan) =1.498. 
 
 1 ruble (Russia) =$.515. 
 
REDUCTION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS 85 
 
 The grain is the same in the three weights, Avoirdupois, 
 Troy, and Apothecaries'. It is obtained by taking a certain 
 fraction (very nearly 2^3) of the weight of a cubic inch of dis- 
 tilled water at its greatest density (39.2° nearly). 
 
 REDUCTION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS 
 
 200. Changing numbers to larger denominations is reduction 
 ascending. 
 
 201. Changing numbers to smaller denominations is reduction 
 descending. 
 
 202. Oral 
 
 1. Find the number of cubic inches in one quart, liquid 
 measure. 
 
 2. A fountain contains four barrels of water. How many 
 gallons does it contain ? How many hogsheads ? 
 
 3. A grocer bought green peas at two dollars a bushel, and 
 retailed them at ten cents a quart. What did he gain on three 
 bushels ? 
 
 4. What is a grocer's profit on half a ton of coffee bought 
 at f 15 per hundredweight and sold at 20 cents a pound? 
 
 5. A gold dollar weighs 25.8 grains. How many gold 
 dollars will weigh 25.8 pennyweights? 
 
 6. A druggist bought 10 lb. (Avoir.) of oxalic acid. How 
 many grains did he buy? 
 
 7. A can contained 20 ounces (Apoth.) of quinine sulphate. 
 How many pounds (Apoth.) did it contain? How many 
 drams? How many scruples? How many grains? 
 
 8. A field is 20 rods wide. How many feet wide is it? 
 How many yards? 
 
86 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 9. The perimeter of a square yard is how many inches? 
 
 10. A 100-acre farm contains how many square chains? 
 
 11. A cubic yard of earth is sometimes called a load. How 
 many cubic feet of earth are there in twenty such loads? 
 
 12. Name the leap years from 1890 to 1920 inclusive. 
 
 13. What is the exact number of days from 2 o'clock p.m., 
 Jan. 19, 1904, to 2 o'clock p.m., April 1, 1904? 
 
 14. A gross of J-pound cans of baking powder will fill how 
 many cases, each holding 48 cans ? How much will the baking 
 powder weigh? 
 
 15. How many clothespins are there in a box containing 10 
 gross ? 
 
 16. Four gallons of ammonia water will fill how many 
 4-ounce bottles? 
 
 17. How many quires of paper will a lady use in writing 
 thirty letters if she uses two sheets of paper for each letter? 
 
 18. The earth makes one complete rotation every 24 hours. 
 How many degrees does it turn in 1 hour? 
 
 19. A wheel in a factory makes 240 revolutions per minute. 
 How many revolutions does it make in one second of time? 
 Through how many degrees does it revolve in |^ of a second? 
 
 20. A wheel has eight spokes that make equal angles at the 
 center. How many degrees are there in each of the angles? 
 Two of these angles together form what kind of angle ? 
 
 21. A crown is an English coin equal to five shillings. A 
 sovereign is a gold coin whose value is X 1. Mr. Denham has 
 in his purse a sovereign, two crowns, one half crown, a shilling, 
 and a sixpence. All the money in the purse is equal to how 
 many shillings? 
 
KEDUCTION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS 87 
 
 22. 38,476 centimes are equal to how many francs and 
 centimes? 
 
 23. 46 francs are equal to how many centimes? 
 
 24. 86.75 marks are equal to how many pfennigs? 
 
 25. At the rate of 20 pfennigs apiece, how many oranges 
 can be bought for 4 marks ? 
 
 26. Without a rule, draw a line 5 feet long on the black- 
 board. Measure and correct it. 
 
 27. Estimate^ then measure: 
 
 a. The number of feet from the front door of your 
 
 schoolhouse to the sidewalk. 
 5. The width of the sidewalk. 
 
 c. The width of the street. 
 
 d. The dimensions of the schoolroom windows. 
 
 e. The dimensions of the schoolroom doors. 
 /. Other things about the school. 
 
 203. 1. Reduce 22 A. 7 sq. yd. to square feet. 
 
 22 
 160 
 
 3520 Number of sq. rd. in 22 A. (22 x 160), 
 
 301 
 
 880 (3520 X 1) 
 105600 (3520 x 30) 
 106480 Number of sq. yd. in 22 A. 
 
 l_ 
 
 106487 Number of sq. yd. in 22 A. 7 sq. yd. 
 
 9 
 
 958383 Number of sq. ft. in 22 A. 7 sq. yd. 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 Reduce 392,429 sec. to larger denominations. 
 
 6j9 
 6jZI 
 24 
 
 39242^ sec. 
 
 654j^ min. 29 sec. 
 
 109 h 
 
 r. 
 
 4 da. 13 hr. 
 
 4 da. 13 hr. 29 sec. Ans, 
 
 Note. — Compound numbers, other than those expressing time, or arc 
 and angle measure, are seldom expressed in more than two denominations. 
 Extended reductions are rarely needed. 
 
 In actual business, the work of reduction is performed by 
 short and direct processes. For example, surveyors, in meas- 
 uring land, use a metallic tape from fifty, to one hundred feet 
 in length, marked off in feet and tenths of a foot, or a chain 
 with links one foot in length, marked in tenths. With this 
 they obtain the dimensions of a piece of land in feet and tenths 
 of a foot, and the area in square feet and hundredths of a 
 square foot. The area in square feet divided by 43,560 (the 
 number of square feet in one acre) gives the number of acres. 
 
 Feet are reduced to miles by dividing by 5280 instead of 
 dividing successively by the numbers in the scale of linear 
 measure. 
 
 Bushels are reduced to quarts by multiplying directly by 32. 
 
 In all measurements and computations, decimals are more 
 generally used than formerly, taking the place of common 
 fractions and the smaller units of denominate numbers. 
 
 In the following examples, use short and direct processes 
 where possible. 
 
 204. Written 
 
 1. Reduce : 
 
 a. 14 wk. 3 da. to hours. 
 
 h, 5 T. 7 cwt. to pounds. 
 
REDUCTION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS 89 
 
 c. 4900 min. to higher denommations. 
 
 d. 7 mi. to inches. 
 
 e. 18 bbl. 13 gal. to pints. 
 
 /. 193,479 cu. in. to higher denominations. 
 
 g. 498,342 sec. to higher denominations. 
 
 h. 800,000 oz. to tons. 
 
 ^. 86,240 pwt. to pounds. 
 
 y, 9 oz. Apoth. to grains. 
 
 k, 84,763c?. to pounds, shillings, and pence. 
 
 1. £5 lOs. lid. to pence. 
 m, 48° 50' 19' ' to seconds. 
 
 n. 12 common years to minutes. 
 
 0. 190,113 in. to higher denominations. 
 
 p. 5040 pt. to hogsheads. 
 
 q, 3 yr. 7 mo. 21 da. to minutes. (Use 30 da. for one month.) 
 
 r. 4391 da. to years and days. (Use 365 days for a year.) 
 
 «. 17 A. 30 sq. rd. to square feet. 
 
 t. 5 cu. yd. to cubic inches. 
 
 u, 118,096 sq. yd. to higher denominations. 
 
 V, 834,769 cu. in. to higher denominations. 
 
 2. 12,480 in. are what part of a mile ? 
 This problem may be solved in two ways : 
 
 ^' ell 6 = ^ (There are 63,360 in. in a mile.) 
 
 3. 2^^ lb. Troy = how many grains? 
 
 In what other way could this problem be solved? 
 (1 lb. Troy = how manj?^ grains?) 
 
 4. Change | cu. yd. to cubic inches. 
 
 5. 270 sec. are what part of a day? 
 
yU GRAMxMAR SCHOOL AKITHMETIC 
 
 6. Change yJq oz. Apoth. to grains. 
 
 7. 108 A. are what part of a square mile? 
 
 8. 5 rd. 7 ft. 6 in. are what fraction of a mile? 
 
 9. 18 lead pencils are what part of a gross? 
 
 10. -^^ cu. yd. =how many cubic inches? 
 
 11. Find hy reduction : 
 
 a. The number of grains in 1 lb. Apoth. 
 
 h. The number of grains in a Troy pound. 
 
 e. The number of square feet in 1 acre. 
 
 d. The number of inches in a mile. 
 
 e. The number of grains in 1 oz. Troy. 
 /. The number of grains in 1 oz. Apoth. 
 
 12. Using the table of equivalents, page 84, find : 
 
 a. The number of cubic inches in one quart, liquid measure, 
 
 b. The number of cubic inches in one quart, dry measure. 
 
 c. The number of grains in one ounce, Apothecaries' weight. 
 
 d. The number of grains in one ounce, Avoirdupois weight. 
 
 e. The number of pounds Troy that are equivalent to one 
 pound Avoirdupois. 
 
 13. Find, to the nearest thousandth : 
 
 a. The number of cubic feet that are equivalent to one 
 bushel. 
 
 b. The number of francs that are equivalent to one dollar. 
 
 c. The number of cents that are equivalent to four marks. 
 
 d. The number of cents that are equivalent to one shilling. 
 
 e. The difference in size between a dry pint and a liquid pint. 
 /. The number of pounds Troy that are equivalent to 10 lb. 
 
 Avoirdupois. 
 
 g. The number of bushels that a 40-gallon cask will hold. 
 
 14. How many 5-grain tablets can be made from 7J lb. 
 (Avoir.) of potassium chlorate ? 
 
ADDITION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS 91 
 
 15. Make and solve : 
 
 a. A problem that requires reduction descending in linear 
 measure. 
 
 b. A problem that requires reduction ascending in English 
 money. 
 
 e. A problem, that requires reduction of a denominate frac- 
 tion to an integer of smaller denomination. 
 
 d. A problem that requires reduction of an integer to a 
 fraction of higher denomination. 
 
 e, A problem that requires reduction descending in square 
 measure. 
 
 /. A problem that requires reduction ascending in square 
 measure. 
 
 ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS 
 205. Written 
 
 Add 7 lb. 8 oz., 15 lb. 14 oz., 23 lb. 15 oz. 
 Lb. Oz. 
 
 15 oz. + 14 oz. + 8 oz. = 37 oz. = 2 lb. 5 oz. 
 2 lb. + 23 lb. + 15 lb. + 7 lb. = 47 lb. 
 47 lb. 5 oz. Ans. 
 
 1. 59 ft. 8 in., 47 ft. 11 in., 9 ft. 9 in. 
 
 2. 63 A. 16 sq. rd., 49 A. 53 sq. rd. 
 
 3. 5 hr. 5 min. 30 sec, 8 hr. 43 min. 47 sec, 
 
 4. 18 gal. 3 qt., 25 gal. 1 qt., 16 gal. 2 qt. 
 
 5. 41° 19' 35^ 22° 50' 29", 133° 4' 50". 
 
 6. 16 T. 480 lb., 17 T. 730 lb., 19 T. 900 lb. 
 
 7. 25 yd. 2 ft., 6 yd. 1 ft., 8 yd. 2 ft. 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 14 
 
 23 
 
 15 
 
 47 
 
 5 
 
 Add: 
 
 
92 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 8. 16 pk. 7 qt., 13 pk. 5 qt., 12 pk. 6 qt. 
 
 9. 27 cu. yd. 18 cu. ft., 42 cu. yd. 19 cu. ft. 
 
 10. 26 yr. 7 mo. 8 da., 17 yr. 8 mo. 9 da. 
 
 11. 8 lb. 7 oz., 16 lb. 14 oz., 19 lb. 10 oz. 
 
 12. 1 bu. 3 pk., 19 bu. 2 pk., 5 bu. 1 pk. 
 
 13. 12 wk. 13 da., 1 wk. 1 da., 25 wk. 6 da. 
 
 14. 27 hr. 38 min. 21 sec, 25 hr. 47 min. 29 sec. 
 
 15. 25 yr. 200 da., 27 yr. 321 da., 28 yr. 179 da. 
 
 206. Written 
 
 From 18 yr. 7 mo. 14 da. 
 take 6 yr. 8 mo. 26 da. 
 
 11 yr. 10 mo. 18 da. Difference 
 
 7 mo. 14 da. = 6 mo. 44 da. „. , , , , . «x 
 
 - o o -tn 1 o (Why do we make these reductions ?) 
 
 18 yr. 6 mo. = 17 yr. 18 mo. v j j 
 
 18 yr. 7 mo. 14 da. = 17 yr. 18 mo. 44 da. 
 
 17 yr. 18 mo. 44 da. - 6 yr. 8 mo. 26 da. = 11 yr. 10 mo. 18 da. 
 
 Subtract : 
 
 1. 18 yr. 3 mo. 14 da. 5. 14 yr. 2 mo. 28 da. 
 
 10 yr. 1 mo. 18 da. 1 yr. 9 mo. 12 da. 
 
 2. 
 
 19 yr. 
 3 yr. 
 
 2 mo. 
 8 mo. 
 
 Ida. 
 27 da. 
 
 3. 
 
 29 yr. 
 24 yr. 
 
 2 mo. 
 8 mo. 
 
 8 da. 
 8 da. 
 
 4. 
 
 42 yr. 
 
 28 yr. 
 
 2 mo. 
 
 26 da. 
 12 da. 
 
 ;. 17 yr. 
 3 yr. 
 
 4 mo. 
 6 mo. 
 
 8 da. 
 7 da. 
 
 '. 29 yr. 
 
 8'yr. 
 
 9 mo. 
 5 mo. 
 
 13 da. 
 
 18 da. 
 
 i. 4 yr. 
 
 3 mo. 
 9 mo. 
 
 15 da. 
 
SUBTRACTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS 93 
 
 9. How many years, months, and days are there from 
 
 May 30, 1907, to Dec. 5, 1909 ? 
 
 1909 yr. 12 mo. 5 da. Note. — December is the twelfth month 
 
 1907 yr. 5 mo. 30 da. ^"^ ^^^ *^® ^^^^' ^^^^* ^^ da. for a 
 month. 
 
 Find the time from : 
 
 10. July 29, 1837, to Mar. 26, 1888. 
 
 11. Aug. 20, 1841, to Nov. 15, 1908. 
 
 12. Dec. 17, 1840, to Feb. 18, 1896. 
 
 13. May 14, 1850, to Jan. 12, 1860. 
 
 14. Oct. 29, 1764, to Aug. 23, 1860. 
 
 15. Jan. 22, 1880, to June 15, 1903. 
 
 16. July 20, 1819, to Jan. 2, 1893. 
 
 17. May 8, 1899, to Feb. 12, 1908. 
 
 18. Feb. 11, 1901, to Jan. 31, 1906. 
 Subtract : 
 
 19. 
 
 15 hr. 52 
 
 min. 
 
 34 
 
 sec. 
 
 25. 
 
 38 bu. 
 
 Ipk. 
 
 
 
 11 hr. 50 
 
 min. 
 
 50 
 
 sec. 
 
 
 27 bu. 
 
 3pk. 
 
 
 20. 
 
 222° 41' 
 
 15" 
 
 
 
 26. 
 
 210 A. 
 
 , 86 sq. 
 
 rd. 
 
 
 60° 20' 
 
 35" 
 
 
 
 
 94 A 
 
 . 106 sq. 
 
 rd. 
 
 21. 
 
 43 hr. 44 
 
 min. 
 
 26 
 
 sec. 
 
 27. 
 
 46 1b. 
 
 5 oz. 
 
 
 
 30 hr. 24 
 
 min. 
 
 48 
 
 sec. 
 
 
 25 1b. 
 
 12 oz. 
 
 
 22. 
 
 47 ft. 6 
 33 ft. 10 
 
 in. 
 in. 
 
 
 
 28. 
 
 98 ft. 
 67 ft. 
 
 2 in. 
 9 in. 
 
 
 23. 
 
 57 gal. 1 
 
 qt. 
 
 
 
 29. 
 
 52' 13" 
 
 
 
 48 gal. 3 
 
 jt. 
 
 
 
 
 45' 28 
 
 ff 
 
 
 24. 
 
 19° 31' 
 6° 41' 
 
 
 
 
 30. 
 
 5 min. 
 2 min. 
 
 47 sec. 
 
 48 sec. 
 
 
94 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 31. War was declared between the United States and Spain 
 on the 25th day of April, 1898, and hostilities ceased on the 
 13th day of August in the same year. How long did the war 
 last ? 
 
 32. How much time has elapsed since April 14, 1861 ? 
 
 EXACT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DATES 
 
 207. Written 
 
 1. What is the exact number of days between Dec. 16, 1895, 
 and March 12, 1896 ? 
 
 Dec. 15 
 
 Jan. 31 There are 15 days in December after 
 
 Feb. 29 *1^® 16th. January has 31 days, February 
 
 March 12 ^^ (leap year), and March 12, making 87 
 
 rr- , . days. Always count the last day. 
 
 Find the exact time between: 
 
 2. June 16, 1886, and April 7, 1887. 
 
 3. Nov. 21, 1898, and Dec. 14, 1898. 
 
 4. Jan. 26, 1907, and Dec. 21, 1907. 
 
 5. July 14, 1898, and Aug. 12, 1898. 
 
 6. Jan. 23, 1897, and June 4, 1897. 
 
 7. Sept. 19, 1899, and Feb. 16, 1900. 
 
 8. Nov. 28, 1905, and Oct. 26, 1906. 
 
 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS 
 
 208. 1. Multiply 5 hr. 21 min. by 7. 
 
 5 hr. 21 min. 7 x 21 min. = 147 min. = 2 hr. 27 min. 
 
 7 7 X 5 hr. =35 hr. 
 
 1 da. 13 hr. 27 min. Product 35 hr. + 2 hr. = 37 hr. = 1 da. 13 hr. 
 
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION 95 
 
 Multiply : 
 
 2. 6 lb. 7 oz. Avoir, by 8 
 
 3. 12. gal. 1 qt. by 9 
 
 4. 7 ft. 5 in. by 6 
 
 5. 12 A. 50 sq. rd. by 12 
 
 6. 2 hr. 15 min. 30 sec. by 15 
 
 7. 7° 40^ 18'' by 5 
 
 8. 42 min. 17 sec. by 15 
 
 9. 3 hr. 19 sec. by 15 
 
 10. 5 hr. 17 min. 19 sec. by 15 
 
 11. 18 min. 13 sec. by 15 
 
 12. Divide 41° 28' 45" by 15 
 
 41° - 15 = 2^ and 11° rem. 
 
 00 aZ T^ii n ' 688' -f- 15 = 45' and 13' rem. 
 
 1 46 55 Quotient ^3/ _ ^^^t,^ 730" + 45" = 825". 
 
 825" -^15 = 55". 
 Divide hy 15 and test your work : 
 
 13. 40° 20' 19. 38° 1' 24. 8° 40' 45'' 
 
 14. 17° 18' 15" 20. 7' 30" 25. 59' 
 
 15. 1° 29' 21. 41° 42' 26. 17° 
 
 16. 39' 45" 22. 1° 11' 27. 1° 1' 30" 
 
 17. 27° 30" 23. 40° 2' 30" 28. 11° 19' 
 
 18. 14° 15" 
 
96 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 MEASUREMENTS 
 
 AREAS OF PARALLELOGRAMS 
 
 209. A plane figure bounded hy four straight lines is a quadri- 
 lateral; e,g. 
 
 Quadrilaterals 
 
 210. Lines that are the same distance apart throughout their 
 whole length are parallel lines; e.g.- 
 
 112. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel is a 
 parallelogram. Which of the above figures are parallelograms ? 
 
 212. A parallelogram that has four right angles is a rectangle. 
 Which of the above figures are rectangles ? 
 
 213. Two lines that meet to form a right angle are 
 perpendicular to each other. 
 
 214. The side on which a figure is supposed to rest is its base. 
 
 215. The perpendicular distance from the highest point of a fig- 
 ure to the base, or to the base extended, is its altitude; e.g. 
 
 B c 
 
 c 
 
AREAS OF PARALLELOGRAMS 
 
 97 
 
 216. Figures are read hy means of letters placed at their 
 angles. Thus, Fig. 1 is read, "Oblong ABCDr Fig. 2 is 
 read, " Triangle ^5(7." Read Fig. 3. The base of Fig. 2 
 is AQ. The altitude of Fig. 1 is i>(7 or AB. 
 
 217. The area of a rectangle is the product of its base and 
 altitude expressed in the same denomination. 
 
 Note 1. — In computing the area or volume of a figure, the given dimen- 
 sions, if expressed in different denominations, should first be changed to the 
 same denomination. Why ? 
 
 Note 2. — In giving dimensions, the sign (') is sometimes used to indi- 
 cate feet, and the sign (") to indicate inches; e.g. 16' = 16 feet; 9" = 9 
 inches. 
 
 218. Written 
 
 1. A rectangular field is 60 rd. long and 28 rd. wide. 
 
 How 
 
 many acres does it contain ? 
 
 2. What is the cost of paving an alley 570 ft. long and 23.7 
 ft. wide, at $2.15 per square yard? 
 
 3. The surveyor found my vacant lot to be 8 rd. long and 
 67.5 ft. wide. What fraction of an acre does it contain ? 
 
 4. Along a city street, where the lots are all 12 rd. deep, 
 how many feet wide must a lot be to contain ^ of an acre ? 
 
 219. Oral 
 
 1. In Fig. 5, how does 
 the part K compare with 
 the part Ml 
 
 2. The area of the par- 
 allelogram AB CD com- 
 pares how with the area of 
 the parallelogram EFCD"^ 
 
 Fio. 
 
 3. What is the base of each of these parallelograms? 
 
98 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 4. What is the altitude ? What is the area ? 
 
 5. How is the area of a rectangle found ? 
 
 6. If the base of a rectangle is its length, the altitude is what ? 
 
 7. If we know the base and altitude of a rectangle, how may 
 we find the area ? 
 
 8. Since any parallelogram may be made into a rectangle of 
 the same base and altitude, how may we find the area of a par- 
 allelogram ? 
 
 220. The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of 
 its base and altitude expressed in the same denomination, 
 
 12 rd. 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 Fig. 1 
 
 Fig. 2 
 
 Fig. 8 
 
 221. Written 
 
 1. Figure 1 represents what part of a square rod ? 
 
 2. Figure 2 represents what part of an acre ? 
 
 3. Figure 3 represents what part of a square rod ? 
 
 4. The area of a parallelogram is 52 square rods. Its base is 
 132 ft. What is its altitude ? 
 
 5. The altitude of a parallelogram is 37 in.; its area is 
 74 sq. ft. Find its base. 
 
 AREAS OF TRIANGLES 
 
 222. A plane figure hounded hy three straight lines is a triangle; 
 
 e.g. 
 
AREAS OF TRIANGLES 
 
 99 
 
 223. Oral 
 
 A ^s.^ 
 
 
 A X 
 
 Fig. 1 
 
 Fig. 2 
 
 Fig. 
 
 Fig. 4 
 
 1. Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are what kind of figures ? What 
 kind of figures are A and B ? 
 
 2. In each of the above figures how does A compare with B ? 
 
 3. In each of the above figures, how do the base of the tri- 
 angle and the base of the parallelogram compare ? 
 
 How do the altitude of the parallelogram and of the triangle 
 compare ? 
 
 4. How is the area of the parallelogr: 
 angle ? 
 
 224. The area of a triangle i% equal to 
 its base and altitude expressed in the sam 
 
 225. Oral 
 Find the areas of triangles having dime 
 
 Base Altitude 
 
 1. 7 ft. 4 ft. 
 
 2. 1 yd. 1 yd. 
 
 3. 5 in. 20 in. 
 
 4. 1yd. 1ft. 
 
 5. 80 rd. 20 rd. 
 
 226. Written 
 
 ound ? Of the tri- 
 
 Base ^^^ 4 £^^ high, contains 
 6. 1 n 
 
 ^- ^ ^and 4 ft. high, contains 
 
 8. 5^ 
 
 9. 1 fand 4 ft. high, contains 
 10. 640 rd. 1 mi. 
 
 160' 
 
 1. This figure represents a plot of ground 
 inclosed by three streets. What part of an acre 
 does it contain ? 
 
100 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 ^y\ 2. This figure represents a piece of 
 
 ^^ 5^1 \ cement floor at a railroad station. Find 
 .^ i \ its cost at $1.08 a square yard. 
 
 3. In this figure, AB = 54 in., CD q 
 
 = 18 in., j57^=27 in. Find the area of /T^^"'^^ 
 A CBF in square yards. /^ ' ^^""^^^^ 
 
 ^r."i --^^ 
 
 MEASUREMENT OF RECTANGULAR \i ^^ 
 
 SOLIDS \^^ 
 
 227. A solid hounded hy six rectangles is 
 
 a rectangular solid; e.g, a chalk box. Give other examples. 
 
 228. A solid hounded hy six squares is a cube. Define cubic 
 ineh^ cubic foot ^ and cubic yard. 
 
 /^ II 
 
 ^ — 229. The contents or volume of a rec- 
 
 FlG. 1 . . 7 . . 
 
 tangular solid is the number of cubic units 
 221. Written ^^^^ -^^^^ ^^^ £^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^.^^ ^^ contains, 
 
 1. Figure 1 represei^,^^^ ^^ equal to the product of its three 
 
 2. Figure 2 vQ'^vQ^Qidimensions. 
 
 3. Figure 3 represer Figure A may represent 5x4x1 cu. 
 
 4. The area of a parin., cu. ft., or cu. yd. 
 
 132 ft. What is its ali Figure B may represent 5x4x3 cu. 
 
 5. The altitude of in., cu. ft., or cu. yd. 
 74 sq. ft. Find its b ^3^^ ^^^^ 
 
 . „ 1. Explain how we determine that 
 there are 27 cu. ft. in 1 cu. yd. 
 
 2. Explain how we determine that there are 1728 cu. in. in 
 1 cu. ft. 
 
 3. A candy box is 6 in. square and 2 in. deep. What is its 
 volume ? 
 
MEASUREMENTS: THE CORD 
 
 101 
 
 4. A rectangular piece of wood 4 in. square and 10 in. long 
 contains how many cubic inches ? 
 
 5. A piece of timber 10 in. square and 1 yd. long contains 
 how many cubic inches? It must be how long to contain 
 1200 cu. in.? 1350 cu. in. ? 1 cu. ft.? 
 
 6. A box is 10 in. wide and 10 in. deep, inside measure. 
 What must be its length in order that it may hold 1 bushel ? 
 
 7. The bottom of a rectangular tin can measures 5J in. by 
 6 in. How deep must it be to hold 1 gallon ? 
 
 231. Oral ^ ^^^^ 
 
 1. A pile of 4-foot wood, 8 ft. long and 4 ft. high, contains 
 how many cubic feet ? 
 
 2. A pile of 2-foot wood, 8 ft. long and 4 ft. high, contains 
 how many cubic feet? 
 
 3. A pile of 1-foot wood, 8 ft. long and 4 ft. high, contains 
 how many cubic feet ? 
 
 4. If wood is cut into sticks that are 1 ft. 6 in. long, how 
 many cubic feet are there in a pile 8 ft. long and 4 ft. high ? 
 
 232. Originally, a cord of wood consisted of 128 cu. ft., or 
 the equivalent of a pile of 4-foot wood, 8 ft. long and 4 ft. 
 high. It is a growing custom, however, to consider as a cord 
 
102 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 any quantity of wood that is equivalent to a pile 8 ft. long and 
 4 ft. high, whatever may be the length of the sticks. In some 
 states the law specifies what shall be understood as a cord of 
 wood. 
 
 To find the number of cords in a pile of wood^ find the product 
 of its three dimensions expressed in feet^ and divide the product 
 by 128. 
 
 233. Written 
 
 1. Find the number of cords in a pile of 4-foot wood : 
 
 a. 36 ft. long and 6 ft. high. 
 
 b. 20 ft. long and 5 ft. high. 
 
 c. 50 ft. long and 8 ft. high. 
 
 d. 100 ft. long and 6 ft. high. 
 
 e. 8 ft. long and 7^ ft. high. 
 
 2. What must be the length of the sticks in a pile of wood 
 4 ft. high and 32 ft. long in order that it may contain : 
 
 a. 512 cu. ft. ? c, 256 cu. ft. ? e. 192 cu. ft. ?. 
 
 b, 384cu. ft. ? d, 128cu. ft. ? /. 160 cu. ft. ? 
 
 3. What must be the length of a pile of 4-foot w^ood in order 
 that a pile 4 ft. high may contain 5 J cords ? 
 
 4. What must be the height of a pile of 4-foot wood in order 
 that a pile 20 ft. long may contain : 
 
 a. 2^ cords? b. 4 cords? c. IJ cords? 
 
 BUILDING WALLS 
 
 234. There are no universal rules for. the measurement of 
 masonry. Some masons measure around the outside of a cellar 
 wall to determine its dimensions, while others make allowance 
 for the corners. The method ojf measurement should be speci- 
 fied in the contract in every case. 
 
MEASUREMENTS: BUILDING WALLS 103 
 
 Quantities of uncut stone are bought by the cord, and usually 
 99 cu. ft. are taken for a cord. 
 
 From 21 to 23 bricks 8'' x 4'^ x ^" are estimated to make a 
 cubic foot of brick wall. 
 
 Some masons estimate the number of bricks required for a 
 wall by multiplying the number of square feet in one side of 
 the wall by 7, when the wall is one brick thick, by 14 when it 
 is two bricks thick, and by 21, when it is three bricks thick, 
 allowing for all openings. 
 
 A perch of stone or masonry is 24| cu. ft. 
 
 Concrete w^alls are estimated by the cubic yard, and the 
 methods of measurement vary. Foundation walls are generally 
 measured without regard to openings. When there are many 
 openings some contractors allow one half for openings, and 
 some make full allowance. 
 
 235. Written 
 
 1. A retaining wall is 220 ft. long and 8 ft. high. It has an 
 average thickness of 3 ft. Find the cost of the stone used, at 
 $5.40 per cord, a cord of stone making 99 cu. ft. of wall. 
 
 2. Find the cost of the brick for a wall 120 ft. long, 12^ in. 
 thick, and 40 ft. high, at $6.50 per M., estimating 21 bricks for 
 a cubic foot, and making no allowance for openings. 
 
 3. Find the cost, at $9.50 per M., of a brick veneer 4 in. 
 thick on the outside of a house measuring 45 ft. by 30 ft. and 
 20 ft. high, making an allowance of 200 sq. ft. for doors and 
 windows, and allowing 7 bricks for a square foot of surface. 
 
 4. The walls of a rectangular cellar 87 ft. 6 in. by 45 ft. 
 (outside measure), and 9 ft. deep, are 18^' thick. Find the cost 
 of the stone at $6.30 per cord, estimating a cord of stone to 
 make 100 cu. ft. of wall, and deducting 18 cu. ft. for corners. 
 
104 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. Find the cost of 24 concrete pier foundations each 21 
 in. square and 5 ft. deep, at 15.00 per cubic yard. 
 
 6. A garden wall 55 ft. long, 6 ft. high, and 18 in. thick 
 cost how much at $4.20 a perch? 
 
 7. A contractor built a concrete cellar wall 54 ft. by 30 ft. 
 (outside measure), 8 ft. high, and IJ ft. thick, receiving $5 per 
 cubic yard. He used 75 barrels of cement costing $1.80 a 
 barrel, 12 loads of sand costing $1.25 a load, and 50 cu. yd. of 
 crushed stone at $1.30 per cubic yard. How much had he left 
 for labor and profit ? 
 
 FLOOR COVERING 
 
 236. A yard of carpet or mat- 
 ting is a i/ard of the length of the 
 piece, as it is unrolled, regardless 
 of its width. 
 
 The exact number of yards of 
 material to be purchased for the 
 covering of any given floor is 
 difficult to determine, because of 
 the waste in fitting, and in matching figures. 
 
 237. Written 
 
 1. If this floor is covered with carpet | yd. wide, how many 
 strips, running lengthwise, must be pur- 
 chased ? 
 
 Note. — When a part of the width of a 
 strip is needed, a whole strip must generally 
 be purchased. 
 
 2. How many yards of carpet must be 
 purchased for this floor, allowing 1 yd. for waste in matching ? 
 
 3. A room is 20' x 18'. 
 
 26' 
 
MEASUREMENTS : PLASTERING 
 
 105 
 
 a. Find the cost of carpeting the floor with Brussals carpet, 
 27 in. wide, at $1.25 per yard, adding 8 cents a yard for mak- 
 ing and laying, and allowing IJ yd. for waste in matching 
 figures. 
 
 h. Find the cost of covering the floor with matting one yard 
 wide, at 60^ a yard, adding 7^ a yard for laying and allowing 
 nothing for waste. 
 
 4. Find the cost of carpeting a floor 16' 6^' x 14' with ingrain 
 carpet, 1 yd. wide, at f. 75 a yard, allowing \\ yd. for waste in 
 matching, and covering the floor first with carpet paper at 4^ 
 a square yard. 
 
 5. A room is 45 ft. by 25 ft. How many yards of carpet 
 I yd. wide are needed to cover the floor, running the strips so 
 as not to divide a strip ? 
 
 6. An office floor 18' x 27' is covereti with inlaid linoleum 
 \\ yd. wide. Find its cost at $1.40 per square yard, allowing 
 one square yard for matching. 
 
 7. Measure your schoolroom and compute the cost of carpet- 
 ing a room of the same size with velvet carpet | yd. wide at 
 $1.30 per yard. 
 
 PLASTERING 
 
 238. The cost of plastering is estimated by the square yard. 
 
 Some contractors deduct the entire sur- 
 face of doors, windows, and other open- 
 ings, and some deduct only one half of 
 such surfaces. 
 
 12' 
 End 
 Wall 
 
 16' 
 Side 
 Wall 
 
 12' 
 End 
 Wall 
 
 16' 
 
 Ceiling 
 
 16' 
 
 Side 
 Wall 
 
106 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 239. Written 
 
 1. Tlie cut on page 105 represents the four walls and ceiling 
 of a room. 
 
 a. What is the entire length of the end and side walls ? 
 What is the height ? 
 
 h. How many square feet are there in all the walls ? 
 
 c. How many square feet are there in the ceiling ? 
 
 d. How many square feet are there in the walls and ceiling 
 together? 
 
 e. How many square yards are there in all ? 
 
 f. What will it cost to lath and plaster this room at 35 cents 
 a square yard, taking out 5| square yards for openings ? 
 
 2. A schoolroom is 40 ft. square and 14 ft. high. The 
 wainscoting is 3 ft. 8 in. high. 
 
 a. Find the cost of lathing and plastering the four walls at 
 38^ per square yard, making full allowance for 10 windows 
 4 ft. X 7 J ft., and no allowance for doors. 
 
 b. Find the cost of a steel ceiling for this room at 9^ per 
 square foot. 
 
 3. Find the cost of lathing and plastering the walls and 
 ceiling of a room 19 ft. by 36 ft. and 12 ft. high at 36 ^ per 
 square yard, making one half allowance for 3 doors each 3 ft. 
 8 in. by 8 ft., and six windows each 4 ft. by 7 J ft. 
 
 - 4. Measure the plastered parts of your schoolroom to the 
 nearest half of a foot. 
 
 a. Find the cost of metal laths at 18/ a square yard, suf- 
 ficient for this room, making full allowance for doors and 
 windows. 
 
 b. If a contractor received 60^ per square yard for lathing 
 and plastering the room, using the answer to question a for the 
 
MEASUREMENTS: WALL COVERINGS 107 
 
 cost of the laths, find what the labor and the remaining ma- 
 terials cost. 
 
 c. Find the cost of wood laths sufficient for this room at 
 $5.75 per M., estimating a bundle of 50 laths to cover 2| 
 square yards. 
 
 WALL COVERINGS 
 
 240. A roll of figured wall paper is usually 8 yards long and 
 J yard wide. How many square yards of paper does it con- 
 tain ? 
 
 Ingrain paper is 30 inches wide. 
 
 Paper hangers generally estimate that a roll of paper will 
 cover from 30 to 34 square feet of wall, after allowing for 
 waste. 
 
 Woven wall coverings are sold by the square yard. 
 
 241. Written 
 
 1. A room 22' x 16J' and 10 feet high was papered entirely 
 with figured wall paper costing 30 cents a roll. 
 
 A molding costing 5 cents a lineal foot extended around the 
 top of the wall. Two men did the work in one day and re- 
 ceived i3.75 each. 
 
 a. Find the cost of decorating the room, allowing for one 
 window 4| ft. by 6 ft., two windows 3 ft. 4 in. by 6 ft., and 
 a baseboard 12 in. high, and estimating a roll of paper to cover 
 32 square feet of surface. 
 
 h. How much would the ceiling have cost if, instead of being 
 papered, it had been covered with prepared muslin costing 20 
 cents a square yard and tinted with material costing 45 cents 
 and requiring 1 day's labor for two men ? 
 
 2. Find the cost of decorating a dining room 14' x 18' and 
 9^ ft. high, as follows: the side walls covered with plain bur- 
 lap at 25 cents a square yard ; the ceiling covered with paper at 
 
108 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 10 cents a roll, a roll covering 30 square feet ; picture mold- 
 ing and plate rail costing $12; water colors, glue, flour, etc., 
 65 cents; allowance made for 100 square feet of openings; 
 labor, 2|- days for two men at $ 3| per day for each man. 
 
 3. a. Select a room in your own home. Find the cost of 
 decorating it as your mother would like to have it done. Ask 
 her what she would like to have put on the walls; then you 
 make the measurements, compute the amount of material and 
 labor, and the cost. 
 
 b. Decorate in the same way a room 15 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, 
 and 9 ft. high. 
 
 LUMBER MEASURE 
 
 242. A piece of wood 1 ft. long, 1 ft. wide, and 1 in. thick 
 is a board foot (bd. ft.). 
 
 To THE Teacher. — As material for this lesson, a real board foot — a 
 piece of board exactly 1 ft. long, 1 ft. wide, and 1 in. thick — should be pro- 
 vided. Refer to it in obtaining answers to the oral questions below and 
 whenever pupils seem to answer wide of the mark in this subject. This is 
 very important. 
 
 243. Oral 
 
 1. A board foot contains how many cubic inches ? 
 
 2. How many board feet piled one upon another would 
 make a cubic foot of lumber ? 
 
 3. A board foot is what part of a cubic foot ? 
 
 4. A piece of lumber 10' x 1' x 1" contains how many 
 board feet ? 
 
 5. If the lumber in Question 4 were 2 in. thick, how many 
 board feet would it contain ? If it were 5 in. thick ? 7 in. thick ? 
 
LUMBER MEASURE 109 
 
 6. The floor of a room 10 feet square is 1 in. thick. How 
 many feet of boards does it contain ? 
 
 7. A bridge 15 ft. long and 10 ft. wide is floored with 
 3-inch plank. How many feet of plank are there in the floor ? 
 
 8. A board 8 ft. long, 3 in. wide, and 1 in. thick contains 
 how many board feet ? 
 
 9. A timber is 30 ft. long and one foot square. Walk as 
 far as this timber would reach. Show with your hands its 
 width and thickness. How many cubic feet of lumber does it 
 contain ? How many board feet ? 
 
 10. A board 16 ft. long and 1 in. thick must be how wide to 
 contain 8 board feet ? 
 
 244. We may find the number of board feet in a piece of 
 lumber by multiplying the number of cubic feet by 12. The 
 rule commonly used by dealers and mechanics gives the same 
 result, and is stated as follows : 
 
 To find the number of hoard feet in any piece of lumber^ mul- 
 tiply together its three dimensions, two of them expressed in feet 
 and the other in inches. 
 
 The cost of 25 planks each 16 ft. long, 11 in. wide, and 3 in„ 
 thick, at i 28 per thousand feet, may be found thus : 
 
 Lumber that is less than 1 in. thick is counted as 1 in. thick 
 in measuring. 
 
no 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 KEY TO ILLUSTRATION 
 a. Outside studding 
 h. Rafters 
 
 c. Plates 
 
 d. Ceiling joists 
 de. Second floor joists 
 
 def. First floor joists 
 
 g. Girder 
 h. Sills 
 i. Sheathing 
 /. Partition studs 
 k. Partition heads 
 /. Piers 
 
 m. Foundation 
 245. Written 
 
 1. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber : 
 Note. — M. stands for thousand feet. 
 
 4 sills 6" X 10" X 16', $27 per Me 
 
 2 sills 6" X 10" X 18', 127 per M. 
 
 1 girder 8" x 10" x 18', |27 per M. 
 
 26 rafters 2" x 6" x 14', $27 per M. 
 
 60 pieces of studding 2" x 4" x 16', $ 27 per M, 
 
LUMBER MEASURE 
 
 111 
 
 Flooring for three floors 18' x 30' x |", 138 per M. 
 2000 feet of sheathing, 1 30 per M. 
 200 feet of casings, |45 per M. 
 
 2. What is the cost of 10 joists, each 16 ft. long, 10 in. wide, 
 and 3 in. thick, at $ 26 per M. ? 
 
 3. Find the cost of a stick of timber 8 in. square, and 30 ft. 
 long, at $18 per M. 
 
 4. What is the cost of 8 sticks of timber each 36 ft. long, 
 10 in. wide, 8 in. thick, at |18 per M.? 
 
 5. I need 213 planks 4 ft. 8 in. long, 1 ft. wide, and IJ in. 
 thick, to build a sidewalk. How much will they cost at 1 25 
 a thousand ? 
 
 6. A builder bought 425 half-inch boards 16 ft. long and 2-|- 
 in. wide. How many feet of lumber did he buy ? 
 
 7. How many board feet are there in 24 joists 16' x 14'^ x 3^'? 
 
 8. How many feet of 2-inch plank will cover a barn floor 
 20 ft. wide and 60 ft. long ? 
 
 9. a. These figures represent one end and 
 one side of a building covered with clap- 
 boards I of an inch thick that cost $36 per 
 M. Allowing ^ of all the lumber purchased, 
 for waste in cutting and overlapping, how 
 much did the clapboards for this building 
 cost? 
 
 Hint. — If there were no waste, how much lumber 
 would be needed? This is what part of the lumber 
 purchased, when J of the lumber purchased is wasted ? 
 
 h. 
 X 6" and 25 rafters are used 
 on each side of the roof. How 
 much did they cost at $27 per M.? 
 
 48' 
 
 The rafters are 20' x 2^' 
 
112 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 c. The roof-boards are nailed to the rafters, with spaces be- 
 tween the boards, so that only |^ of the surface of the roof is 
 covered with boards. What is the cost of the roof-boards for 
 the roof of this building at $24 per M.? 
 
 ESTIMATING SHINGLES 
 
 246. Oral 
 
 1. In measuring shingles, the average width of the shingles 
 is supposed to be 4 inches. The length varies, but they are 
 
 always laid so that more than 
 two thirds of the shingle is 
 covered by the courses of shin- 
 gles above. If they are laid 
 so that 5 inches of the length 
 are exposed to the weather, 
 a shingle 4 inches wide will really make how many square 
 inches of roof? 1000 shingles will make how many square 
 inches of roof ? 
 
 2. When shingles are laid 6 inches to the weather, each 
 shingle will make how many square inches of roof ? How 
 many shingles will make one square foot of roof ? How many 
 shingles are required for one square (100 square feet) of roof ? 
 
 3. When shingles are laid 4|^ inches to the weather, one 
 shingle makes how many square inches of roof ? How many 
 shingles will make one square foot of roof? One square of 
 roof? 
 
 247. Written 
 
 1. a. How many shingles laid 6 inches to the weather are 
 required for one square foot of roof ? h. For one square of 
 roof ? c. For a roof 20 ft. long, each slanting side of which 
 measures 9 ft. in width? 
 
MEASUREMENTS: VOLUME AND CAPACITY 113 
 
 2. Find the cost of the shingles for 
 this roof at |4.50 per M. (1000 shingles), 
 estimating that 675 shingles will make 
 one square of roof. 
 
 3. Find the cost of the shingles for a roof 36 ft. long, each 
 slanting side 19 ft. wide; the shingles being laid so that 
 seven shingles make one square foot of roof, and costing |5.20 
 per M. 
 
 4. A shed roof 18^ x 40' slants only one way. Find the cost 
 of the shingles required for it at 14.80 per M., the shingles 
 being laid so that 1^ shingles make one square foot of roof. 
 
 5. Find the cost of the shingles at i 6 per M. to cover 15 
 squares of roof, the shingles being laid 6 inches to the weather. 
 
 6. The shingles for a roof cost $68.25. Each side of the 
 roof measured 25 ft. by 35 ft., and the shingles were laid so that 
 6|- shingles made a square foot of roof. Find the price per M. 
 
 VOLUME AND CAPACITY 
 248. Oral 
 
 1. In what denominations are measures of volume expressed? 
 Measures of capacity ? 
 
 2. One gallon is equal to how many cubic inches ? 
 
 3. One bushel is equal to how many cubic inches ? 
 
 4. When the volume, in cubic inches, of a tank, cistern, or 
 cask, is known, how may its capacity in gallons be found ? 
 
 5. When the volume, in cubic inches, of a box, bin, or barrel, 
 is known, how may its capacity in bushels be found ? 
 
 6. What are the prime factors of 231 ? 
 
 7. How may we find the capacity of a bin in bushels, when 
 we know its dimensions in inches ? In feet ? 
 
114 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 8. When we know the capacity of a bin in bushels, how may 
 we find its volume in cubic inches ? In cubic feet ? 
 
 9. A rectangular tin can 7 in. by 3 in. by 11 in. will hold 
 how many liquid quarts ? 
 
 10. The volume of a bin is 215,042 cubic inches. How many 
 bushels will it hold ? 
 
 11. The volume of a keg is 2310 cubic inches. How many 
 gallons will it hold ? 
 
 12. What is the volume of a cask that holds 100 gallons ? 
 
 13. The volume of a rectangular solid is the product of how 
 many dimensions ? 
 
 14. The dimensions are what of the volume ? 
 
 15. When three factors are known, how may their product 
 be obtained ? 
 
 16. When a product and two of its three factors are known, 
 how may the other factor be found ? 
 
 17. When the dimensions of a rectangular solid are known, 
 how may its volume be found ? 
 
 18. When the volume and two dimensions of a rectangular 
 solid are known, how may the other dimension be found ? 
 
 19. A box 6 in. by 8 in. must be how deep to contain 96 
 cu. in. ? 
 
 20. A box 5'' X 5'^ X ? contains 100 cu. in. 
 
 21. A box ? X 11'^ X 3'' holds 231 cu. in. 
 
 22. A box 7^' X ? X 3'^ holds 231 cu. in. 
 
 23. A rectangular tin box is 11 inches long and 7 inches wide 
 and holds a gallon. How deep is it ? 
 
MEASUREMENTS : VOLUME AND CAPACITY 115 
 
 249. Written 
 
 1. Find in gallons the capacity of a cistern 11 ft. square 
 and 6 ft. deep. 
 
 2. Find to the nearest hundredth («) the number of gallons 
 that are equivalent to one cubic foot ; (b') the number of 
 bushels that are equivalent to one cubic foot. 
 
 3. Find to the nearest hundredth the number of gallons that 
 are equivalent to one bushel. 
 
 4. A box car is 33 ft. long, 8 ft. 8 in. wide, and 7 ft. 6 in. high, 
 inside measure. It is strong enough to carry 30 tons. A 
 bushel of corn weighs 60 pounds. 
 
 a. How many bushels of corn can the car carry ? 
 h. How many cubic feet (to the nearest tenth of a cubic 
 foot) will the load occupy ? 
 
 c. How many cubic feet of space will be left unoccupied? 
 
 d. A bushel of oats weighs 32 pounds. How much space, 
 to the nearest tenth of a cubic foot, will be left when the car 
 contains 20 tons of oats ? (Allow IJ cu. ft. for a bushel.) 
 
 5. A cellar 35 ft. long and 21 ft. wide was flooded, during 
 a storm, to a depth of 3 ft. 8 in. What was the cost of pump- 
 ing out the water at $.03 a barrel ? 
 
 6. A watering trough in the form of a rectangular box is 
 11 ft. long, 18 in. wide, and 14 in. deep. How many barrels 
 of water will it hold? (Result correct to hundredths.) 
 
 7. A farmer, having ten 44-gallon casks, used them for 
 storing wheat. How many bushels of wheat could he store in 
 them? (Result correct to hundredths.) 
 
 8. I have in my attic a rectangular copper water tank 14 ft. 
 by 9 ft., into which the rain-water from the roof is carried. 
 During a shower, the tank was filled to a depth of 11 inches. 
 How many barrels of water ran into it ? 
 
116 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 9. A reservoir from which a city is supplied with water has 
 a surface of 35 acres. If no water ran into it, the surface of 
 the water would be lowered 5 inches a day by the pipes that 
 supply the city. How many gallons are used daily ? 
 
 10. A teamster wanted to know how many gallons of water 
 he could carry in his watering-pail. He had no measure except 
 a foot rule. He measured a feed box and found the inside 
 dimensions to be : length 2 ft. 9 in., width 1 ft. 9 in., depth 1 ft. 
 He filled the pail with oats and emptied them into the box, 
 repeating the process till the box was full. The box held twelve 
 pails of oats. Find, (a), the volume of the box in cubic inches, 
 (5), the volume of the pail, (c), the capacity of the pail in gallons. 
 
 11. Some boys found a bowlder, and guessed the number of 
 cubic inches of stone that it contained. To find which was the 
 best guesser, they filled a large pail with water and set it in an 
 empty washtub. Then they placed the bowlder in the pail of 
 water so that the bowlder was entirely submerged, and found 
 that 5 qt. 1 pt. of water had run over into the washtub. The 
 nearest guess was 350 cu. in. Was it too large, or too small, 
 and how much ? 
 
 12. A cubic foot of water weighs 62J lb. What is the 
 weight of a gallon of water? (Correct to 3 dec. places.) 
 
 13. The water displaced by a floating body weighs the same 
 as the floating body. A log containing 20 cu. ft. of wood, float- 
 ing in a stream, was three fourths under water. 
 
 a. How many gallons of water did it displace ? (2 dec. places.) 
 h. What was its weight ? 
 
 14. My house covers a surface equivalent to a rectangle 
 20' X 40^ During a rain storm, water fell to an average depth 
 of .8 of an inch, according to the record at our weather station. 
 How many barrels of water fell on my roof ? (2 dec. places.) 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 117 
 
 15. A farmer's wagon box was 3 ft. 4 in. wide, 16 ft. 6 in. 
 long, and 20 in. deep. Find, to the nearest tenth, the number 
 of bushels that it holds. 
 
 16. A wagon box 12 ft. long and 3 ft. 6 in. wide holds 40 
 bushels. Find its depth to the nearest tenth of an inch. 
 
 17. A fruit grower made some bushel crates that were 2 ft. 
 long and 1 ft. deep. Find their width to the nearest tenth of 
 an inch. 
 
 18. An aquarium is 7 ft. long and 22 in. wide. 
 
 a. When it contains 40 gallons of water, how deep is the 
 water ? 
 
 h. How deep is the water when it contains one hogshead of 
 water ? 
 
 c. When the water is two feet deep, how many gallons does 
 the aquarium contain? 
 
 d. When the water is 8.64 in. deep, how many pounds of 
 water are there in the aquarium ? (See Question 12.) 
 
 19. How many barrels of water will a rectangular cistern 
 6' X 5' X 41^ hold ? 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 250. Oral 
 
 1. Read CLI ; MCMIX ; CDLXXXVIII ; CCXVI. 
 
 2. Read 10.0010 ; 100.00100; 101.00001; 101.100. 
 
 3. Give results rapidly : . 
 
 38 + 45; 98-79; 98 + 34; 78x99; 60x80; 1.047x100; 
 96x25; 315X.33J; 12x25; 1300-^25; 48x125; 
 428.3 -- 1000 ; 125 x 2000 ; 360,000 -v- 400. 
 
 4. What is the smallest number that exactly contains 2, 3, 
 4, 6, and 8? 
 
118 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. What is the largest number that will exactly divide 45, 
 60, and 75? 
 
 6. 27 is a power of what number? 
 
 7. Name four powers of 10. 
 
 8. How is the value of a figure affected by moving it three 
 places to the left? 
 
 9. Of what number are 5, 2, and 13 the prime factors? 
 
 10. The product of two or more numbers is found by what 
 operation ? 
 
 11. One of the two factors of a number is found by what 
 operation, when the product and the other factor are known? 
 
 12. Describe two tests for examples in subtraction. 
 
 13. The product of three factors contains five decimal 
 places. One of the factors has three decimal places and 
 another two. How many decimal places has the third factor? 
 
 14f Name four signs of aggregation. 
 
 15. 3 + 18 ^ 6 - 2 X 3 = ? 
 
 16. How can you tell whether a number is divisible by 
 
 (a) 2, (5) 3, (0 4, id) 5, (6) 6, (/) 8, (^) 10, (K) 9? 
 
 17. The sum of the digits in a number is 27. What num- 
 bers will divide it? 
 
 18. The sum of the digits in a number is 18 and the figure 
 in units' place is 8. What numbers will divide it? 
 
 19. The figure in units' place in a given number is 7. What 
 kind of numbers will not divide the given number? 
 
 20. Name a number that has no integral factor but itself and 
 one. What kind of number is it? 
 
 21. Two of the three factors of a number being given, how 
 can the remaining factor be found ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 119 
 
 22. Reduce to simplest form : 
 
 4 8 ^3_ 12 8 A 4_0 14 15 3J> Q. 
 IV 9 ' ¥2' 10' 9 ' 16' 25' ^t' 
 
 23. Change | to a fraction whose denominator is 81. 
 
 24. Change S^^ ^^ ^^^ improper fraction. 
 
 25. Divide 375 by 25. 
 
 26. What is the cost of 48 horses at $125 each? 
 
 27. The average price per dozen paid for eggs by an egg 
 buyer during a season was f .16|. At that rate, what did he 
 pay for 1000 dozen? How many eggs could he buy for ilOO? 
 
 28. A merchant bought 700 yards of damaged cloth at $.14| 
 a yard. He sold 200 yards of it at $.50 a yard, and the rest 
 at i. 10 a yard. How much did he gain? 
 
 29. Name six parts that a bill should contain. 
 
 30. A gallon of spirits of camphor will fill how many 
 8-ounce bottles? 
 
 31. A stationer bought paper at f 1.00 a ream and sold it 
 at #.20 a quire. How much did he gain on 10 reams? 
 
 32. How many degrees are there in all the angles of a 
 rectangle ? 
 
 33. Eighteen straight lines are drawn from the center to the 
 circumference of a circle, making equal angles at the center. 
 What is the size of each angle? What is the size of each arc 
 formed in the circumference? 
 
 34. What U. S. coin is most nearly like the English shilling ? 
 
 35. What German coin is most nearly like the U. S. 25-cent 
 piece? 
 
 36. What is the silver piece, coined in this country, whose 
 value is most nearly like that of the franc? 
 
120 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 37. What is the area of a triangle whose base and altitude 
 are respectively 25 rods and 20 rods? 
 
 38. The area of a triangle is 5 acres. What is the area of 
 a parallelogram having the same base and altitude? 
 
 39. A pile of stove-wood is 12 ft. long and 8 ft. high. 
 What is it worth at 12.50 a cord? 
 
 40. How many strips of carpet 27 in. wide, running length- 
 wise of the room, are required to carpet a room 9 ft. wide ? 
 
 41. A piece of timber 1 ft. square and 20 ft. long contains 
 how man}^ board feet? 
 
 42. The volume of a grain bin is 2,150,420 cubic inches. 
 How many bushels of grain will it hold? 
 
 43. Make and solve a problem that requires multiplication 
 of fractions. 
 
 44. Make and solve a problem that requires reduction of 
 denominate numbers. 
 
 45. Make and solve a problem about capacity or volume. 
 
 46. $15 worth of steel wire will make $1000 worth of 
 needles. How much is the value of the wire increased by be- 
 ing made into needles ? 
 
 47. A man can drill 60,000 needle-eyes in a week. That is 
 how many per day? How many per hour, if he works eight 
 hours a day? 
 
 48. If 750,000 medium-sized needles weigh 1 cwt., how many 
 would it take to make a pound ? 
 
 49. 112 sheets of 14^' x 20^' IC tin roofing plates weigh 107 
 pounds. What is the weight of 560 such plates? Of 56 such 
 plates ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 
 121 
 
 50. (Ideas of Proportion.) a. 10 is how many times 2|- ? 
 
 h. If 21 quarts of berries weigh 4|- lb., what will 10 quarts 
 weigh ? 
 
 c. How many quarts will weigh 9 lb ? 
 
 d. What will 15 quarts weigh ? 
 
 51. If a boy can carry 150 apples weighing 3 ounces apiece, 
 how many apples weighing 9 ounces apiece can he carry? 
 IJ ounces? 
 
 251. Written 
 
 This table, compiled from the records of the United States 
 Weather Bureau, shows in inches the average precipitation of 
 moisture for each month of the year in different sections of the 
 country. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 g 
 
 Si 
 
 o 
 
 .S5 
 
 Of 
 
 1 
 
 4^ 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 O 
 
 1 
 
 05 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 'o 
 !^ 
 
 00 
 
 e3 
 
 1 
 
 ® 
 > 
 
 03 
 CO 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 < 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3.84 
 
 1.72 
 
 3.21 
 
 3.28 
 
 2.05 
 
 4.53 
 
 .65 
 
 1.19 
 
 .98 
 
 .48 
 
 1.33 
 
 2.34 
 
 4.33 
 
 2.64 
 
 Feb. 
 
 3.50 
 
 200 
 
 2.99 
 
 3.39 
 
 1.64 
 
 4.62 
 
 .80 
 
 1.08 
 
 1.46 
 
 .50 
 
 1.40 
 
 1.99 
 
 4.03 
 
 2.85 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4.27 
 
 2.93 
 
 2.70 
 
 3.40 
 
 1.27 
 
 5.14 
 
 1.77 
 
 1.53 
 
 2.09 
 
 .91 
 
 1.99 
 
 1.44 
 
 3.31 
 
 2.87 
 
 Apr. 
 
 3.46 
 
 2.11 
 
 2.40 
 
 2.89 
 
 1.21 
 
 4.98 
 
 2.46 
 
 3.00 
 
 2.74 
 
 1.98 
 
 2.13 
 
 1.29 
 
 2.97 
 
 1.15 
 
 May 
 
 3.45 
 
 2.69 
 
 3.14 
 
 3.16 
 
 2.77 
 
 4.01 
 
 3.34 
 
 4.78 
 
 5.28 
 
 2.58 
 
 1.97 
 
 1.40 
 
 2.26 
 
 .49 
 
 June 
 
 3.02 
 
 3.24 
 
 3.52 
 
 3.18 
 
 4.14 
 
 6.19 
 
 3.75 
 
 4.88 
 
 4.76 
 
 1.49 
 
 .73 
 
 1.48 
 
 1.60 
 
 .09 
 
 July 
 
 3.47 
 
 3.11 
 
 3.42 
 
 4.19 
 
 3.64 
 
 6.36 
 
 4.22 
 
 3.83 
 
 4.90 
 
 1.65 
 
 .52 
 
 .69 
 
 .80 
 
 .01 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4.06 
 
 3.35 
 
 3.07 
 
 4.50 
 
 4.72 
 
 5.68 
 
 3.80 
 
 3.57 
 
 4.46 
 
 1.36 
 
 .74 
 
 .50 
 
 .50 
 
 .03 
 
 Sept. 
 
 3.19 
 
 2.82 
 
 3.15 
 
 3.41 
 
 6.91 
 
 4.63 
 
 3.17 
 
 2.99 
 
 3.37 
 
 .86 
 
 .80 
 
 .99 
 
 2.12 
 
 .08 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3.96 
 
 2.98 
 
 3.33 
 
 3.01 
 
 5.31 
 
 2.9(i 
 
 2.75 
 
 2.75 
 
 1.99 
 
 .90 
 
 1.50 
 
 1.34 
 
 2.96 
 
 .81 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4.16 
 
 2.04 
 
 3.34 
 
 3.18 
 
 2.25 
 
 3.74 
 
 .98 
 
 1.45 
 
 1.08 
 
 .53 
 
 1.40 
 
 2.27 
 
 6.31 
 
 1.35 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3.26 
 
 2.27 
 
 3.37 
 
 2.95 
 
 1.66 
 
 4.25 
 
 1.00 
 
 1.36 
 
 .93 
 
 .64 
 
 1.43 
 
 2.40 
 
 5.96 
 
 2.99 
 
 1-14. Find, to the nearest hundredth, the average monthly 
 precipitation in each of the cities named. Can you do it in 
 30 minutes, testing your work? 
 
122 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 15. The population of the Japanese Empire is 42,352,620, and 
 of the Russian Empire 128,932,173 according to a recent cen- 
 sus. Find the difference between them. 
 
 16. The earth, in its revolution around the sun, passes 
 through space at the rate of about 19 miles a second. How- 
 far does it travel during a 30-minute recitation in arithmetic? 
 
 17. a. How many years and days, taking no account of the 
 extra day in leap year, would be required for a railroad train, 
 traveling day and night at a uniform rate of 50 miles per hour, 
 to travel 93,000,000 miles, the approximate distance from the 
 earth to the sun? 
 
 h. The planet Neptune is about thirty times as far from the 
 sun as the earth is. Using the answer to «, find the time in 
 which such a train could travel a distance equal to that from 
 the sun to Neptune. 
 
 18. A newspaper, folded into four leaves, each 17^' x 24" in 
 size, has seven columns on a page. The average number of 
 copies of this paper printed per day during the twenty-seven 
 week-days of January, 1908, was 48,400. 
 
 a. How many columns were printed? 
 
 h. If all these papers were spread out in single sheets, how 
 many acres of land would they cover? (Indicate and cancel.) 
 
 19. Multiply 2496 by 329 and write each partial product in 
 words. 
 
 20. (94.7 + 8.456 + 37.92 x 84 - 93.6 ^ 1.8) -- 14.4 -r- .04. 
 
 21. The roof of my barn is sixty feet long. The slant height, 
 from the eaves to the ridge, is 25 feet on each side. It is cov- 
 ered with redwood shingles costing $4.50 per M., laid 4 inches 
 to the weather. 7J pounds of nails were used with each thou- 
 sand shingles and cost §2.90 per hundredweight. The men 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 123 
 
 who laid the shingles averaged 1350 shingles per day for each 
 man, and received 13.00 each, per day. 
 
 a. What did the shingles cost ? 
 h. What did the nails cost ? 
 
 c. What did the labor cost ? 
 
 d. What did the roof cost ? 
 
 22. A tile roof is 40 ft. long and 15 ft. 6 in. from eaves to 
 ridge on each side. 
 
 a. What was its cost at 113.80 per square ? 
 h. What is the weight of the tile in tons, if 975 lb. of tile 
 will make a square of roof ? 
 
 23. A factory roof is made of sheets of tin 20'' by 28". To 
 make the seams, 2| inches are taken from the width, and | of 
 an inch from the length of each sheet. 
 
 a. How many square inches of roof will one sheet make ? 
 h. How many sheets will make a square of roof ? 
 
 24. Find the prime factors of 4503. 
 
 25. Determine which of the following numbers are com- 
 posite: 529, 403, 143, 397, 1943, 407. 
 
 26. Reduce |^4f f o ^^ ^ fraction whose numerator and de- 
 nominator are prime to each other. 
 
 28; Multiply in the shortest way: 
 
 a. 8697 by .331. /. 4807 by 60,000. 
 
 h. 9456 by .25. . g. 817 by 25. 
 
 c. 793,051 by .142. ^. 9796 by .125. 
 
 d. 6050 by .125. ^. 8796 by 16|. 
 
 e. 39,764 by 99. j. 74,583 by 111 
 
124 GRAMMAR SCHOOL 
 
 ARITHMETIC 
 
 29. Divide in the shortest 
 
 way: 
 
 
 a. 39,474 by 25. 
 
 
 /. 42,835 by 14f. 
 
 6. 9,726,250 by 125. 
 
 
 ff, 7648 by .25. 
 
 e. 9438by33J. 
 
 
 h. 93,042 by .331 
 
 d. 8753 by .16§. 
 
 
 ^. 9843by.l4f 
 
 e, 93,742 by 16f 
 
 
 j. 86,728 by 16,000. 
 
 30. Add; 17f, 1911, i|^ and 31|. 
 
 31. Find the smallest number that will exactly contain 24, 
 42, 54, and 360. 
 
 32. Make out a bill containing 3 debit and 2 credit items, 
 your teacher being the debtor and you the creditor. Receipt 
 the bill in full after computing the balance. 
 
 33. The surveyor found a rectangular piece of land to be 
 2640 feet long and 880 feet wide. How many acres did it 
 contain ? 
 
 34. Find the number of seconds in a solar year. 
 
 35. How many fathoms deep is the ocean at a place where a 
 sounding line one third of a mile long will just reach the bottom ? 
 
 36. Find the cost of a flat tin roof 32' x 24' at |9.60 per 
 square. 
 
 37. a. Find the exact number of days from the ninth day of 
 last January to the present time. 
 
 b. How many days have passed since the last Fourth of July ? 
 (?. How many days will elapse between now and the next 
 Memorial Day ? 
 
 38. What is the value of a pile of uncut building stone, 
 83' by 6' by 3', at 16 per cord (99 cu. ft.)? 
 
 39. It requires 4 cu. ft. of water to run the motor of our 
 washing machine ten minutes. 
 
COMPUTATION IN HUNDREDTHS 125 
 
 a. How much water is used in 2 hr. ? 
 
 h. If the motor runs two hours every week, what is the 
 annual cost of the water used, at 14^ per 100 cu. ft. ? 
 
 c. How many gallons of water are used ? 
 
 d. If all the water used for this purpose during a year 
 were collected in a tank 12 ft. by 13 ft., how deep would the 
 water be ? 
 
 COMPUTATION IN HUNDREDTHS 
 
 252. Decimals in hundredths are used very generally in 
 business calculations. The merchant calculates his gain or loss 
 as a certain number of hundredths of the cost of the goods. 
 Banks compute interest in hundredths. Agents who sell goods 
 sometimes figure their earnings as a certain number of 
 hundredths of the selling price of the goods. The relations of 
 numbers are expressed generally in hundredths. 
 
 Problems involving computation in hundredths usually 
 present one of the two questions of relation between product 
 and factors, namely : 
 
 a. Two factors given, to find the product, or, 
 
 h. The product and one factor given, to find the other fac- 
 tor ; e.g. : 
 
 1. A merchant bought pears at 11.60 a bushel and sold them 
 so as to gain .25 of the cost. How much did he gain on one 
 bushel ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: .25 of $1.60 = gain on one bushel. Here 1.60 and 
 .25 are factors, and the product is to be found. How shall we find it? 
 
 2. .40 of the pupils in a school are boys. If there are 600 
 boys, how many pupils are there in the school? 
 
 Statement of Relation : .40 of pupils = 600 pupils. Here 600 is a 
 
 product and .40 one of its factors. How may the other factor be found? 
 
126 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3. A man's salary is f 1500. He saves 1250. How many 
 hundredths of his salary does he save ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: of $1500 = ^250. Here 250 is a product and 
 
 1500 one of its factors. How may the other be found? 
 
 253. Written 
 
 In each of the following examples^ give the statement of relation 
 and find the answer : 
 
 1. A farm worth 14500 rents for .05 of its value. For 
 how much does the farm rent? 
 
 2. .90 of the pupils in a class were promoted. If 36 pupils 
 were promoted, how many were there in the class? 
 
 3. It cost 124 to decorate a room. The labor cost tl8. 
 How many hundredths of the entire expense were for labor? 
 
 4. A farmer's crop of apples amounted to 960 bushels, qf 
 which 864 bushels were fit for market. How many hundredths 
 of the crop were fit for market? 
 
 5. A speculator sold some property for 178,000, and invested 
 .33^ of the money in grain and f 39,000 in real estate. He put 
 the remainder in the bank. 
 
 a. How much did he invest in grain? 
 
 h. How many hundredths of his money did he invest in real 
 estate? 
 
 c. How many hundredths of his money were left? 
 
 6. How niany dollars' worth of goods must an agent sell to 
 earn 1513.40, if he receives .17 of the value of all the goods 
 which he sells? 
 
 7. How many hundredths of 1142.60 is $7.13? 
 
 8. 24 quarts are how many hundredths of six bushels? 
 
COMPUTATION IN HUNDREDTHS 127 
 
 9. A grocer bought 8 bushels of potatoes at 75 cents a 
 bushel and sold them for 17.80. He gained how many hun- 
 dredths of the cost? 
 
 10. Three clerks received wages as follows : A, 115 a week ; 
 B, $10 a week and .02 of the amount of his sales; C, .05 of the 
 amount of his sales. What was each clerk's yearly income, if 
 the sales of each amounted to $400 per week? 
 
 11. .85 of a certain number is 595. What is .14|^ of the 
 number ? 
 
 12. A boy paid .24 of his money for books, .07 of his money 
 for stationery, and .22 of his money for a football. If he then 
 had 13.76 left, how much had he at first? 
 
 13. Mr. Markell bought a house for $4200 and sold it for 
 $4830. How many hundredths of the cost did he gain? 
 
 14. By selling his automobile for $1860, Dr. Smith received 
 .66| of its cost. What did it cost? 
 
 15. The list price of suits for a baseball team was $4.75 
 apiece. The dealer sold 11 suits for .80 of the list price. How 
 much did he receive for them? 
 
 Note. — The price at which goods are marked in the price list is called 
 the list price. 
 
 16. By selling goods at a reduction of .15 of the list price, 
 a. What part of the list price is received? 
 
 h. What is the list price of goods that are sold for $155.55? 
 c. What reduction is made on goods that are sold for $170? 
 
 17. A contractor makes concrete by mixing 5 barrels of 
 cement, 10 barrels of sand, and 25 barrels of crushed stone. 
 How many hundredths of the mixture is : a. cement ? 5. sand ? 
 e, crushed stone ? 
 
128 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 PERCENTAGE 
 
 254. Per cent means hundredths. 
 
 Seven per cent of 1100 means .07 of $100, or $7. 
 
 Ten per cent of 300 pounds means .10 of 300 lb., or 30 lb. • 
 
 Twenty-five per cent of 24 hours means .25 of 24 hours, or 6 
 hours. 
 
 Thirty-three and one third per cent of 276 means .33^ of 276, 
 or 92. 
 
 The sign % indicates per cent ; e.g. 
 
 19% of 200 = .19 of 200, or 38. 
 9% of ISO = .09 of -f 80, or |7.20. 
 ^% means |^ of 1 %, or .001. 
 I % means | of 1 %, or .OOf. 
 
 255. Oral 
 
 Read each of the following expressions, using the word hun- 
 dredths instead of the sign ffo-i and find its value: 
 
 1. 
 
 9% of $300 
 
 14. 
 
 2f% of 2100 
 
 2. 
 
 21 % of 200 
 
 15. 
 
 125% of 200 
 
 3. 
 
 75% of 1000 
 
 16. 
 
 1% of 200 
 
 4. 
 
 13% of 30 
 
 17. 
 
 1 % of 900 
 
 5. 
 
 44% of 20 
 
 18. 
 
 f % of 1400 
 
 6. 
 
 89% of 10001b. 
 
 19. 
 
 Jq % of 1000 
 
 7. 
 
 41% of lOObu. 
 
 20. 
 
 11% of 1800 
 
 8. 
 
 96 % of 10,000 
 
 21. 
 
 4|% of 800 
 
 9. 
 
 3% of 120 
 
 22. 
 
 15% of 40 
 
 10. 
 
 621% of 1000 
 
 23. 
 
 l3-\% of 22 
 
 11. 
 
 130 % of 100 
 
 24. 
 
 ^% of 70 
 
 12. 
 
 99% of 2 
 
 25. 
 
 f% of 140 
 
 i3. 
 
 6f% of 800 
 
 26. 
 
 3J% of 15 
 
PERCENTAGE 
 
 129 
 
 27. 4^\% of 1100 
 
 28. 66f% of 11000 
 
 29. 108% of 11000 
 
 30. 33 % of 2 cents 
 
 31. 2-1- % of 400 
 
 32. 25 % of 40 
 
 33. 250 % of 4 
 
 34. 81% of 30 days 
 
 3|-% of 15 
 
 35. 6i% of 12 feet 
 
 36. 4| % of 1600 miles 
 
 37. 
 
 38. 100% of f .37^ 
 
 39. -5^0% of 1100 
 
 40. 1% of 18 quarts 
 
 41. I % of 40 sheep 
 
 42. j^ % of 52 weeks 
 
 256. The number of hundredths indicated as per cent is called 
 the rate per cent ; the number of which a certain number of hun- 
 dredths are indicated by the rate is called the base ; the product 
 of the base and rate is called the percentage; the sum of the base 
 and percentage is called the amount ; the difference betweeyi the 
 base and percentage is called the difference ; e.g. 
 
 25% of $300 is 175. 25% is the rate ; 1300 is the base; 
 i75 is the percentage; §375 is the amount; ^225 is the 
 difference. 
 
 257. The relations of product and factors usually determine 
 the method to be employed in solving problems in percentage ; 
 e.g. 
 
 1. A man bought some land for $4500, and sold it so as to 
 gain 12 % of the cost. How much did he gain ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 12% of $4500 = gain 
 .12 of $4500 3=? 
 
 .12 and $4500 are factors, and the product is to be found. How may we 
 find it? 
 
130 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. A house rents for |630, which is 9% of its value. Find 
 its value. 
 
 Statement of Relation : 9 % of (value of the house) = 
 
 .09 of = 630 
 
 630 is a product aiid .09 one of its factors. How may we find the other 
 factor? 
 
 3. A merchant gained |19 on an article that cost f 95. The 
 gain was what per cent of the cost ? 
 Statement of Relation : — - of $95 = ^19 
 19 is a product and 95 one of its factors. Find the other factor. 
 
 258. In finding the rate per cent, or number of hundredths, 
 how many decimal places must there be in the quotient ? Then 
 how must the number of decimal places in the dividend com- 
 pare with the number of decimal places in the divisor ? 
 
 Summary 
 
 Before dividing, to find the rate per cent, arrange the dividend 
 and divisor so that the dividend contains two more decimal places 
 than the divisor. This may he done hy annexing ciphers to one or 
 the other of these terms, as may he necessary. 
 
 If the quotient is not exact when two decimal places have heen 
 reached, express the remainder as a common fraction, i7i the quo- 
 tient, thus : 
 
 a. 7 bushels are what per cent of 8.5 bushels ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: of 8.5 bu. = 7 bu. 
 
 ^2f § = . 82^^ or 82fy % . Ans, 
 
 8.5)7.0-00 
 680 
 200 
 170 
 30 
 
PERCENTAGE 
 
 131 
 
 5. A lake in Maine is 152.875 rods long and 92 rods wide. 
 Its length is what per cent of its width ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : • of 92 rd. = 152.875 rd. 
 
 1.66 l|f = I.QQjW or 166-jV^ % . Ans. 
 92.0 j 152.875 
 920 
 6087 
 5520 
 5675 
 5520 
 155 
 
 Note. — Care should be taken to express the decimal rate per cent prop- 
 erly, as hundredths. Every fractional part of l^o must be written at the 
 right of the hundredths' place. 
 
 
 1%= .01 
 
 121% =.121 
 
 or 
 
 .125 
 
 
 9%= .09 
 
 i% = .00l 
 
 or 
 
 .005 
 
 
 10%= .10 
 
 io^V% = -ioA 
 
 or 
 
 .107 
 
 
 90%= .90 
 
 331% = .331 
 
 
 
 
 100% = 1.00 
 
 8i% = .08i 
 
 or 
 
 .0825 
 
 
 900% = 9.00 
 
 i% = .ooi 
 
 or 
 
 .0025 
 
 
 125% =1.25 
 
 J% = .00i 
 
 or 
 
 .00125 
 
 21 
 
 )9. Written 
 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Express decimally : 
 
 
 
 
 
 «• 7% /. 61% 
 
 k, 101% 
 
 
 P' i% 
 
 
 5. 6% g, 121% 
 
 I. 110% 
 
 
 q^ i% 
 
 
 c. 2% h. 15|% 
 
 m. 2b^(fo 
 
 
 r^ i% 
 
 
 d. 12% ^. 37|% 
 
 n. 200% 
 
 
 s, f % 
 
 
 e. 78% y. 4f% 
 
 0. 1271% 
 
 
 t iV/ 
 
 2. 
 
 1291 is 16|% of what? 
 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 35 % of a number is 700. 
 
 Find the number. 
 
 
132 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 4. 84.20 is what per cent of 421? 
 
 5. Find I % of $5600. 
 
 6. Find66f% of 927 tons. 
 
 7. 39.744 is what per cent of 900 ? 
 
 8. A short ton is what per cent of a long ton ? 
 
 9. 386% of 244= what? 
 
 10. 23^ % of a number is 7000. Find the number. 
 
 11. A nautical mile is 6086.07 feet. A statute mile is what 
 per cent of a nautical mile ? 
 
 12. Find a number, | per cent of which is 287. 
 
 13. 48 rods are what per cent of a mile ? * 
 
 14. 57 1 cubic inches are what per cent of one gallon ? 
 
 15. Find S^\% of $235. 
 
 16. 17 % of 2475 is what per cent of 720 ? 
 
 17. .043 is what per cent of 17.2? 
 
 18. A man's salary is $1850 and his expenses $1757.50. 
 His expenses are what per cent of his salary ? 
 
 19. A man's expenses are $2140 a year. His salary is 
 125% of this sum. Find his salary. 
 
 20. A man bequeathed 18 % of his estate to a hospital, 7 % 
 to a missionary society, and 30 % to his wife. The remainder 
 was divided equally among his three brothers. If the estate 
 amounted to $72,600, how much did each of the brothers 
 receive ? 
 
 21. For how much a month must a house w^orth $6000 be 
 rented in order that the rent may amount to 7| % of the value 
 of the house ? 
 
PER CENTS EQUIVALENT TO COMMON FRACTIONS 133 
 
 22. A grocer bought 12 cases of coffee, each containing 50 
 one-pound packages, and sold 240 packages. What per cent of 
 the coffee did he sell ? 
 
 23. Which is greater, and how much, 50% of 75, or 75% 
 of 50? 
 
 24. A field is 375 feet long and 150 feet wide. 
 a. Its breadth is what per cent of its length? 
 h. Its length is what per cent of its breadth? 
 
 25. Find in acres the area of a rectangular field whose width 
 is 45 rods and whose length is 142| % of its width. 
 
 26. A manufacturing company employing 272 persons, whose 
 weekly wages average f 12 apiece, raises the wages of its em- 
 ployees 8^ % . How much per year is then paid to all of them ? 
 
 27. 18 % of the men in an army died of disease. If the loss 
 from this cause was 1260 men, how many men were there in 
 the army at first? 
 
 28. A man having 1 20,000 in the bank drew out 30 % of it 
 and then 25 % of what was left. How many dollars still re- 
 mained in the bank? 
 
 29. 83 % of the boys in a military school attended a game 
 of football. If 166 boys attended the game, how many boys 
 were there in the" school? 
 
 PER CENTS EQUIVALENT TO COMMON FRACTIONS 
 
 260. All percentage problems involving the relation of prod- 
 uct and factors may be solved in decimals. But in many cases 
 the work may be shortened by changing the per cents to com- 
 mon fractions. 
 
 261. Oral 
 
 1. The whole of anything is how many hundredths of it ? 
 What per cent of it? 
 
134 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. ^ of anything is how many hundredths of it? J? ^? 
 
 1 ? 3? 2? 3.? 4? 1? 3? 5 9 X? 1? 2? 1? 5? _1_? JL? 
 T¥ • 4 • 'E- "5 • 5 • ^ • ¥ • t • 8 • 3 • 3 ' 6 ' 6 ' 12- 20* 
 
 3. What common fraction is the same as .10? .20? .30? 
 .40? .50? .60? .70? .80? .90? .25? .33|? .14f? 621? 
 .371? .66|? .121? .871? .75? .16|? .831? .081. .05? 
 
 4. What per cent is the same as ^? ^? -J? -J? ^? |? ^-? 
 
 JL? _1_? JL? JL? JL? 2? 3? 2.? 3? 4? 3? 4? 7? 
 10- 12- 20- 16- 25- 3- ?• 5* 5' 5' ¥' S' t' 
 
 5. Learn thii table : 
 
 
 
 J=50% 
 
 i=8H% 
 
 1 = 621% 
 
 i = 25% 
 
 | = 66|% 
 
 1 = 871% 
 
 1 = 76% , 
 
 i = 16f% 
 
 tV = io% 
 
 -H20% 
 
 1 = 831% 
 
 ^=^% 
 
 1 = 40% 
 
 j = 14f% 
 
 2^ = 5% 
 
 f=60% 
 
 i = 121% 
 
 iV = 6i% 
 
 i = 80% 
 
 1=371% 
 
 A = 4%' 
 
 6. What per cent of anything is left after 50% of it has 
 been taken away? After 75% of it has been taken away? 
 30%? 40%? 35%? 331%? 621 %? 371 %? 831 %? 16|%? 
 49%? 1%? 21-%? 981%? 
 
 7. What per cent of anything is left after 15%, 10%, and 
 5 % of it have been taken away? 
 
 8. A girl used 12 % of her Christmas money on one day, 18 % 
 the next day, and 15 % the next day. What per cent of her 
 money remained? 
 
 9. 97|- per cent of the pupils belonging to a certain school 
 were present. What per cent of the pupils were absent? 
 
 10. 2-| % of the pupils in a school were absent. What per 
 cent of the pupils were present? 
 
PERCENTAGE 135 
 
 11. 37 5^ of a shipment of peaches were spoiled. What per 
 cent of the peaches were good? 
 
 12. Using common fractions instead of decimals^ find : 
 
 a. 
 
 50% of $124 
 
 i- 
 
 371% of 64 days 
 
 I, 
 
 25% of 36 
 
 h. 
 
 871% of 72 pounds 
 
 c. 
 
 75% of 24 
 
 I 
 
 81 % of 132 square miles 
 
 d. 
 
 331% of 999 
 
 m. 
 
 5% of 1200,000 
 
 e. 
 
 66| % of 42 
 
 n. 
 
 6J% of 32 quarts 
 
 /. 
 
 831% of 30 
 
 0. 
 
 4 % of 75 cents 
 
 9- 
 
 16|% of 48 bushels 
 
 P- 
 
 371% of 56 minutes 
 
 h. 
 
 14|-% of 49 feet 
 
 <1' 
 
 16| % of 180 grains 
 
 i. 
 
 121% of 30 inches 
 
 r. 
 
 121% of 64 miles 
 
 13. 5 cents are 12|^% of what sum? 
 
 14. Frank paid 16|% of his money for a book that cost f .20. 
 How much money had he ? 
 
 15. Arthur earned $1.60 and paid 75% of it for a football. 
 How much had he left ? 
 
 16. Wallace earned a sum of money, paid 87 J % of it for a 
 suit of clothes, and had |2 left. 
 
 a. $2 is what per cent of the money which he earned? 
 h. How much did he earn ? 
 
 17. A farmer raised a crop of potatoes, sold QQ^ % of them, 
 and had 200 bushels left. 
 
 a. 200 bushels were what per cent of the crop ? 
 h. How many bushels were raised ? 
 c. How many bushels were sold ? 
 
 18. One morning Lucy cut a basket of roses ; 25 % of them 
 were pink, 331 % yellow, 16| % red, and the rest white. 
 
 a. What per cent of the roses were not white .? 
 
136 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 h. What per cent were white ? 
 
 c. If there were 15 white roses, how many roses did Lucy 
 cut? 
 
 d. How many were yellow ? 
 
 e. How many were pink ? 
 /. How many were red ? 
 
 19. A wholesale grocer hought a carload of flour. He sold 
 121 % of it to A, 30 % to B, 37^ % to C, and the remainder, 
 which was 48 barrels, to D. 
 
 a. What per cent of the flour did he sell to D ? 
 
 b. How many barrels of flour did the carload contain ? 
 
 20. A and B hired a horse. B paid 66^% of the expense 
 and A the remainder, which was f 1.50. What was the entire 
 expense ? 
 
 21. Three coal dealers furnished the coal for the schools of a 
 city. The first furnished 50 % of it, the second 1400 tons, and 
 the third 16f % of it. 
 
 a. What per cent of the coal did the second dealer furnish ? 
 
 b. How many tons did all furnish ? 
 
 c. How many tons did the first furnish ? 
 
 22. A man bought a lot and built a house on it. The lot 
 cost $800, which was 50 % of the cost of the house. How much 
 did both cost ? 
 
 23. I of a farm is cultivated. What per cent of it is 
 uncultiv.ated ? 
 
 24. A pole stands in a pond of water so that -| of the length 
 of the pole is in the mud, and | in the water. What per cent 
 of the length of the pole is above the water ? 
 
 25. 25 % of 60 added to | of 60 equals what ? 
 
 26. Edward solved 16 problems and 93|% of them were 
 correct. How many were incorrect ? 
 
PERCENTAGE 137 
 
 27. 50 % of 80 % of anything is what per cent of it ? 
 
 28. 80 % of 50 % of anything is what per cent of it ? 
 
 29. 100 % of anything added to 25 % of it equals what per 
 cent of it ? 
 
 30. A man had a sum of money and gained a sum equal to 
 40% of what he had at first. He then had what per cent of 
 the first sum ? 
 
 31. 20% more than $5 is what per cent of f 5 ? 
 
 32. 20% more than f 5 is how many dollars? 
 
 33. 50 % more than f 8 is how many dollars ? 
 
 34. 1250 is 125% of what sum ? 
 
 35. f 250 is 25 % more than what sum ? 
 
 36. A colt worth $100 increased 25% in value in eight 
 months. How much was it then worth ? 
 
 37. A liveryman bought a horse for $200. Its value de- 
 creased 50 % in one year. What was it then worth ? 
 
 38. What number, increased by 50 % of itself, equals 300 ? 
 262. Written 
 
 1. Find : 
 
 a. 12i% of 896 bu. e. |% of $15,000 
 
 h. 66f % of 927 T. /. 5% of 15,000 
 
 c. 87-1% of 240 gal. g. 500% of 15,000 
 
 d. 16f % of 636 qt. h. 130% of 480 
 
 2. 39.40 is 16f% of what? 
 
 3. 3.27 is what per cent of 8.72? 
 
 4. 8.72 is what per cent of 3.27 ? 
 
 5. 3121 is 62^ % of a certain number. What is Sl^ % of the 
 same number ? 
 
138 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 6. Express decimally J, i%, |, |.%, |, i%, f, |%, f, \% 
 
 7. A floor is 16 ft. square. What per cent of it may be 
 covered by a rug that is 3 yd. long and 2 yd. wide ? 
 
 8. A man paid % 175 for a horse, % 125 for a wagon, and f 25 
 for a harness. What per cent of the entire cost was the cost of 
 each ? 
 
 9. From a field containing 40 A., a rectangular piece 40 rd. 
 long and 20 rd. wide was sold. What per cent of the field 
 remained ? 
 
 10. A man withdrew 35% of his deposits from the bank, 
 leaving $3250 in the bank. How many dollars did he 
 withdraw ? 
 
 11. Robert attended school 86 days during a term and was 
 marked 95f % in attendance. How many days were there in 
 the term ? 
 
 12. A piece of cloth shrank 4 % in sponging, after which it 
 contained 48 yd. How many yards did the piece contain 
 before it was sponged ? 
 
 13. A telephone was placed in my house on the 20th day of 
 October, 1907. Beginning with that day, I had the use of the 
 telephone what per cent of the year 1907 ? 
 
 14. A telephone company increased its charge from $30 a 
 year to $ 36 a year. What was the rate per cent of increase ? 
 
 15. A depositor withdrew 40 % of his balance at the bank, 
 and bought a piece of furniture for % 72, which was 12 % of the 
 sum withdrawn. 
 
 a. What was his balance before withdrawing ? 
 
 h. What per cent of it did he pay for furniture ? 
 
 c. How many dollars of his withdrawal remained unused ? 
 
PROFIT AND LOSS 139 
 
 16. My city tax bill amounts to $82.60 this year. If I do 
 not pay it before Nov. 15, two per cent will be added to the 
 amount of the bill. What must I pay if I wait till Nov. 16 ? 
 
 17. I obtained a 5% reduction by paying my semi-annual 
 water bill before the 15th of July. The bill, after being 
 reduced, was 12.375. What was it at first? How much did 
 I have to pay? 
 
 18. The population of a city has increased 12 % in the last 
 three years. It is now 112,000. What was it three years ago ? 
 
 19. The €ost of living was estimated to be 40 % greater in 
 1907 than in 1897. 
 
 a. Assuming this estimate to be correct, how much money 
 was necessary to support in 1907 such a family as was sup- 
 ported for 11250 in 1897? 
 
 h. A workingman's wages of % 15 a week in 1897 were equiva- 
 lent to what sum per week in 1907 ? 
 
 c. A salary of % 1820 in 1907 was equal to what in 1897 ? 
 
 20. The daily sales of a department store last year averaged 
 I 8262, which was 2 % greater than the daily average for the 
 year before. What was the daily average for the year before ? 
 
 PROFIT AND LOSS 
 
 263. When property is sold for more or less than it cost, the 
 gain or loss is always computed as a certain per cent of the cost. 
 
 Each of the following expressions, when used in a problem, means that 
 the profit or gain is 10 % of the cost : 
 
 At a profit of 10 % ; at 10 % gain ; at 10 % above cost ; at an advance of 10 %. 
 
 264. Oral 
 
 1. A book that cost $5 was sold at a gain of 25%. What 
 was the gain? 
 
 Statement of Relation: 25% of |5 = gain. •. 
 
 Which term of relation (factor or product) is to be found? 
 
140 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC - 
 
 2. A grocer paid 80 cents a bushel for potatoes and sold 
 them at a profit of 20 cents a bushel. What per cent did he 
 gain? 
 
 Statement of Relation : % of | .80 = $ .20. 
 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 3. A furniture dealer sold a desk at a gain of 25%. He 
 gained $5. What did the desk cost? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 25% of cost = |5. 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 4. The whole of anything is what per cent of it ? 
 
 If the cost of an article is 100 % of the cost, and the gain is 
 10% of the cost, the selling price, which is the sum of the cost 
 and the gain, is what per cent of the cost? 
 
 5. An article that cost $8 was sold at a gain of 10%. Find 
 the selling price. 
 
 Statement of Relation: 110% of $8 = selling price. 
 Which term of relation is to be found? 
 
 6. A fruit dealer lost 40% on a shipment of peaches that 
 cost him $200. How much did he lose? What did he receive? 
 
 7. A produce dealer sold potatoes at $2.20 a barrel, thereby 
 gaining 10%. What did they cost per barrel? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 110% of cost = |2.20. 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 8. A man sold his farm at $32 per acre, thereby losing 20%. 
 What price per acre did he pay for the farm ? 
 
 100%) of the cost less 20%, of the cost = what per cent of the cost? 
 Statement of Relation : 80% of the cost = $32. 
 
 ■ Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
PROFIT AND LOSS 141 
 
 9. An article that cost $200 was sold at a gain of 50 %. 
 
 a. What was the selling price? 
 
 h. What was the gain? 
 
 10. On an article that sold for $ 180 the dealer lost 10 %. 
 a. What was the cost? 
 
 h. How much was lost? 
 
 11. On an article that sold for $2.40 the dealer gained 20%. 
 a. What was the cost? 
 
 h. What was the gain? 
 
 12. Cloth that cost $2 a yard was sold for |3 a yard. 
 a. What was gained on a yard ? 
 
 h. What per cent was gained? 
 
 13. A dealer bought hops at 40^ a pound and sold them at 
 30/ a pound. 
 
 a. What was the loss on a pound? 
 h. What per cent was lost? 
 
 14. What per cent was gained on a city lot bought for 1400 
 and sold for 1500? 
 
 15. What per cent was lost on a city lot bought for $ 500 
 and sold for $400? 
 
 16. At what price must goods costing $7.20 be sold to yield 
 a profit of 16| % ? 
 
 17. $1 profit on a pair of shoes costing $4 is what per cent 
 profit? 
 
 18. A profit of $1 on a pair of shoes sold for $4.00 is what 
 per cent profit ? 
 
 265. Written 
 
 1. a. What is the profit on 1 ton of pork bought at $7.50 
 per hundredweight and sold at $.10 per pound? 
 h. What is the rate of profit ? 
 
142 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. A contractor gained 12-1 % on a job of grading that cost 
 him $2448. How many dollars did he gain ? 
 
 3. A carriage dealer gained 18% by selling a carriage for 
 $36 more than he paid for it. Find its cost. 
 
 4. a. What must a grocer receive per barrel for flour, in 
 order that he may make a profit of 22| % on flour that costs 
 $4.50 per barrel? 
 
 h. What is his gain on 75 barrels? 
 
 5. A stock of paper costing $2345 was damaged by water so 
 that it had to be sold at a loss of 15 %. What was the selling 
 price ? 
 
 6. a, A grocer selling sugar at $5.50 per hundredweight 
 makes a profit of 10%. How much per ton does the sugar 
 cost him ? 
 
 h. How much does he gain on 7 T. of sugar? 
 
 c. How many pounds must he sell in order to gain $25 ? 
 
 7. A hardware merchant bought 75 hundred-pound kegs of 
 nails for $206.25. 
 
 a. When he sells them at 3J^ a pound, what per cent profit 
 does he make ? 
 
 h. When he sells them at $2.90 per keg, what per cent profit 
 does he make ? 
 
 c. At what price per keg must he sell them to make a profit 
 of 16%? 
 
 8. The proprietor of a market received a shipment of 600 lb. 
 of hams, costing $15 per hundredweight. He allowed for a 
 shrinkage of 10 lb. while they were being sold, and marked 
 them so as to gain 31^%. At what price per pound did he 
 mark them ? 
 
PROFIT AND LOSS 143 
 
 9. Mr. Jennings sold his automobile for $2142, thereby los 
 ing 16%. What did it cost? Make and solve another prob- 
 lem based on the facts given in this problem. 
 
 10. What per cent is gained on carpets bought at 90 cents a 
 yard and sold at ^1.25 a yard ? Make and solve another prob- 
 lem based on the facts given in this problem. 
 
 11. A grocer makes a profit of 10 % by selling sugar at 50 
 cents per hundredweight above cost. At what price per pound 
 does he sell it ? Make and solve another problem based on the 
 facts given in this problem. 
 
 12. Hats that cost 1 27 a dozen were sold for 13.50 apiece. 
 What was the rate per cent of profit ? Make and solve another 
 problem based on the facts given in this problem. 
 
 13. A man bought a city lot for 1 2400 and sold it so as to 
 gain 20%. How much did he receive for the lot? 
 
 14. A man sold a house and lot for 12400, thereby gaining 
 20 % . How much did the lot cost ? 
 
 15. By selling ahorse for |189 the owner lost 10%. At 
 what price must he have sold the horse to gain 10 % ? 
 
 16. A horse dealer bought a span of horses for 1240 apiece. 
 He sold them so as to gain 20 % on one and lose 20 % on the 
 other. What was his gain or loss by the transaction ? 
 
 17. A jeweler sold two watches for $60 apiece. He gained 
 20 % on one and lost 20 % on the other. 
 
 a. How much did he gain or lose by the transaction? 
 h. What per cent did he gain or lose by the transaction ? 
 
 18. A merchant sells goods at an average profit of 30%. 
 60 % of his goods are sold for cash and the remainder 
 are sold on credit. He loses 5% of his credit sales in bad 
 debts. 
 
144 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 a. How much cash does he receive for a stock of goods that 
 cost $36,000? 
 
 h. How many dollars does he charge on his books from the 
 sale of this stock ? 
 
 c. How much does he lose in bad debts ? 
 
 d. What is his net gain ? 
 
 e. What per cent does he gain, making allowance for bad 
 debts ? 
 
 19. A huckster buys sweet corn at il.25 per hundred ears 
 and sells it at 20^ a dozen. 
 
 a. What per cent profit does he make ? 
 
 h. At what price per dozen must he sell it in order to make 
 a profit of 40 % ? 
 
 c. How many ears must he sell at an advance of 10 % in 
 order to gain 13.00? 
 
 20. A farmer bought a piece of land, and, after keeping it 
 a number of years, desired to sell it. He asked 40% more 
 than he paid for it, and then sold it for $3780, which was 90% 
 of his asking price. 
 
 a. What was his asking price ? 
 
 h. What did the farmer pay for the land ? 
 
 c. How much did he gain ? 
 
 d. What per cent did he gain ? 
 
 e. For how much should he have sold the land to gain 16| % ? 
 
 21. A manufacturer sold his goods at 60 % above the actual 
 cost of manufacture, and was able to collect only 96 % of his 
 sales. He collected f 18,000 from one month's sales. 
 
 Make and solve four problems, using these facts. 
 
 22. Make and solve a problem that requires the gain to be 
 found. 
 
COMMISSION 145 
 
 23. Make and solve a problem that requires the rate per cent 
 of loss to be found. 
 
 24. Make and solve a problem that requires the cost to be 
 found. 
 
 25. Make and solve a problem that requires the rate per cent 
 of gain to be found. 
 
 26. Make and solve a problem that requires the selling price 
 to be found. 
 
 COMMISSION 
 
 266. One who transacts business for another is an agent. 
 Agents are known by various names according to the kind 
 
 of business transacted by them. Those who buy and sell mer- 
 chandise on commission are called commission merchants or 
 commission brokers ; those who buy and sell stocks and bonds 
 are called stock brokers; those who collect money are called 
 collectors. Can you mention other kinds of agents ? 
 
 267. The percentage allowed an agent as compensation for 
 transacting business is called commission. 
 
 268. The commission of a broker is called brokerage. 
 
 269. Commission for buying goods is computed as a certain 
 per cent of the cost of the goods; commission for selling goods is 
 computed as a certain per cent of the selling price of the goods; 
 commission generally is computed as a certain per cent of the 
 money handled, or the value of the property with which 
 the agent deals. The principal exception to this rule is 
 brokerage for buying and selling stocks and bonds, which will 
 be treated later. 
 
 270. A quantity of goods delivered to a commission merchant 
 to be sold is called a consignment. 
 
146 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 271 . The party sending a consignment of goods to he sold hy a 
 commission merchant is the consignor. 
 
 272. The party to whom a consignment of goods is delivered 
 for sale is the consignee. 
 
 273. The sum received from the sale of goods^ after all expenses^ 
 such as commission^ freight^ and cartage^ have been deducted^ is 
 called the net proceeds of the sale. 
 
 274. The party who employs an agent is called the principal. 
 
 275. Oral 
 
 1. A college student sold 200 books at $3 apiece during a 
 summer vacation. What was his commission, at 40 %? 
 
 2. A real estate agent received 180 for selling a house. His 
 commission was 2 % . What was the selling price of the house ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 2 % of = $ 80. 
 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 3. A lawyer received |30 for collecting $200. What was 
 the rate of his commission? 
 
 Statement of Relation: % of $200 = $30. 
 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 4. A commission merchant sold 1000 pounds of butter at 25 
 cents a pound, retained his commission of 10%, and sent the 
 remainder to his principal. 
 
 a. What did his commission amount to? 
 
 b. How much did the principal receive? 
 
 5. An auctioneer sold, on 10 % commission, household goods 
 to the amount of $100. What were the net proceeds of the 
 sale? 
 
 6. When an agent sells goods on 20 % commission, what per 
 cent of the selling price of the goods does the principal receive ? 
 
COMMISSION 147 
 
 7. A manufacturing company sold its entire product through 
 a commission merchant who received 10%. What was the 
 selling price of a consignment for which the company received 
 
 1900? 
 
 8. The net proceeds of a sale were $85. The commission 
 was flo. What was the rate of commission? 
 
 9. What rate of commission is received when a sale 
 amounting to $100 yields 1 80 net proceeds? 
 
 10. A commission merchant receives 2 cents a dozen as his 
 compensation for selling eggs. 
 
 a. That is equivalent to what per cent commission when 
 eggs sell at 20 cents a dozen? 
 
 h. When they sell at 16 cents a dozen? 
 c. When they sell at 24 cents a dozen? 
 
 11. A collector for a daily newspaper received 5 % commis- 
 sion. How much must he collect daily in order to earn $4 a 
 day? 
 
 12. A collector working on 10% commission must collect 
 how many dollars in order that his principal may receive 1180? 
 
 13. An agent collected a sum of money, took out his com- 
 mission of 20 %, and paid the remainder, which was $40, to his 
 employer. What was his commission ? 
 
 276. Written 
 
 1. What is an agent's commission at 4J % for selling 850 
 barrels of flour at $5.25 a barrel ? 
 
 2. A commission merchant sold a consignment of goods for 
 $2470, took out his commission of 8%, paid $28 freight and $5 
 storage, and sent the remainder to the consignor. How much 
 did the consignor receive ? 
 
148 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3. An agent receives 6 % commission for buying wool at 
 21 cents a pound. 
 
 a. What is his commission for buying 50 tons of wool ? 
 h. How many pounds must he buy in order to earn $1690.50 
 in commissions ? 
 
 4. An agent's commission for selling 479 books at f3.50 
 apiece was f 670.60. What was the rate of his commission ? 
 
 5. A lawyer procured a loan for an improvement company, 
 charging 1-| % commission. His commission was 14500. What 
 was the amount of the loan ? 
 
 6. A dealer in typewriters in a Western city sold typewriters 
 manufactured in New York State. His commission was 35 %, 
 out of which he paid freight charges at the rate of 14.50 
 per hundredweight. 
 
 a. If the weight of the typewriters averaged 50 pounds 
 apiece when packed for shipment, and they were sold at an 
 average price of $103 each, how much did the dealer clear on a 
 shipment of 100 typewriters ? 
 
 h. This dealer employed an agent, paying him $10 a week, 
 and 20 % commission. The agent sold two typewriters in one 
 week. What did he receive for his week's work ? 
 
 c. How much did the dealer gain from this agent's work ? 
 
 7. An agent took grocery orders on a commission of 121%. 
 He sold goods amounting to $1352, took out his commission, 
 paid freight charges amounting to $30.75, and sent the remain- 
 der of his collections to his principal. 
 
 a. What were the net proceeds of the sale ? 
 h. How many dollars' worth of goods must the agent sell 
 to earn $568 in commissions? 
 
COMMISSION 149 
 
 8. a. An agent who receives 115. per week and 5J% com- 
 mission, must sell how many dollars' worth of goods in a year to 
 obtain an income of f 1566.50 ? 
 
 h. If he receives no compensation but his commission, what 
 must be the amount of sales to yield him the same income as 
 in Question a ? 
 
 9. An agent who had charge of a business block received as 
 his commission 2 % of the first year's rent and 1 % of all rents 
 for succeeding years. 
 
 a. What was the amount of his commission on five-year 
 leases of two stores, one at i 250 per month and the other at 
 1300 per month? 
 
 h. What was his commission on a three-year lease of an 
 office 16 ft. by 20 ft., the annual rent being at the rate of | .80 
 per square foot of floor ? 
 
 e. His commission on a ten-year lease of a suite of banking 
 rooms was |253. What was the annual rent ? 
 
 10. A real estate agent sold my property in Boston, took out 
 his commission of 2 %, and remitted to me the remainder, which 
 was $5880. What was the amount of his commission ? 
 
 11. A commission merchant received a consignment of goods 
 on which he paid 182.50 freight charges, 115.60 for cartage, 
 and 16 for storage. He sold the goods, deducted his Commis- 
 sion of 8%, and his disbursements for freight, cartage, and 
 storage, and then had $7255.90 net proceeds of the sale, which 
 he remitted to his principal. For how much did he sell the 
 goods ? 
 
 12. A commission merchant sold a consignment of goods, 
 paid freight charges and drayage to the amount of $39.85, 
 retained his commission of 8%, and sent the remainder, which 
 was $1685.15, to his principal. 
 
150 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 a. What was the amount of the sales ? 
 h. What was the agent's commission ? 
 
 13. A real estate agent sold a tract of land, and bought a 
 business block with the money received for the land. His 
 commission at 2 % for selling and |- of 1 % for buying amounted 
 in all to $1325. For how much did he sell the tract of land ? 
 
 14. A manufacturer in Pittsburg sells his products through 
 a commission house in Philadelphia, paying 8% commission. 
 What is the selling price of goods for which the manufacturer 
 receives 16440 net proceeds ? 
 
 15. A collector receives 8^% commission on all the money 
 he collects. How much does his principal receive out of collec- 
 tions for which the collector receives $317.65 in commissions? 
 
 16. A farmer sells his produce through a commission mer- 
 chant in the city. If the merchant's commissions average 9| %, 
 how many dollars' worth of produce must the farmer sell in 
 order to receive $1810 net proceeds ? 
 
 COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT 
 
 27V. It is customary for manufacturers, wholesale merchants, 
 and others transacting a large amount of business to distribute 
 among their customers printed lists of the articles which they 
 offer for sale, with the price of each article. These lists are 
 called price lists. The goods are often sold at a lower price 
 than that given in the price list. A reduction in price is made 
 sometimes because the customer buys a large quantity of goods ; 
 sometimes because other dealers are selling the same kind of 
 goods at a lower price ; sometimes because the dealer desires to 
 close out his entire stock to make room for other goods ; some- 
 times as an inducement to the customer to pay cash instead of 
 paying at a certain time after the purchase of the goods. Can 
 you mention other reasons for a reduction in price ? 
 
COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT 151 
 
 Two or more reductions are often made in the price of the 
 same bill of goods, as, for instance, one reduction because the 
 market price of that kind of goods has fallen, another on ac- 
 count of the quantity sold, and still another for cash payment. 
 
 When no price list is published, goods are often marked at a 
 certain price, but sold at a reduction from that price. 
 
 278. Tlie marked jprice, or the pi^iee given in a price list, is 
 called the list price. 
 
 279. A reduction from the list or marked price of goods is a 
 commercial discount or trade discount. 
 
 A discount for cash payment is sometimes called a cash discount. A dis- 
 count because of the quantity of goods sold is sometimes called a quantity 
 discount. 
 
 280. The sum received for an article, after all discounts have 
 been made, is the net price. 
 
 281. When two or more discounts are made from the price of an 
 article, they are called successive discounts. The first discount 
 is a certain per cent of the list price, the second a certain per 
 cent of the remainder, the third a certain per cent of the sec- 
 ond remainder, and so on. 
 
 282. Oral 
 
 1. The whole of anything is what per cent of it ? 
 
 2. When an article is sold at a discount of 10 % from the 
 list price, it is sold for what per cent of the list price ? When 
 sold at a discount of 20 % ? 
 
 3. I bought a copy of Longfellow's poems listed at 11.50, 
 the bookseller allowing me 20 % discount. How much did I 
 pay ? 
 
152 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 4. I can buy a bicycle for ^40 and pay for it in 30 days, or 
 obtain a discount of 2 % by paying cash. How much will I 
 save by paying cash ? What is the cash price ? 
 
 5. A man bought a bill of goods at 10 % discount. He paid 
 8180 for them. 
 
 a. What per cent of the list price did he pay ? 
 h. What was the list price ? 
 
 6. By paying cash for a bill of goods I obtained a discount 
 of 2 %, thereby saving $2. What was the amount of the bill ? 
 
 7. A merchant bought from a jobber goods listed at $2000, 
 receiving a discount of 40 % . What was the entire discount ? 
 What did he pay for the goods ? 
 
 8. A merchant bought a bill of goods at a discount of 33 J %. 
 What was the discount on goods listed at 190 ? What was the 
 net price? 
 
 9. What is the net price of goods listed at $ 200 and bought 
 at a discount of 30 % ? What is the discount ? 
 
 10. The net price of a bill of goods is $12. The rate of dis- 
 count is 40 % . What is the list price ? What is the discount ? 
 
 11. The net price of a bill of goods is f 30. The rate of dis- 
 count is 40 % . What is the discount ? 
 
 12. A fruit dealer sold me ten barrels of apples at f 2.50 a 
 barrel. They arrived in poor condition and he discounted the 
 bill 20 (fo • How much did I pay ? 
 
 13. A discount of ^ is equivalent to what per cent discount ? 
 1 ? 1 ? 1 ? 1 ? 
 
 6 • ¥ • ^ • ¥ • 
 
 283. There are two ways of treating successive discounts. 
 For example, let it be required to find the net price of a bill of 
 
COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT 153 
 
 goods listed at 1 400, on which successive discounts of 15%, 
 10 %, and 5 % are allowed. 
 
 15 % of 1400 = 160. First discount. 
 
 f 400 - $ 60 = 1 340. First remainder, 
 10 % of 1 340 = 834. Second discount. 
 $ 340 - i 34 = $ 306. Second remainder. 
 5 % of $306 = $15.30. Third discount, 
 $ 306 - 15. 30 = 1 290. 70. Net price. 
 Or 
 The net price is 95% of 90% of 85% of $400. Find the net 
 price in this way and compare results. The latter method is 
 the more direct and in most cases the shorter. 
 
 Written 
 
 1. Goods listed at $3241 are sold at a discount of 30%. 
 What is the net price ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 70% of $ 3241 = net price. 
 
 2. A man bought goods at 15 % discount. What was the 
 list price of goods that cost him $59.50? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 85% of the list price = $59.50. 
 Which term of relation is to be found? 
 
 3. A merchant saved $4.50 by paying cash, thus obtaining a 
 discount of 1| % on a bill of goods. What was the amount 
 of the bill? 
 
 Statement of Relation : 11% of the amount = f 4.50. 
 Which term of the relation is to be found? 
 
 4. Find the net prices of the following bills of goods: 
 
 List Price Discounts List Price Discounts 
 
 a. $240 2%, 10%, 8% d. $312.50 10%, 10%, 10% 
 
 I. 1300 10%, 
 
 5%, 2% 
 
 e. 1214 
 
 2%, 10%, 20% 
 
 e. 1870 80%, 
 
 5%, 2% 
 
 /. 1300 
 
 15%, 10%, 5% 
 
154 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. A bookseller bought books at an average discount of 
 38 % from the list price and sold them to a library association 
 at an average discount of J from the list price. How much did 
 he gain on a bill of books listed at $1S5? 
 
 6. A druggist sold headache powders at 23 cents a box. 
 They were listed at 25 cents a box. 
 
 a. What per cent discount did he allow? 
 
 b. If he bought them at 40 % discount, what did he pay for 
 seven dozen boxes? 
 
 c. What per cent profit did he make? 
 
 7. A merchant bought carpet at 60 cents a yard. He marked 
 it so that he might give a discount of 10 % and still make 20 %. 
 
 a. At what price did he sell the carpet? 
 
 b. At what price did he mark it? 
 
 8. At what price must goods costing ^285 be marked so that 
 the dealer may give a discount of 5 % and still make a profit of 
 18%? 
 
 9. A merchant sold his stock of goods at a discount of 10 % 
 from the marked price and still made a profit of 14 % . 
 
 a. If he received $4560, what was the marked price? 
 
 b. What was the cost? 
 
 10. A bill of goods was marked at 45 % above cost, and 
 sold at a discount of 8^ % from the marked price. The marked 
 price was $ 725. 
 
 a. Find the cost. 
 
 b. Find the selling price. 
 
 11. Steel screws are listed at $8 a great gross, and succes- 
 sive discounts of 30 %, 40 %, 15%, and 8 % are allowed. What 
 must be paid for 40 great gross? 
 
 12. Find the net price of goods listed at $720, and discounted 
 at 5%, 10%, and 20%. 
 
COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT 155 
 
 13. A speculator bought a quantity of peaches for $280, and 
 marked them 40 % above cost. They began to spoil and he was 
 obliged to sell them at a discount of 40% from the marked 
 price. Did he gain or lose, and how much ? 
 
 14. A man sold two vacant lots for i960 apiece. By so 
 doing he sold one at a discount of 4 % from his asking price and 
 the other at a discount of 20 % from his asking price. Both 
 were marked 20% above cost. 
 
 a. What did each cost ? 
 
 5. What was his entire gain ? 
 
 15. Two merchants have the same kind of goods marked at 
 the same price. One offers discounts of 25%, 20%, and 5%. 
 The other offers discounts of 5%, 20%, and 25%. Which is 
 the better offer ? 
 
 16. Two merchants have goods exactly alike, listed at $200. 
 One offers discounts of 20%, 10%, and 10%. The other 
 offers a single discount of 37 % . Which is the better offer, and 
 how much better ? 
 
 17. A carload of corn containing 700 bushels was bought on 
 60 days' time at 48 cents a bushel. The purchaser obtained a 
 discount of 2|- % by paying cash. What did the corn cost him ? 
 
 18. What single discount is equal to successive discounts of: 
 
 a. 
 
 10 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 i- 
 
 25 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 b. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 h. 
 
 25, 10, 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 c. 
 
 15 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 I. 
 
 30 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 d. 
 
 15 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 m. 
 
 , 30 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 e. 
 
 16| 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 n. 
 
 30, 10, 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 /. 
 
 20 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 0. 
 
 331 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 ^• 
 
 20 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 P- 
 
 33X 
 
 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 h. 
 
 20, 10, and 5 per cent ? 
 
 q- 
 
 331 10, 
 
 , and 5 per cent ? 
 
 i. 
 
 25 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 r. 
 
 40 
 
 and 5 per cent ? 
 
156 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 s. 40 and 10 per cent ? w. 45 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 t, 40, 10, and 5 per cent ? x. 50 and 5 per cent ? 
 
 u, 40 and 20 per cent ? ?/. 50 and 10 per cent ? 
 
 v. 40, 20, and 5 per cent ? z. 50, 10, and 5 per cent ? 
 
 19. $144 was sufficient to pay a bill on which discounts of 
 20% and 10% were given. What was the amount of the bill 
 before the discounts were made ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: 90% of 80% of the amount = $144. 
 When the product of three factors and two of the factors are given, how 
 may the remaining factor be found ? 
 
 20. What is the list price of a bill on which discounts of 
 10 %, 10 %, and 5 % make the net price 1 153.90 ? 
 
 21. Two successive discounts reduced to 1108 the price of 
 an article listed at $160. One of the discounts was 25%. 
 What was the other ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : % of 75% of $ 160 = $ 108. 
 
 When the product of three factors and two of the factors are given, how 
 may the remaining factor be found? That factor subtracted from 100% is 
 the required discount. 
 
 22. What discount, in addition to one of 20%, will reduce a 
 price from $50 to 139.20? 
 
 23. What list price will give a net price of $113.40 when 
 discounts of 30 %, 10 %, and 10 % are made ? 
 
 24. A merchant bought goods at a discount of 35 % from the 
 list price and sold them at a discount of 25 % from the list price. 
 
 Hint. — Goods listed at f 100 cost him $65 and he sold them for $75. 
 a. What was his profit on goods listed at $350 ? 
 h. What was his rate per cent of profit ? 
 
 c. What was his profit on goods which cost him $195 ? 
 
 d. What was the list price of goods that cost the merchant 
 $1300? 
 
CONTRACTS 157 
 
 25. A man bought goods at successive discounts of 25%, 
 10%, and 10%, and sold them at successive discounts of 10% 
 and 5 % from the list price. 
 
 a. What was his gain on goods listed at f 80 ? 
 5. His gain was what per cent of the cost ? 
 
 CONTRACTS 
 
 284. A contract is an agreement between two or more parties 
 for doing or not doing a particular thing. 
 
 In making a contract it is necessary that all the parties agree 
 to the same thing. For instance, in bargains for the purchase 
 of property, if the seller has in mind one piece of property, 
 while the buyer thinks he is buying a different piece of 
 property, there is no contract. 
 
 It is generally held, also, that there must be a consideration. 
 That is, when one party makes a contract with another, he must 
 pay, or agree to pay, a sum of money, or render some service, or 
 give something of value, in return for what he receives from the 
 other. 
 
 There are many kinds of contracts. Among the commonest 
 ones are the following: 
 
 Contracts for the purchase of property. 
 
 Contracts for the rental of property. 
 
 Contracts for the payment of money — such as notes, bonds, 
 and mortgages. 
 
 Contracts of insurance. 
 
 Contracts of employment — as when one person agrees to 
 work for another for a certain time at a specified salary. 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 285. Insurance is a contract whereby one party (usually an 
 \surance company^ agrees to pay to another party a specified sum 
 
158 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 of money in case a certain event shall happen^ such as the death of 
 some person^ injury to the person^ hy accident^ destruction of 
 property hy fire or water ^ or loss of property hy theft or accident. 
 
 The different forms of insurance are known as life insur- 
 ance, accident insurance, fire insurance, marine insurance, etc., 
 according to the kind of risk that is assumed by the insurer. 
 
 286. The written or printed document that contains the terms of 
 an insurance contract is called an insurance policy. 
 
 287. The sum which the insurer agrees to pay is called the 
 face of the policy. 
 
 288. The sum paid hy the insured to the insurer is called the 
 premium. 
 
 Life insurance policies are in force for a term of years 
 or during the life of the insured ; but the premium is usually 
 paid in annual, semi-annual, or quarterly installments. In- 
 stallments after the first are called renewals. 
 
 Most other kinds of insurance policies are for a shorter time, 
 and the premium is paid in one sum when the policy is issued. 
 
 Accident policies are usually made out for one year, though 
 some special kinds, like railroad accident policies, are sold for 
 shorter periods. 
 
 Fire insurance policies are usually for three years. 
 
 The premium on a fire insurance policy is computed at a cer- 
 tain sum for each $100 of insurance, or a certain per cent of 
 the face of the policy, this single rate covering the entire time 
 for which the policy is given. 
 
 The premiums on life insurance policies are generally com- 
 puted at a certain sum for each |>1000 of the face of the policy, 
 the sum varying according to the age of the insured when the 
 policy was issued, and according to the conditions of the 
 contract. 
 
INSURANCE 159 
 
 289. The following forms illustrate some kinds of insurance 
 policies. Only the essential parts of each contract are given. 
 
 FIRE INSURANCE POLICY 
 J\rn 258683 $2000 
 
 THE 
 
 MEGHANieS INSaRANGE GO/nPANY 
 
 Incorporated a.d. 1834. Qp B OSTEON 
 
 En Consitieration of tfje .Stipulations Ij^rein nameti anii of 
 
 80 
 
 Twenty Four and 100 IBollars* premium 
 
 Does Insure Jct^Qb P. Goettel for the term of one year 
 
 from the l.lUh .day of Qctober \^04_^ at noon, 
 
 to the IM^_ day of 09to'ber_ I9_^«?_, at noon. 
 
 against all direct loss or damage by fire, except as hereinafter provided, 
 
 To an amount not exceeding ^J^P^ Ab'PJ^§9Jl^^_ Dollars, 
 
 to the following described property, while located and contained as described herein, 
 
 and not elsewhere, to wit: 
 
 Jacob P. Goettel 
 
 ^AOyil_0Ti the three- and four-story brick building, including elevators and 
 all attachments, gas and water pipes, and fixtures, heating ap- 
 paratus and fixtures, and plate glass in doors and windows, occu- 
 pied for storage purposes, situate on the east side of and known as 
 Ho. 240 North Salina Street, Syracuse, NY. Mechanic's permit 
 attached. 
 
 Permission given for the use of gas, kerosene oil, or electric lights 
 on said building. 
 
 Other insurance permitted without notice until required. Light- 
 ning clause attached. 
 
 *********** 
 
 In SJSitneSS TOfjcreof, this Company has executed and attested these presents this__ 0^^^_ 
 
 day of. \lQt:9P§T- 19_(:^. This Policy shall not be valid until countersigned 
 
 by the duly authorized Agent of the Company at P_yT9PJ^§^>. ^-. i fC* 
 
 Attest: Jno. A. Snyder, Secretary. Samuel Martin, President. 
 Countersigned by fJ'SBLPJ. ± YJ'Ht Agent. 
 
160 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 OEDINAET LIFE INSURANCE POLICY 
 
 THE NORTH STAR MUTUAL LIFE 
 INSURANCE COMPANY 
 
 In Consideration of the application for this Policy, a copy of which 
 is attached hereto and made a part hereof, and in further consideration of the 
 payment of 
 
 100 
 the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of the Annual payment 
 
 of a like sum to the said Company, on or before the J^trst day of 
 
 3anuarg in every year during the continuance of this Policy, promises 
 
 to pay at its office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, unto jlHarg Boe 
 
 " , Beneficiar_£_, 
 
 ^ aggifc of 3fol}n mot the Insured, of 
 
 Bes ilHomcs in the State of gofoa 
 
 subject to tfje rtgfjt of tlje gnsurctt, fjerebg rcserbctt, to cfjange tfje Beneficiarg or 
 beneficiaries the sum o f ^en gTl^ousanti — Dollars^ 
 
 upon receipt and approval of proof of the death of said Insured while this 
 PoHcy is in full force, the balance of the year's premium, if any, and any 
 other indebtedness on account of this Policy being first deducted therefrom ; 
 provided, however, that if no Beneficiary shall survive the said Insured, then 
 such payment shall be made to the executors, administrators or assigns of the 
 said Insured. 
 
 In Witness Whereof, THE NORTH STAR MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM- 
 PANY, at its office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has by its President and Secretary, executed 
 this contract, this Firsf ^y p f January one thousand nine hundred and 
 
 eight. 
 
 S. A. Hawkins^ Secretary. Z. H. Perkins^ President. 
 
INSURANCE 161 
 
 ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY 
 
 dtiited Casualty Company 
 
 Ktt Consitieration of — Twenty-five Dollars' premium and the warranties 
 
 and agreements in the application for this policy, which application is hereby- 
 made a part hereof, the United Casualty Company, herein called the Com- 
 pany, insures, subject to the provisions, conditions, definitions and limits herein, 
 
 John Doe of Harrisburg, Pa 
 
 by occupation : Printer 
 
 herein called the Insured, for twelve months, beginning at noon, standard 
 
 time, on the first day of January, 190-5_, against loss as 
 
 herein provided caused by bodily injury effected exclusively and directly by ex- 
 ternal, violent and accidental means which, independently of any and all other 
 causes, immediately, wholly and continuously disables him, to wit: 
 
 I A LOSS OF LIFE, Ten Thousand DoWurs ($ .10,000) ; 
 
 B LOSS OF BOTH EYES, the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 C LOSS OF BOTH HANDS, the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 D LOSS OF BOTH FEET, the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 E LOSS OF ONE HAND and ONE FOOT, the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 F LOSS OF ONE ARM, three-fifths the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 G LOSS OF ONE LEG, three-fifths the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 H LOSS OF ONE HAND, one-half the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 I LOSS OF ONE FOOT, one-half the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 J LOSS OF ONE EYE, one-quarter the amount stipulated for loss of life ; 
 
 K TOTAL LOSS OF TIME, Twenty-five Dollars per week, not to exceed 
 
 104 consecutive weeks ; 
 L PARTIAL LOSS OF TIME, one-half the amount stipulated for total loss of time per 
 
 week, not to exceed 30 consecutive weeks. 
 *********** 
 
 3En SjJitnegg fafjercof the SEniteti ffiasualtg CTompang has caused this policy to be signed by its 
 President and Secretary, but it shall not be in force until countersigned by a duly authorized rep- 
 resentative of the Company. 
 
 Richard Johnson, President. Dan J. Seward, secretary. 
 
 Countersigned 
 
 Herbert W. Greenland, Agt. 
 
 290. Written 
 
 1. a, A wooden dwelling house in a city was insured for 
 three years for f 3500, the rate of premium being $.Qb on |100 
 of insurance for three years. Find the premium. 
 
162 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 h. How much did the owner pay in premiums in twelve 
 years, at this rate ? 
 
 e. The rate of premium for brick dwellings in the same city 
 is bb^ on ilOO, for three-year policies. Find the premium for 
 $4200 of insurance on a brick dwelling in that city. 
 
 d. The insurance agent who wrote the policy in question c 
 received as his commission 25% of the premium. Find the 
 agent's commission. 
 
 2. A schoolhouse in a Western city is insured for three 
 years for 128,000, at |%, The agent's commission is 20% of 
 the premium. Find the agent's commission. 
 
 3. A farmer in Pennsylvania has his house insured for 
 $900 and his barns for $1350, the premium for the former 
 being |% and for the latter 1^ %, for three-year policies. 
 What is the farmer's annual expense for insurance ? 
 
 4. a. The premium for insuring a mill, in a small village, 
 for $2000, amounted to $75 a year. What was the annual 
 rate of premium ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: % of $2000 = |75. 
 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? 
 
 h. What was received by the agent who wrote three annual 
 policies on this mill, his commission being 15 % of the premiums'^ 
 
 5. A merchant's stock of goods is insured for -| of its value, 
 for three years, at |^%. If the stock is worth $7500, what is 
 the annual expense for insurance ? 
 
 6. I pay $28.50 for three years' insurance, the rate of 
 premium being | %. How much insurance have I ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: f % of $ = $28.50. 
 
 7. The premium for insuring my house, at 70^ per $100, is 
 $38.50. What is the face of the policy ? 
 
INSURANCE 163 
 
 8. A machine shop is insured for three years at a cost of 
 $114. If the rate is 1|%, what is the face of the policy ? 
 
 9. An agent received $5,25 as his commission for insuring 
 a house for ^ of its value. The rate of premium was ^ % and 
 the agent received 25 % of the premium, 
 
 a. What was the premium ? 
 
 b. What was the face of the policy ? 
 
 c. What was the value of the house ? 
 
 10. How many dollars of insurance must an agent secure in 
 order that he may obtain $46,35, if his commission is 15% of 
 the premiums and the premiums are 1-|- % of the insurance ? 
 
 11. A man had an accident insurance policy which cost him 
 $25 a year. After he had paid three years' premiums, he was 
 injured by an accident and received $20 a week for six weekso 
 
 a. The man received how much more than he paid ? 
 
 5. If the agent received 30 % of the premiums, how much 
 did the insurance company lose by insuring this man ? 
 
 c. If the company insured ten other men for the same time 
 at the same rate, and none of them made any claim for injuries, 
 how much more did the company receive from the eleven men 
 than it paid out on account of the one man's injuries ? 
 
 12. A house worth $ 3600 was insured for |- of its value, and 
 the contents, worth $2800, were insured for 1 of their value. 
 The rate of insurance was 65/ on $100. The house and con- 
 tents were entirely destroyed within a year. 
 
 a. What did the company lose by insuring the property ? 
 
 5. What did the owner lose by the fire? 
 
 c. What did the owner gain by having the property insured ? 
 
 13. A mill owner had his mill insured every year by one 
 company, for $23,000, at ^%. After he had paid five annual 
 
164 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 premiums, the mill was damaged by fire to the amount of 
 $3150, which was paid in full by the insurance company. 
 
 a. How much did the owner gain by having the mill insured ? 
 
 h. How much did the company lose by insuring the mill ? 
 
 14. Property worth $48,600 is insured for | of its value at a 
 cost of $364.50. What is the rate ? 
 
 15. a. Turn to the life insurance policy on page 160. If 
 John Doe lives to be seventy years old, and pays 35 re- 
 newals, besides the first premium, how much money will he 
 have paid to the insurance company ? 
 
 h. How much would the first premium amount to in 35 
 years, if put on interest at the rate of 5 % per year, simple 
 interest ? 
 
 c. If the agent through whom John Doe obtained this policy 
 received as his commission 40 % of the first premium and 5 % 
 of all renewals for the first ten years, how much did he receive 
 in all ? 
 
 • 16. The premium on Mr. Wilson's accident policy was at the 
 rate of $5.00 per $1000 of the face of the policy. The agent's 
 commission was 25% of the premium. If the agent received 
 $6.25, what was the face of the policy ? 
 
 17. A man took out a $5000 ten-year endowment life insur- 
 ance policy, on which the semi-annual premium was $55.95 per 
 $1000 of the face of the policy. If he lived ten years after 
 taking the policy, and paid all the premiums when due, how 
 much did he pay to the company ? 
 
 18. A merchant has his stock of goods insured for $18,000 at 
 2J% for three years, his building for $12,500 at 2% for three 
 years, one boiler at $15 a year, an elevator at $35 a year, and 
 plate glass at $12 per year, with 30% off, on the plate glass. 
 How much does his insurance cost in three years ? 
 
INTEREST 165 
 
 19. A man starting on a journey bought a 12-day accident 
 policy at f2.50. When that expired he bought a 10-day 
 policy at ^2.00, and after that a 7-day policy at 25 cents a 
 day. How much would he have saved by investing at first in 
 a 30-day policy that cost 14.50? 
 
 INTEREST 
 
 291 . Money paid for the use of money is interest. 
 
 292. Money for the use of which interest is paid is the princi- 
 pal. 
 
 293. The sum of the principal and interest is the amount. 
 
 294. The sum to he paid for the use of money is always deter- 
 mined by taking a certain per cent of the principal. 
 
 295. The number of hundredths of the priiicipal taken as the 
 interest for one year is the rate of interest. For instance, if a 
 sum of money is borrowed and 6 % of that sum is the interest 
 for one year, the rate of interest is 6 % . 
 
 296. The rate of interest which is fixed by law is called the 
 legal rate. In a majority of the states the legal rate is 6%. 
 In some states it is greater than 6 %, and in some states less. 
 
 A lower rate than the legal rate is always allowed by law if the debtor 
 and creditor so agree. In some states a higher rate than the legal rate is 
 allowed, if the debtor and creditor so agree ; in others a higher rate than the 
 legal rate is forbidden by law. What is the legal rate where you live ? 
 
 297. Interest at a higher rate than that permitted by law is 
 usury. 
 
 298. Oral 
 
 1. Mr. Smith borrowed $100 from Mr. Arnold for 1 yr. At 
 the end of the year Mr. Smith repaid the money which he had 
 
166 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 borrowed and also paid Mr. Arnold 6 % interest. How much 
 was the interest ? What was the principal ? How much did 
 Mr. Arnold receive in all ? What is this sum called ? Who 
 was the debtor ? Who was the creditor ? 
 
 2. What is the interest on 1 500 at 5 % for 1 yr. ? On $ 800 ? 
 On 1 900 ? On $ 300 ? On 1 1000 ? On 1 250 ? 
 
 3. What is the interest on 1 500 for 1 yr. at 5 % ? At 10 % ? 
 At 7 % ? At 4 % ? At 3 % ? At 8 % ? 
 
 4. What is the interest on $ 1000 at 5 % for 1 yr. ? For 
 2yr. ? ForSyr.? For 8 yr. ? ForlOyr.? 
 
 5. What is the interest on 1 100 for 2 yr. at 6 % ? At 4 % ? 
 At 3 % ? At 9 % ? At 8 % ? 
 
 6. Six months are what part of a year ? 3 mo. ? 4 mo. ? 
 8 mo. ? 9 mo. ? 10 mo. ? 1 mo. ? 
 
 7. What is the interest on 1 600 for 1 yr. at 6 % ? For 
 6 mo. ? For 3 mo. ? For 4 mo. ? For 8 mo. ? For 9 mo. ? 
 
 8. Make and solve many problems similar to the above, 
 multiplying the interest for one year by the number of years, 
 treating months as fractions of a year. 
 
 299. Written 
 
 1. a. What is the interest on 1800 for 2 yr. 6 mo. at 5 % ? 
 
 How do we find the interest for one year ? For 2i years? 
 b. What is the interest on $840 for 1 yr. 9 mo. at 4 J %? 
 105 
 
 m 
 
 X ^x 7 = 166.15 Ans. 
 100 
 
INTEREST 167 
 
 9 4- 
 
 How does — compare in value with -— ^ ? 
 200 100 
 
 We multiply 4-1 and 100 by 2 to obtain 2^^. 
 1 yr. 9 mo. = how many months? 
 
 2. Find the interest on 
 
 a. 1750 for 2 yr. at 6%. 
 
 h. 1 375 for 1 yr. 6 mo. at 6 %. 
 
 c. $500 for 2yr. at 3|%. 
 
 d. f 625 for 6 mo. at 4 %. (6 mo. = what part of a year ?) 
 
 e. I 342.40 for 1 yr. 3 mo. at 4J %. 
 /. 1 279.75 for 1 yr. 2 mo. at 6 %. 
 g. $364.50 for 2 yr. 8 mo. at ^%. 
 h. % 640 for 1 yr. 9 mo. at 51 %. 
 
 300. Oral 
 
 1. In computing interest, one year is assumed to be 360 days, 
 and one month 30 days. On that assumption, 1 day is what 
 fraction of a year? 2 days ? 3 days? 7 days? 245 days ? 
 430 days ? 83 days ? 792 days? 879 days ? 90 days? 
 
 2. The interest on a sum of money for 1 day is what part 
 of the interest for a year ? 
 
 3. The interest on a sum of money for 9 days is what part 
 of the interest for a year ? The interest for 231 days is what 
 part of the interest for a year? 
 
 4. 1 yr. and 15 da. are how many days, counting 360 days 
 as a year? 
 
 5. The interest on a sum of money for 1 yr. 15 da. is how 
 many 360ths of the interest for a year ? 
 
 6. The interest on a sum of money for 3 mo. 20 da. is how 
 many 360ths of the interest for one year ? 
 
 7. The interest for 5 mo. 10 da. is how many 360ths of the 
 interest for one year? 
 
168 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 301. Written 
 
 1. Find the interest on $240 for 1 yr. 3 mo. 18 da. at ^%. 
 
 3 
 
 ^ 52 
 
 1 yr. = 360 da. |^ _7_ ^0^ _ 
 3 mo. = 90 da. i "" ^ff^p"" ^ "^^^'^"^ "^'''• 
 
 18 da. 100 ^ 
 
 1 yr. 3 mo. 18 da. = 468 da., or ^^^ yr. 
 
 2. Find the interest on 
 
 a. 1 700 for 30 da. at 6%. 
 
 h. $450 for 45 da. at 5%. 
 
 c. 11380 for 82 da. at 4-1%. 
 
 d. $3000 for 2 mo. 20 da. at 7 %. 
 
 e. $6540 for 1 yr. 15 da. at 5%. 
 
 /. $2700 for 1 yr. 2 mo. 12 da. at 4 %. 
 
 ff. $450 for 1 yr. 6 mo. 6 da. at 5| %. 
 
 h. $280 for 2 yr. 2 mo. 17 da. at 3 %. 
 
 i. $519.16 for 173 da. at 5%. 
 
 y. $249.83 for 1 yr. 5 mo. 14 da. at 6%. 
 
 k. $931 for 1 yr. 11 mo. 19 da. at 21%. 
 
 I. $67,000 for 2 yr. 17 da. at 3%. 
 
 m. $864.13 for 9 mo. 16 da. at 4^%. 
 
 n. $4182 for 1 yr. 4 mo. 11 da. at 8%. 
 
 0. $180.55 for 10 mo. 23 da. at 6^ %. 
 
 302. Oral 
 
 1. Find the interest on 
 
 a. $300 for 1 yr. at 31%. e. $300 for 30 da. at 4 % 
 
 h. $200 for 2 yr. at 51%. d. $700 for 6 mo. at 3%. 
 
 2. From Jan. 1, 1908, to June 1, 1908, is what part of a 
 year ? Find the interest on $ 2500 at 6 % for that time. 
 
INTEREST 169 
 
 3. Find the interest on f 200 from July 1, 1908, to Jan. 1, 1909, 
 at the legal rate where you live. 
 
 4. What is the interest on $400 from Nov. 1, 1907, to Nov. 1, 
 1909, at the legal rate in your state ? 
 
 5. If I borrow $250 on the first of January and pay the debt 
 on the first of the following January, with interest at the legal 
 rate in your state, how much do I pay ? 
 
 303. Written 
 
 1. What is the amount of |700 when put at interest at 5% 
 from Nov. 21, 190T, to June 3, 1909? 
 
 1909 yr. 6 mo. 3 da. 
 
 1907 11 21 
 
 1 yr. 6 mo. 12 da. Biff, in Time 
 
 7 46 $700.00 
 
 ZM X -f- X il = 153.67 Interest ^3.67 
 
 1 ^^ ?W $15S,67 Amount, Ans. 
 
 6 
 
 2. Find the amount of 
 
 a. 1250 from April 7, 1905, to Oct. 19, 1906, at 6%. 
 
 b. $5000 from Sept. 15, 1905, to May 21, 1907, at 6%. 
 
 c. $348 from July 25, 1902, to March 11, 1904, at 5%. 
 
 d. $1000 from Jan. 28, 1907, to Jan. 21, 1909, at 5-1 %. 
 
 e. $875 from Sept. 30, 1908, to Feb. 24, 1909, at 4i %. 
 /. $3980 from March 2, 1901, to July 2, 1903, at 41%. 
 g. $600 from Oct. 12, 1899, to April 12, 1901, at 7%. 
 h. $1350 from Aug. 25, 1907, to Dec. 5, 1908, at 51%. 
 ^. $163.50 from Dec. 16, 1907, to Jan. 1, 1909, at 8%. 
 
 3. Mr. Anderson borrowed $700 May 15, 1907, and agreed 
 to pay it June 3, 1908, with 6 % interest. How much did he 
 have to pay? 
 
The money is on interest for 
 
 170 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 4. What is the amount of 1600 when put at interest from 
 June 24, 1904, to May 19, 1906, at the legal rate where you live? 
 
 5. Compute the interest on $428.70 from Oct. 18, 1908, to 
 July 13, 1910, at the legal rate where you live. 
 
 INTEREST FOR SHORT PERIODS 
 
 304. When money is on interest for less than a year, it is 
 customary to compute the time in days. 
 
 1. What is the interest on 11575.25 from Jan. 9, 1904, to 
 March 15, 1904, at 3 % ? 
 
 '22 da. left in Jan. 
 29 da. in Feb. 
 15^ da. in March 
 66 da. Term of Interest 
 
 2. Compute the interest on 
 
 a. 1600 from April 21 to Aug. 3, at 7%. 
 
 5. 1845.60 from Sept. 1 to Dec. 24, at 6 %. 
 
 c. $570 from April 25 to Aug. 13, at 5| %. 
 
 d. 1473.70 from June 1 to July 31, at 8 %. 
 
 e. $1857 from Nov. 30 to Dec. 31, at 7%. 
 
 3. Compute the interest on 
 
 a. 1900 from Dec. 18, 1903, to Feb. 21, 1904, at 6|-%. 
 5. $388.20 from Dec. 18, 1906, to Feb. 21, 1907, at 6%. 
 
 c. $1880 from Dec. 19, 1905, to March 1, 1906, at 3i%. 
 
 d. $1230 from Dec. 19, 1907, to March 1, 1908, at 6%. 
 
 e. $870 from Nov. 1, 1908, to April 1, 1909, at 6%. 
 
 4. Compute the amount of 
 
 a. $496 from June 15 to Oct. 15, 1901, at 5%. 
 
 b. 14000 from Dec. 1, 1903, to Feb. 1, 1904, at 6%. 
 
 c. $460.80 from May 8 to July 7, 1908, at 5 %. 
 
 d. $500 from Sept. 30, 1905, to Feb. 10, 1906, at 6 %. 
 
INTEREST 171 
 
 5. On the first day of May, 1907, Mr. Blank borrowed 
 f 1800 with which to buy an automobile, agreeing to pay the 
 money with interest at 6 % on the 10th day of September. He 
 sold the automobile for fl350 on the 10th of September. 
 How much money must he put with what he received, in order 
 to pay his debt ? 
 
 EXACT INTEREST 
 
 305. When a day is called 3 J^ of a year, in computing inter- 
 est, the interest obtained is a trifle greater than it would be if 
 each day were taken as ^J^ of a year — its exact value. Inter- 
 est computed by the usual method is therefore slightly inexact; 
 yet business men seem to consider that its greater convenience 
 compensates for its lack of accuracy. 
 
 306. Exact interest is interest computed hy taking as many 
 ^Qbths of the interest on the given principal for one year as there 
 are days in the interest period. 
 
 The exact method of computing interest is employed by the United States 
 government and, to a limited extent, elsewhere. 
 
 The process is the same as that given in the preceding pages, except that 
 the last factor has 365, instead of 360, for its denominator. 
 
 307. Written 
 
 1. What is the exact interest on $731.46, at 8%, from Jan. 
 
 29 to July 22, 1908 ? 
 
 
 
 Jan. 2 da. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 29 da. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 31 da. 
 
 10.02 35 
 
 Int. Period - 
 
 Apr. 30 da. 
 
 mU-n.. 8 an 
 
 
 May 31 da. 
 
 1 ^ 100 '^ ^^ 
 
 
 June 30 da. 
 
 n 
 
 
 July 22 da. 
 
 
 T 
 
 otal, 175 da. 
 
 
 128.056 or 
 128.06 Am, 
 
172 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. Find the exact interest on 
 
 a. $5000 at 5% from Oct. 5, 1905, to April 3, 1906. 
 
 h, $584 at 4% from Jan. 7 to May 5, 1908. 
 
 c. $109.50 at 3% from May 5 to Sept. 6, 1905. 
 
 d. $2190 at 7% from Nov. 15, 1908, to April 1, 1909. 
 
 e. $75.50 at 31% for 90 da. 
 
 3. A man borrowed $500 on the 5th of May. How much 
 is due on the debt July first, computing exact interest at 5 % ? 
 
 4. What is the difference between the common and the exact 
 interest at 5 % on $525,600 for 15 da. ? 
 
 5. What is the amount of $328.50, computing exact interest 
 at 7 %, from June 12 to Aug. 28 ? 
 
 6. Find the amount of $1095 for 146 da., computing exact 
 interest at 5^ % . 
 
 7. Find the exact interest on $8760, at 41%, from Oct. 15, 
 1908, to Feb. 15, 1909. 
 
 PROBLEMS IN INTEREST 
 308. Oral 
 
 1. In the preceding examples in interest we have found in 
 every case that the interest is the product of what factors ? 
 
 2. When we have given any number of factors, what must 
 we do to find the product ? 
 
 3. When we have given the product of two factors, and one 
 of the factors, how may we find the other factor ? 
 
 4. Which term in division is always a product? Which 
 terms are factors? 
 
 5. Which term in multiplication is the product? Which 
 terms are factors? 
 
INTEREST 
 
 173 
 
 6. 8x7 
 found ? 
 
 7. 8x? 
 
 found ? 
 
 ? Which terms are given ? Which is to be 
 36. Which terms are given? Which is to be 
 Which terms are given? Which is to be 
 
 8. ? X 7 = 56 
 found ? 
 
 9. When we have given the product of three factors, and 
 two of the factors, how may we find the remaining factor ? 
 
 10. 5x3x2 = ? Which terms are given ? Which is to be 
 found ? 
 
 30. Which terms are given ? Which is to 
 
 11. 5 x 3 X ? 
 be found ? 
 
 30. 
 
 12. 5x?x2 
 be found? 
 
 13. ? X 3 X 2 = 30. 
 
 be found? 
 
 Which terms are given? 
 Which tferms are given? 
 
 Which is to 
 
 Which is to 
 
 14. In each of the following examples, tell which terms are 
 given, arid which is to be found, and find the term which is 
 wanting. 
 
 a. 
 
 3x7x2=? 
 
 h. 
 
 ?x7x2 = 42 
 
 c. 
 
 3 X ? X 2 = 42 
 
 d. 
 
 3x7x? = 42 
 
 e. 
 
 7x5x2=? 
 
 /. 
 
 8x?x3 = 48 
 
 9- 
 
 9x6x? = 108 
 
 h. 
 
 4 X 7 X ? = 112 
 
 i. 
 
 lOx ? X 
 
 10 = 10,000 
 
 J- 
 
 3xllx 
 
 ? = 99 
 
 k. 
 
 6x ? X 
 
 5 = 120 
 
 I 
 
 7x 2 X 
 
 ? = 700 
 
 m. 
 
 ?xl2 X 
 
 5 = 600 
 
 n. 
 
 ?xl3 X 
 
 4 = 104 
 
 0. 
 
 5 X 5 X 
 
 ? = 125 
 
 P- 
 
 ?x 6 X 
 
 7 = 210 
 
 15. When we have given the principal, rate, and time ex- 
 pressed in years, how is the interest found? 
 
174 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 16. The principal, rate, and time expressed in years are what 
 of the interest ? 
 
 17. When the principal, rate, and interest are given, how 
 may the time be found? 
 
 18. When the principal, time, and interest are given, how 
 may the rate be found ? 
 
 19. When the rate, time, and interest are given, how may 
 the principal be found? 
 
 309. Written 
 
 1. The interest on 1720 for 1 yr. 8 mo. 11 da. is $61.10. 
 Find the rate. 
 
 Statement of Relation : ?^ x Rate x^ = $61.10. 
 1 360 
 
 Which terms of relation are given? Which is to be found? How shall 
 we find it? 
 
 4 
 
 Solution 
 2 
 
 ^x 611 = 1222. 
 
 1 m 
 
 Rate = 61.10 - (— x ^] = 61.10 - 1222 = .05, or 5% Atis. 
 
 2. At what rate of interest will $2350 gain $94 in 8 mo. ? 
 
 3. When the interest on |240 for 1 yr. 7 mo. is $30.40, 
 what is the rate? 
 
 4. At what rate will $1600 amount to $1718.60 in 1 yr. 
 7 mo. 23 da. ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: ^^^ x Rate x — = $118.60. 
 -^ 1 360 
 
 What is $118.60? How is it obtained? 
 
 5. At what rate will $52.50 double itself in 16 yr. 8 mo. ? 
 
INTEREST , 175 
 
 6. At what rate will any sum double itself in 14 yr. ? 
 
 7. At what rate will any sum double itself in 16 yr. 8 mo. ? 
 
 8. At what rate must f 960 be put at interest to gain 199.20 
 in 1 yr. 3 mo. 15 da. ? 
 
 9. Interest 1110.72, principal $3460, time 8 mo. 16 da. Find 
 the rate. 
 
 310. Written 
 
 1. In what time will $5000 gain $375 if put at interest 
 at 41%? 
 
 Statement of Relation: i^^ X ii X | . ^'"^^ \ = |375. ^ 
 •^ 1 100 lin years J 
 
 Which terms of relation are given ? 
 Which term is to be found ? 
 
 Solution 
 
 1 m 
 
 Time = E5 ^ (5000 ^ Jt£\ 375 ^ 225 = If yr. 
 
 1 V 1 100 / ' "^ 
 
 or, 1 yr. 8 mo. Ans. 
 
 2. For what time will $101.50 pay the interest on $725 
 at 7 % ? 
 
 3. A young man borrowed $3000 from his father, paying 
 him 41 % interest every year. How long must the father 
 permit the debt to run in order to receive $ 945 in interest ? 
 
 4. In what time will $4816 on interest at ^% earn 
 $421.40? 
 
 5. In what time will $1200 earn $306 if put on interest at 
 
176 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 6. In what time will 1210 bear $25.62 interest, at 9% 
 per annum ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: $^ x — x I '^^"^^ 1 = $25.62. 
 -^ 1 100 1 in years/ 
 
 Solving as indicated above, the time is 1\^ yr. 
 
 4 
 
 H yr. = ^ X ^mo. = ff mo. = 4^ mo. 
 
 ^P 1 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 A mo. = — X ^ da. = 8 da. 1 yr. 4 mo. 8 da. Ans. 
 
 JL^ 1 
 
 7. $217 will pay, the interest on 82000 for how long at 
 6%? 
 
 8. For what time will $25.62 pay the interest on $210* 
 at9%? 
 
 9. In what time will $231 put at interest at 5% amount to 
 $243. 70 J? 
 
 10. 1630 will pay the interest on $3500 at 5% for what 
 time ? 
 
 11. In what time will $810 amount to $823.23 if put at 
 interest at 7 % ? 
 
 12. In what time will $1896 amount to $2006.60 at 5% ? 
 
 13. A note for $1800 with interest at 6% amounted to 
 $1828.50 when it was paid. How long had the note run ? 
 
 14. A man borrowed $1280 at 4|% interest and paid the 
 debt when it amounted to $1341.60. How long did he have 
 the use of the money ? 
 
 15. A debt of $10,000 on interest at 5J% amounted to 
 $10,618.75 when it was paid. How long had it run ? 
 
INTEREST 177 
 
 311. Written 
 
 1. What principal on interest at 6 % will gain |90 in 1 yr. 
 
 1 mo. 10 da. ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : Principal x xf fy x f f^ = 1 90. 
 Which terms of relation are given ? Which is to be found ? 
 
 Solution 
 1 
 
 15 
 Principal = 90 -- (^f ^ x |§§) = 90 - ^V = # 1350 Ans. 
 
 2. What principal will earn $80 in two years at 5% ? 
 
 3. A farmer owed a debt on which he paid 1495 interest in 
 three years, the rate being 5^ % . How much did he owe ? 
 
 4. A certain city borrowed money at 3|% interest, with 
 which to build a city hall. In 7 yr. 6 mo. the city paid 
 178,750 interest on this debt. How much money was bor- 
 rowed ? 
 
 5. What principal will yield $26.40 interest in 1 yr. 4 mo. 
 
 at 81%? 
 
 6. What principal, at 7%, will bring 1153.93 interest in 
 
 2 yr. 6 mo. ? 
 
 7. A man paid 146.41 for the use of a sum of money for 
 7 mo. 11 da. The rate was 7 %. What was the principal? 
 
 8. A man paid §209 interest on a sum of money for 9 mo. 
 15 da. If the rate was 5i % , what was the principal ? 
 
178 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 312. Written 
 
 1. What principal will amount to 1584.65 in 1 yr. 18 da. 
 at6%? 
 
 63 
 
 $lx-^x|^ = 8.063 interest on f 1 for 1 yr. 18 da. 
 
 100 ppP 
 W 
 
 10 $1,063 amount of |1 for 1 yr. 18 da. 
 
 Statement of Relation: $1,063 x Principal = 1584.65. 
 Which term of relation is to be found ? Find it. 
 
 2. What principal will amount to $431.20 in 2 yr. at 6 % ? 
 
 3. What principal on interest at 5% will amount to 1 430 in 
 1 yr. 6 mo. ? 
 
 4. Mr. Smith borrowed a sum of money at 4| % interest for 
 eight months. When the debt became due, he had to pay 
 $2060. What was the sum borrowed ? 
 
 5. A farmer bought a hay press, agreeing to pay for it in 
 six months, with 5% interest on the purchase price. When 
 the money became due, it took $491.20 to settle the bill. 
 What was the purchase price ? 
 
 6. Mr. Jacobs bought a house Nov. 23, 1905, paying three 
 fifths of the price in cash and the remainder with 5% interest 
 on the 5th of February, 1907, when it required $1696 to cancel 
 the debt. 
 
 a. How much was left unpaid at the time of purchase ? 
 h. What was the purchase price of the house ? 
 
 7. A dealer in real estate offered me a lot for $1317.50, to be 
 paid 15 mo. after date of purchase, without interest. This was 
 equal to what cash price, money being worth 6 % ? 
 
INTEREST 
 
 179 
 
 313. Written 
 
 In examples 1-20 find the terms indicated hy interrogation 
 points : 
 
 
 Principal 
 
 Rate 
 
 Time 
 
 Interest 
 
 Amount 
 
 1. 
 
 $364.24 
 
 6% 
 
 1 yr. 4 mo. 
 
 ? 
 
 
 2. 
 
 12700 
 
 5% 
 
 1 yr. 1 mo. 
 
 
 ? 
 
 3. 
 
 12350 
 
 5% 
 
 1 yr. 3 mo. 6 da. 
 
 ? 
 
 ? 
 
 4. 
 
 1292 
 
 H% 
 
 90 da. 
 
 Exact 
 
 ? 
 
 5. 
 
 $1730 
 
 4% 
 
 ? 
 
 $318.32 
 
 
 6. 
 
 ? 
 
 4i% 
 
 2 yr. 9 mo. 
 
 $1556.775 
 
 ? 
 
 7. 
 
 $387.50 
 
 ? 
 
 7 mo. 24 da. 
 
 $20.15 
 
 
 8. 
 
 $3500 
 
 5% 
 
 ? 
 
 $630 
 
 
 9. 
 
 $1000 
 
 e% 
 
 ? 
 
 ? 
 
 $2000 
 
 10. 
 
 $250 
 
 ? 
 
 90 da. 
 
 ? 
 
 $252.50 
 
 11. 
 
 $3500 
 
 ? 
 
 July 18 to Nov. 9 
 
 $70 
 
 
 12. 
 
 ? 
 
 5% 
 
 Jan. 1 to May 25, 
 
 1908 
 
 ? 
 
 $3580 
 
 13. 
 
 ? 
 
 5|% 
 
 ? 
 
 $132 
 
 $4132 
 
 14. 
 
 $1800 
 
 ? 
 
 Feb. 20 to Sept. 21, 
 1907 
 
 $86.75 
 
 
 15. 
 
 ? 
 
 6%' 
 
 6 mo. 6 da. 
 
 
 $494.88 
 
 16. 
 
 $620.50 
 
 5i% 
 
 30 da. 
 
 Exact 
 
 ? 
 
 17. 
 
 ? 
 
 5% 
 
 146 da. 
 
 Exact 
 
 $765 
 
 18. 
 
 $800 
 
 ? 
 
 73 da. 
 
 Exact 
 
 $811.20 
 
 19. 
 
 $2500 
 
 5% 
 
 ? 
 
 Exact 
 
 $2550 
 
 20. 
 
 $350 
 
 51% 
 
 Apr. 1 to Nov. 6 
 
 Exact 
 
 ? 
 
180 • GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 21. What is the difference between the exact interest and the 
 common interest on $657 for 90 da. at 5% ? 
 
 22. How long will it take 11440 to earn 1244.80 interest 
 at4J%? 
 
 23. What sum must a lady have invested at 5 % per annum 
 to yield her an income of S125 a month ? 
 
 COMPOUND INTEREST 
 
 314. Compound interest is interest computed hy adding the 
 unpaid interest to the principal at regular interest periods^ and 
 talcing the sum for a new principal for each succeeding interest 
 period. 
 
 315. Simple interest is interest computed on the original prin- 
 cipal for the entire time. 
 
 In ordinary business transactions, " with interest " is under- 
 stood to mean simple interest, although the debt may run for 
 several years. 
 
 It is customary to insert in contracts for the payment of 
 interest, where the debt runs for a longer period than one year, 
 a provision that the interest shall be paid at regular periods, 
 usually of three months, six months, or one year. This is 
 especially true in the case of insurance companies, loan asso- 
 ciations, and other institutions doing a large loan business ; so 
 that they are enabled to compute their income on a compound 
 interest basis by loaning the interest as fast as it is paid in. 
 
 Savings banks and trust companies generally allow compound 
 interest on all deposits remaining for a full interest period, which 
 is usually three or six months. 
 
 316. Written 
 
 1. Find the compound interest of 1350 for 2 yr. and 6 mo. 
 
 at 6%, 
 
COMPOUND INTEREST 181 
 
 Solution 
 
 $350.00 Principal 
 
 21.00 Interest for 1st year 
 $371.00 Amount taken as new principal 
 
 22.26 Interest for 2d year 
 $393.26 Amount used as new principal 
 
 11.80 Interest for 6 mo. 
 $405.06 Amount for 2 yr. 6 mo. 
 350.00 1st principal 
 $55.06 Compound interest for 2 yr. 6 mo. 
 
 Note 1. — When the interest is compounded semi-annually, the rate for 
 each period is one half the annual rate ; when quarterly, one fourth. 
 
 When no interest period is mentioned, interest is compounded annually. 
 
 Note 2. — In actual practice, compound interest is computed by means 
 of compound interest tables similar to that on page 410. The table gives the 
 amounts of one dollar for from one to twenty periods, at various rates for 
 each period. The required amount is obtained by multiplying the amount 
 of one dollar, for the required number of interest periods, at the given rate, 
 by the given principal. If the compound interest is desired, omit the 1 
 at the left of the decimal point in the multiplicand. 
 
 2. What is the compound interest of $830 for 3 years at 5 % ? 
 
 3. What is the amount of $ 650 for 4 years at 4 % interest, 
 compounded semiannually ? 
 
 4. What is the compound interest of 1365 for 2 yr. 7 mo. 18 
 da. at 6 %, compounded semiannually ? 
 
 5. What is the compound interest on 1640 for 4 years at 
 5%? 
 
 6. What is the interest, compounded quarterly, on f 538.25 
 for 2 yr. 6 mo., rate 4 % ? 
 
 7. What is the interest, compounded annually, on $683.48 
 for 4 years at 6 % ? 
 
 8. What is the compound interest on 1437.50, for 3 yr. 6 
 mo., at 5 %, compounded semiannually? 
 
182 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 PROMISSORY NOTES 
 
 317. A promissory note is a written promise made hy one party 
 to pay absolutely a specified sum of money to another party at a 
 certain time. 
 
 Since the term "note" in business transactions always refers 
 to a promissory note, we shall henceforth omit the word "promis- 
 sory" in speaking of a note. 
 
 FORMS OF NOTES 
 
 318. The following forms illustrate various kinds of notes : 
 
 Note I 
 
 ^600^^ Springfield, Mass., CCucf. d, 1^07 
 
 .. _^^_^?^_^_f^ _^^after date, J promise to pay 
 
 to trie order of Z 7_ 
 
 .Z^:^?/'f!f!!f^.^^.'?^rrr:::rrrrrrr:r::r.A)ZZars, with interest. 
 
 Value received. 
 
 Note I.— Back 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 1 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ■■^^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
PROMISSORY NOTES 
 Note 2 
 
 183 
 
 Los Angeles, Cat., (Z^vvt /, /(^08 
 
 U'yb& u&ci'b 
 
 1ft 
 
 after date, J projnise to pay. 
 
 W^. f. fSoAA. 
 
 ■3^MH> ku.rvcLv&ci 
 
 or Nearer :?:rrrrrr?:?:^:_^^/:r::___ nYf_rrrr:::r:::doiia.rs, 
 
 with interest at seven per cent. 
 Value received. 
 
 Note 2. — Back 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 %. -> 
 
 s ^ 
 
 V ^%, 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 ^^ ^ 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 oj -3 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 -^-^ 
 
 v: ^^ 
 
 d * 
 
 ^ i" 
 ^ J 
 ^ S 
 
 
 Note 3 
 
 f/000^^ 
 
 dn d&yyuam^ci 
 
 Scranton, Pa., Tflciif 12, f^ifOS 
 prormse to pay L-i- 
 
 for value received, with interest. 
 
184 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Note 3. — Back 
 
 Note 4 
 
 to the order of'. 
 
 Cleveland, O., c/fo-v-. f , /(^07 
 after date, J promise to pay 
 
 .dollars. Value received. 
 
 Note 4. — Back 
 
PROMISSORY NOTES 185 
 
 Note 5 
 
 /^i'JU^ Rochester, K.Y., incuy. /, /(J08 
 
 ?^^^__^^_^_^ after date, J promise 
 
 to pay / 
 
 Value received. 
 
 KINDS OF NOTES 
 
 319. The party who makes the promise is the maker of a note. 
 
 320. The party to whom the money is promised to he paid is 
 the payee of a note. 
 
 321. The party who owns a note is the holder. 
 
 322. The sum promised to he paid., not including interest., is 
 the face of a note. 
 
 323. A note in which the maker promises to pay interest is an 
 interest-bearing note. 
 
 324. A note in which the maker does not promise to pay in- 
 terest is a no n- interest- bearing note. 
 
 325. A time note is a note pay ahle at a specified time after date. 
 
 326. A demand note is a note pay ahle on demand of the holder. 
 A note payable one day from date becomes a demand note, 
 
 for the holder may require payment at any time after date. 
 
 327. A note is negotiable (i.e. transferahle) when it is drawn 
 pay ahle — 
 
 a. To the hearer^ h. To the payee or hearer^ or c. To the 
 order of the payee. 
 
186 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Note. — Besides the previous conditions, a note to be negotiable — 
 In Alabama, must be payable at a fixed place. 
 In Indiana, must be payable at a bank. 
 In West Virginia, must be payable at a banking office. 
 
 328. A note is non-negotiable when it is drawn payable only to 
 the payee. 
 
 329. A note should contain the following things, in addition 
 to the words of the promise: 
 
 a. The time and place at which the note is made. 
 
 h. The face, expressed both in figures and in words. 
 
 c. The name of the payee. 
 
 d. The time of payment. 
 
 e. The name of the maker. 
 
 /. The words " with interest," and the rate, if the note is 
 intended to be interest bearing. 
 g, " Value received." 
 
 A note is valid without the words " Value received," but 
 there is a legal advantage in using them. 
 
 Note. — There are many kinds of notes, such as " joint " notes, " joint and 
 several" notes, "judgment" notes, "collateral" notes, and others, which 
 are not in general use and involve legal distinctions that do not come within 
 the scope of elementary arithmetic. Hence no treatment of them is here 
 given. 
 
 INDORSEMENT 
 
 330. An indorsement is a name or other writing on the bach of 
 a note. Usually an indorsement contains either 
 
 a. The name of the payee, or of some other person or persons, 
 or, 
 
 b. A record of payments made on the note. 
 
 331. A person indorses a note in blank by merely writing 
 his name across the back of it. 
 
PROMISSORY NOTES 187 
 
 332. A person indorses a note in full by writing " Pay to the 
 
 order of " (the name of the person to whom the note 
 
 is transferred) and signing his name below. 
 
 333. One who indorses a note is called an indorser. 
 
 334. One to whose order a note is made payable hy the indorse- 
 ment is called the indorsee. 
 
 335. An indorser, by the act of indorsement, agrees to pay 
 the note when due if the maker does not ; but an indorser may 
 avoid this liability for the payment of a note by writing 
 " Without recourse " above his signature. 
 
 336. When the payee of a note drawn payable to the payee's 
 order transfers the note, he must indorse it in order to make it 
 payable to the new holder. 
 
 If he indorses it in hlanh^ it becomes payable to the holder, 
 whoever he may be, and can be transferred again without 
 further indorsement. If he indorses it in full, it becomes pay- 
 able only to the person designated in the indorsement, until it 
 is in turn indorsed by that person. 
 
 He may make a restrictive indorsement, by writing over his 
 
 signature " Pay to " (naming some person). With 
 
 such an indorsement, the note cannot again be transferred, for 
 it is payable only to the person designated. A restrictive 
 indorsement is sometimes written, " Pay to oi^ly-" 
 
 MATURITY 
 
 337. The day on which a note becomes due, or payable, is the 
 day of maturity. 
 
 In most states, a note becomes due, or payable, on the day 
 specified for payment in the note ; in a few states, the note 
 does not become due until three days after the time specified 
 in the note. These three da3^s are called day& of grace. The 
 
188 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 debtor's legal right to days of grace has been recognized by 
 the courts because of the prevalent custom, in early times, of 
 allowing this extra time for payment. 
 
 The present tendency is toward a restriction of the custom, 
 and the states are, one by one, enacting laws abolishing days of 
 grace. 
 
 If a note falls due on Sunday, or a legal holiday, it is gener- 
 ally not collectible until the next business day. In a few states 
 it becomes due on the last preceding business day. In New 
 York State, a note falling due on Saturday is not collectible 
 until the following Monday. 
 
 If no time of payment is mentioned in a note, it is payable 
 on demand. 
 
 DEFAULT OF PAYMENT 
 
 338. When the maker of a note fails to pay it on the day of 
 maturity, it is the duty of the holder to notify the indorsers of 
 that fact. If they are not so notified within a reasonable time, 
 they are freed from liability for its payment. Can you think 
 of some reason for this rule ? 
 
 When the maker does not pay a note on the day of maturity, 
 the indorser may pay it and then collect it from the maker. 
 When there are several indorsers, and the maker fails to pay 
 the note when due, the first indorser may pay it and sue the 
 maker ; or any other indorser may pay it and sue the maker 
 and all the previous indorsers. 
 
 EXERCISES 
 
 339. Oral 
 
 1. From the forms on pages 182-185 select, giving reasons 
 for the selections, — 
 
 a. A time note. 
 
 b. A demand .note. 
 
PROMISSORY NOTES 189 
 
 c. A negotiable note. 
 
 d. A non-negotiable note. 
 
 e. A note that may be transferred without indorsement. 
 /. A note that cannot be transferred without indorsement. 
 g. A note that cannot be transferred. 
 
 h. An indorsement in blank. 
 
 i. An indorsement in full. 
 
 j. An indorsement that does not make the indorser liable 
 for payment of the note. 
 
 h. An indorsement that makes the note transferable again 
 without further indorsement. 
 
 1. A note that is partly paid. 
 m. An interest-bearing note. 
 
 n. A non-interest-bearing note. 
 
 2. Name the maker of each note. 
 
 3. Name the payee of each note. 
 
 4. Name the indorser of each note. 
 
 5. Who can collect note 1 ? 
 
 6. If C. F. Harper sells note 1, what must he do to make it 
 payable to the one who buys it ? 
 
 7. Who can collect note 3 ? 
 
 8. Who can collect note 5 ? 
 
 9. Who is liable for the payment of note 1 ? 
 10. Who is liable for the payment of note 4 ? 
 
 340. Written 
 
 Pupils number around the class, " one, two, three ; one, two. 
 three," etc, until each pupil has a number. 
 
 1. a. Each of the number I's write a note that can be trans- 
 ferred only by being indorsed, making himself the maker, and 
 number 2 the payee. 
 
190 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 h. Deliver the note to number 2. 
 
 e. Number 2 transfer the note to number 3, indorsing it in full. 
 
 d. Number 3 transfer the note to the teacher, indorsing it so 
 that the teacher may transfer it again without indorsing it. 
 
 e. To whom may the teacher look for payment of the note ? 
 /. Number 1 is which party ? Number 2 ? Number 3 ? The 
 
 teacher ? 
 
 2. a. Each of the number 3's write a note payable to num- 
 ber 2 or bearer. 
 
 h. Deliver the note to number 2. 
 
 c. Number 2 transfer the note to number 1. 
 
 d. Number 1 transfer the note to the teacher. 
 
 e. How many indorsements are necessary in making these 
 transfers ? 
 
 /. To whom may the teacher look for payment ? 
 
 g. Both number 1 and number 2 might have indorsed the 
 note. Would their indorsement in blank have affected the 
 value of the note ? If so, how and why ? 
 
 3. a. Number 2 write a note payable to number 1 or order. 
 h. Deliver it to number 1. 
 
 c. Number 1 transfer it to number 3, indorsing it in full. 
 
 d. Number 3 transfer it to the teacher, indorsing it without 
 recourse. 
 
 e. To whom can the teacher look for payment ? 
 
 4. a. Every pupil write a non-negotiable demand note bear- 
 ing interest at the legal rate where made, making the teacher 
 the payee. 
 
 h. Deliver the note. 
 
 c. Who can collect the note ? 
 
 d. Who must pay the note ? 
 
 e. How could a third party become liable for the payment 
 of the note ? 
 
COMPUTING INTEREST ON NOTES 191 
 
 COMPUTING INTEREST ON NOTES 
 
 341. An interest-bearing note bears interest from the day of 
 date to the day of payment. 
 
 A non-interest-bearing note, if not paid at maturity^ bears 
 interest from the day of maturity until paid, at the legal rate 
 where made. 
 
 If no rate of interest is mentioned in an interest-bearing note, 
 interest must be computed at the legal rate in the state in which 
 the note is made. 
 
 342. The face of a note is the principal. 
 
 343. The sum of the principal and interest is the amount of 
 the note. 
 
 344. When the time mentioned in a note is expressed in 
 months, calendar months are always understood. Thus, a note 
 for three months given July 15 is due Oct. 15, or, where grace 
 is allowed, Oct. 18. A 90-day note given July 15 is due 90 
 days after July 15, or Oct. 13. 
 
 345. Written 
 
 1. Find the amount of note 2, page 183. 
 
 2. Find the amount of note 1, page 182, the legal rate of 
 interest in Massachusetts being 6 % . 
 
 3. Find the amount of note 3, page 183, if paid on the 
 third day of January, 1909, the legal rate of interest in Penn- 
 sylvania being 6 % . 
 
 4. Find the amount of note 4, page 184, if not paid until 
 Aug. 11, 1908, the legal rate of interest in Ohio being 6%. 
 
 5. How much can Mr. Walden collect on note 5, page 185, 
 if it is paid Aug. 20, 1908, the legal rate of interest in New 
 York being 6 % ? 
 
192 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 6. A demand note for 1711 with interest was dated at 
 Ogden, Utah, July 7, 1905, and paid Sept. 30, 1905. How 
 much was paid, the legal rate of interest in Utah being 8% ? 
 
 7. A 90-day note for $960, with interest at 7%, was made 
 July 1, 1906, at Lincoln, Neb., where grace is allowed. 
 
 a. On what day did the note mature ? 
 h. How much was due at maturity ? 
 
 8. A 60-day note for $1200 without interest, dated at 
 Cairo, 111., Jan. 1, 1904, was not paid until May 15, 1904. 
 What sum was then due, the legal rate of interest in Illinois 
 being 5 % ? 
 
 9. Find the amount at maturity of a 30-day interest-bear- 
 ing note for $700 in the state where you live. 
 
 10. What must be the face of a 90-day note that will amount 
 to $263.90, computing interest at 6%, without grace? 
 
 11. Find the amount at maturity of the following note, the 
 rate of interest in Louisiana being 5 % and grace being allowed : 
 
 1 600 J>oV- New Orleans, Sept. 1, 1908. 
 
 On the 15th day of December, 1908, I promise to pay to the 
 order of Henry P. Emerson, six hundred dollars, with interest. 
 Value received. John H. Gardner. 
 
 12. Write a note for $1000 that will give James Thorne the 
 right to collect $1020 from you 90 days from the date of 
 the note. 
 
 13. Find the amount due June 15 on an unpaid non-interest- 
 bearing 30-day note for $ 250, dated March 3, in a state where 
 the legal rate of interest is 6 %. 
 
 14. Write a negotiable note dated at your city or town, Jan. 
 15, due May 7 of the present year, and find the amount duo 
 at maturity. 
 
PARTIAL PAYMENTS 193 
 
 i 
 
 PARTIAL PAYMENTS 
 
 346. When payments are made in sums less than the entire 
 amount of a note, the holder indorses them on the back of the 
 note, and they are known as indorsements, or partial payments. 
 
 The rule given below is the one adopted by the Supreme 
 Court of the United States for determining the amount due on 
 a debt on which partial payments have been made. It is the 
 legal rule in most of the states of the Union. Classes in any 
 state having a different rule should follow the legal rule of 
 their own state, in solving the partial payment problems given 
 in this book. 
 
 United States Rule for Partial Payments 
 
 347. Find the amount of the debt to the time when a payment, 
 or the sum of the payments, equals or exceeds the interest due, and 
 
 from that amount subtract such payment or sum of payments. 
 With this remainder for a 7iew principal, proceed as before to the 
 time of settlement. 
 
 This rule means that neither the whole interest nor any part 
 
 of it shall be used to increase the principal on which interest is 
 
 paid; but whenever more than enough to cover the interest 
 
 has been paid, the excess shall be used to diminish the principal. 
 
 348. 
 
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 Hn cUyyvc^yici, for value received, J promise to pay 
 to the order of, jZ. A S^cLVoxym. 
 
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194 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
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 as given. The amount 
 due at date of settle- 
 ment is computed be- 
 low by the United 
 States rule. 
 
 Note. — The legal rate of interest in New York State is 6 per cent. 
 
 Subtracting each date from the one above to find interest 
 periods : 
 
 Remainders 
 
 L yr. ^tJi Int. per, 
 
 3 mo. 6 da., or 96 da., ^th Bit, per. 
 2 mo. 12 da., or 72 da., Sd Int. per. 
 8 mo. da., or 240 da., 2c? Int. per. 
 
 4 mo. 24 da., or 144 da., 1st Int. per. 
 12 = 2 yr. 6 mo. 12 da., Proof of int. periods 
 
 Subtracting / from a, we obtain 2 yr. 6 mo. 12 da., which is 
 the same as the sum of the remainders. This proves that the 
 interest periods are correct. 
 
 24 
 
 $1820 ^ I^^_ 
 
 ^l~''ioo'' 
 
 
 Yr. 
 
 Mo. 
 
 Da. 
 
 a. 
 
 1908 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 h. 
 
 1907 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 c. 
 
 1907 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 d. 
 
 1907 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 e. 
 
 1906 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
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 1906 
 
 1 
 
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 2 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 $43.68 
 
 1820.00 
 
 $1863.68 
 
 250.00 
 $1613.68 
 
 Interest for 1st period 
 First principal 
 Amount 
 First payment 
 New principal 
 
PARTIAL, PAYMENTS 
 
 195 
 
 4 
 1 1613.68 ^_$__^m^ 
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 12 
 
 $64.55 Interest for 2d period ex- 
 ceeds payment 
 
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 420.00 
 
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 349. Written 
 
 10 
 
 ^ioo" 
 
 Interest for Sd period 
 
 Amount 
 
 Sum of 2d and ?>d payments 
 
 New principal 
 
 = 20.44 Interest for ith period 
 
 $1298.03 Amount 
 
 750.00 4th payment 
 
 $ 548. 03 JVew principal 
 
 32.88 Interest for 5th period 
 
 $580.91 Due at date of settlement 
 
 Ans. 
 
 1. Write a demand note for $792 with interest, dated Jan. 15, 
 1902, at Springfield, 111. Indorse payments as follows: Dec. 15, 
 
 1902, $50; Aug. 30, 1903, $12.50; Oct. 25, 1903, $155. Find 
 the amount due Dec. 1, 1903, computing interest at 5%. 
 
 2. A note without interest, dated Lexington, Ky., Aug. 15, 
 
 1903, promising to pay $1200 thirty days from date, has $200 
 indorsed Nov. 16, 1903, and $350, March 4, 1904. How much 
 was due April 1, 1904, the legal rate in Kentucky being 6 % ? 
 
 3. What was due March 1, 1901, on a note for $ 1000 with inter- 
 est at 9 %, dated March 1, 1900, with indorsements as follows : 
 Aug. 10, 1900, $300; Sept. 1, 1900, $100; Jan. 1, 1901, $50? 
 
 4. What amount was necessary to settle, Oct. 20, 1905, a note 
 for $2000, with interest at 6%, dated July 20, 1903, bearing 
 indorsements of $700, Sept. 10, 1903, and $75, Oct. 20, 1904? 
 
196 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. A note for $700 with interest at 7 % was given Dec. 12, 
 1906. Payments of $200, Dec. 12, 1907, and $159, April 5, 
 1908, were made. What was due Oct. 30, 1908 ? 
 
 6. How much was due Aug. 1, 1906, on a note for -1380, with 
 interest at 5%, dated Aug. 1, 1904, on which were indorsed 
 payments of 1 15, May 30, 1905, and $90, Jan. 1, 1906? 
 
 7. 
 
 $300 Troy, N. Y. , Oct. 12, 1899 
 
 On demand, for value received, I promise to pay 
 
 ^^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^-^.^^S. D. Cleveland or order, Three hundred 
 
 dollars, with interest. 
 
 J. H. Van AUtyne. 
 
 The following payments were made on this note : June 27, 
 1901, 1150; Dec. 9, 1902, $150. What was due Oct. 9, 1905? 
 
 8. On a note for $573.25, with interest at 6 %, dated June 10, 
 1900, were the following indorsements : April 5, 1901, $14.30; 
 July 14, 1902, $250. How much was due Sept. 20, 1903 ? 
 
 9. A note of $850 was dated June 21, 1902, bearing interest 
 at 6%. On this note were the following indorsements: Sept. 
 15, 1902, $150.90 ; Nov. 21, 1903, $45; Jan. 15, 1904, $256.88. 
 What remained due June 21, 1904 ? 
 
 10. A man bought a farm, Jan. 1, 1901, giving in part pay- 
 ment a bond and mortgage for $1900, due on demand, with 
 interest at ^%. He paid $40, July 1, 1901; $300, Feb. 15, 
 1902; and $240, July 20, 1902. How much was due at time 
 of settlement, Jan. 1, 1903 ? 
 
 11. On a note for $832.26 dated Aug. 3, 1899, the following 
 payments were indorsed: $350, Oct. 5,1900; $468.37, May 
 15, 1902. How much was due Dec. 12, 1903, interest at 7 % ? 
 
PARTIAL PAYMENTS 197 
 
 12. Face, $2950. Date, July 1, 1905. Interest, 7%. In- 
 dorsements; Oct. 1, 1905, 1750; Jan. 15, 1906, 1600; Dec. 1, 
 1906, 1300; March 1, 1907, $450. What was due July 1, 1907? 
 
 350. When notes and accounts, upon which partial payments 
 have been made, are settled within a year after interest begins, 
 business men sometimes make use of the following 
 
 Merchants' Rule 
 
 Find the amount of the entire debt at date of settlement. 
 Find the amount of each payment at date of settlement. 
 Subtract the amount of the payments from the amount of the debt. 
 
 351. Written 
 
 Find the balance due at time of settlement on each of the debts in 
 examples 1-5, using the Merchants' Rule. 
 
 1. A note for $700, dated Jan. 1, 1904. Indorsements: 
 $215, April 15; $124.68, April 30 ; $21.04, July 7; $130, Oct. 
 20. Settled Jan. 1, 1905. Rate 5 %. 
 
 2. A note for $250, dated March 31, 1906. Indorsements: 
 $10.45, July 1, 1906; $130, Dec. 4, 1906; $50, Jan. 1, 1907. 
 Settled Feb. 28, 1907. Rate 6%. 
 
 3. A debt of $1240 contracted July 1, 1907, with payments 
 of $280, Jan. 1, 1908, and $135, April 15, 1908. Settled June 1, 
 1908. Rate4|%. 
 
 4. $700 borrowed Oct. 22, 1905; payments made Jan. 1, 
 1906, and March 14, 1906, of $280.50 and $35.90 respectively. 
 Settled April 1, 1906. Rate 7 %. 
 
 5. A man bought a house for $5500, May 1, 1904, paying 
 $4000 at that time and $200 the 15th of each month, besides 
 interest at 5 %. Settled Dec. 1, 1904. 
 
J98 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 352. Oral 
 
 1. ReadMCMXII; 305.0070100; \^9 . 
 
 2. Name three powers of 10 ; two powers of 5. 
 
 3. Count by 12's to 132. 
 
 4. What terra in division corresponds to the product in 
 multiplication ? 
 
 5. State two ways of testing subtraction. 
 
 6. State two ways of testing division. 
 
 7. How many decimal places does the quotient contain ? 
 
 8. Give results rapidly, adding tens first : 
 
 28 + 35 ; 46 + 43 ; 53 + 17 ; 82 + 49. 
 
 9. 2x15-14-2 + 3x10 = ? 
 
 10. What problems can be solved by cancellation? 
 
 11. How can we tell, without actually dividing, whether a 
 number is divisible by 3 ? By 9 ? By 2 ? By 4 ? By 8 ? By 5 ? 
 By 25? By 6? 
 
 12. Give results at sight : 247-^100; .83546 x 1000; 36 x 
 25; 497.60-^100; 9 -.- 25. 
 
 13. Without actually dividing, tell whether 247,658 will ex- 
 actly divide 42,130,071,359, and why. 
 
 14. Name two composite numbers that are prime to each 
 other, 
 
 15. How may we tell whether a number is prime or not ? 
 
 16. How may we find a single divisor that will reduce a 
 fraction to lowest terms ? 
 
 17. When is a number in its simplest form ? 
 
 18. What fractions cannot be reduced to exact decimals ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 199 
 
 19. Using aliquot parts, answer the following questions : 
 
 a. At 25 cents a pound, what will 5Q pounds of coffee cost ? 
 
 b. How many packages of cereal, at 12J cents per package, 
 will 110 buy? 
 
 c. If the average price of the melons in a load is 16f cents 
 apiece, what are 48 of them worth ? How many can be bought 
 for $5? 
 
 d. At 14| cents a dozen, how many dozen pencils will $2 
 buy ? What will 28 dozen cost ? 
 
 20. How many pence are there in 20 shillings ? 
 
 21. Alice bought half a ream of note paper. How many 
 sheets of paper did she buy ? How many quires ? 
 
 22. Name four kinds of figures that are quadrilaterals. 
 
 23. How many cords are there in a pile of 2-foot wood, 12 
 ft. long and 8 ft. high ? 
 
 24. Describe a board foot and with your hands show its size. 
 
 25. How many feet of lumber are there in a piece of scant- 
 ling 8' by 4'' by 3''? 
 
 26. How many cubic inches of oil are there in 3 gal. ? 
 
 27. What per cent is equal to i ? |? |? -jQ^ ? f? -f? f? |? 
 
 28. 18% of 1200=? 80% of 20? 66|%ofl2oz.? 
 
 29. $17 is 25% of what? 
 
 30. What is 170 % of 10 quarts ? 
 
 31. What per cent of $65 is f 13 ? 
 
 32. What is J % of 800 miles ? 
 
 33. 1^ % of 49 gallons are how many gallons ? 
 
 34. ^ of 49 gallons are how many gallons ? 
 
 35. 1 sq. ft. is what per cent of 1 sq. yd. ? 
 
 36. Three quarts are what per cent of one gallon ? 
 
200 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 37. 80 % of £1 = how many shillings ? 
 
 38. A man earns $40 a week and spends 60% of it. How 
 much does he save ? 
 
 39. Frank missed three problems in a lesson of 15 problems. 
 What per cent of the lesson did he have correct ? 
 
 40. Mr. Peck sold a piano bench for <|13, gaining $3. What 
 per cent did he gain ? 
 
 41. A furniture dealer bought a chair for f 20 and gained 
 40 % on it. What was the selling price ? 
 
 42. Upon what base are gain and loss always computed ? 
 
 43. A merchant sold a bill of goods for §40 more than they 
 cost, thereby gaining 20 % . What did the goods cost ? 
 
 44. A merchant sold a bill of goods for $20 more than they 
 cost, thereby gaining 10%. What was the selling price? 
 
 45. A merchant sold a bill of goods for $24, thereby gaining 
 20 %. What did the goods cost ? 
 
 46. A man sold a horse for $180, thereby losing 10%. 
 What did he pay for the horse ? 
 
 47. What per cent is gained on chestnuts bought at $1.20 
 per peck and sold for 20 cents a quart ? 
 
 48. What per cent is lost on chestnuts bought at 20 cents a 
 quart and sold at $1.20 a peck ? 
 
 49. A man sold $1500 worth of goods on a commission of 
 10%. How much should he pay over to his principal ? 
 
 50. An agent's commission at 12 % for selling a consignment 
 of goods amounted to $48. What was the value of the goods 
 sold ? How much did the principal receive from the sales ? 
 
 51. A real estate agent's commission at 2 % for selling a 
 business block was $800. What was the selling price of the 
 block ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 201 
 
 52. The net amount of a bill which had been discounted 5 % 
 was $9.50. What was the face of the bill? What was the 
 discount? 
 
 53. What is the net amount of a bill of 1200 on which com- 
 mercial disi;ounts of 20% and 10% have been made? 
 
 54. Whai> single discount is the same as two successive dis- 
 counts of Ip % each ? 
 
 55. Wha' is the premium for insuring a house for $2000 
 for three ye^ars at the rate of 70 cents per $100 of 
 insurance ? , 
 
 56. How miiv^h is saved on $1000 of insurance for three years 
 by taking a thr. e-year policy at 1 % instead of three one-year 
 policies at J % ( ich ? 
 
 57. When a ai^rglar insurance policy for $1000 costs $12.50 
 per year, the / ^mium is what per cent of the face of the 
 policy ? 
 
 58. Of what three factors is interest the product ? 
 
 59. Define a promissory note. 
 
 60. Describe a negotiable note. 
 
 61. Describe a non-negotiable note. 
 
 62. How may a note be indorsed in blank ? 
 
 63. By indorsing a note in blank, what contract does the 
 indorser make ? 
 
 64. How may a person indorse a note so as to avoid liability 
 for its payment ? 
 
 65. Give the United States rule for partial payments. 
 
 66. Give the Merchants' Rule for partial payments. 
 
202 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 353. Written 
 
 The following table, compiled from the records of -he United 
 States Weather Bureau, shows in degrees the average tempera- 
 ture for each month in twenty different places: 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 P"eb. 
 
 Mak. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 July 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept, 
 
 jOCT. 
 
 60 
 
 Nov. 
 46 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Albany, N.Y. 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 40 
 
 56 
 
 69 
 
 78 
 
 82 
 
 80 
 
 72 
 
 36 
 
 Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 50 
 
 54 
 
 61 
 
 70 
 
 79 
 
 85 
 
 87 
 
 85 
 
 81 
 
 71 
 
 60 
 
 53 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 41 
 
 43 
 
 49 
 
 61 
 
 73 
 
 82 
 
 86 
 
 84 
 
 77 
 
 66 
 
 53 
 
 44 
 
 Binghamton, N.Y. 
 
 33 
 
 30 
 
 41 
 
 55 
 
 67 
 
 77 
 
 83 
 
 80 
 
 7': 
 
 63 
 
 45 
 
 35 
 
 Bismarck, N. Dak. 
 
 17 
 
 20 
 
 32 
 
 54 
 
 67 
 
 75 
 
 82 
 
 81 
 
 cu 
 
 56 
 
 37 
 
 25 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 42 
 
 54 
 
 66 
 
 76 
 
 81 
 
 78 
 
 J' 
 
 60 
 
 49 
 
 39 
 
 Carson City, Nev. 
 
 44 
 
 48 
 
 53 
 
 61 
 
 67 
 
 76 
 
 84 
 
 84 . T5 
 
 65 
 
 56 
 
 46 
 
 Cincinnati, 0. 
 
 40 
 
 43 
 
 51 
 
 63 
 
 74 
 
 83 
 
 87 
 
 84 ■ 78 
 
 m 
 
 52 
 
 43 
 
 Galveston, Tex. 
 
 59 
 
 62 
 
 68 
 
 74 
 
 81 
 
 86 
 
 89 
 
 88 ,j84 
 
 78 
 
 68 
 
 62 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa. 
 
 36 
 
 36 
 
 45 
 
 60 
 
 71 
 
 80 
 
 84 
 
 82 , . 75 
 84^1^77 
 
 62 
 
 49 
 
 40 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 36 
 
 39 
 
 48 
 
 62 
 
 72 
 
 82 
 
 86 
 
 64 
 
 49 
 
 40 
 
 Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 64 
 
 67 
 
 72 
 
 78 
 
 84 
 
 89 
 
 91 
 
 9^^. 86 
 
 78 
 
 71 
 
 65 
 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 36 
 
 58 
 
 69 
 
 78 
 
 83 
 
 'i.^ 
 
 74 
 
 60 
 
 39 
 
 28 
 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 61 
 
 65 
 
 70 
 
 76 
 
 82 
 
 87 
 
 89 
 
 88 
 
 85 
 
 78 
 
 69 
 
 63 
 
 Portland, Me. 
 
 30 
 
 32 
 
 39 
 
 51 
 
 62 
 
 72 
 
 77 
 
 75 
 
 68 
 
 57 
 
 45 
 
 35 
 
 Portland, Ore. 
 
 44 
 
 48 
 
 55 
 
 61 
 
 67 
 
 71 
 
 78 
 
 77 
 
 71 
 
 62 
 
 52 
 
 47 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 40 
 
 43 
 
 52 
 
 66 
 
 75 
 
 84 
 
 88 
 
 86 
 
 79 
 
 68 
 
 53 
 
 44 
 
 Santa Fe, N.M. 
 
 39 
 
 43 
 
 52 
 
 60 
 
 69 
 
 78 
 
 81 
 
 79 
 
 73 
 
 62 
 
 50 
 
 43 
 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 
 33 
 
 38 
 
 48 
 
 59 
 
 68 
 
 74 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 71 
 
 59 
 
 44 
 
 37 
 
 Yuma, Ariz. 
 
 66 
 
 72 
 
 78 
 
 85 
 
 93 
 
 101 
 
 106 
 
 104 
 
 100 
 
 87 
 
 76 
 
 68 
 
 1-12. Find the average temperature of all the places for each 
 month. 
 
 13-32. Find to the nearest hundredth of a degree the average 
 annual temperature of each place. 
 
 33. Express in Roman numerals the number of the present 
 year. 
 
 34. Multiply in the shortest way : 
 
 a. 39,742,568 by 25. h. 34,067 by 125. c. 394,708 by 99. 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 203 
 
 35. Divide in the shortest way : 
 
 a, 39,763 by 25. h. 9834 by 125. c. 796,453 by .16f. 
 
 36. Resolve 7511 into its prime factors. 
 
 37. ReducB 111^ to lowest terms. 
 
 38. Find the smallest number that will exactly contain 39, 
 36, and 84. 
 
 39. Find tne greatest number that will exactly divide 2205 
 and 3024. 
 
 40. Reduce Iff to a decimal. 
 
 41. Write a bill containing two debit items and one credit 
 item. Foot the bill and receipt it as clerk for the creditor. 
 
 42. A field i mile long and 30 rods wide contains how many 
 acres of land ? 
 
 43. 15s. 9d. are what part of one pound ? 
 
 44. Divide 18° 17' 30'' by 15. 
 
 45. Multiply 7 hr. 40 min. 8 sec. by 15. 
 
 46. What is the cost, at 28 cents a square yard, of painting 
 the walls and ceiling of a room 33 ft. by 24 ft. and 11 ft. high, 
 allowing for five windows, each 4 ft. by 8 ft., and three doors, 
 each 4 ft. by 8 ft. 6 in. ? 
 
 47. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber : 
 
 30 scantlings, 18' x 2'' x 4" at 126 per M. 
 
 40 joists, 16' X 3" X 12" at 126 per M. 
 
 25 joists, 16' X 2" X 10" at 1 26 per M. 
 
 120 boards, 14' x |" x 4" at 1 35 per M. 
 
 300 pieces siding, 10' x |^" x 5" at $55 per M. 
 
 48. A box car 36 ft. long and 8J ft. high contains 102 cu. 
 yd. of space. How wide is it ? 
 
 49. 12.80 is ^ per cent of what sum ? 
 
204 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 50. I of 50 bu. are how many quarts ? 
 
 51. Three days are what per cent of two weeks ? 
 
 52. A speculator bought 150 crates of eggs in April and May, 
 paying 15 j^ a dozen for one third of them and 17)^ a dozen for 
 the remainder. Each crate contained 30 dozen eggs. In 
 December, he sold them at a uniform price of 25 i^ a dozen, 
 and out of the profits paid a bill of 45/ per crate for cold 
 storage, and $13.80 for cartage and other expenses. What per 
 cent net profit did he make ? 
 
 53. During the month of December, at a certain place, there 
 were 8 stormy days and 22 cloudy days, the remaining days 
 being fair. 
 
 a. What per cent of the days were stormy ? 
 h. What per cent were cloudy ? 
 c. What per cent were fair ? 
 
 54. A bill of goods listed at |700 was sold at a discount of 
 15%, 12%, and 5%. Find the net price. 
 
 55. a. Find, by the United States rule, the balance due at 
 settlement on a debt of 1630, contracted April 1, 1907, and 
 settled Sept. 1, 1908, on which payments of $15.50, Dec. 11, 
 1907, and 1125.00, Feb. 16, 1908, had been made. Interest 
 allowed at 5%. 
 
 h. If this balance were computed by the Merchants' Rule, 
 would it favor the debtor or the creditor, and how much ? 
 
 56. A bill of hardware was discounted 80%, 10%, and 5%, 
 and then amounted to 13.42. What was the list price ? 
 
 57. Which is the better offer, successive discounts of 30%, 
 10 %, and 5 %, or successive discounts of 5 %, 10 %, and 30% ? 
 
 58. Which is the better offer, successive discounts of 15%, 
 5 %, and 2 %, or successive discounts of 20 % and 2 % ? 
 
BANKS AND BANKING 205 
 
 59. The premium for one kind of accident insurance policy is 
 at the rate of 1 5 per ilOOO. The agent's commission is 30% 
 of the premium. 
 
 a. What is the face of the policy for which the company 
 receives f 17.50 after paying the agent's commission? 
 
 h. What is the face of a policy that yields the agent f 3.75 ? 
 c. What is the agent's commission on a 16000 policy ? 
 
 60. A bill of $20 was reduced by three successive discounts. 
 If the first two discounts were 20 % and 10 %, and the net price 
 was $12.96, what per cent was the third discount? 
 
 BANKS AND BANKING 
 
 354. There are many kinds of banking institutions, but most 
 of them may be included in three general divisions ; viz. savings 
 banks, banks of deposit, and trust companies. 
 
 355. Savings banks are designed to be safe places of deposit 
 for small sums of money. These sums are usually the savings 
 of people who have not the inclination or opportunity to en- 
 gage in large business enterprises. Savings banks pay a low 
 rate of interest on all balances of one dollar or more, and the 
 interest is compounded quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. 
 The interest is computed by means of tables, and each bank has 
 its own method of calculation. 
 
 In order that the money of depositors may be safeguarded, 
 savings banks are generally forbidden by law to make loans 
 unless secured by mortgages on real estate, and from making 
 investments, except in special kinds of property, such as gov- 
 ernment bonds and bonds of certain states and cities. 
 
 356. Banks of deposit, otherwise known as commercial banks, 
 or banks of discount, transact a much wider range of business 
 
206 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 than do savings banks. They may loan money on notes, collect 
 accounts and notes for customers, issue bills of exchange and 
 letters of credit, and make many kinds of investments which 
 savings banks are not permitted to make. As a rule they pay 
 no interest on deposits, but the services that they render to 
 their customers are considered sufficient compensation for their 
 use of the money on deposit. 
 
 Banks of deposit which are organized under Federal laws 
 and are under the supervision of the United States govern- 
 ment are known as national banks ; those that are organized 
 according to state laws and are under the supervision of state 
 authorities are generally known as state banks, though each 
 individual bank adopts a name of its own. 
 
 State and national banks transact in general the same kinds 
 of business ; but national banks also perform a special function 
 in connection with the issuance of paper money, which will be 
 considered later. 
 
 357. Trust companies are similar in some respects to savings 
 banks, and in other. respects to banks of deposit. 
 
 They resemble savings banks in that they pay interest on 
 deposits. They are generally not allowed to loan money on 
 notes, except when secured by collateral, i.e. some specific 
 piece of property, put into the hands of the trust company to 
 be sold by the company if the note is not paid when due. 
 
 Otherwise they are much like banks of deposit, having in 
 some respects even greater latitude in the kinds of business 
 which they may transact. 
 
 DEPOSITING AND WITHDRAWING MONEY 
 
 368. One who has money on deposit in a hank is called a 
 depositor. 
 
BANKS AND BANKING 
 
 207 
 
 DEPOSIT SLIP 
 
 When a person deposits money for the first time in any par- 
 ticular bank, he receives from the bank a book in which he is 
 credited with the sum deposited. 
 
 A depositor in a savings bank takes his book with him when- 
 ever he deposits or withdraws money. To deposit money he 
 merely hands it to the receiving teller, who credits in the bank 
 book the amount of the deposit. To withdraw money, he 
 hands his book to the pay- 
 ing teller, and signs a re- 
 ceipt for the money to be 
 withdrawn. The teller 
 charges in the bank book 
 the amount withdrawn and 
 paj'^s it to the depositor. 
 
 In depositing money in 
 any other bank than a sav- 
 ings bank, the depositor fills 
 out a deposit slip stating in 
 separate items the amount 
 of paper money, of gold, of 
 silver, and of checks which 
 he deposits. This slip is 
 handed in with the money 
 and checks deposited, and is used by the teller in making up 
 his balance at the close of the day's business. 
 
 Withdrawals from a bank of deposit are made by means of 
 checks. 
 
 A check is a written order^ signed hy a depositor^ directing the 
 hank to pay to a certain person^ or to his order^ or to the hearer^ 
 a specified sum of money. 
 
 When the bank pays the sum directed to be paid, it charges 
 the depositor's account with the amount paid. 
 
 MARINE NATIONAL BANK 
 
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 Deposited to Credit of" 
 
 Buffalo, N.Y. Cl^a^.^3 IOCS' 
 
 qiiRRFuny 
 
 DOLLARS 
 
 CTS. 
 
 /as 
 
 3S^ 
 I ^3 
 
 7S 
 70 
 
 anin, 
 
 Sll VFR^ 
 
 CHFO.KH, 
 
 /xXi ^ ^y^ /S^^J^, 
 
 Ga^a^aJH^. 
 
 
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 3 6S 
 
 8-5 
 
 
 
 
208 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Dace yi^^-^ I ISO S 
 
 rORDER OF 
 
 BUFFALO.N.Y 
 
 OF BUFFALO. 
 
 ^Xpul. o^"*-^/^ 
 
 ~ Dollars 
 
 4f^A.a£cLi^(^^^tih 
 
 stub Check 
 
 359. The amount named in a check is called the face. 
 
 360. The depositor who signs a check is called the drawer of 
 the check. 
 
 361. The person to whom^ or to whose order, a check is made 
 payable is called the payee. 
 
 362. The hank on which a check is drawn is called the drawee. 
 In the above check which party is John White ? Gerald W. 
 
 Porter ? 
 
 Every depositor in a bank of deposit receives from the bank 
 a check book, which consists of blank checks bound together, 
 each check attached to a stub as shown above. When a check 
 is filled out, the stub is filled out to agree with it, and the check 
 is then torn off, through the perforated line. When all the 
 checks have been used, there remains a book of stubs contain- 
 ing a record of all the checks, the number of each check, its 
 date, its face, the name of the payee, and the purpose for which 
 it was used. Some check books are so arranged that the stub 
 may also show the balance remaining in the bank after each 
 check is drawn. 
 
 Checks are convenient in paying bills; for by means of 
 them the depositor may avoid carrying or sending money. To 
 illustrate, let us suppose that Mr. A, a merchant in Cleveland, 
 
BANKS AND BANKING 209 
 
 buys a bill of goods from Mr. B, in Chicago. A fills out a 
 check payable to B's order and mails it to B. B indorses the 
 check, deposits it in his own bank at Chicago, and it is credited 
 on his account. The banks attend to the rest of the business. 
 The check is finally returned to A's bank in Cleveland, and 
 the amount is charged to A's account, and credited to the 
 account of B's bank in Chicago. 
 
 Most banks make a practice of returning all checks to deposi- 
 tors. These checks, being indorsed in each case by the payee, 
 serve as receipts for the amounts paid. 
 
 363. If the drawer of a check is a stranger to the payee, the 
 payee may be unwilling to accept the check in lieu of money, 
 fearing that the maker may not have money on deposit sufficient 
 to pay the check when presented at the bank for payment. 
 Then the maker may be required to have the check certified. 
 To do this, he takes the check to the bank, and the bookkeeper, 
 teller, or other proper person stamps on its face the word " cer- 
 tified " with the name of the bank, and writes in his own name. 
 He then makes a memorandum of the amount on the drawer's 
 account. The bank is then obliged to cash the check when 
 presented. The certification of the check is equivalent to the 
 bank's promise to pay. 
 
 A COMPARISON OF CHECKS AND NOTES 
 
 364. 1. A note is a promise to pay money, while a check is 
 an order to pay money. 
 
 2. A check always has three parties, while a note may have 
 only two. 
 
 3. A check, like a note, may be negotiable or non-negotiable, 
 according to the manner in which it is drawn. 
 
210 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 4. A negotiable check may be transferred hy indorsement in 
 the same manner as a note, and the indorser is liable for its 
 payment if it is not paid by the maker or drawee. 
 
 5. The different forms of indorsement have the same force 
 when made on a check as when made on a note. 
 
 6. A note may draw interest, but a check does not. 
 
 EXERCISES 
 
 365. Oral 
 
 1. Name some similarities or differences between a check and 
 a note, other than those given above. 
 
 2. Who is the drawer of the check on page 208 ? 
 
 3. Who is the payee ? The drawee ? 
 
 4. Tell whether the check is negotiable or non-negotiable. 
 
 5. How must a check be worded in order to be negotiable ? 
 
 366. Written 
 
 Let the pupils of the class take numbers one, two, and three, 
 as on page 189. Let the teacher be the First National Bank. 
 
 1. Number two make out a bill against number one^ and re- 
 ceipt it when paid. 
 
 2. Number one write a negotiable check and give it to num- 
 ber two in payment of the bill. 
 
 3. Number Uvo indorse the check to number three and take a 
 receipt for the amount on account. 
 
 4. Number three indorse the check in blank and deposit it to 
 his own credit in the bank. 
 
 5. Teacher mark " paid " and return to number one. 
 
 Note. — Repeat this and similar exercises until pupils are familiar with 
 the use of checks. 
 
BANK DISCOUNT 211 
 
 BANK DISCOUNT 
 367. A note that is payable to or at a hank is a bank note. 
 
 $ ^°^ ^ Syracuse.N.Y. ^^ \o iQQ^ 
 
 * W'(^XXuO'-i~K^ . ■ ~ AFTER HATE •/ PROXISE 
 
 TO \»Xi TO THE ORDER OF MMAaX-V 5cUAjL^Al\ju.*t^_-^ 
 
 SpkJUojj^ — — '^^ 
 
 National Bank of Syracuse ,) ^//^Kixl^ a., }w^JUa^^ 
 
 SYRACUSE,Ny. ^ " 
 
 DOU^ARS 
 
 too 
 
 AT 
 
 V^LUE Received 
 
 368. Banks come into possession of notes in two ways : 
 a. They may lend money directly to the maker and take his 
 
 note, or, 
 
 h. The note may be drawn 
 
 "S ^ ^ . i payable to another party and 
 
 "^ ^ ^ ^ \ be bought by the bank, or de- 
 
 S ^ ^ ^ \ P<^sited in the bank for collec- 
 
 tion 
 ^ ^ \^ Either of these ways is equiv- 
 
 <^ -^e ;:^ y alent to a purchase of the note 
 
 by the bank. When a bank thus 
 
 buys a note, it pays less than the maturity value; hence the 
 transaction is called discounting the note. 
 
 369. The sum deducted from the maturity value of a note in 
 determining the price to he paid for the note hy a hayik is called the 
 bank discount. 
 
 370. The sum paid for a note hy a hank, or the difference he- 
 tween the maturity value and the hank discount, is called the pro- 
 ceeds of the note. 
 
212 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 371. The day on which a note is discounted is called the day 
 of discount. 
 
 372. The time from the day of discount to the day of maturity 
 is the term of discount. 
 
 373. If the bank should buy the note in § 367 on the day of 
 date, the proceeds would be determined as follows : 
 
 Day of maturity, Jan. 8, 1908. 
 
 Day of discount, Oct. 10, 1907. 
 
 Term of discount, 90 days. 
 
 Interest on $ 500 for 90 days at 6%, I 7.50. 
 
 $ 500 - 1 7.50 = $ 492.50. Proceeds, 
 
 If the bank should buy the note Nov. 19, the proceeds would 
 be determined as follows : 
 
 Day of maturity, Jan, 8, 1908. 
 
 Day of discount, Nov. 19, 1907. 
 
 Term of discount (Nov. 19, 1907, to Jan. 8, 1908), 
 
 50 days. 
 Interest on $500 for 50 days at 6%, 14.17. 
 $500-14.17 = 1495.83. Proceeds. 
 
 In determining the proceeds of an interest-bearing note, the 
 general practice of banks is to find the amount of the note 
 at maturity and compute the interest on that amount for the 
 term of discount. That interest is the bank discount. The 
 bank discount subtracted from the maturity value (which is the 
 amount in this case) gives the proceeds. 
 
 374. In all cases we may apply the following : 
 
 Rule for finding the bank discount and proceeds of a bank 
 note. 
 
 1. Find the amount due at maturity. This is the maturity 
 value. 
 
BANK DISCOUNT 213 
 
 2. Find the time from the day of discount to the day of matu- 
 rity. This is the term of discount. 
 
 3. Find the interest on the maturity value for the term of 
 discount. This is the hank discount. 
 
 4. Subtract the hank discount from the maturity value to find 
 the proceeds. 
 
 Note 1. — When the time mentioned in a note is given in months, calen- 
 dar months are understood. For example, a note dated July 12, payable 
 three months after date, is due Oct. 12, or 92 days after date. 
 
 Note 2. — In most states, notes falling due on Sunday or a legal holiday 
 are payable on the next business day, and interest and discount are 
 reckoned to that day. 
 
 Note 3. — In states allowing days of gi*ace, the date of maturity is three 
 days later than the time mentioned in the note, and the term of discount 
 three days longer than when grace is not allowed. 
 
 The local practice in regard to holidays, days of grace, etc., should be 
 followed in solving problems. 
 
 375. Oral 
 
 1. How is the maturity value of an interest-bearing note 
 found ? 
 
 2. How does the maturity value of an interest-bearing note 
 compare with the face of the note ? 
 
 3. How does the maturity value of a non-interest-bearing 
 note compare with the face of the note, if paid when due ? 
 
 4. A 30-day note is dated Jan. 15. What is the day of ma- 
 turity ? 
 
 5. A 60-day note was dated Feb. 20, 1908. When did it 
 mature ? 
 
 6. Mr. Field, wishing to borrow from a bank, made out a 
 60-day bank note for 1 100 without interest, dated Sept. 11, 
 1907. What was the date of maturity ? How much was due 
 
214 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 at maturity ? If Mr. Field had his note discounted on the day 
 of date, what was the term of discount ? What was the dis- 
 count, the legal rate being 6 % ? 
 
 7. Mr. Brown bought a horse from Mr. Martin, giving in 
 payment a bank note for $200 without interest, dated July 9, 
 
 1906, payable 90 days from date. On the 8th day of August, 
 Mr. Martin indorsed the note and deposited it in the bank, re- 
 ceiving credit for the proceeds. What was the day of ma- 
 turity ? The day of discount ? The term of discount ? The 
 bank discount, the legal rate being 69^? How much was 
 credited to Mr. Martin's account ? 
 
 8. A bank note for f 500, without interest, due in 90 days, 
 dated May 7, 1905, was discounted June 6, 1905. What were 
 the proceeds, money being worth 6 % ? 
 
 9. A note for $400, bearing interest at 7 %, dated Jan. 1, 
 
 1907, and due in 90 days, was discounted on the day of date. 
 What was the maturity value ? On what sum was the dis- 
 count computed ? 
 
 376. Written 
 
 1. A man gave his note for $ 720 for 90 days without in- 
 terest. What was it worth at a bank where the discount rate 
 was 6 %? 
 
 2. How much can I borrow from a bank by giving my 60- 
 day note for $650 without interest, if the bank gives me a dis- 
 count rate of 5 % ? 
 
 3. A merchant bought a piano for $400 cash and sold it the 
 same day, taking in payment a 90-day bank note for $500, 
 which he immediately indorsed and deposited in his bank, re- 
 ceiving credit for the proceeds at a discount rate of 7% per 
 annum. What was his profit on the piano? 
 
BANK DISCOUNT 215 
 
 4. What were the proceeds of a note for $300 without in- 
 terest, due Jan. 7, 1907, and discounted Nov. 15, 1906, the dis- 
 count rate being 5 % ? 
 
 5. The following note was discounted at the rate of 4J % 
 per annum on the 21st day of January, 1905. What were the 
 proceeds ? 
 
 19600 New York, December 7, 1904. 
 
 Ninety days after date I promise to pay to the order of the 
 New York National Exchange Bank nine thousand six hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Value received. Chakles H. Redmond. 
 
 6. What are the proceeds of a six-months note for $800, 
 without interest, dated May 7, 1903, and discounted Oct. 15, 
 1903, at the rate of 6 % per annum ? 
 
 7. A man in Seattle accepted a 30-day note for $ 975, without 
 interest, in payment for furniture. Nine days later he had the 
 note discounted at the rate of 8 % per annum. What did he 
 receive for it ? 
 
 8. Silas Brown sold a vacant lot on the 15th day of April, 
 1906, to James Otis, taking in part payment a six-months note 
 for 1900 without interest, signed by Francis Fernald, dated 
 Dec. 1, 1905, and payable to Mr. Otis at the Marine Bank. 
 Mr. Otis indorsed the note to Mr. Brown's order and Mr. 
 Brown immediately indorsed it in blank and had it discounted. 
 The discount rate was 7 % . 
 
 a. Write the note and make all the indorsements. 
 h. How much did Mr. Brown receive for the note ? 
 
 9. A 90-day note for $1000 with interest at 6 % was dis- 
 counted at 6 % on the day of date. What were the proceeds ? 
 
 10. On the first day of March, 1907, Edward F. Jones bor- 
 rowed $800 from John Ethridge, giving his note for one 
 
216 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 year with interest at 8%, payable at the Corn Exchange 
 Bank. On the first day of January, 1908, Mr. Ethridge had 
 the note discounted at 6% per annum. How much did he 
 receive for it? 
 
 11. A 90-day note for 1690, bearing interest at 6%, was dis- 
 counted at the same rate 60 days after date. What were 
 the proceeds ? 
 
 12. A merchant sold at 25 % profit a bill of goods that cost 
 him $150 cash, taking in payment a 60-day note without interest, 
 which he had discounted immediately at 7 % per annum. What 
 was his net profit on the bill of goods? 
 
 13. A farmer received $297 as the proceeds of a note, with- 
 out interest, due in 60 days, discounted at 6 % per annum. 
 What was the face of the note ? 
 
 Solution 
 
 Discount for 60 da. = 1 % of face. (4 « x f-i^ = -01, or 1%.) 
 
 Proceeds for 60 da. — 99 % of face. 
 Statement of Relation : 99 % of face = $ 297. 
 
 14. I borrowed 1591 from a bank, giving my note for 90 da. 
 without interest, the rate of discount being 6 % . What was 
 the face of the note ? 
 
 15. Edward H. Flint gave William G. Barrows his note, 
 without interest, payable 30 days after date at the Third 
 National Bank. Mr. Barrows indorsed the note and deposited 
 it on his account on the day of date, receiving credit for 
 8477.20, the rate of discount being 1 % . Write the note and 
 indorse it properly. 
 
 16. Robert M. Smith borrowed 1715.26 from the Security 
 National Bank, giving his note for 100 days, without interest, 
 
BANK DISCOUNT 217 
 
 which was discounted at 7%, and indorsed by Fred Howard. 
 Write the note and indorse it. 
 
 17. A farmer gave in payment for farm machinery a bank 
 note for $600, due six months from date, without interest, 
 money being worth 8%. That was equivalent to how much in 
 cash? 
 
 18. Mr. Walsh owed $700 at the bank. When it became 
 due, he obtained 30 days' extension of time by paying the bank 
 discount for that time at the rate of 7 % . How much did he 
 pay to secure the extension ? 
 
 19. By paying $3.50, a debtor obtained a 15 days' extension 
 of time on a debt at a bank, which made a discount rate of 6 % . 
 How much did he owe ? 
 
 Statement of Relation ; Face x xf ij- X -^V^ = $3.50. 
 
 20. What are the proceeds of a six-months note for §400, 
 bearing interest at 5%, discounted four months after date 
 at 6%? 
 
 21. What is the face of a non-interest-bearing note payable 
 90 days after date which will bring $550 if discounted 70 days 
 after date at 6 % ? 
 
 22. A non-interest-bearing note, dated May 7, 1904, due in 
 three months, was discounted at 6%, June 8, 1904, yielding 
 1574.20. What was its face? 
 
 23. Given the amount $896.50, term of discount 45 days, 
 rate of discount 5| %. Find the proceeds. 
 
 24. Given the proceeds $1541.99, rate of discount 7 %, time 
 33 days. Find the face. 
 
 25. Write a 60-day bank note without interest, which will 
 yield enough, if discounted at 6 % on the day of date, to buy 
 25 acres of land at $29.70 per acre. 
 
218 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 377. PROTESTING NOTES, CHECKS, AND DRAFTS 
 
 SYRACUSE, N.Y. ^OUn. 8, 1908 
 SIR: 
 
 PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE that a nx)t& made by <^lryuotki^ L. 
 
 /ifuak&Q^ DATED (^eZ. /O, 1907, FOR ^600 AND INDORSED BY YOU, WAS THIS 
 DAY PROTESTED for non-payment, and that the holders look TO YOU FOR 
 THE payment THEREOF, PAYMENT HAVING BEEN DEMANDED AND REFUSED. 
 
 YOURS RESPECTFULLY, 
 
 F. L. BARNES, 
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC. 
 
 TO ^kojvt&a. ^l{y^ 
 
 If a bank note, check, or draft (see page 231) is not paid at 
 the time specified, a notice similar to the above is sent to each 
 of the indorsers. This is called a notice of protest, and sending 
 it is called protesting the note, check, or draft. 
 
 If notice of protest is not sent within a reasonable time after 
 default in payment has been made, the indorsers are released 
 from liability for payment. Banks usually protest a note after 
 banking hours on the day of maturity. This notice enables an 
 indorser to protect himself and avoid needless expense. It is 
 customary to send a notice of protest to the maker, also, though 
 he cannot avoid liability for payment if the notice is not sent. 
 
 The notice of protest is always signed by a notary public, who 
 is generally an officer or employee of the bank, also. 
 
 Consult your dictionary to find the meaning of notary public. Most 
 notaries public are not connected with banks. 
 
 378. Oral 
 
 1. Can you define a notice of protest ? 
 
 2. Why is a note protested, when unpaid at the time of 
 maturity ? 
 
BANK DISCOUNT 219 
 
 3. The notice given above is the one that would have been 
 sent to Charles Gibbs, if the note on page 211 had not been paid 
 when due. To what other persons would the notice have been 
 sent? 
 
 4. What is a notary public ? 
 
 5. Name the men who are responsible for the payment of the 
 note mentioned above, if it is properly protested when due and 
 unpaid ? 
 
 6. Who is responsible for its payment, if not protested when 
 due and unpaid ? 
 
 7. Who is always liable for the payment of a note ? 
 
 379. Written 
 
 1. A bank note for $450, dated April 1, 1903, payable 60 
 days after date, without interest, was properly protested when 
 due, and was finally paid by one of the indorsers on the 29th of 
 August, 1903. The indorser was obliged to pay a fee of 
 il.25 for protesting the note, together with interest at 7 % on 
 the note from the day of maturity. How much did he pay ? 
 
 2. If the note on page 211 was paid by the maker Jan. 18, 
 1908, including $1.25 for protesting, how much did he pay, the 
 legal rate of interest in New York State being 6 % ? 
 
 3. A bank note for $1000, without interest, became due and 
 was protested. Six days later, the maker took up the note by 
 giving a new note for the same sum for 30 days, with a new 
 indorser, and paying the bank discount on the new note at 6%, 
 interest on the old note from the day of maturity at 6%, and 
 the charge for protesting, which was $1.75. How much did 
 he pay? 
 
 4. The maker of a bank note, without interest, paid the note 
 30 days after maturity, with interest at 6 % from the day of 
 
220 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 maturity, and a charge of f 1.50 for protesting. If he paid 
 $604.50, what was the face of the note? 
 
 TAXES 
 
 380. The support of a town, village, city, county, state, or 
 national government requires a large sum of money. This 
 money is used for many purposes, such as carrying on the 
 schools, keeping roads and streets in good condition, paying 
 the salaries of public officers, constructing bridges and public 
 buildings, and taking care of the poor and unfortunate who are 
 unable to care for themselves. This money is used for the 
 benefit of all the people and the protection of their lives and 
 property. Hence all the people are required to contribute 
 toward paying the expense, according to the value of their 
 property. 
 
 In some places each male citizen over twenty-one years of 
 age is required to pay a certain sum toward the expenses of his 
 town, regardless of the value of his property. 
 
 Can you think of some expenses, other than those given 
 above, that occur in your city, village, or town for which all the 
 people must pay? Can you tell how the valuation of the 
 property belonging to any person is determined ? Name as 
 many different kinds of property as you can. 
 
 381. A tax is a sum of money levied upon persons or property 
 for puhlic use. 
 
 382. A tax levied on persons is a poll tax. 
 
 383. A tax levied on property is a property tax. 
 
 384. Personal property is property that is movable, as money, 
 notes, furniture, books, and tools. 
 
 385. Real property is immovable property, as houses and lands. 
 
TAXES 221 
 
 386. Assessors are officers chosen to make a list of the taxable 
 property/ of a city^ village^ or town^ estimate its value, and appor- 
 tion the tax. 
 
 387. A tax budget is a list of all the items of expense in carry- 
 ing on a state, county, city, or other g over 7iment for a certain time, 
 usually one year, or in carrying on a department of such govern- 
 ment. From this is deducted the income (from licenses, fines, 
 sale of privileges, etc.) and the poll tax, if any, to find the 
 net amount of the budget. 
 
 388. An assessment roll is a list of all the taxable property in 
 a town, village, or city, with the assessed value of each piece of 
 property. 
 
 389. The tax rate is the decimal which shows what part of the 
 assessed valuation is required for taxes. It is determined by 
 dividing the net amount of the tax budget by the entire assessed 
 valuation of all the property upon which the tax is levied. 
 
 The rate is generally expressed in a decimal of four, five, or 
 six places, showing the part of a dollar taken as the tax on one 
 dollar. Sometimes this decimal is multiplied by 1000, the 
 product showing the number of dollars taken as the tax on 
 11000. 
 
 390. The following examples illustrate the different forms in 
 which the relation of tax rate, assessed valuation, and amount 
 of taxes appears : 
 
 1. The money to be raised by tax in a certain town is 
 19000. The property of the town is valued at 1600,000. 
 What is the tax rate ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : of $ 600,000 = $9000. What terms of relation 
 
 are given ? How is the other found ? 
 
222 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. The tax rate of a certain county is .003 and the property 
 is valued at $24,567,800. What is the amount of the tax 
 budget ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: .003 of ^24,567,800 = . How is the required 
 
 term of relation found ? 
 
 3. When it requires a tax rate of .0132 to raise $264,000 in 
 taxes, what is the valuation of the property taxed ? 
 
 Statement of Relation: .0132 of = $264,000. How may the required 
 
 term of relation be found ? 
 
 391. Oral 
 
 1. The tax budget of a township is $12,000. The assessed 
 valuation of the property in the township is $1,200,000. 
 
 a. What is the tax rate ? 
 
 b. Mr. A has property in this township assessed at $25,000. 
 What is his tax ? 
 
 c. Mr. B pays $15 taxes. What is the valuation of his 
 property ? 
 
 2. A man's city taxes were $40 on property valued at $2000. 
 What was the tax rate ? 
 
 3. The school tax in a village having property to the amount 
 of $3,000,000 was $9000. 
 
 a. What was the school tax rate ? 
 
 b. What amount did a man pay whose property was assessed 
 at $15,000? 
 
 c. Mr. Jones's school tax was $12. What was the valuation 
 of his property ? 
 
 4. The tax rate of a certain county is .0025. The tax 
 budget is $75,000. What is the value of the property ? 
 
 5. A town has 352 citizens who pay a poll tax of $1 apiece. 
 The entire tax budget of the town is $5252. 
 
 a. How much money must be raised by tax on the property ? 
 
TAXES 223 
 
 h. The tax rate is .007. What is the valuation of the 
 property ? 
 
 c. How much are the taxes of a man in this town, who 
 owns property assessed at $4000, and who pays one poll tax ? 
 
 6. The poll tax in a certain town is $1.50, and there are 400 
 citizens who pay poll tax. The property of the town is assessed 
 at $1,000,000, and the rate is .01. What is the entire amount 
 raised by tax ? 
 
 7. A man's property is assessed at $4000. The city tax 
 rate is .014, the county rate is .004, and the state rate, .002. 
 The poll tax is $1.50. What is this man's entire tax? 
 
 8. If the rate for county and state taxes together is .005, 
 what is my bill for state and county taxes on an assessment of 
 $9000? 
 
 9. The assessed valuation of the property in a certain county 
 is $70,000,000. The tax rate is 3 mills on a dollar. The 
 county has an income from various sources amounting to 
 $40,000. After collecting all the taxes and other income and 
 paying all the expenses, $5000 remains. What are the ex- 
 penses of the county ? 
 
 10. What is the rate when $ 24 will pay the tax on property 
 assessed at $1200? 
 
 11. What is the tax on $10,000 of property when the rate is 
 .009345 ? 
 
 12. When the entire budget of a town is $35,000 and 500 
 men pay $1 apiece poll tax, how much must be assessed on the 
 property ? 
 
 13. When the tax on $1000 is $18.57, what is the rate per 
 dollar of assessed valuation ? 
 
 14. $30 will pay the tax on how many dollars' worth of 
 property, when the tax rate is .015 ? 
 
224 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 392. Written 
 
 1. City Tax Budget for One Year 
 
 Interest $ 49,755.44 
 
 Comptroller 11,620 
 
 City Treasurer 18,450 
 
 Department Public Instruction (School Funds) .... 463,780 
 
 Library Fund 35,000 
 
 Art Museum 5,000 
 
 Department Charities and Correction 85,129 
 
 Municipal Lodging House 4,071 
 
 Veteran Relief 8,000 
 
 City Engineer 35,959 
 
 Public Buildings and Grounds 16,000 
 
 Department Public Works (General OflBce) 14,462 
 
 Parks and Cemeteries 47,000 
 
 Walks and Sidewalk Repair 5,000 
 
 Street Cleaning 91,542 
 
 Collecting Garbage and Ashes 86,455 
 
 Street Repairs, Sewers, and Bridges 64,120 
 
 Municipal Baths 4,000 
 
 Public Markets 3,382 
 
 Lighting Fund 114,000 
 
 Boiler Inspector 900 
 
 Department of Law 13,720 
 
 Municipal Court 11,978 
 
 Police Court 6,000 
 
 Department of Public Safety (General Office) 7,520 
 
 Police Department 162,730 
 
 Fire Department 205,080 
 
 Health Department 55,925 
 
 Department of Taxes and Assessments . . . . . . 19,200 
 
 Executive Department 8,400 
 
 City Clerk 9,000 
 
 Civil Service Board . . ' 2,600 
 
 Election and Primary Fund . . ... 16,000 
 
 Printing and Publishing Fund . • 7,500 
 
 Sealer of Weights and Measures 1,200 
 
 Common Council . . . 16,450 
 
 Smoke Inspector 1,200 
 
 Plum Street Bridge 6,000 
 
 Other Expenses 139,879 
 
 Total $ 
 
 Less Income from Licenses, etc 246,228 
 
 Net Total $ 
 
 From the above city tax budget, 
 
 a. Find the total expenses of the city for the year. 
 
TAXES 225 
 
 5. Find the net total of the tax budget. 
 
 c. Find the tax rate, correct to four places of decimals, the 
 assessed valuation of the real property in the city being 
 189,000,000 and of the personal property 19,000,000. 
 
 d. Find the amount of A's city tax on §15,000 of personal 
 property and $ 5000 of real property. 
 
 e. In this city the county and state taxes are paid together, 
 and the rate is .00363682. What is A's county and state tax ? 
 
 /. Mr. B's county and state taxes, computed by the above 
 rate, amount to 165.46276. He pays 165.47. What is the 
 valuation of his property ? 
 
 g, Mr. C owns two pieces of property in this city, one 
 valued at 1 600 and the other at 13200. What is the entire 
 amount of his city, county, and state taxes ? 
 
 2. The valuation of property in a certain town is % 1,500,000, 
 and the rate is |^ %. What is the tax ? 
 
 3. The tax to be raised in a certain village is % 37,500. 
 The valuation of the taxable property is i 2,500,000. 
 
 a. What is the rate ? 
 
 h. What will be A's tax on 1 15,000 real estate, and $3000 
 personal property ? 
 
 c. What is the valuation of property on which the tax is 
 137.50? 
 
 4. The property of a town is assessed at $ 1,250,000. The 
 tax to be raised is % 15,975. There are 650 polls, assessed at 
 % 1.50 each. What is B's entire tax, if his property is assessed 
 at % 2500, and he pays the poll-tax ? 
 
 5. The officers of a town find that all the town expenses 
 for a year will amount to 146,000. The tax-roll shows 
 real estate valued at % 2,000,000, and personal property at 
 % 300,000. What is the tax rate ? 
 
226 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 6. The tax rate in a certain city for the 3^ear 1906 was 
 $16.84 per $1000 of assessment. The city treasurer began 
 to receive taxes October 1, and taxpayers who failed to pay 
 before the 1st of November had a one-per-cent fee added to 
 their tax bills. What was the tax bill of Mr. K, whose prop- 
 erty was assessed at i 7500 and who paid his taxes on the .5th 
 of November ? 
 
 7. If the assessed valuation of a village is 12,384,564, 
 and there are 750 polls taxed 11.50 each, what must be the 
 rate of taxation to meet an expense of $29,807.05? 
 
 8. A sewer was built in a street 980 feet long, at a cost of 
 $1999.20, the expense being assessed to the owners of property 
 on each side of the street, according to the number of feet of 
 frontage they owned ; that is, the number of feet their land 
 extended along the street. 
 
 a. What was the total frontage on both sides of the street ? 
 h. What was the rate per front foot ? 
 
 c. What was the sewer tax of Mr. M, who owned one lot 
 4 rods wide and another 50 feet wide ? 
 
 EXCHANGE 
 
 393. A draft ^s a written order for the payment of money ^ 
 made in one place and payable in another. 
 
 394. A bank draft is an order made by a bank in one place^ 
 directing a bank in a different place, with which the drawer has 
 funds on deposit, to pay a specified sum of money to some person, 
 or to his order, or to the bearer. 
 
 395. The party who draws a draft is the drawer; the party to 
 whom the order is addressed is the drawee; the party to whom a 
 draft is payable is the payee; the face of a draft is the sum 
 ordered to be paid. 
 
EXCHANGE 
 
 227 
 
 
 TO THE NATIONAL PARK BANK, 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. N. Y. 
 
 
 A Bank Draft 
 
 In the draft given above, the drawer 
 is the State Bank of Utah, of which 
 Henry T. McEwan is assistant cashier; 
 the drawee is the National Park Bank of 
 New York, and the payee is Henry L. 
 Fowler. The face of the draft is 1100. 
 Observe that a bank draft is like an 
 ordinary check, except that both the 
 drawer and the drawee are banks, and that their places of 
 business are in different cities or villages. A bank draft is 
 sometimes called a hanh cheeky because, like an ordinary check, 
 it is an order drawn by one party upon another party, with 
 whom the first party has fund§ deposited. 
 
 396. By means of drafts, payments may be made between 
 different places without actually sending the money. The 
 method of making such payments is as follows : 
 
 Let us suppose that Henry L. Fowler, in Salt Lake City, 
 desires to send to Charles Bryant, at Portland, Me., f 100. He 
 goes to the State Bank of Utah, in Salt Lake City, and says 
 to the teller or other person who waits upon him, " I wish to 
 buy a New York draft for $100, payable to the order of Henry 
 
228 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 L. Fowler." (Some banks require the purchaser of a draft to 
 fill out a slip with the name of the payee and the amount of the 
 draft.) The teller then fills out and hands to Mr. Fowler the 
 draft (page 227), for which Mr. Fowler pays 1100 plus a small 
 fee to pay the bank for its services. This fee is called the 
 exchange. The exchange is sometimes computed at a certain 
 per cent of the face of the draft. It seldom exceeds | %. 
 
 Banks often sell drafts to their depositors and customers with 
 no charge for exchange. 
 
 Mr. Fowler indorses the draft as indicated above, incloses it 
 with a letter, and mails it to Mr. Bryant, who takes it to a 
 bank in Portland, indorses it in blank, and receives f 100 for 
 it. The transaction is complete so far as Mr. Fowler and 
 Mr. Bryant are concerned. 
 
 Let us now study the transaction between the banks. Every 
 bank of importance has money on deposit in some bank, called 
 its correspondent, in one or more of the great money centers 
 of the country. 
 
 The National Park Bank is the correspondent of the State 
 Bank of Utah. The bank which cashes the check for 
 Mr. Bryant in Portland, charges $100 to its correspondent 
 in New York and sends the draft to its correspondent. The 
 correspondent presents the draft to the National Park Bank 
 (through the clearing-house), which pays $100 and charges 
 the amount to the State Bank of Utah. 
 
 Each of the banks has now received and paid out $100 in 
 cash or credit ; Mr. Fowler, in Salt Lake City, has paid out 
 '$100, and Mr. Bryant, in Portland, has received $100 ; and 
 yet no money has actually been transferred from one city to 
 the other. 
 
 Whenever the State Bank of Utah cashes a New York draft, 
 it sends the draft to its correspondent in New York and 
 
EXCHANGE 229 
 
 receives credit for it, which is the same as sending the money 
 received for drafts which it has sold. 
 
 397. In New York, and every other large city, many checks 
 and drafts are received by one bank, payable by other banks in 
 the city. For the sake of convenience, all these checks and 
 drafts are sent by the different banks to one place, called the 
 clearing-house, where they are classified and sent to the banks 
 to which they should go, and balances are settled. 
 
 398. Making payments hy means of drafts or money orders is 
 exchange. It is really an exchange of credits. 
 
 399. Exchange between places in the same country is domestic 
 exchange. 
 
 The exchange business of the Middle West is largely carried 
 on through Chicago and St. Louis banks. A similar exchange 
 business is conducted between every great money center and 
 the surrounding section. But the great exchange center of 
 the United States is New York, which is sometimes called the 
 country's clearing-house. 
 
 400. It sometimes happens that banks in one city have large 
 sums on deposit with banks in another city, and need currency 
 for immediate use. They may then sell drafts at a discount 
 from their face value in order to get the money at once. 
 When the balance is against them, they may sell drafts at a 
 premium, which is a certain per cent above their face value. 
 
 401. Personal checks are used, like drafts, in making pay- 
 ments at a distance, and a small fee for collection is charged by 
 the banks. 
 
 402. Oral and Written 
 
 1. Mr. William Harris, in South Bend, Ind., desires to send 
 1200 to his nephew Arthur Otis, who is in college in New 
 
230 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Haven, Conn. How much will a New York draft for that 
 sum cost, if the exchange is -^^ % ? 
 
 2. The banks making the above exchange are the Farmers' 
 Bank of South Bend and its correspondent, the Marine Bank 
 of New York, the Exchange National Bank of New Haven and 
 its correspondent, the Industrial Bank of New York. Describe 
 the entire transaction. 
 
 3. Write the draft, and indorse it properly. 
 
 4. Minneapolis banks have large balances in New York 
 banks. Therefore they are selling New York drafts at gV % 
 discount. 
 
 a. What is the cost in Minneapolis of a New York draft for 
 1800? 
 
 Hint. — $800 - i^% of |800 = ? 
 
 h. Write the draft in question a, the parties being James B. 
 Weaver, the Produce Exchange Bank of New York, and the 
 Minnehaha National Bank of Minneapolis. 
 
 e. Charles O. Richards of Minneapolis has collected $ 3938.03 
 for John Howe & Co. of Scranton, Pa. Write the New York 
 draft that he can purchase with that sum at the Minnehaha 
 National Bank. 
 
 Statement of Relation : 99^1% of = $3938.03. 
 
 5. Milwaukee banks have small balances in New York banks. 
 They are selling New York exchange at ^ % premium. 
 
 a. What is the exchange on a New York draft for 17500 ? 
 
 6. The exchange on a draft sold to Cyrus Johnson by the 
 Northeastern Bank of Milwaukee was $20.50. What was the 
 face of the draft ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : J% of = $ 20.50. 
 
 c. Write the draft in question 5, making the Traders' Bank 
 of New York the drawee. 
 
COMMERCIAL DRAFTS 231 
 
 6. What is the rate of exchange when a draft for 17500 
 costs 17505? 
 
 Statement of Relation: % of $7500 = $5. 
 
 7. The discount on a draft for $8400 is §7. What is the 
 rate of discount ? 
 
 Statement of Relation : % of $ 8400 = $ 7. 
 
 8. When money was scarce in San Francisco, and large 
 balances were held in Chicago, a man in San Francisco bought 
 a Chicago draft of -f 12,800, paying 1 12,784 for it. At what 
 rate of discount did he buy the draft ? 
 
 COMMERCIAL DRAFTS 
 
 403. Drafts are frequently used as a means of collecting 
 bills. For example, Horace Prang of Columbus, O., owes 
 Loetzer & Co. of Buffalo, an account of 1500, payable Aug. 26, 
 1908. Loetzer & Co. make out the following: 
 
 Time Draft 
 
 jRlJg I jU/i^ffh, i'Lx^t^ .a.4^h/f^Uxctt^ Pay towe order of 
 
 a^pS - WucTecGived and ebai^e to account nf 
 
 §1 1 ^r^k^'^^X^i c^e^^^^ 
 
 Loetzer & Co. deposit this draft in the Bank of Buffalo, 
 which sends it to some bank in Columbus. This bank presents 
 the draft to Horace Prang, who, if he is willing, writes in red 
 ink across its face, "Accepted, July 1, 1908" (if that is the 
 
232 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 day on which it is presented) and signs his name. The draft 
 is now equivalent to Mr. Prang's bank note, payable Aug. 26, 
 indorsed by Loetzer & Co. It is returned to the Bank of 
 Buffalo, which will discount it at once, if Loetzer & Co. are 
 customers in good standing, and credit them with the pro- 
 ceeds, less a small fee for collection. 
 
 If the draft were an order to pay "sixty days after sight,'' 
 and accepted by Mr. Prang, he would be entitled to sixty days, 
 after its presentation and acceptance, before paying it. If not 
 paid then, it would be protested, like a bank note. 
 
 404. Shippers often use drafts as a means of collecting pay- 
 ment for goods on delivery, or of securing promise of payment 
 at a specified time. 
 
 Suppose the Empire Elevator Company of Buffalo is sending 
 a carload of corn, containing 700 bushels, billed at 60 cents a 
 bushel, to the Smith Milling Company of Springfield, Mass. 
 The Elevator Company receives a bill of lading from the rail- 
 road company, which the Smith Milling Company must have 
 before it can get permission to take the corn from the car at 
 Springfield. The Elevator Company takes this bill and deposits 
 it in the Marine National Bank of Buffalo together with the 
 following draft : 
 
 111 
 
 oil 
 
 $ Jf-Zo.— Buffalo. N, Y.. A^^^. ^ 190 •T 
 
 .PAY TO THE ORDER OF THE 
 
 IVIarine National Bank of Buffalo, 
 
 ;^rT4>t^/?2**-^^*^ -*<*-!^'2SJ^««*^^^^r — — ■ " 'Dollars. 
 
 VALUE received AND CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF 
 TO JL/fi^^^^Mi^^(^ 
 
 :} v^^^^i^^^^^^^^ 
 
COMMERCIAL DRAFTS 233 
 
 The Marine National Bank of Buffalo sends the draft and 
 bill of lading to a bank in Springfield, which presents it to the 
 Milling Company for payment. If the Milling Company pays 
 the draft, it receives the bill of lading, which entitles it to take 
 the corn from the car. The Springfield bank remits the 
 amount, by draft or otherwise, to the Marine National Bank of 
 Buffalo, which credits it to the Empire Elevator Company, less 
 the cost of collection. 
 
 If the Smith Milling Company refuses to pay the draft, the 
 Springfield bank notifies the Marine National Bank of Buffalo, 
 which notifies the Empire Elevator Company. Then the Ele- 
 vator Company mast arrange to have the corn returned or dis- 
 posed of in some other way. 
 
 405. When the drawee has accepted a drafts he is called the 
 acceptor and the draft is called an acceptance. 
 
 406. When a draft is drawn payable a certain number of 
 days or months after sights it is necessary to have a date in the 
 acceptance so as to determine the day of maturity of the draft. 
 
 A draft drawn payable after date may be properly accepted 
 by the mere signature of the drawee across its face, though the 
 date is also desirable. 
 
 407. A draft payable at sight (i.e. at the time of presentation) 
 is called a sight draft ; a draft payable at a specified time after 
 sight or after date is called a time draft. 
 
 408. A sight draft may be accepted payable a certain time 
 after date of acceptance. It then has the force of a note and 
 may be discounted like a time draft or bank note. 
 
 409. The discount on a time draft, and the cost of collection^ 
 called the exchange^ of any draft are computed on the face of 
 the draft. 
 
234 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 410. The face of a draft less the exchange and the discount 
 (on a time draft) is called the net proceeds. 
 
 Note. — In states where grace is allowed by law, add three days to the 
 time in finding the maturity and term of discount. 
 
 411. Written 
 
 1. What was the exchange for collecting the draft on the 
 Smith Milling Company, page 232, at -^^ % 
 
 9 
 
 2. a. Compute the discount on the draft accepted by Horace 
 Prang, page 231, from the day of acceptance to the day of 
 maturity at 6%. 
 
 h. If the charge for collection was yo%' what sum was 
 credited to the account of Loetzer & Co., by the Bank of 
 Buffalo ? 
 
 3. What is the cost of collecting the following draft at | % ? 
 
 4t€> 
 
 
 ^^ni3L 
 
 ' X^t^z^/j^i^VT^ 
 
 4. William H. Warner of Burlington, la., draws on H. H. 
 Franklin of Dubuque, for f 1800, at 60 days sight, through the 
 National Bank of Burlington. 
 
 a. Write the draft. 
 
 h. Compute the discount, the draft having been accepted, 
 and discounted at 6 % on the day of acceptance. 
 
COMMERCIAL DRAFTS 235 
 
 c. If the exchange for collection was y^ %, what were the 
 net proceeds of the draft ? 
 
 5. Find the net proceeds of the following draft on the day 
 of acceptance, computing discount at 5% per annum and 
 exchange at |^%. 
 
 
 Value nxmvd anddkarye io account of 
 
 6. Find the net proceeds of a draft for $1440 payable 60 
 days after date, the rate of discount being 7 % per annum, the 
 day of discount thirty days after date, and the exchange |^%. 
 
 7. The net proceeds of a 60-day draft discounted at 6 % on 
 the day of date, exchange at J%, were $1977.50. What was 
 the face of the draft ? 
 
 EXCHANGE BY POSTAL MONEY ORDER 
 
 The Post Office Department offers a convenient method of 
 exchange, for small amounts, in the form of postal money orders. 
 
 412. A postal money order is a written agreement, signed hy 
 the postmaster of a certain post office., that the postmaster of 
 another post office will pay a specified sum of money to the person 
 named in the order. 
 
236 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 The following form shows the essential parts of a 
 Postal Money Order 
 
 
 
 
 [Name of 
 
 office issuing the order] 
 DATE 
 
 
 NO. 
 
 
 
 
 THE POSTMASTER 
 
 AT [Name 
 
 of office on which order is drawn] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 WILL PAY 
 
 THE SUM OF 
 
 
 DOLLARS 
 
 CENTS 
 
 
 
 P 
 
 words for dollars 
 
 DOLLARS 
 
 P 
 
 figures for cents 
 
 CENTS 
 
 
 
 TO 
 
 THE 
 
 ORDER OF [Name of 
 
 person to whom order is payable] 
 
 
 
 
 NAME OF REMITTER 
 
 
 
 [Signature 
 
 of] POSTMASTER 
 
 413. These orders may be purchased at any money order post 
 office. All except the smaller village and rural post offices are 
 money order offices. 
 
 The purchaser (called "the remitter," in the order) incloses the order in 
 an envelope, and mails it to the payee named in the order. The payee 
 takes it to the post office named in the order, where he receives in cash the 
 face value of the order. 
 
 All money order offices sell postal money orders (for amounts not 
 exceeding $100), payable at money order offices in this country or in foreign 
 countries. 
 
 The following table shows the fees that must be paid, in addition to the 
 face, for postal money orders payable in the United States: 
 Face of Order 
 
 $2.50 or less 
 
 Over 2.50 and not exceeding 
 Over 5.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 10.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 20.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 30.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 40.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 50.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 60.00 and not exceeding 
 Over 75.00 and not exceeding 
 Fees for foreign orders are about three times as great as for domestic, 
 ranging from 10)^5 to $1.00. 
 
 
 Fee 
 
 
 . . S^ 
 
 $5.00 . 
 
 . . 5;* 
 
 10.00 . 
 
 . Sf 
 
 20.00 . 
 
 . lOj^ 
 
 30.00 . 
 
 . 12^ 
 
 40.00 . . 
 
 . 15;^ 
 
 50.00 . . 
 
 . 18^ 
 
 60.00 . . 
 
 . 20^ 
 
 75.00 . . 
 
 . 25^ 
 
 100.00 . . 
 
 . SOf 
 
MONEY ORDERS 
 
 237 
 
 414. Oral 
 
 Using the table of rates on page 236, 
 
 1. Find the total cost of a postal money order for — 
 
 a. 13.00 d. 143.25 g, $86.31 j. 128.98 
 h. $4.28 e, 189.41 h. $72.05 k, $90.89 
 c, $1.75 /. $99.99 ^. $50.10 h $88.95 
 
 2. Find the cost of two postal money orders which, together, 
 will pay a bill of $137.55 at Wanamaker's store in Philadel- 
 phia. 
 
 3. Find the cost of postal money orders sufficient to pay 
 a bill of $500. 
 
 Make and solve other problems. 
 
 EXCHANGE BY EXPRESS MONEY ORDER 
 
 415. An express money order is a written agreement hy an 
 express company to pay to the order of a person named in the 
 order a specified sum of money. 
 
 The following is the usual form: 
 
 When CouNTERsrcNEO 
 
 BY AOCNT AT POINT Or ISSOC 
 
 7-5997858 
 
 JJotiliniratal ^p^ss JJmnpairo 
 
 
 TOTRANSMfTANO 
 
 PAyiO THE ORDER OF. 
 
 The Sum OF CL/^VXjty>^ d^^^-^^ts^^-^ 
 
 0>ON' 
 
 
 - TooDOLLARS 
 
 Issued at 
 
 t^2: Stat, or C/^, £. ,;^^*« ■" "';";i . /7 
 
 MUTILATION or THIS OROCft RCMOCRS IT VOID^ \^^ 
 
 FEB.&l 1908 
 
 ANY cnASURC.M.TCRATiOM,OerACCMCNT OR I 
 
238 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 The fee is the same as that for issuing a postal money order 
 for the same amount. It is called the exchange for issuing 
 the order. 
 
 416. An express money order is negotiable and can he trans- 
 ferred hy indorsement^ like a check or hank draft. 
 
 417. An express money order, issued by any express com- 
 pany, will be cashed for its full face value at any of the com- 
 pany's offices in this country, or by any other express company, 
 or by any bank. 
 
 418. Oral 
 
 1. Name two similarities between the method of exchange 
 by express money order and that by postal money order. 
 
 2. Name two differences. 
 
 3. What must be paid in Latrobe, Pa., for an express money 
 order large enough to pay a bill of 127.27 in Los Angeles, Cal.? 
 
 Make and solve other problems. 
 
 EXCHANGE BY TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDER 
 
 419. Exchange by telegraph money order is more expensive 
 than that by express or postal money order. It is used only in 
 cases of emergency, when credits must be transmitted without 
 loss of time, so that money paid in one place may be instantly 
 available in another place at some distance from the first. ^ 
 
 The method by which this form of exchange is made is as 
 follows : 
 
 The person desiring to remit money goes to a telegraph office and pays 
 the money to the person who attends to that branch of the business. A 
 message is then sent, directing the telegraph office, at the place where the 
 money is wanted, to pay the amount to the person designated. Before receiv- 
 
FOREIGN EXCHANGE 239 
 
 ing the money, that person is required to satisfy the representatives of the 
 telegraph company, by identification or otherwise, that he is the person 
 to whom the money is directed to be paid. 
 
 420. The present rate for telegraph money orders is twice 
 the cost of a ten-word message^ plus one per cent of the amount of 
 the order. If the amount of the order is less than f 25, the fee is 
 the same as if the order were for 
 
 421. Oral 
 
 1. What is the cost in Syracuse, N.Y., of a telegraph money 
 order for |75, payable in Atlanta, Ga., the cost of a ten-word 
 message being 60^? 
 
 2. What is the cost in Scranton, Pa., of a telegraph money 
 order for $50, payable in San Francisco, the rate for a ten- 
 word message being fl.OO ? 
 
 3. What is the cost in Utica of a telegraph money order 
 for $100, payable in Harrisburg, Pa., the rate for a ten- word 
 message being 40)^? 
 
 Make and solve other problems. 
 
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE 
 
 422. Exchange between places in different countries is for- 
 eign exchange. 
 
 423. The principal gold coin of Great Britain is the sovereign, 
 equal to XI. It is equiva- 
 lent to $4.8665. 
 
 Which of our coins is most 
 nearly like the sovereign ? 
 
 The shilling is a silver coin 
 equal to -^-^ of a pound, ster- 
 
240 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 ling. It is equivalent to 
 about how many cents ? It 
 closely resembles what Amer- 
 ican coin ? 
 
 The English penny is -^^ 
 of a shilling. It is equiva- 
 lent to about how many cents in our money ? 
 
 424. The principal gold coin of France is the 20-franc piece, 
 nearly equivalent to $4 of our money. 
 
 The franc is a silver coin 
 equivalent to $.193 of our 
 money. What American 
 coin is most nearly like the 
 franc? The franc is also 
 the principal coin of Belgium 
 and Switzerland. 
 
 The lira (plural lire) of Italy has the same 
 value, and is exchanged evenly for the franc. 
 A dollar is equivalent to about how many 
 francs ? How many lire ? How many shil- 
 lings ? 
 
 The principal coin of Germany is the 
 coin y^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:::^^ 
 
 425. 
 
 mark. It is a silver 
 
 equivalent to $.238. What 
 
 American coin is most nearly // V 
 
 like the mark ? One dollar \| ^ ^^ I 
 
 
 is equivalent to about how 
 many marks ? Four marks 
 are equivalent to how many cents ? 
 
 426. Foreign drafts, called bills of exchange, are always 
 expressed in the money of the country in which they are 
 
FOREIGN EXCHANGE 
 
 241 
 
 payable. Sterling bills (drafts on Great Britain and Ireland) 
 are expressed in pounds, shillings, and pence ; drafts on France, 
 Belgium, and Switzerland in francs; on Italy, in lire; and on 
 Germany, in nciarks (re icli marks). 
 
 427. Foreign drafts are usually issued in sets of two, known 
 as the first and second of exchange. When either of them is 
 paid, the other becomes void. 
 
 Set of Exchange 
 
 Exchange for £ 260-^-^ 
 
 J{ew York, ^£.L 26, 1907 
 
 At sight of this._.jUQ,t___of exchange (second unpaid) 
 
 pay to the order of Ra{>-&vt /71ci(S.^an.cild 
 
 Value received, and charge to the account of 
 
 To £o-m.{^c^vcl y (^a. 
 JVo. <?f ^ £andoft, 
 
 JSva-w-yv JSvotk&x^ V^ (^a. 
 
 The second draft of the set is like the first, except the inter- 
 change of the words first and second. 
 
 FOREIGN EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS 
 
 428. The values given on pages 239 and 240 for various 
 coins are the exact equivalents of those coins, in our money. 
 This is called the intrinsic par of exchange. The exchange 
 values of those denominations, however, fluctuate from day to 
 day, like the prices of corn, wheat, and cotton, and are quoted 
 in the daily papers. 
 
242 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 429. Exchange on Great Britain and Ireland is quoted at 
 the number of dollars that must be paid for one pound of ex- 
 change ; e.g. "Exchange on Liverpool, 4.87|-," means that a 
 draft on Liverpool costs at the rate of $4. 87 J for every pound 
 of its face. Time drafts are quoted at a lower rate than sight 
 drafts, because the drawer, who sells the draft, has the use of 
 the money until the draft matures. There is no discount to be 
 computed, because that is accounted for in the quotation. 
 
 "London sight 4.86|; 60 days, 4. 85 J" means that London 
 sight drafts are sold at i4.86| per pound of their face, while 
 60-day London drafts are sold at f 4.85| per pound of their 
 face. 
 
 Exchange on France, Belgium, and Switzerland is quoted at 
 the numher of franca of exchange that may be bought for one 
 dollar 'i e.g. "Exchange on Brussels, 5.17|-" means that one 
 dollar must be paid for every 5. 17 J francs of the face of the 
 draft. 
 
 Exchange on Italy is quoted at the numher of lire of exchange 
 that can be bought for one dollar. 
 
 Exchange on Germany is quoted at the numher of cents that 
 must be paid iorfour marks of the face of the draft; e.g. "Ex- 
 change on Hamburg, 96|^," means that f .96|- must be paid for 
 every four marks of the face of the draft. 
 
 The cost of cable transfers, or telegraph money orders to for- 
 eign countries, is computed by finding the exchange value of 
 the order according to the quotation, and adding thereto a 
 certain per cent, usually from \% to 1%, plus the cost of the 
 cable message. 
 
 Post remittances, or foreign postal money orders^ are sold at 
 their exchange value, plus a certain fee for issuing and paying 
 the order. 
 
 Thus it will be seen that no general rule can be given for 
 
FOREIGN EXCHANGE 243 
 
 computation of foreign exchange. The first step in every prob- 
 lem, however, is to determine what the quotation means, accord- 
 ing to the explanation given above. When that is determined 
 and clearly fixed in the mind, the student's experience in apply- 
 ing principles to given conditions so as to secure correct results 
 should enable him to solve the problem. 
 
 430. Oral 
 
 1. Give the meaning of each of the following quotations of 
 exchange : 
 
 a. London 4.87^ I. Munich 95| 
 
 b. Edinburgh 4.86f m. Manchester 4.86f 
 
 - 5 sight 4.87 n. Frankfort 97 
 
 c. -^-ondon -J g^ ^^^^ ^ g^^ ^^ Zurich 5.16^ 
 
 d. Paris 5.16J p. Berne 5.17^ 
 
 e. Geneva 5.18 q. Belfast 4.87f 
 / Milan 5.17 r. Florence 5.14f 
 g. Antwerp 5.17 s. Bremen 87f 
 
 h. Berlin 95^ \ sight 4.86 
 
 i. Glasgow 4.87^ ^' ■^'''^''P''°^ ^ 60 days 4.83 
 
 J. Dresden 96 u. Brussels 5.19 
 
 k. Rome 5.18J v. Hamburg 96| 
 
 2. When four marks cost 96 cents, what is the cost of 1 
 mark ? Of 100 marks ? 
 
 3. What must be paid for a draft for £ 100, when one pound 
 of exchange costs $4.87 ? 
 
 4. When exchange on Paris is at the rate of 5.19 francs for 
 $1, what is the face of a draft that may be bought for $10 ? 
 
 5. When exchange on France is quoted at 5.20, how may 
 we find the cost of one franc ? 
 
 6. What is the cost of a draft for 519 francs when 5.19 
 francs of exchange may be bought for $1? 
 
244 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 7. When a draft on Liverpool for XIOOO costs $4875, what 
 is the rate of exchange ? (What will £ 1 cost ?) 
 
 8. What is the rate of exchange when a draft for 100 marks 
 costs $24 ? (What will 4 marks cost ?) 
 
 9. What is the rate of exchange when a draft for 1038 
 francs costs $200 ? (How many francs will f 1 buy?) 
 
 10. In what denomination are drafts on England expressed ? 
 On France ? On Scotland ? On Belgium ? On Germany ? 
 On Italy ? On Switzerland ? On the United States ? 
 
 11. What is the rate of exchange when 1 980 will buy a 
 draft for £ 200 ? 
 
 12. At what rate of exchange will f 50 buy a draft for 258 
 francs ? 
 
 13. At what rate of exchange will a draft on Rome for 1040 
 lire cost $200? 
 
 14. When the rate of exchange on Germany is 98, what is the 
 cost per mark of a draft on Cologne ? 
 
 15. What is the cost per franc of a draft on Brussels, when 
 the rate of exchange is 5.00 ? 
 
 431. Written 
 
 1. a. When exchange on London is quoted at 4.87, what is 
 the cost of a London draft for £ 250 ? 
 
 h. What is the face of a London draft that can be bought 
 for $4383? 
 
 2. a. What is the cost of a draft on Paris for 2069.5 francs 
 when exchange is quoted at 5. 17 J ? 
 
 b. What is the face of a draft on Berne that can be bought 
 for $689 when the rate of exchange is 5.18 ? 
 
 3. A Liverpool draft for £850 cost $4160.75. What was 
 the rate of exchange ? 
 
FOREIGN EXCHANGE 245 
 
 4. When 1240 will buy a draft for 1242.60 francs, how many 
 francs of exchange will $ 1 buy ? What is the rate of exchange ? 
 
 5. When the quotation for London exchange is " sight 4. S7^ ; 
 30 da. 4.86," what is the difference between the cost of a sight 
 draft for £ 470 and a 30-day draft for the same amount ? 
 
 6. What is the cost of a draft on Berlin for 948 marks when 
 exchange is quoted at 98 ? 
 
 4 marks cost $.98 
 
 1 mark cost ^* — 
 4 
 
 948 marks cost ^— x — (cancel) 
 
 7. A bill of exchange on Frankfort for 8000 marks costs how 
 much when the rate of exchange is .95f ? 
 
 8. What is the face of a bill of exchange on Bremen that can 
 be bought for $2031.75 when the rate is 96|? 
 
 9. Brown Brothers & Co., bankers, sent out to their cor- 
 respondents, Oct. 14, 1907, the following list of quotations : 
 
 NO. 447. BROWN BROTHERS & CO. new yobk, Oct. 14, 1907 
 
 ENGLAND, SCOTLANDlc IRELAND . • $4.87 \ per Pound 
 
 LONDON & LIVERPOOL ONLY 4.86U Sterling 
 
 FRANCE, BELGIUM & SWITZERLAND • 5.16 
 
 PARIS ONLY 5.161 I Francs 
 
 1 
 
 ANTWERP & BRUSSELS ONLY 5.17 per Dollar 
 
 ZURICH, ST. GALL, BASLE, BERNE&GENEVAONLY5.I6J ' '^ 
 
 ITALY . 6.161) Lire 
 
 GENOA, MILAN, NAPLES, FLORENCE, LUCCA & 
 ROME ONLY 5.l4i 
 
 GERMANY :95V] 
 
 BERLIN, BREMEN, CHEMNITZ, DRESDEN. FRANK- I CtS. per 
 
 FORT, HAMBURG, HANOVER, MANNHEIM, MU- (Four Marks 
 
 NICH & NUREMBERG ONLY 95 J 
 
 HOLLAND .4042) cts. per 
 
 AMSTERDAM ONLY 40?® i Guilder 
 
246 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 AUSTRIA 86 HUNGARY 203°] cts. 
 
 per 
 
 VIENNA, BUDAPEST, AUSSIG, PRAGUE, TEPLITZ h i^^^^^ 
 
 & TRIESTE ONLY 2025 j rs.rone 
 
 NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK& ICELAND .26^1 qx 
 
 CHRISTIANIA, COPENHAGEN, GOTEBORG&STOCK- [ i/^'Jfr.^ 
 
 HOLM ONLY 2665J i^ronor 
 
 FINLAND .1945) cts. per 
 
 HELSiNGFORS & wiBORG ONLY 1919) pinmark 
 
 RUSSIA .611) cts. per 
 
 ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, ODESSA, BAKU, \ D„hlo 
 
 CHARKOFF & KIEF ONLY 5liJ riuaie 
 
 POST REMITTANCES at the ordinary rate plus 15c. per payment. CABLE TRANSFERS h% higher plus cost 
 
 of message. 
 
 By these quotations, find: 
 
 a. The cost of a set of exchange on Antwerp for 13,442 
 francs. 
 
 h. The face of a London bill that can be purchased for 
 11459.50. 
 
 c. The cost of a bill of exchange on Dublin for £ 420 10s. 
 
 d. The cost of a set of exchange on Glasgow for £ 200 10s. 6 J. 
 
 e. The face of a Berlin draft that can be bought for $ 190. 
 /. The cost of a set of exchange on Rome for 20,575 lire. 
 
 ff. The cost of a cable transfer of 20,650 francs to Paris, 
 computing exchange at the quoted rate, then adding -^ % plus 
 the cost of the cable message, which was $5.04. 
 
 h. The face of a London bill that can be bought for 
 $2189.25. 
 
 t. The face of a bill of exchange on Geneva that can be 
 bought for 1200. 
 
 y. The cost of a Dresden bill of exchange for 896 marks. 
 
 10. A man has saved $400, and desires to send it to his 
 family in Naples. What is the face of the draft which he can 
 buy with that sum, by the above quotation ? 
 
THE METRIC SYSTEM 247 
 
 11. Make and solve problems of exchange on other countries 
 named in the list of quotations. 
 
 THE METRIC SYSTEM 
 
 The metric system of weights and measures is a decimal 
 system which originated in France a little more than one hun- 
 dred years ago. It is the legal sj^^stem in most of the civilized 
 world except Great Britain and the United States. 
 
 In our own country, it is used in the sciences and in some 
 branches of the government business. 
 
 Being a decimal system, it is much simpler than the English 
 system which we use ; for all reductions from one denomination 
 to another may be made simply by moving the decimal point. 
 
 LINEAR MEASURE 
 
 432. The standard unit of linear measure in the metric 
 system is the meter. It is determined by taking one ten- 
 millionth part (very nearly) of the distance from the earth's 
 equator to either of its poles, measured on a meridian. It is 
 equal to 39.37 inches. 
 
 433. Oral 
 
 1. What denomination in the English linear measure is most 
 nearly like the meter ? 
 
 2. Draw a line one meter long. 
 
 3. Hold your hands one meter apart. 
 
 4. A meter is about how many feet long ? 
 
 5. How many meters long is your schoolroom ? Wide ? 
 High? 
 
 6. About how many meters are there in a rod ? 
 
248 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 7. About how many meters long is a rifle-range whose 
 length is 500 yd. ? 
 
 8. Your height is about how many meters ? 
 
 9. How many meters high can you reach on the blackboard ? 
 
 How the Table is made 
 
 434. Divide a meter into ten equal parts. One of these 
 parts is a decimeter. Dec is a Latin prefix meaning tenth. 
 About how many inches long is a decimeter ? Show with your 
 hands the length of a decimeter. What part of a meter is a 
 decimeter ? 
 
 Divide a decimeter into ten equal parts. One of these parts 
 is a centimeter. Cent is a Latin prefix meaning hundredth. 
 What part of an inch is a centimeter ? Show its length. How 
 many centimeters in one meter ? What part of a meter is a 
 centimeter ? 
 
 Divide a centimeter into ten equal parts. One of these parts 
 is a millimeter. Mill is a Latin prefix meaning thousandth. 
 What part of a meter is a millimeter ? How many millimeters 
 in a meter ? What part of an inch is a millimeter ? 
 
 Ten meters make one dekameter. Beha is a Greek prefix 
 meaning ten. How many rods in a dekameter? How many 
 feet ? How many dekameters long is your schoolroom ? 
 
 Ten dekameters make one hektometer. Hekto is a Greek 
 prefix meaning hundred. How many meters in one hekto- 
 meter ? How many feet long is a hektometer ? 
 
 Ten hektometers make one kilometer. Kilo is a Greek prefix 
 meaning thousand. How many meters in one kilometer ? How 
 many feet ? What part of a mile ? 
 
 Ten kilometers make one myriameter. Myria is a Greek 
 prefix meaning ten thousand. How many meters in one myria- 
 meter? How many feet ? How many miles ? 
 
 I 
 
THE METRIC SYSTEM 249 
 
 These statements may be combined in the following : 
 
 Table of Linear Measure 
 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 
 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 
 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 
 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 
 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 
 10 hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 
 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 
 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i""i"'i| 
 
 One Decimeter 
 
 l "'l| I IM 1 
 
 One Centimeter 
 
 n 
 
 One Millimeter 
 
 435. Oral 
 
 Read the following expressions as meters; thus, seventy 
 thousand meters^ fifteen thousand meters^ six hundred meters^ 
 eighty meters^ one hundred fifty-two thousandths meters : 
 
 1. 7 Mm. 9. 34 m. 17. 5 Dm. 25. 6 dm. 
 
 2. 15 Km. 10. 7 cm. 18. 61 Km. 26. 47 mm. 
 
 3. 6 Hm. 11. 69 Hm. 19. 384 mm. 27. 523 Km. 
 
 4. 8 Dm. 12. 46 Dm. 20. 7856 m. 28. 368 Dm. 
 
 5. 483 m. 13. 931 Km. 21. 35 cm. 29. 42 Mm. 
 
 6. 8 dm. 14. 26 Hm. 22. 421 mm. 30. 58 Km. 
 
 7. 67 cm. 15. 3 dm. 23. 89 Dm. 31. 284 Dm. 
 
 8. 152 mm. 16. 341 mm. 24. 58 Hm. 32. 700 cm. 
 
 Practice reading such expressions as the above in meters, until you cau 
 think in meters. 
 
250 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 436. 
 
 1 myriameter 
 10 kilometers 
 100 hektometers 
 1000 dekaraeters 
 10000 meters 
 100000 decimeters 
 1000000 centimeters 
 10000000 millimeters. 
 
 leducl 
 
 don 
 
 1 millimeter 
 
 O 
 
 .1 centimeter 
 
 .01 decimeter 
 
 fti 
 
 .001 meter 
 
 
 .0001 dekameter 
 
 3 
 
 .00001 hektometer 
 
 
 
 .000001 kilometer 
 
 .0000001 myriameter, 
 
 437. The following series of numbers read from the top 
 is reduction descending ; read from the bottom is reduction 
 ascending. All metric numbers may be reduced in this way. 
 
 7.5689132 Mm. = 
 
 75.689132 Km. = 
 
 756.89132 Hra. = 
 
 7568.9132 Dm. = 
 
 75689.132 m. = 
 
 756891.32 dm. = 
 
 7568913.2 cm. = 
 
 75689132 mm. 
 
 a a a a . i a a* 
 j^wwoa-sia 
 
 Each of these numbers may be read thus :7568913 2. 
 
 438. Oral and Written 
 
 1. How may a metric number be reduced to higher denomi- 
 nations? To lower denominations? 
 
 2. Reduce 12,345,678 mm. to cm.; todm. ; to m.; to Dm.; 
 to Hm.: to Km.; to Mm. 
 
THE METRIC SYSTEM 251 
 
 3. Reduce 9.6538714 Mm. to Km.; to Hm.; to Dm.; to 
 m.; to dm.; to cm.; to mm. 
 
 4. Reduce 7 Mm. to lower denominations. 
 
 5. Reduce 7 mm. to higher denominations. 
 
 6. Reduce 6307.1 m. to Km.; to cm. 
 
 7. Reduce 81 meters to inches. 
 
 8. Write as meters 2 Mm.; 7 Km.; 6 Hm.; 8 Dm.; 5 m.; 
 3 dm.; 2 cm.; 9 mm. Write them all as one number. 
 
 9. Reduce 1 Mm. to feet. 
 
 10. Write 7 Mm. and 6 mm. in one number, as meters. 
 Reduce it to higher denominations ; to lower denominations. 
 
 11. Reduce .075 Km. to cm. 
 
 12. Reduce 8 Dm. and 6 m. to Mm. ; to mm. 
 
 13. Write 75 Km. and 62 dm. in one number as meters ; as 
 cm.; as Mm. 
 
 14. State the value of each figure in 30769.543 m. 
 
 15. A ship sails 100 Mm. in one day. How many miles 
 does it sail ? 
 
 16. Give the table of Metric Linear Measure. 
 
 17. Name the standard unit. 
 
 18. How is it determined ? 
 
 19. What is the scale of the Metric system ? 
 
 20. a. What is the distance in meters between two places if 
 they are 94,488 feet apart ? 
 
 h. What is the distance in kilometers? 
 
 21. A boy in Paris walked 12 Km. in one day. How many 
 miles did he walk ? 
 
 22. A train in Europe ran 393.7 mi. in 10 hr. That was an 
 average of how many kilometers per hour ? 
 
252 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 SURFACE MEASURE 
 
 439. Draw a square whose side is one meter. How many 
 square meters does it contain ? It is how many decimeters on 
 a side ? How many square decimeters does it contain ? How 
 many square decimeters make one square meter ? 
 
 One 
 sq. cm. 
 
 \ 
 
 ^^. 
 
 One Square Decimeter 
 
 How many centimeters long and wide is a square decimeter ? 
 How many square centimeters in one square decimeter ? Find 
 how many square millimeters in 1 sq. centimeter. 
 
SURFACE MEASURE 253 
 
 How many sq. meters = 1 sq. dekameter ? 
 
 How many sq. dekameters = 1 sq. hektometer? 
 How many sq. hektometers = 1 sq. kilometer ? 
 
 The answers to the above questions form the following table, 
 which is used for all ordinary surface measurements ; 
 
 Table of Surface Measure 
 
 100 sq. millimeters = 1 sq. centimeter (sq. cm.) 
 100 sq. centimeters = 1 sq. decimeter (sq. dm.) 
 100 sq. decimeters = 1 sq. meter (sq. m.) 
 100 sq. meters = 1 sq. dekameter (sq. Dm.) 
 
 100 sq. dekameters = 1 sq. hektometer (sq. Hm.) 
 100 sq. hektometers = 1 sq. kilometer (sq. Km.) 
 
 440. Oral 
 
 1. Which denomination of our measure is nearest like the 
 square meter ? 
 
 2. The square dekameter is equivalent to about how many 
 square rods ? 
 
 3. How many square centimeters in one square meter ? 
 
 4. How far to the right must the decimal point be moved to 
 reduce square meters to square decimeters ? 
 
 5. How many places to the left must the decimal point be 
 moved to reduce square meters to square dekameters ? 
 
 6. To reduce sq. mm. to sq. cm. ? 
 
 7. To reduce sq. mm. to sq. dm. ? 
 
 8. How many places to the left must the decimal point be 
 moved to reduce square meters to square kilometers ? 
 
254 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 441. Written 
 
 1. Reduce 74.5 square meters to square centimeters. 
 
 2. Reduce 
 
 a. 2408 sq. mm. to square meters. 
 
 b. .0753 sq. m. to square millimeters. 
 
 c. 984,769,302 square meters to square kilometers. 
 
 d. 24.8 sq. dm. to square centimeters. 
 
 e. 48 sq. Km. 73 sq. Dm. to square meters. 
 
 3. A table top 2.5 m. long and 95 cm. wide contains how 
 many square meters ? 
 
 4. How many square meters are there in a floor 8 m. long 
 and 3 m. 75 cm. wide ? 
 
 5. Find the cost of painting the four walls of a room 4.5 m. 
 long, 3.2 m. wide, and 32 dm. high, at 1.4 francs per square 
 meter. 
 
 6. -Find in square meters the entire surface of a cube whose 
 edge is 125 cm. 
 
 7. How many square meters of carpet will cover a floor 896 
 cm. long and 50 dm. wide? 
 
 8. A city lot is 45 m. long and contains 922.50 sq. m. of 
 land. Find its width in centimeters. 
 
 9. At 30^ per square meter, what will it cost to plaster the 
 sides and ceiling of a room 5.5 m. long, 4 m. wide, and 3 m. 
 95 cm. high? 
 
 10. How many square decimeters of writing surface are there 
 in a tablet containing 90 sheets of paper, each 2 dm. long and 
 16 cm. wide ? 
 
 11. Find the area of your schoolroom floor in square meters. 
 
 12. Find in square decimeters the area of a square whose 
 edge is 393.7 inches. 
 
LAND MEASURE 255 
 
 LAND MEASURE 
 
 442. The are (pronounced air} and hectare are the principal 
 units of land measure. 
 
 The are is equal to one square dekameter, and the hectare is 
 equal to one hundred ares, 
 
 443. Oral 
 
 1. An are is how many meters long ? Wide ? 
 
 2. How many square meters does the are contain ? 
 
 3. An are is how many inches long ? Feet ? 
 
 4. The are is about how many rods long ? 
 
 5. About how many square rods does it contain ? 
 
 6. About how many ares equal one acre ? 
 
 7. How many ares does a piece of land as large as the floor 
 of your schoolroom contain ? 
 
 8. Name all the surfaces you can think of that contain about 
 one are. 
 
 444. Written 
 
 1. a. A field 134 m. long and 7 Dm. wide contains how 
 many square meters of land ? 
 
 h. How many ares ? 
 
 c. How many hectares ? 
 
 d. How many square dekameters ? 
 
 e. How many square hektometers ? 
 /. How many square centimeters ? 
 
 2. a. How many square centimeters in an oblong 643 cm. 
 long and 2.5 m. wide ? 
 
 h. How many square millimeters ? 
 c. How many square kilometers ? 
 
 3. One hectare is equal to how many acres ? 
 
256 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 VOLUME MEASURE 
 
 445. A cube whose edge is one meter long contains how 
 many cubic meters ? It is how many decimeters long ? Wide ? 
 High ? How many cubic decimeters does it contain ? How 
 many cubic decimeters equal one cubic meter ? 
 
 A cube whose edge is one decimeter contains how many 
 cubic decimeters ? It is how many centimeters long ? Wide ? 
 High ? How many cubic centimeters does it contain ? How 
 many cubic centimeters equal one cubic decimeter ? 
 
 A cube whose edge is one centimeter contains how many 
 cubic centimeters ? It is how many millimeters long ? Wide ? 
 High ? It contains how many cubic millimeters ? How many 
 cubic millimeters equal one cubic centimeter ? 
 
 From the answers to the above questions make the following : 
 
 Table of Volume Measure 
 1000 cu. millimeters (cu.mm.) = 1 cu. centimeter (cu. cm.) 
 1000 cu. centimeters = 1 cu. decimeter (cu. dm.) 
 
 1000 cu. decimeters = 1 cu. meter (cu. m.) 
 
 446. The unit chiefly used in measuring wood and stone is 
 the stere (pronounced stair')^ which is a cube whose edge is one 
 meter. What denomination in the English volume measure is 
 most nearly like the stere ? How many cubic meters does the 
 stere contain ? 
 
 447. Oral and Written 
 
 1. How may cubic millimeters be reduced to cubic centi- 
 meters ? To cubic decimeters ? To cubic meters ? 
 
 2. How many places to the right must the decimal point 
 be moved to reduce cubic meters to cubic millimeters ? 
 
CAPACITY MEASURE 257 
 
 3. Reduce 7 cubic meters to cubic millimeters. 
 
 4. Reduce 5 cubic millimeters to cubic meters. 
 
 5. How many steres in one cubic meter? 
 
 6. A pile of wood is 30 dm. long, 3 m. wide, and 18 dm. 
 high, a. How many cubic meters does it contain? 
 
 h. How many steres? 
 
 c. How many cubic millimeters? 
 
 7. a. How many cubic centimeters of air in an empty box 
 2 m. by 12 dm. by 75 cm. ? 
 
 h. How many cubic decimeters? 
 
 8. How many steres of stone in a wall 30 m. long, 5 dm. 
 thick, and 250 cm. high? 
 
 CAPACITY MEASURE 
 
 448. The metric capacity measure takes the place of both the 
 liquid and the dry measure of the English system. 
 
 The standard unit of capacity measure is the liter (pronounced 
 leeter)^ which is a cube whose edge is one decimeter. 
 
 449. Oral and Written 
 
 1. The liter is what part of a meter wide? High? Long? 
 
 2. What part of a cubic meter does it contain? 
 
 3. About how many inches wide is it? High? Long? 
 About how many cubic inches does it contain? 
 
 4. Show with your hands how wide, high, and long a 
 liter is. 
 
 5. What denomination of English dry measure corresponds 
 most nearly to the liter? 
 
 6. Make a full-sized picture of a liter. 
 
 7. What object the size of a liter do you know? 
 
258 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Table of Capacity Measure 
 
 450. The table of capacity measure is formed similarly to the 
 other metric tables, and is as follows : 
 
 10 milliliters (ml.) == 1 centiliter (cl.) 
 
 10 centiliters = 1 deciliter (dl.) 
 
 10 deciliters = 1 liter (1.) 
 
 10 liters = 1 dekaliter (Dl.) 
 
 10 dekaliters = 1 hektoliter (HI.) 
 
 10 hektoliters = 1 kiloliter (Kl.) 
 
 10 kiloliters . =1 myrialiter (Ml.) 
 
 451. Oral and Written 
 
 1. How many liters in 1 myrialiter? In 1 milliliter? 
 
 2. How many milliliters in 1 myrialiter? i 
 
 3. Reduce 12,345,678 ml. to higher denominations. 
 
 4. Read the number in example 3, giving each figure the 
 name of the denomination it represents. 
 
 5. Reduce 154.67 cl. to kiloliters. 
 
 6. Reduce .012346 Ml. to deciliters. 
 
 7. How many liters equal one cubic meter? 
 
 8. A bin is 2.5 m. wide, 6.4 m. long, and 17 dm. deep. 
 How many liters of oats will it hold? How many hektoliters? 
 How many kiloliters ? 
 
 9. A tank is 3 m. long and 3 m. wide. How many deci- 
 meters deep must it be to hold 50 HI. of water ? 
 
 10. A stone whose volume is 1 stere, if dropped into a pond, 
 would displace how many liters of water? 
 
MEASURES OF WEIGHT 259 
 
 MEASURES OF WEIGHT 
 
 452. The gram is the unit of weight. It is equal to the 
 weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at its greatest 
 density. One gram equals 15.432 grains. 
 
 Table of Weight 
 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 
 10 centigrams =1 decigram (dg.) 
 
 10 decigrams =1 gram (g.) 
 
 10 grams • =1 dekagram (Dg.) 
 
 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 
 
 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 
 
 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 
 
 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q.) 
 
 10 quintals = 1 tonneau, 1 ^T ^ 
 
 or metric ton J 
 
 453. Oral and Written 
 
 1. How many grams in 1 metric ton? 
 
 2. How many myriagrams in 1 metric ton? 
 
 3. Reduce 1 mg. to metric tons. 
 
 4. Reduce 1 T. to milligrams. 
 
 5. Reduce 9,876,543,215 mg. to higher denominations. 
 
 6. Read the number in example 5, giving each figure the 
 name of the denomination it represents. 
 
 7. Recite the table of weight. 
 
 8. Spell the name of each denomination. 
 
 9. Reduce 7.42 quintals to centigrams. 
 
 10. Reduce 543 mg. to myriagrams. 
 
 11. How many grains in 1 Kg. ? . 
 
260 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 12. One pound Avoirdupois contains 7000 gr. How many 
 pounds are equivalent to one kilogram ? 
 
 13. Mr. Smith weighs 100 Kg. How many pounds does he 
 weigh ? 
 
 14. How many grams does a cubic meter of distilled water 
 weigh ? 
 
 15. Would a cubic meter of any other substance weigh the 
 same as a cubic meter of distilled water ? State your reason. 
 
 16. How many kilograms of water will a tank 4 m. x 3 m. 
 X 12 dm. hold? 
 
 REVIEW QUESTIONS 
 454. 1. How many tables are there in the Metric System ? 
 
 2. Name the standard units in the order in which they have 
 been given. Repeat them until you can say them as rapidly 
 as you can talk. 
 
 3. Name the prefixes in the same way. 
 
 4. Name and describe the unit of capacity measure ; of 
 weight ; of length ; of volume ; of surface. 
 
 5. Repeat the tables. 
 
 6. The stere is the unit of what measure ? The meter ? 
 The are ? The gram ? The liter ? 
 
 7. How can metric numbers be reduced to higher denomi- 
 nations ? To lower ? 
 
 8. How many things are to be committed to memory in the 
 Metric System ? 
 
 9. What is 39.37? 15.432? 10? These are the only 
 numbers that need be remembered. 
 
DUTIES 261 
 
 DUTIES 
 
 455. Under the head of taxes^ page 220, we discussed the 
 methods of raising money for the support of city, village, 
 township, county, and state governments. These are chiefly 
 methods of direct taxation; that is, the taxes are paid directly 
 by all owners of property and are apportioned according to the 
 assessed valuation of the property. 
 
 The expenses of the national government are great. Vast 
 sums of money are required for the support of the army and 
 navy, payment of pensions to veteran soldiers and sailors, pay- 
 ment of the salaries of the President, Vice-President, senators, 
 representatives, and other officers and employees of the govern- 
 ment, building of post offices and other public buildings, 
 improvement of rivers and harbors, keeping of lighthouses and 
 life-saving stations, and for many other purposes. Name other 
 expenses of the national government. 
 
 The expenses of the post office department are largely paid 
 by the sale of postage stamps. This is a tax upon the persons 
 buying the stamps, but they receive an immediate and direct 
 return by having their mail carried. There are two other 
 means by which most of the money for government use is ob- 
 tained; namely, 
 
 a. By internal revenue taxes. 
 
 h. By duties or customs. 
 
 456. Internal revenue taxes are taxes levied on certain arti- 
 cles made in this country, chiefly spirits and tobacco products. 
 It is unlawful to sell these articles before .the internal revenue 
 tax upon them has been paid, and persons who break the law 
 may be punished by fine or imprisonment. 
 
 457. Duties or customs are taxes levied on certain articles 
 imported into the country from foreign lands. 
 
262 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Most articles, other than those subject to internal revenue 
 taxes, may be produced or manufactured in this country/ with 
 entire freedom and without taxation ; but there are many- 
 things, both manufactured articles and "raw materials," that 
 cannot be brought into the country without having taxes levied 
 upon them and collected by the government. These taxes, 
 called duties or customs, are collected at custom houses, located 
 at cities and towns called ports of entry. The ports of entry 
 are situated not only along the seacoast and other boundaries 
 of the country, but also along the great river and railroad 
 routes. Can you name some cities that are ports of entry ? 
 
 458. Articles on which duty must he paid are called dutiable 
 articles. It is unlawful for dutiable articles to be brought into 
 the country at any other place than a port of entry. 
 
 459. A list of dutiable articles and the rates of duty to he paid 
 upon them is called a tariff. The tariff of the United States is 
 fixed by Congress. 
 
 The importer of foreign goods must pay the duty on goods which he 
 imports. Therefore, when he sells the goods, he must ask a price sufficient 
 to cover the cost, the duty paid, and his profit ; so that the person who 
 finally buys the goods for his own use really pays the duty upon them. The 
 duty or custom is therefore said to be an indirect tax upon the purchaser or 
 consumer. 
 
 460. Duty computed at a certain per cent of the cost of the 
 goods in the country from which they mere shipped is ad valorem 
 duty; e.g. the duty on f 10,000 worth of laces at 60% ad 
 valorem is $6000. 
 
 461. Duty computed according to the quantity of goods im- 
 ported is specific duty; e.g. the duty on 10,000 lb. of currants 
 at 2 cents per pound is f 200. 
 
DUTIES 
 
 263 
 
 Some articles are subject to both an ad valorem and a specific 
 duty; e.g. the duty on cotton wicking is 15% ad valorem 
 and 10 cents per pound. 
 
 462. Tare is an allowance made for the weight of boxes or 
 cases in which goods are packed for shipment. 
 
 463. Leakage and breakage are allowances for loss of liquids 
 shipped in barrels, casks, and bottles. 
 
 464. In computing ad valorem duty, take the net foreign in- 
 voice valuation (value of the goods in the money of the coun- 
 try from which they were shipped, less all discounts), find its 
 exchange value in United States money, and find the required 
 per cent of that sum. If the valuation contains a fraction of 
 a dollar equal to, or greater than, fifty cents, call it another 
 dollar ; if less than fifty cents, omit it ; e.g. a case of cotton 
 laces invoiced at £ 100, less 4 %, is valued at £ 96, or $467, and 
 the duty is 60% of $467, or $280.20. 
 
 In changing the foreign invoice valuations to dollars, use the 
 following rates, which represent the intrinsic par or real com- 
 parative values of the various denominations, as adopted by the 
 United States Treasury Department. 
 
 Country 
 
 Monetary Unit 
 
 Value in U. S. 
 Dollars 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 Germany 
 
 France "j 
 
 Switzerland > 
 
 Belgium j 
 
 Italy 
 
 Austria 
 
 Pound 
 Mark 
 
 Franc 
 
 Lira 
 Crown 
 
 $4,866 
 $.238 
 
 $.193 
 
 $.193 
 $.203 
 
264 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 465. Oral 
 
 Find the duties on the following invoices 
 Articles 
 
 1. 500 lb. of figs 
 
 2. $200 worth of cotton-seed meal 
 
 3. 800 lb. macaroni 
 
 4. $2000 worth of mandolins 
 
 5. 2 T. of mutton 
 
 6. 50,000 white pine shingles 
 
 7. 5000 bu. of apples 
 
 8. 4855 lb. lemons 
 
 9. 2500 pineapples 
 
 10. i 200 worth of straw hats 
 
 11. $480 worth of artists' proof etchings 
 
 12. 15 cwt. of Italian chestnuts 
 
 13. One ton of hydraulic cement 
 
 14. 10 horses, valued at $300 apiece 
 
 15. $200 worth of silk gloves 
 
 16. 50 bu. of flaxseed 
 
 17. 2 T. of maple sugar 
 
 18. $150 worth of rubber balls 
 
 19. $2100 worth of steel plows 
 
 20. 5 T. of car tires 
 
 21. 800 lb. of frozen salt-water fish 
 
 22. $1000 worth of sawed mahogany 
 
 23. 600 bottles of Apollinaris water 
 
 24. 5 T. of scoured wool 
 
 25. 500 knives invoiced at 40^ each 
 
 Rate of Duty 
 
 2^ per pound. 
 
 20 per cent. 
 
 IJ^ per pound. 
 
 45 per cent. 
 
 2^ per pound. 
 
 30^ per 1000. 
 
 25^ per bushel. 
 
 1^ per pound. 
 
 $7 per 1000 
 
 35 per cent. 
 
 25 per cent. 
 
 1^ per pound. 
 
 8^ per 100 pounds. 
 
 25 per cent. 
 
 60 per cent. 
 
 25 ^ per bushel. 
 
 4^ per pound. 
 
 30 per cent. 
 
 20 per cent. 
 
 IJ^ per pound. 
 
 I ^ per pound. 
 
 15 per cent. 
 
 30^ per dozen bottles. 
 
 33/ per pound. 
 
 5/ each and 40%. 
 
DUTIES 265 
 
 466. Written 
 
 In examples 1-15 compute the duties in dollars : 
 
 1. On $1275 worth of chisels at 45%. 
 
 2. On 13842 worth of fur rugs at 35 %. 
 
 3. On 500 bbl. of rye flour, each containing 196 lb., at J^ 
 per pound. 
 
 4. On $8374 worth of wool garments weighing 1047 lb., at 
 44^ per pound and 60 % ad valorem. 
 
 5. 35% on 1893 yd. of gingham, invoiced at 13^ per yard. 
 
 6. 2J^ per square yard on 648 sq. yd. of unbleached cotton 
 cloth. 
 
 7. 60 % ad valorem and 44 ^ per pound on 8 cases of wool 
 stockings, average weight per case 272 lb., invoiced at $2685. 
 
 8. 25 % ad valorem and $ 3 apiece on 25 Swiss watches, 
 valued at 165 apiece. 
 
 9. On 350 lb. of cologne water, invoiced at 40/ per pound, 
 the rate being 45% ad valorem and 60/ per pound. 
 
 10. Five tons of corrugated iron plates at lyo^ P®^ pound. 
 
 11. 20% ad valorem and 60/ per square yard on 500 yd. of 
 inlaid linoleum, 6 ft. wide, invoiced at 60/ per square yard. 
 
 12. On 504 dozen boxes of friction matches at 8 / per gross 
 of boxes. 
 
 13. 60 / per square yard and 40 % ad valorem on 525 yd. of 
 Wilton carpet, 27 in. wide, invoiced at 80/ per yard. 
 
 14. 4/ per pound and 15 % on 1500 lb. of candy, invoiced 
 at 15/ per pound. 
 
 15. 35% on a shipment of fur coats from Kraft and Levin, 
 Berlin, invoiced at 3192 marks, less 4%. 
 
266 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 16. Henry Johnson of Denver purchased from the Broadway 
 Damask Co. of Belfast, Ireland, 1168 sq. yd. of linen damask, 
 invoiced at X88, less 3%. 
 
 a. Find the net invoice price in dollars. 
 
 h. Compute the duty at 30 % and 6^ per square yard. 
 
 17. Williams & Co. of Cleveland bought of Moritz Pach 
 of Berlin, 15 wool jackets, weighing 20 Kg., invoiced at 873 
 marks; 8 wool coats weighing 12 Kg., for 798 marks; and 9 
 silk coats for 1068 marks. The purchasers were allowed a 
 4 % trade discount on the entire in voice. They paid a duty of 
 44 ^ per pound and 60 % ad valorem on the wool garments, and 
 60 % ad valorem, only, on the silk garments. 
 
 a. Find in marks the net price of the entire invoice. 
 h. Find in dollars the net price of the entire invoice. 
 
 c. Find in pounds the weight of the wool garments (to tenths). 
 
 d. What was the amount of duty paid ? 
 
 18. Mr. M. J. McCarthy purchased of. E. J. Weinfurter, 
 Vienna, Austria, 410 Kg. of candle wicking, invoiced at 2460 
 crowns, less 5 % trade discount. 
 
 a. What was the net invoice price in crowns ? 
 
 h. What was the net invoice price in United States money ? 
 
 c. What was the duty, computed at 10/ per pound and 
 15 % ad valorem ? 
 
 d. What was the total cost of the goods, including the net 
 invoice price, the duty, 15 crowns for cases and packing, and 
 12.40 crowns for consular certificates ? 
 
 19. Leighton and McArthur of Rochester bought from San- 
 derson Brothers and Newbould, of Sheffield, England, 12,518 lb. 
 of steel ingots invoiced atX811 9s. Id. What was the entire 
 cost in United States money, including a duty of 4^^ cents per 
 pound, freight ^6 5s. 2c?., commissions 18s. 9c?., consular fees 
 10s. 4c?. and insurance X 1 6s. ? 
 
EQUATIONS 267 
 
 20. Fanclier and Dunham of Providence purchased of the 
 Compagnie de Vichy of Lyons, France, 120 cases of mineral 
 water, each containing 50 quart bottles, invoiced at 35 francs 
 per case, and 5 cases, each containing 100 pint bottles, invoiced 
 at 45 francs per case. Find in United States money the entire 
 cost, including a duty of 20)^ per dozen pint bottles and 30/ per 
 dozen quart bottles. 
 
 21. What is the duty at 60 % on a case of cotton laces con- 
 taining 1090 pieces purchased from the Thomas Adams Co., 
 Limited, of Nottingham, England, invoiced at 8Jc?. per piece 
 with trade discounts of 20 % and 5 % ? 
 
 22. When the duty on 32,500 pine shingles amounts to 
 19.75, what is the duty per 1000 ? 
 
 23. When a 45% duty on an invoice of goods from France 
 amounts to $260.55, what is the invoice price, in French money? 
 
 24. A shipment of goods from Austria was invoiced at 3500 
 crowns. What was the ad valorem duty at 15 % ? 
 
 25. Find the amount of a 6 % duty on goods invoiced at & 200. 
 
 EQUATIONS 
 
 467. An expression of the equality of two numbers or quantities 
 is an equation; e.g. 
 
 $40 = 140; 32oz. =2 1b. ; |20x2 = |40; 
 8 cents -f- 2 = 4 cents ; ^ 1 5s. = 25«. 
 
 468. The part of an equation at the left of the sign of equality 
 is the first member of the equation. 
 
 469. The part of an equation at the right of the sign of equality 
 is the second member of the equation. 
 
 Name the first member of each of the equations in section 
 467 ; the second member. 
 
268 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Fig. 1 
 
 Fig. 4 
 
 Fig. 7 
 
 Fig. 2 
 
 Fig. 5 
 
 Fig. 8 
 
 Fig. 3 
 
 Fig. 6 
 
 Jsib.-P^ r'eibT 
 
 Fig. 9 
 
 470. Oral 
 
 1. Which of the above figures represent equations ? 
 
 2. Why do the scales balance in Fig. 1 ? 
 
 3. Why do they not balance in Fig. 2 ? 
 
 4. What must be done with Fig. 2 to obtain the balance 
 shown in Fig. 3 ? 
 
 5. What must be done with Fig. 4 to obtain the balance 
 shown in Fig. 5 ? 
 
 6. What must be done with Fig. 6 to obtain the balance 
 shown in Fig. 7 ? 
 
EQUATIONS 269 
 
 7. What must be done with Fig. 8 to obtain the balance 
 shown in Fig. 9 ? 
 
 8. Write an equation expressed in dollars. Add $5 to 
 each member. Is it still an equation? Why? 
 
 9. How may we make a true equation from 17 = 14? 
 
 10. How may we make a true equation from 21 = 7 ? 
 
 11. How may a true equation be made from 15 gal. -5- 3 
 = 60qt.? 
 
 12. Complete the following equations : 
 
 a. 85+ =45. h. $99^ 11 = 11 X . 
 
 h. 89-3=80 + . {. 86-46 = 5x— . 
 
 c. 45 = 15 X . y. 5 ft. + 8 in. = 60 in + . 
 
 d. 17 ft. = 5 yd. ft. k. 2 hr. + 30 min. = min. 
 
 e. 2rd. 7 ft. = 32ft. + - , I. | = ^. 
 
 /. 4wk. = da. w. 41= . 
 
 g, 18 + 3 X 6 = 30 + . n, x 7 = 60 - 11. 
 
 13. Make an equation. Add 7 to the first member. Is it 
 still an equation ? What must be done to the second member 
 to restore the equality ? 
 
 14. Make an equation of two sums of money. Add 10 cents 
 to the first member. What must be done to the second mem- 
 ber in order to preserve the equality ? 
 
 15. Make an equation of two numbers expressing time. 
 Subtract 15 min. from the second member. What must be 
 done to the first member to preserve the equality? 
 
 16. Make an equation of two numbers expressing surfaces. 
 Multiply both members by 10. How is the equality of the two 
 members of the equation affected? 
 
 17. Make an equation. Divide both members by the same 
 number. How is the equality of the two members affected ? 
 
270 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 471. Axioms 
 
 1. If the same or equal quantities are added to equal quantities^ 
 the sums are equal. 
 
 2. If the same or equal quantities are subtracted from equal 
 quantities^ the remainders are equal. 
 
 3. If equal quantities are multiplied by the same or equal quan- 
 tities^ the products are equal. 
 
 4:. If equal quantities are divided by the same or equal quan- 
 tities^ the quotients are equal. 
 
 Summary 
 
 We may add the same number or equal numbers to both mem- 
 bers of an equation., subtract the same number or equal numbers 
 from both members of an equation., midtiply both members by the 
 same or equal numbers^ or divide both members by the same or 
 equal numbers without destroying the equality. 
 
 472. Many problems may be solved more easily by the use 
 of equations than by the usual methods of analysis. In solving 
 problems by means of equations, it is customary to represent 
 the number which is to be found., called the unknown number, by 
 some letter, usually x^ ?/, or z. 
 
 In expressing the equation, if x stands for a certain number, 
 two times the number is represented by 2 a;, three times the 
 number by 3 a;, ten times the number by 10 Xy and so on ; that 
 is, 5 X means 5 times x.,1 x means 7 times a?, 25 x means 25 times x., 
 .05 a? means .05 of a;, and so on. 
 
 What is the meaning of 11a;? 15a;? fa;? 7Ja;? .15a;? 
 2.07a;? .03a;? 2|a;? 
 
 473. Finding the value of the unknown number in an equation 
 is called solving the equation. 
 
EQUATIONS 271 
 
 We solve an equation by adding the same or equal numbers 
 to both members, subtracting the same or equal numbers from 
 both members, multiplying both members by the same or equal 
 numbers, or dividing both members by the same or equal num- 
 bers, or by performing several of these operations in succession. 
 In other words, there are four operations that we may perform 
 upon the members of an equation without destroying the equality. 
 
 Examples 
 
 1. Solve the equation, 8 a; = 24, 
 Dividing both members by 8, ic = 3. A.ns. 
 
 2. Solve the equation, x + 15 = 45, 
 Subtracting 15 from both members, 27= 30. A.n8. 
 
 3. Solve the equation, 4 a; + $10 = |38, 
 Subtracting f 10 from both members, 4 a; = # 28, 
 Dividing both members by 4, x = $7. Ans. 
 
 4. Solve the equation, 16 x + $20 =6 x + $S5, 
 Subtracting 6 x from both members, 10 a? + $ 20 = $35, 
 Subtracting $20 from both members, 10 a; = $15, 
 Dividing both members by 10, a: =$1.50. Ans. 
 
 5. Solve the equation, ^ a; — 18 = 2, 
 Adding 18 to both members, i ^ = 2^» 
 Multiplying both members by 5, ' x = 100. Ans. 
 
 6. Solve the equation, 82 ic — ^ = 40^\, 
 Adding ^ to both members, 82 a; = 41, 
 Dividing both members by 82, x = ^. Ans. 
 
 7. Solve the equation, 1.00\x== $84.21, 
 Dividing both members by 1.00|, a? = $84. Ans. 
 
272 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 474. Written 
 
 Solve the following equations 
 
 1. 5 2^=35. 
 
 2. 7x=lS + 4:x. 
 
 3. 13a:4-4 = 95. 
 
 4. 18-1 2: = 74. 
 
 5. -^^x = SQ, 
 
 6. I of f 2^ = 825. 
 
 7. 1.03 a: = 412. 
 
 8. .08 a; = 4.32. 
 
 9. 5.18:^ = 466.2 ydo 
 
 10. 8.5 2; + 30bu. =1135ba 
 
 11. 18 2^-2 = 88. 
 
 12. 75a;-f = 224f 
 
 13. 14 a; + i\ = 560^5^. 
 
 14. 12fa: = |957. 
 
 15. 45 a; =72. 
 
 16. .36 a; + 11.45 = 119.45. 
 
 Problems 
 475. Written 
 
 1. .16 of the cost of my house was 1 320. What did my 
 house cost? 
 
 Solution 
 Let X = cost of my house. 
 
 Then .16 a; = $320. 
 
 Dividing both members by .16, x = $2000, cost of my house. Ans. 
 
 2. A pony and cart cost f 135. The pony cost four times as 
 much as the cart. Find the cost of each. 
 
 Solution 
 Let » = cost of the cart. 
 
 Then 4 a: = cost of the pony. 
 
 Adding, 5 x=^ 135, cost of both. 
 
 Dividing both members by 5, x = $ 27, cost of the cart. 
 Multiplying by 4, 4 a; = $ 108, cost of the por 
 
 3. The sum of two numbers is 199.40. Their difference is 
 2.70. What are the numbers ? 
 
 \ Ans. 
 
 >ny-J 
 
EQUATIONS 273 
 
 Solution 
 Let X = the smaller number. 
 
 Then x + 2.70 = the larger number. 
 
 Adding equals to equals, 2 x + 2.70 = the sum of the numbers 
 
 or, 2 a: + 2.70 = 199.40. 
 Subtractmg 2.70 from both members, 2x = 196.70. 
 Dividing both members by 2, x = 98.35, the smaller, ^ 
 
 Adding 2.70 to both members, x + 2.70 = 101.05, the larger. |^^*' 
 
 4. The area of a rectangle is 5875 square inches. The width 
 is 25 inches. What is the length ? 
 
 Solution 
 Let X = the length in inches. 
 
 Then 25 x = 5875 (area = length x breadth). 
 
 Dividing both members by 25, x = 235 inches. Ans, 
 
 5. A merchant gained 35 % by selling cloth at f 1.89 per yard. 
 What was the cost per yard ? 
 
 Solution 
 Let X = cost of 1 yard. 
 
 Then .35 x = gain on 1 yard. 
 
 Adding equals to equals, 1.35 x = cost + gain, or the selling price 
 
 or, 1.35 a: = $1.89. 
 Dividing both members by 1.35, x= $ 1 .40, cost of 1 yard. A ns. 
 
 6. What principal on interest for 2 mo. 21 da. at 5%, will 
 yield 17.47 interest? 
 
 Solution 
 
 
 
 Let X = the required principal. 
 
 9 ■ 
 
 100 ^m 800 
 8 
 
 Then xx^l X ^^ =$7.47. 
 100 360 
 
 
 Therefore, ^ x= $7.47. 
 800 
 
 
 
 Dividing both members by - — , x = $664, principal. Ans. 
 
274 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Solve hy means of equations : 
 
 7. John and Henry earned 138.40 during the summer vaca- 
 tion. Henry earned twice as much as John. How much did 
 each earn ? 
 
 8. The sum of two numbers is 834T ; their difference is 1265. 
 What are the numbers ? 
 
 9. Elsie, Ruth, and Mabel received $42 in prizes, Elsie 
 receiving f 3 as often as Ruth f 2 and Mabel %\. What was the 
 amount of each prize ? 
 
 10. A pole stands -^^ in the mud, ^y in the water, and the 
 remainder, which is 32 feet, in the air. How long is the pole? 
 
 Hint. — Let x = yV of the length of the pole. 
 
 11. A tree bb ft. high was broken off so that the part broken 
 off was four times as long as the part left standing. How long 
 was the piece that was broken off ? 
 
 12. Three men, A, B, and C, engaged in business, B furnish- 
 ing three times as much capital as A, and C furnishing twice 
 as much as B. If they furnished 18950 in all, how much did 
 each furnish? 
 
 13. A man is four times as heavy as his son, and the 
 difference of their weights is 63 Kg. 
 
 a. What is the weight of each, in kilograms? 
 5. In pounds ? 
 
 14. What number increased by \ of itself equals 192 ? 
 Hint. — Let a: = } of the number ; then 1 x = the number. 
 
 15. What number diminished by -^j^^^ of itself equals 162 ? 
 
 16. A man, having a sum of money, earned five times as 
 much, and spent one half of what he then had. He had left 
 1270. How much had he at first ? 
 
EQUATIONS 275 
 
 17. A boy, having some money, earned twice as much and 
 $.48 more, when he had 19.78. How much did he earn? 
 
 18. One third of a sum of money exceeds one fourth of the 
 sum by $17. What is the sum ? 
 
 19. Two fifths of a number is 14 less than five ninths of the 
 number. Find the number. 
 
 20. 2| times a certain number is greater by 45 than three 
 fourths of the number. Find the number. 
 
 21. Divide 176 into four parts so that the first shall be four 
 times the second, the third one third of the second, and the 
 fourth one half of the first. 
 
 Hint. — Let x — the third part. 
 
 22. The sum of three numbers is 1658. The second exceeds 
 the first by 130, and the third exceeds the first by 79. Find the 
 three numbers. 
 
 23. Three numbers, when added, amount to 11.89. The 
 second exceeds the first by 3.28. and the third exceeds the 
 second by 1.37. Find them. 
 
 24. A farmer has apples, potatoes, turnips, and onions in his 
 cellar. The number of bushels of apples is 13 less than the 
 number of bushels of potatoes; the number of bushels of 
 turnips is 19 less than the number of bushels of apples, and 
 there are 3 more bushels of turnips than of onions. The entire 
 quantity is 72 bushels. Find the number of bushels of each. 
 
 25. In a certain class, the number of girls who received 
 honor marks was three more than twice the number of boys 
 who received honor marks. The number of honor pupils was 
 18. How many were girls, and how^ many were boys ? 
 
 26. Seven times a certain sum of money plus $18 is equal to 
 five times the sum plus $50. What is the sum of money ? 
 
276 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 476. Oral 
 
 1. Name the prime numbers from 1 to 100. 
 
 2. How may we know, without trial, that 723,468 will not 
 exactly divide 398,650,076,341 ? 
 
 3. There are two decimal places in one factor, three in 
 another, one in another, and four in another. How many 
 decimal places are there in the product of the four factors ? 
 
 4. If one fifth of an acre of land is worth 120, what is one 
 twentieth of an acre worth at the same rate ? 
 
 5. 48 X 25 = ? 57 X 99 = ? 560 x 125 = ? 
 
 6. 61-v-25 = ? 33 -V- 125 = ? 17^.331 = ? 
 
 7. 360x.l6| = ? 39-^.25 = ? 150-^.2==? 
 
 8. 63 X 33J = ? 99 X 66f = ? 42 x .14f = ? 
 
 9. 50 + 5x2 = ? 88-8-^4 = ? 7x8 + 16-^4=? 
 
 10. 20 % of 33 J % = what common fraction ? 
 
 11. Two successive trade discounts of 10 % are the same as 
 what single discount ? 
 
 12. Test each of the following numbers for divisibility by 2, 
 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 : 
 
 a. 2364 h, 486,728 e. 72,056,391 d, 91,307,865 
 
 e. 42,836,076 /. 90,010,332 g, 8,705,637,411 
 
 13. If a man earns f 99 in 17 days, how much will he earn in 
 51 days at the same rate ? 
 
 14. What is the least number that will exactly contain 
 2, 3, and 4 ? 
 
 15. What is the greatest number that will exactly divide 60, 
 96, and 132 ? 
 
 16. What is the cost of 7000 shingles at f 5.50 per M ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 277 
 
 17. What is the cost of 1500 lb. of mixed feed at f 1.80 
 per cwt. ? 
 
 18. Two long tons contain how many more pounds than two 
 short tons ? 
 
 19. What is the length of a solar year ? 
 
 20. How many grains are there in 5 lb. Avoirdupois ? 
 
 21. A quart of spirits of camphor will fill how many 4-ounce 
 bottles ? 
 
 22. What is the area of a triangle whose base is 2 ft. and 
 whose altitude is 20 in. ? 
 
 23. What is the altitude of a parallelogram having an area 
 of 96 sq. in. and a base of 2 ft. ? 
 
 24. A piece of lumber 2'^ by 4'', and 6 ft. long, contains how 
 many board feet ? 
 
 25. a. How many shingles are required for 1 square foot of 
 roof, when they are laid 6 inches to the weather ? 
 
 h. How many are required for one square of roofing ? 
 
 26. What is the cost of a slate roof 20' x 30' at $10 per 
 square ? 
 
 27. A grocer sold 66| % of a hogshead of vinegar. How 
 many gallons did he sell ? 
 
 28. 33J % of a rod is how many feet ? 
 
 29. What per cent does a grocer gain on celery bought 
 at 30^ a dozen heads, and sold at 5/ a head ? 
 
 30. What per cent does a merchant gain when he sells two 
 yards of cloth for what three yards cost ? 
 
 31. A newsboy bought 30 papers and sold them at a profit 
 of 50%. How many papers can he buy with the money 
 received for the papers sold? 
 
278 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 32. How much commission does an agent receive for selling 
 §1200 worth of goods, when the rate of his commission is 
 16| % ? 
 
 33. What is the premium for insuring a $10,000 stock of 
 goods for one fourth of its value at 2% ? 
 
 34. Mr. Wheelock's county tax was $75 when the county- 
 tax rate was 5 mills on a dollar. What was the assessed valua- 
 tion of Mr. Wheelock's property ? 
 
 35. A tax collector's suretyship bond cost him $28, at the 
 rate of $4 per thousand. What was the amount of his bond? 
 
 36. On a certain day. New York exchange sold in Kansas 
 City at 1% premium. What was the premium on a $16,000 
 draft ? 
 
 37. When exchange on London is quoted at 4.87^, what is 
 the cost of a draft for £ 100 ? 
 
 38. When exchange on Geneva is quoted at 5.20, what is 
 the cost in Philadelphia of a draft on Geneva for 104 francs ? 
 What is the face of a draft that $100 will buy ? 
 
 39. What is the face of a Berlin draft that can be bought 
 for $ 240 when exchange is quoted at 96 ? 
 
 40. A room 12 meters long is how many feet long ? (Think 
 all the way through before you perform any operation.) 
 
 41. 300 liters of oats are about how many bushels ? 
 
 42. 100 liters of kerosene oil are about how many gallons ? 
 
 43. About how many square meters of carpet are required to 
 cover a floor 2 rods wide and 4 rods long ? 
 
 44. What is the scale of linear measure in the metric system ? 
 Of surface measure ? Of volume measure ? 
 
 45. State your weight approximately, in kilograms. 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 279 
 
 477. Written , 
 
 Solve the following problems^ using equations wherever they will 
 shorten or simplify the work: 
 
 1. Find (a) the greatest common divisor, and (5) the least 
 common multiple of 126, 210, 294, and 462. 
 
 2. Reduce yf^^ to a decimal. 
 
 3. Kerosene is 80| % as heavy as water. If a gallon of 
 water weighs 8^ lb., how many gallons are there in a ship load 
 of kerosene weighing 3900 tons ? 
 
 4. In 1890 there were 166,706 miles of railroad in the United 
 States, and in 1900 there were 190,082 miles. What was the 
 per cent of increase ? 
 
 5. The copper cent, which has not been coined since 1864, 
 weighed 72 grains and was composed of 88 % copper and 12% 
 nickel. How many pounds. Avoirdupois, of copper were there 
 in $100 worth of those coins ? 
 
 6. Find the number of gallons of water that can be con- 
 tained in a rectangular cistern 7 ft. by 12 ft. by 5| ft. 
 
 7. On the 29th day of April, 1908, Francis Burns bought 
 of Fred J. Peck, 9 tons of egg coal and 5 tons of chestnut coal 
 at 16.10 per ton, and 2 tons of pea coal at $4.25 per ton. 
 Make out the bill and receipt it as the creditor's agent. 
 
 8. A boy spent | of his money, earned Qb cents, and then 
 had J of his original sum. How much money had he at first ? 
 (Let X = the money he had at first.) 
 
 9. A man owning 135 acres of land, sold 63 A. 87 sq. rd. 
 How much land had he left ? 
 
 10. Add 40° 37' 19'^ 20° 40' 30'', and 9° 30' 45". 
 
 11. Divide 35° 21' 30" by 15. 
 
280 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 12. How many cords are there in a pile of 4-foot wood 7 ft. 
 high and 40 ft. long ? 
 
 13. Find the cost, at 36 cents per square yard, of plastering 
 the four walls and ceiling of a store 72 ft. long, 36 ft. wide, 
 and 12 ft. 3 in. high, allowing 375 sq. ft. for openings. 
 
 14. What is the cost of carpeting a room 14 ft. 9 in. long 
 and 12 ft. 6 in. wide with Brussels carpet 27 in. wide, costing 
 $1.35 a yard, running the strips lengthwise of the room and 
 making no allowance for waste in matching the pattern? 
 
 15. Find the cost of 48 planks, 16 ft. long, 14 in. wide, 
 and 3 in. thick, at 1 34 per M. 
 
 16. What is the altitude of a triangle whose area is 600 
 sq. ft. and whose base is 60 ft. ? (Let x — the altitude and 
 make an equation.) 
 
 17. A building lot was sold for f 1150, which was an advance 
 of 15 (fo on the cost. If it had been sold for $2210, what would 
 have been the rate per cent of gain ? 
 
 18. A farm, sold at a loss of 18%, brought $16,400. How 
 many dollars were lost ? 
 
 19. At what price must cloth costing $3.50 per yard be 
 marked, that the merchant may deduct 20 % from the marked 
 price and still gain 20 % ? 
 
 20. One brand of tin plate is made by dipping thin steel 
 plates into molten tin. A coating of tin adheres to the steel, 
 making a sheet of bright tin. 
 
 a. If 112 of the plates weigh 98 lb. before being dipped, 
 and 106 lb. after being dipped, what per cent of the tin plate is 
 tin? 
 
 h. What per cent of the tin plate is steel ? 
 
 c. How many pounds of tin will 2800 tin plates contain ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 
 281 
 
 21. The following is a record of receipts and expenses for 
 one year of a 94-acre farm in New York State, owned by Mr. 
 Tallcott, and worked by a tenant who received one half of the 
 net income as his share : 
 
 Receipts 
 
 Wheat, 107 bu., at 
 
 Potatoes, 598 bu., at 
 
 Cabbage, 44 tons, at 
 
 Hay, 11 Yo tons, at 
 
 Milk 
 
 Veal 
 
 Young stock, growth 
 
 Nine pigs 
 
 Poultry 
 
 80^ per bu. 
 60^ per bu. 
 $14.40 per T. 
 $11.00 per T. 
 $239.00 
 $22.00 
 $50.00 
 ^$106.00 
 ' $92.00 
 
 Expenses 
 
 Phosphates $47 
 
 Seed $23 
 
 Miscellaneous $94 
 
 a. How much did the tenant receive for his year's work? 
 
 h. The owner's entire investment consisted of $2700 paid for 
 the farm, $500 for improvements, and $800 for stock. Out of 
 his share of the profits, he paid $35 taxes and insurance, $68 for 
 repairs, and $90 for other items. His net income was what 
 per cent of his investment ? 
 
 c. The next year, the income from produce (cabbages, 
 wheat, potatoes, etc.) diminished $388. The income from 
 milk and live stock increased $407, and the expenses increased 
 $168.28. Was Mr. Tallcott's per cent of net income increased 
 or diminished, and how much ? 
 
 22. How many steres of stone are there in a stone wall 3 m. 
 long, 5 dm. thick, and 250 cm. high ? 
 
 23. 
 
 Write 10 dm., 5 m., and 9 mm. as one number. 
 
 24. How many liters of water will be contained in a vat 
 which is 3 m. long, 25 dm. wide, and 200 cm. deep? 
 
282 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 25. How many kilograms of water will a rectangular tin box 
 hold, if it is 15 dm. long, 25 cm. deep, and 1 m. wide? 
 
 26. What is the cost of goods that bring 1742.56, when sold 
 at a gain of 7 % ? 
 
 27. A certain kind of dress goods shrinks 4 % in sponging. 
 How many yards should be purchased for a suit requiring 12 
 yd. of sponged cloth? 
 
 28. A sloyd class was composed of 20 boys. Each boy made 
 a sled of the following parts : runners, 42 in. long and 4^ in. 
 wide ; three crosspieces, each 2J in. by 12 in. ; a top, 12 in. by 
 28J in. What was the cost of the lumber at 870 per M, none 
 of it being more than 1 in. thick, and estimating that 20 % of 
 all the lumber purchased was wasted in the work? 
 
 Hint. — What per cent of the lumber was not wasted? 
 
 29. For what sum must I give my note, without interest, due 
 90 days from date, in order that it may yield i 492. 50, when 
 discounted at 6 % on the day of date ? 
 
 30. A note for i600, without interest, dated July 1, due 
 90 days from date, was discounted Aug. 30, at the rate of 7 % 
 per annum. Find the proceeds. 
 
 31. What .principal will give $63 interest in 2 yr. 3 mo. at 
 
 8%? 
 
 32. At what rate of interest will $600 amount to $692 in 
 2 yr. 6 mo. 20 da. ? 
 
 33. Find the interest on $390 for 1 yr. 6 mo. 5 da. at 5%. 
 
 34. What per cent of the list price is paid by a purchaser 
 who is allowed discounts of 20 % and 10 % ? 
 
 35. The premium on an insurance policy is $33, and the rate 
 To%* What is the face of the policy? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 283 
 
 36. A certain village must raise 19017 by taxation. There 
 are 670 men who pay a poll tax of $1 each. The assessed 
 valuation of the property of the village is 1667,760. 
 
 a. What must be the tax rate ? 
 
 h. What is the tax on property assessed at $7500 ? 
 
 c. What is the entire tax of a man whose property is assessed 
 at $1475 and who is a resident of the village ? 
 
 d. What is the assessed valuation of property on which the 
 tax is 195.50? 
 
 37. In order to close out a stock of gloves that cost me 
 $9.60 a dozen pairs, I am selling them at $.75 a pair. What 
 per cent do I lose ? 
 
 38. A collector collected a sum of money, took out his com- 
 mission of 3 %, and sent his principal the remainder, which was 
 $3636.53. How much did he collect ? 
 
 39. Marcus Stevens, of Fort Wayne, Ind., bought of Johnson 
 & Co. of Harrisburg, Pa., a bill of goods amounting to $673. 
 Johnson & Co. shipped the goods and drew on Stevens for the 
 amount, at 60 days sight, through the First National Bank of 
 Harrisburg. The draft was accepted by Stevens, discounted 
 by the First National Bank at 6%, and the proceeds credited 
 to the account of Johnson & Co. 
 
 a. Write the draft as it was when discounted. 
 
 h. What was the amount credited to Johnson & Co.? 
 
 40. Franklin J. Becker, of Nashville, imported 10 cases of 
 machinery from Germany, invoiced at 7700 marks. Find the 
 duty, in United States money, at 45 % ad valorem. 
 
 41. a. What is the duty, at 10^ per gallon, on 400 barrels 
 of rape- seed oil, each barrel containing 52 gallons ? 
 
 h. If the oil was invoiced at 69,000 francs, what must be the 
 
284 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 cost of a draft on Paris sufficient to pay the bill, the rate of 
 exchange being 5.17|^ ? 
 
 STOCKS 
 
 478. It often happens that one man or a small group of men 
 desire to engage in a business that requires more money, or 
 capital as it is called, than they alone are able or willing to 
 invest in it. They obtain more money by organizing a stock 
 company. That is, they draw up a subscription paper, describ- 
 ing the business in which they purpose to engage, the signers of 
 which agree, on certain conditions, to pay into the treasury of 
 the company the sums of money set opposite their names in the 
 subscription paper. 
 
 For convenience, the entire amount to be raised is divided 
 into a certain number of parts, called shares, and each sub- 
 scriber may subscribe for as many shares as he desires. 
 
 The shares of railroad, steamship, telegraph, banking, and 
 manufacturing companies are usually ilOO each. The shares of 
 Western mining companies are usually one dollar each. Some- 
 times shares are even less than one dollar. 
 
 When a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed for, 
 the company is organized, and receives from the state or govern- 
 ment a charter or certificate of incorporation empowering it to 
 transact business as an individual. The shareholders elect 
 certain ones of their number, generally not less than five, to be 
 the directors of the company. In voting, each shareholder has 
 as many votes as the number of shares which he owns. The 
 directors elect officers whose duty it is to manage the business. 
 
 Each shareholder receives a certificate of stock, which is a 
 document, signed by officers of the company, stating the size of 
 each share and the number of shares which he owns. These 
 shares may be bought and sold like any other property. 
 
STOCKS 
 
 285 
 
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 AUTHORIZED CAPITAL 
 $ 23.000. 
 
 THE CAZENDVIA NATIONAL BANK 
 
 ^j^^/IS^a^w^/THE CAZENOVIA NATIONAL BANK /mMA- 
 
 C\icJLojcr\s3 
 
 ^w. 
 
 MiiilitsitM^MMnitittiiii 
 
 Certificate of Stock. 
 
 On the back of the above certificate is printed the following 
 form for the transfer of the shares : 
 
 For value received hereby sell, transfer, and assign 
 
 to 
 
 the shares of stock vjithin mentioned, and authorize 
 
 to make the necessary transfer on the books of the company. 
 
 Witness my hand and seal this 
 
 day of 19 
 
 fc;^] 
 
 Witnessed by 
 
 When this form is properly filled out, the purchaser may 
 surrender the certificate to the company and receive a new 
 one made out in his own name. 
 
286 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 479. Oral 
 
 1. The certificate on page 285 is for how many shares ? 
 
 2. Each share represents how many dollars of capital 
 stock ? 
 
 3. What is the entire capital of this bank ? 
 
 4. It is divided into how many shares ? 
 
 5. A certain manufacturing company has a capital of 
 f 600,000. This is equal to how many shares of 8100 each ? 
 
 6. The capital stocjf of a certain company is divided into 
 2000 shares of $50 each. What is the entire amount of its 
 capital ? How many dollars of capital stock has a man who 
 owns 40 shares ? 
 
 7. How many shares of stock are there in a company whose 
 capital stock is #200,000, divided into shares of i25 each? 
 How many dollars of this stock has a man who owns 50 shares ? 
 
 8. What is the entire capital stock of a company whose 
 capital is divided into 10,000 shares of $100 each ? How many 
 dollars of this stock has a man who owns 50 shares ? 
 
 9. Name some stock companies that transact business in 
 your vicinity. 
 
 10. If I own twenty-five 50-dollar shares of Pennsylvania 
 R.R. stock, how many dollars of stock do I own? 
 
 11. Make a definition of (a) a stock company, (6) capital 
 stock, ((?) a share, (d) a certificate of stock. 
 
 480. When a stock company succeeds in business so that its 
 income is greater than its expenses, the profits are divided 
 among the stockholders, each one receiving a part of the profits, 
 according to the number of shares of capital stock which he 
 owns. 
 
STOCKS 287 
 
 In some companies, if there are losses in the business, they 
 are apportioned among the stockholders, each one contributing 
 according to the number of shares that he owns. 
 
 The real value of a share of stock begins to change very soon 
 after it is issued. 
 
 If the business of the company is prosperous, so that there 
 are large profits to be divided among the shareholders, people 
 are anxious to buy the shares and are willing to pay more for 
 them than their original or face value. If the business is not 
 prosperous, so that there are no profits, but sometimes losses, 
 the shareholders are willing to sell their shares for less than 
 their original or face value. 
 
 The abundance or scarcity of money in the great money cen- 
 ters of the country, and the general condition of business, also 
 affect the real or market value of shares. 
 
 Summary 
 
 481. A stock company consists of a number of persons^ organ- 
 ized under a general law or hy special charter., and empowered to 
 transact business as a single individual, 
 
 482. The capital stock of a company is the amount named in 
 its charter. 
 
 The capital stock nominally represents the original investment in the 
 company, but is, in most cases, either greater or less than the present real 
 value of the company's property. 
 
 483. A share is one of the equal parts into which the capital 
 stock of a company is divided. 
 
 In this book, a share will be considered as $100 of stock unless otherwise 
 indicated. 
 
 484. A stockholder is a person who owns one or more shares of 
 capital stock. 
 
288 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 485. The par value of a share of stock is its original or face 
 value ; the market value of a share of stock is the price for which 
 the share will sell in the market. 
 
 The market values of leading stocks fluctuate from day to 
 diiy, and are quoted in the daily papers; e.g. "N. Y. C, 131'' 
 means that the stock of the New York Central R.R. Co. is 
 selling to-day at $131 a share; "Western Union, 56" means 
 that the stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company is 
 selling at $56 a share. 
 
 486. When the market price of stock is the same as the par 
 value, the stock is said to be at par ; when the market value is 
 greater than the par value, it is said to be above par, or at a 
 premium ; when the market value is less than the par value, it 
 is said to be below par or at a discount ; e.g. when the General 
 Electric Company's stock is quoted at 113, it is 13 % above par, 
 or at a premium of 13%; when Missouri Pacific R.R. stock 
 is quoted at 47, it is 53% below par, or at a discount of 53%. 
 
 The par value never changes. A share of stock that was originally f 100 
 is always $100, though its market value may be more or less than $100. 
 The par value of stock, therefore, does not represent value at all, but a cer- 
 tain quantity or part of the entire capital stock of a company ; just as, if you 
 own 100 bushels of wheat, in an elevator containing 100,000 bushels, you 
 own YwuTS P^^* *^f the entire quantity, though it may be worth $125, or only 
 $60. It is always the same quantity of wheat, whatever may be its value. 
 We should therefore avoid speaking of a share as "SlOO ivorth of stock"; 
 it is $100 o/ stock, like 100 yards o/ cloth, or 100 gallons o/oil. 
 
 487. Dividends are the net profits of a stock company divided 
 among the stockholders according to the amount of stock they own; 
 assessments are the losses apportioned among., and required to he 
 paid hy., the stockholders according to the amount of stock they own. 
 
 Both dividends and assessments are computed at a certain per cent of the 
 par value of the capital stock ; e.g. if a company is capitalized at $ 100,000, 
 
STOCKS 289 
 
 and makes a net profit of $2000 during one year, the profit is 2% of 
 the par value of the stock ; the company may therefore declare a dividend 
 of 2 %, and pay to each stockholder a dividend of 2 % of the par value of his 
 stock. 
 
 488. Stock companies often issue two kinds of stock, namely: 
 Preferred stock, which consists of a certain number of shares 
 
 on which dividends are paid at a fixed rate, and 
 
 Common stock, which consists of the remaining shares, among 
 which are apportioned whatever profits there are remaining 
 after payment of the required dividends on the preferred 
 stock. 
 
 489. Stocks are generally bought and sold by brokers, who 
 act as agents for the owners of the stock. Brokers receive as 
 their compensation a certain per cent of thenar value of the stock 
 bought or sold. This is called brokerage. 
 
 The «sual brokerage is ^% of the par value ; e.g. if a broker 
 sells 10 shares of stock for me, his brokerage is ^% of f 1000, 
 or 11.25. 
 
 490. Oral 
 
 1. How many dollars of stock are represented by fifty f 100 
 shares ? 
 
 2. Explain the meaning of each of the following quotations: 
 Pacific Transportation Co., 57 J; Great Northern, preferred, 
 117|; American Sugar, lOlf; Mexican Central, 141; Lighting 
 Co., 188; U. S. Rubber, common, 20, preferred, 77. 
 
 3. When stock is quoted at 85, what is the market value of 
 100 shares? What is the par value? Is it at a premium, or at 
 a discount ? What per cent ? 
 
 4. When stock is quoted at 1321, what is the rate of pre- 
 mium at which it sells? What is the market value of two 
 shares ? 
 
290 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. When stock is quoted at 90, what is the rate of discount 
 at which it sells? What is the market value of one share? 
 How many shares may be bought for $ 450 ? What will be the 
 cost of 1000 shares ? 
 
 6. When stock sells at a discount of 21|9^, what is the 
 quotation ? 
 
 . 7. What is the market value of one share of stock which is 
 quoted at 120 ? Of 8 shares ? How many shares can be 
 bought for $ 480 ? For 1 1080 ? For $ 360 ? 
 
 8. When stock is quoted at 75, what is the market value of 
 one share? Of 4 shares? Of 3 shares? Of 20 shares? How 
 many shares can be bought for 1150? Fori 375? For 17500? 
 For 1 1500? 
 
 9. 1 1600 will buy how many shares of stock at 80 ? At 40 ? 
 At 160? 
 
 10. What must be paid for 100 shares of Rapid Transit R.R. 
 stock at 491? 
 
 11. If I invest $4000 in U. S. Rubber Company's stock at 
 20, how many shares will I receive? 
 
 12. How many shares of Union Pacific R.R. stock at 120 
 can be purchased by a woman who has $3600 to invest? 
 
 13. A mining company's stock is divided into $1 shares. 
 What is the market value of 200 shares, when they are quoted 
 at 140? 
 
 14. What is the brokerage, at ^%, on one share of the 
 Columbia Construction Company's stock? If the stock is 
 quoted at 105|, what is the market value of one share? What 
 will one share cost me, including brokerage? If I buy two 
 shares, how much is my investment? 
 
STOCKS 291 
 
 15. What must I pay for 100 shares of railroad stock, at par, 
 
 including |% brokerage? 
 
 16. This morning's paper tells me that Southern Pacific 
 R.R. common stock sold yesterday at 18^. If my broker 
 sold 100 shares of it for me at that figure, and sent me the pro- 
 ceeds, after taking out his brokerage of |^%, how much per 
 share do I receive? How much do I realize from the sale of 
 the 100 shares? 
 
 17. A broker sold 400 shares of Erie R.R. stock at 16. How 
 much did he receive for it? How much was his brokerage at 
 1% ? How much did the owner of the stock realize after pay- 
 ing the brokerage? 
 
 18. Mr. Barrett bought, through a broker, 50 shares of Den- 
 ver & Rio Grande R.R. stock at 20|^, paying ^% brokerage 
 for buying. How much did a share cost him? What was his 
 entire investment? How much did the broker receive? How 
 much per share was received by the man who sold the stock, 
 after paying his broker? How much would he have received 
 for 100 shares, at the same rate? 
 
 19. A manufacturing company, having a capital of $ 100,000, 
 declares a dividend twice a year. From Jan. 1 to July 1 of a 
 certain year, its net profits amounted to $ 3000. The profits 
 were what per cent of the capital stock? What rate per cent 
 of dividends could the company declare? What amount of 
 dividends did Mr. Scott receive, if he owned 200 shares ? How 
 many shares had a stockholder who received $ 30 in dividends ? 
 If this company's net profits for the remainder of the year were 
 $ 5000, what rate of dividends could it declare for that time ? 
 
 20. A gas company declared a dividend of 6%, which 
 amounted in all to $ 60,000. What was the capital of the com- 
 
292 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 pany ? How many shares must a stockholder have owned, to 
 receive $ 120 in dividends ? How many dollars of stock ? 
 
 21. If U. S. Steel, preferred, pays 7 % annual dividends, what 
 are the dividends on $10,000 of the stock? 
 
 22. I have some bank stock that I bought at 200. How 
 much did a share cost me ? The stock paid a 10 % dividend 
 this year. What did I receive on a share ? What rate per 
 cent of income do I receive on my investment ? 
 
 23. A railroad stock that was bought at 50 pays a 2% 
 annual dividend. What was the cost of 10 shares ? What is 
 the income on 10 shares ? The income is what per cent of the 
 investment ? 
 
 24. The following article appeared in a morning paper Jan. 
 
 2,1908: 
 
 " The Board of Directors of the Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Com- 
 pany, at a meeting held Dec. 30, 1907, declared a dividend of 3 per cent on 
 the common stock of the company, payable Feb. 1 to stockholders of record 
 at the close of business Jan. 10, 1908. 
 
 " The common stock of the company was quoted on the Syracuse Stock 
 Exchange yesterday at 79 bid, and 95 asked." 
 
 How many 5-cent car fares would it take to pay the dividends 
 on 10 shares of the Rapid Transit common stock ? How much 
 would 10 shares cost, if bought at the price bid ? How much 
 would be received for 10 shares, if sold at the price asked ? 
 What was the difference between the asking price of 100 shares 
 and the price bid ? If this company paid 6 % dividends on its 
 preferred stock, what was the entire income from 10 shares of 
 preferred and 10 shares of common stock ? 
 
 25. If I buy stock at 87 J, and after keeping it for a time, sell 
 it at 95|, paying ^% brokerage both for selling and buying, 
 how much will I gain on 100 shares ? 
 
STOCKS 293 
 
 26. A man bought stock at par and sold it six months later 
 at 89J, paying ^% brokerage both for selling and buying. 
 What was his loss on 100 shares ? 
 
 27. Cut the stock quotations from your daily paper, bring 
 them to school, compare them with quotations of the same 
 stocks as given in these exercises, and find the gains or losses 
 that would have resulted from buying stocks at the quotations 
 here given, and selling at the quotations given in your paper. 
 
 28. If you buy stocks through a broker, does the brokerage 
 add to, or take from, the cost of the stocks ? 
 
 29. If you sell stocks through a broker, does the brokerage 
 add to, or take from, your receipts from the sale ? 
 
 30. Name all the things that are computed on the par value. 
 Can you think of anything that is not computed on the par 
 value ? 
 
 491. Written 
 
 The following quotations are copied from a daily paper. Use 
 them in solving problems l-lO. 
 
 American Cotton Oil 
 American Woolen 
 American Sugar 
 Baltimore and Ohio 
 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 
 Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul 
 Chicago, Northwestern 
 Manhattan 
 
 1. Find the cost, including ^ % brokerage, of 
 
 a. 150 shares of American Woolen Co. 
 
 b. 250 shares of Western tJnion Telegraph. 
 
 c. 300 shares of Manhattan R.R. 
 
 d. 200 shares of Rock Island R.R. 
 
 29| 
 
 N. Y. Central 
 
 m 
 
 l^ 
 
 National Lead 
 
 39f 
 
 lOlf 
 
 Northern Pacific 
 
 116| 
 
 81i 
 
 People's Gas 
 
 80 
 
 38| 
 
 Rock Island 
 
 15| 
 
 105| 
 
 Southern Pacific, common 
 
 73i 
 
 137| 
 
 Southern Pacific, preferred 
 
 107i 
 
 125 
 
 Western Union 
 
 55 
 
294 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. What will the seller realize, allowing | % brokerage, from 
 the sale of 
 
 a. 175 shares of American Sugar Company ? 
 h. 95 shares of Brookl3^n Rapid Transit R.R. ? 
 
 c. 200 shares of Chicago and Northwestern R.R. ? 
 
 d, 400 shares of Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul R.R.? 
 
 3. 350 shares of Southern Pacific common stock are worth 
 how much less than the same quantity of Southern Pacific pre- 
 ferred ? 
 
 4. How many shares of the People's Gas Company can be 
 bought for % 7211.25, which includes \ % brokerage ? 
 
 5. A man realized % 7290 from the sale of Baltimore and 
 Ohio R.R. stock, paying \^o brokerage. How many shares 
 did he sell ? 
 
 6. How many shares of New York Central R.R. stock must 
 be sold to realize $28,012.50, brokerage |^% ? 
 
 7. My broker sold for me 90 shares of stock of the American 
 Cotton Oil Company, and bought with a part of the proceeds 
 60 shares of National Lead stock. He then sent me the 
 remainder of the money in the form of a New York draft, 
 deducting ^% brokerage for selling, \% for buying, and 25^ 
 exchange for the draft. What was the face of the draft ? 
 
 8. If I sell 300 shares of Baltimore and Ohio R. R. stock, how 
 much must I put with the proceeds of the sale in order to buy 
 an equal quantity of Northern Pacific, paying \ % brokerage 
 for each transaction ? 
 
 9. How much National Lead stock can be bought for 
 13910.50, paying \% brokerage? 
 
 10. Find in your daily paper the quotations of some of these 
 stocks and compute the gain or loss on 25 shares bought at the 
 rates given here and sold at to-day's prices. 
 
STOCKS 295 
 
 11. What must be paid for 700 shares of Southern Railway 
 stock at 13i ? 
 
 12. What must be paid for 550 shares of Wisconsin Central 
 Railway stock at 15|-, brokerage J % ? 
 
 13. How many shares of Illinois Central stock at 128|^ can 
 bebought for $9618.75? 
 
 14. How much Railway Steel Spring stock at 26|- can be 
 bought for $ 18,495, which includes brokerage at |^ % ? 
 
 15. a. What must be paid, including brokerage at -1%, for 
 190 shares of D. & H. R.R. stock at 150| ? 
 
 h. What does the seller realize from the sale if he also pays 
 I % brokerage ? 
 
 16. When 90 shares of stock are worth $ 10,125, 
 
 a. What is the value of one share ? 
 
 b. What is the quotation ? 
 
 17. a. How many dollars of stock paying 4| % dividends 
 must I own in order to receive a dividend of $ 900 ? 
 
 Suggestion. — Let x = the number of dollars; then the statement of 
 relation is .04| x =% 900. 
 
 h. How many shares of stock ? 
 e. How much is it worth at 97| ? 
 
 18. I received in exchange for an office building 700 shares 
 of a bank stock which was selling in the market at 125 and 
 drawing 8 % annual dividends. 
 
 a. I received the equivalent of how much money ? 
 
 h. How many dollars of stock did I receive ? 
 
 c. What is the dividend on this amount of stock ? 
 
 d. That is what per cent of the value of the stock ? 
 
 Statement of relation ; of $ 87,500 = $ 5600 
 
 or, 1 87,500 a: = $5600. 
 
296 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 19. On the 1st of January, 1908, the Faneuil Hall National 
 Bank paid a dividend of 1| %. 
 
 a. What was the dividend on 75 shares of the stock of this 
 bank ? 
 
 h. How many shares of stock are held by a stockholder who 
 receives $ 700 in dividends ? 
 
 20. At a certain time the stock of the Pennsylvania Tele- 
 phone Company consisted of 88,497 shares of $ 50 each. The 
 company paid 6 % dividends. What was the entire amount of 
 one dividend? 
 
 21. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company paid 
 i 142,170 in dividends on $ 2,369,500 of stock. 
 
 a. What was the rate of dividends ? 
 
 h. If a stockholder bought his stock at 80, what is the rate 
 of income on his investment? 
 
 22. The Maryland Coal Company paid a dividend of 2|%, 
 June 15, 1908. What was the dividend on 1 11,000 of the stock ? 
 
 23. At what price must stock paying 5 % dividend be bought 
 that the buyer may receive an income of 6 % on his investment? 
 
 24. Stock bought at 120 was sold at 80. 
 a. What was lost on 150 shares? 
 
 h. What per cent was lost ? 
 
 BONDS 
 
 492. A stock company or other body of people^ organized under a 
 general law, or by special charter, and empowered to hold property, 
 and to act as an individual, is a corporation ; e.g. any stock com- 
 pany, a city, an incorporated village, a college, a church, a 
 charitable organization such as a hospital or soldiers' home. 
 
 Corporations and national, state, county, and town governments often find 
 H necessary to borrow money in order to nieet extraordinary expenditures. 
 
BONDS 297 
 
 For example, our national government borrowed vast sums of money with 
 which to carry on the Civil War and the Spanish War, and later, to build 
 the Panama Canal. 
 
 States borrow money with which to construct public buildings, highways, 
 canals, etc. Cities, towns, and counties borrow money for similar purposes. 
 Railroad and manufacturing companies borrow money with which to extend 
 their business. 
 
 Mention something for which your own city, town, or village has borrowed 
 money. 
 
 Governments and corporations, borrowing money, sell their 
 interest-bearing notes to any one who will buy them, just as a 
 man sells his note to a bank when he borrows money from the 
 bank. These notes are called bonds. They are made payable 
 at some future time, usually several years after date, the in- 
 terest to be paid annually or semi-annually, at a fixed rate. 
 Bonds, other than those of nations, and of states, counties, 
 towns, cities, villages, or other political divisions of the country, 
 are secured by mortgages on the property of the corporations 
 issuing them. 
 
 Bonds are generally issued in denominations of $100, $500, 
 or $1000, just as paper money is issued in denominations of 
 $1, $5, $20, etc. Occasionally bonds are issued in denomina- 
 tions smaller than $100, as was done with the Spanish War 
 bonds, some of which were $20 bonds. 
 
 Thus, if a corporation wishes to borrow ^50,000, it may issue fifty 1000- 
 dollar bonds, one hundred 500-dollar bonds, or five hundred lOO-dollar 
 bonds. 
 
 Each bond is numbered so that it may be distinguished from the other 
 bonds of the same issue. Some bonds are so drawn that the owner's name 
 must be registered, with the number of the bond, in the books of the gov- 
 ernment or corporation issuing them, so that the interest is payable only to 
 the owner or his order, and is sent to him when due. 
 
 Other bonds, like the one shown on page 298, have attached to them as 
 many interest coupons as there are interest periods. Each coupon is pay- 
 able to the bearer, and bears the date when it is due, so that the holder of the 
 
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 bond may collect his interest when due by merely cutting off the coupon 
 and presenting it at the place named for payment, or by depositing it in 
 his bank for collection. The bond on page 298 had originally thirty interest 
 coupons attached. The last three show in the form given. 
 
 Summary 
 
 493. Bonds are the interest-hearing 7iotes of governments and 
 corporations^ given under seal. 
 
 494. Registered bonds are bonds that are recorded hy number 
 in the name of the owner^ on the hooks of the government or cor- 
 poration that issued them. 
 
 495. A coupon is an interest certificate attached to a bond. 
 
 496. Coupon bonds are bonds to which interest coupons are 
 attached. 
 
 497. The face of a bond is the sum mentioned in the bond. 
 
 498. Comparisons 
 
 1. Shares of stock represent the property of a corporation, 
 while bonds represent debts of the corporation ; stockholders are, 
 therefore, the owners of the property of the corporation, while 
 bondholders are its creditors. 
 
 2. The income on shares of stock is in the form of dividends^ 
 and its amount fluctuates (except on preferred stock), depending 
 on the prosperity of the corporation's business ; whereas the 
 income on bonds is in the form of iriterest at a fixed rate^ and 
 must be paid, regardless of the condition of the business. 
 
 3. The market value of bonds, like that of stocks, fluctuates 
 from day to day ; they may be at par^ at a premium^ or at a 
 discount. 
 
 4. Bonds are bought and sold through brokers in the same 
 manner as shares of stock, and at the same rates of brokerage. 
 
300 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. The market values of bonds are quoted in the same way 
 as the market values of shares of stock ; e.g. '' U. S. 5's, 110," 
 means that one dollar of United States bonds bearing 5% 
 interest is worth f 1.10. 
 
 6. The premium, discount, income, and brokerage on bonds 
 is computed on the par value. In this respect, do bonds re- 
 semble, or differ from capital stock? 
 
 499. Oral 
 
 1. What is the par yalue of ten 500-dollar bonds ? 
 
 2. When selling at 110, what is their market value ? 
 
 3. What must be paid for five 100-dollar bonds when they 
 are quoted at 120 ? 
 
 4. When bonds are quoted at 80, how many dollars of bonds 
 can be bought for $400 ? 
 
 5. What is the annual interest on a four per cent 500- 
 dollar bond ? On a 41 % 1000-dollar bond ? 
 
 6. How many dollars of 6 % bonds must I own in order to 
 receive an annual income of f 1200 from them ? A semi-annual 
 income of 11200? 
 
 7. How many 5 % 100-dollar bonds must I own in order to 
 receive from them an annual income of $750? To receive an 
 annual income of $1000? To receive a semi-annual income 
 of $1000? 
 
 8. A farmer invested $9000 in railroad bonds at 90. How 
 many dollars of bonds did he buy ? How many bonds did he 
 obtain if they were 500-dollar bonds ? 
 
 9. A speculator invested $1050 in 6 % bonds at 105. How 
 many dollars of bonds did he buy? What was the annual 
 interest on them? 
 
BONDS 301 
 
 10. A broker bought for his principal 110,000 of railroad 
 bonds at 89|, charging ^% brokerage. What did the bonds 
 cost the principal? What did the broker receive for his 
 services ? 
 
 11. A broker sold f 10,000 of bonds for his principal at 89J, 
 charging ^ % brokerage. How much did the principal receive ? 
 How much did the broker receive ? 
 
 12. A $500 bond was sold for -1400. The selling price was 
 what per cent of the par value ? The bond was sold at what 
 per cent below par? If this was the regular market value, 
 how were that kind of bonds quoted ? If it was a 5 % bond, 
 what was the annual interest on the bond ? 
 
 13. A man invested 17800 in bonds at 77 1 %, paying |% 
 brokerage. How many dollars of bonds did he buy ? If they 
 were 4 % bonds, what was the annual interest ? 
 
 14. When the market value of a 1 1000 bond is 11030, how 
 are the bonds quoted ? 
 
 15. If a man invests $1200 in 7% bonds quoted at 120, how 
 much money does he receive from them annually? 
 
 16. How many 1000-dollar 3 % bonds must a man buy to 
 secure an annual interest of 1600? What will they cost, if 
 bought at 90 ? 
 
 500. Written 
 
 1. a. What is the market value of S40,000 of U. S. 2 % 
 registered bonds due in 1930, when quoted at 104? 
 b. What is the annual interest ? 
 e. How many dollars of these bonds will f 20,800 buy ? 
 
 d. What is the annual interest on them ? 
 
 e. What quantity of these bonds will $35,360 buy? 
 /. What will be the yearly interest on them ? 
 
302 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. At one time, U. S. 4 % coupon bonds were quoted at 120. 
 a. What was the cost of $21,500 of those bonds? 
 
 h. What interest did the government pay annually on them ? 
 
 c. How many dollars of bonds could be bought for 184,600? 
 
 d. What interest did the government pay annually on those 
 bonds ? 
 
 3. Milwaukee Electric Railway 4i % bonds once sold at 90. 
 a. How many dollars of the bonds would $81,000 buy? 
 
 h. What must be paid for 119,500 of these bonds? 
 
 c. What interest is the railroad required to pay annually on 
 that amount of bonds? 
 
 d. What amount of the bonds would $10,800 buy? 
 
 e. What interest would the railroad be required to pay 
 annually on that amount of bonds ? 
 
 /. A man invested $63,000 in these bonds. What interest 
 did the railroad pay him annually ? 
 
 g. How much must be invested in these bonds to secure the 
 payment of $2700 yearly interest from the railroad company? 
 
 4. A man bought $198,000 of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa 
 F^ R.R. 4 % bonds at 96|, paying -1 % brokerage. 
 
 a. What did he pay for the bonds ? 
 
 h. He sold them at 100 J, paying \ % brokerage. How much 
 did he receive for them? 
 
 c. How much did he gain by the speculation? 
 
 d. With the proceeds of the sale, he bought Allegheny and 
 Western first mortgage 4 % bonds at 98|, paying \ % broker- 
 age. What amount of bonds did he buy? 
 
 5. A man sold 400 shares of stock, yielding 2-|-% semi- 
 annual dividends, at 102f, and with the proceeds bought 
 Toledo, St. Louis, and Western R.R. 4% bonds at T9|, paying 
 1% brokerage for each transaction. What amount of bonds 
 did he buy ? 
 
RATIO 303 
 
 6. On the 18th of February, 1908, the 4% bonds of the 
 Adams Express Company were quoted at 88. Make and solve 
 four problems from the data here given. 
 
 7. Metropolitan Street Railway 5 % bonds once sold at 103|. 
 Make and solve four problems using this fact. 
 
 RATIO 
 
 501. The ratio of two numbers is the quotient obtained by divid- 
 ing one number by the other^ e.g. : 
 
 a. The ratio of 6 to 3 is 6 ^ 3, or 2. 
 
 b. The ratio of 3 to 6 is 3 -f- 6, or |. 
 
 c. The ratio of 11 to 7 is 11 -r- 7, or If 
 
 d. The ratio of 7 to 11 is 7 -^ 11, or ^j, 
 
 502. Oral 
 
 What is the ratio of 
 
 1. 15 to 5? 7. 30 to 3? 13. 99 to 3? 19. 36 to 35? 
 
 2. 5 to 15? 8. 3 to 30? 14. 3 to 99? 20. 35 to 36? 
 
 3. 24 to 8? 9. 81 to 27? 15. 625 to 25? 21. 14 to 42? 
 
 4. 8 to 24? 10. 27 to 81? 16. 25 to 625? 22. 42 to 14? 
 
 5. 100 to 1? 11. ltol9? 17. 7 to 17? 23. 6 to 9? 
 
 6. 1 to 100? 12. 19tol? 18. 17 to 7? 24. 9 to 6? 
 
 503. Division is one method of comparing numbers. By it 
 we determine, not how much greater one number is than 
 another, but how many times as great; thus, 15 is three times as 
 great as 5, and 5 is -J as great as 15. 
 
 504. The numbers compared in determining the ratio of one 
 number to another are the terms of the ratio ; the first term of a 
 ratio is its antecedent ; the second term of a ratio is its consequent ; 
 
304 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 the sign (:) of ratio is the sign of division with the horizontal 
 line omitted; e.g. the ratio of 14 to 2 is expressed, 14 : 2=7; 
 14 is the antecedent, 2 is the consequent, and 7 is the ratio. 
 
 505. The antecedent and consequent taken together are called a 
 couplet. 
 
 506. The inverse ratio of two numbers is the quotient of the sec- 
 ond divided hy the first; e.g. the inverse ratio of 18 to 3 is 
 3 -^ 18 or J. The quotient of the first divided by the second 
 is called the direct ratio. 
 
 507. Oral 
 
 Name the antecedent and the consequent and give the ratio of 
 each of the following couplets: 
 
 1. 18:6 3. 16:64 5. 81 : 9 7. 5 : 29 9. | : f 
 
 2. 24 : 3 4. 49 : 7 6. 13 : 4 8. 3 : ^ 10. | : 4 
 
 508. Since, in a direct ratio, the antecedent is always a 
 dividend, the consequent a divisor, and the ratio a quotient, the 
 antecedent must be the product of ^the consequent and ratio. 
 Therefore, the relations of product and factors will enable us 
 to determine any one of these numbers when the other two are 
 given. 
 
 509. Oral 
 
 Find the value of x in each of the following ratios: 
 
 1. 51 : 17 = 2: 4. a: : 19 = 2 7. f : i = a; 10. | : | = :r 
 
 2. 35 : a; = 5 5. 95 : 2; = 5 8. a: : f = f 11. f : | = 2; 
 
 3. 2^:4 = 3 6. x'.U = l~ 9. \l:x=2 12. ^:x = l\ 
 
 13. The ratio of the length to the breadth of a table is 3. If 
 the length is 12 feet, what is the breadth? Illustrate by a 
 drawing. 
 
RATIO 305 
 
 14. The ratio of the length to the breadth of a city lot is 2. 
 If the breadth is 4 rods, what is the length? Illustrate by a 
 drawing. 
 
 15. The ratio of the height of a boy to the height of a tree is 
 ^. If the tree is 35 feet high, how tall is the boy ? Illustrate 
 by a drawing. 
 
 16. What is the ratio of the length of a rod measure to the 
 length of a yard stick ? 
 
 17. What is the ratio of 
 
 a. One gallon to one quart? 
 
 h. Two gallons to 16 quarts? 
 
 c. One bushel to one pint? 
 
 d. Five dollars to 25 cents? 
 
 e. Eighty cents to one dollar ? 
 /. One gram to one grain? 
 
 g. One square meter to one square decimeter? 
 
 h. One cubic inch to one gallon? 
 
 i. ^Itoll? 
 
 j. One mark to one cent? 
 
 18. Give two numbers whose ratio is 5. * 
 
 19. Give two numbers whose ratio is 16. 
 
 20. Give two numbers whose ratio is 2J. 
 
 21. Give two numbers whose ratio is 1J-. 
 
 22. The ratio of 25 miles to what distance is 12|? 
 
 23. The ratio of what time to 3 months is 4? 
 
 24. When the consequent is greater than the antecedent, 
 the ratio is what kind of a number? 
 
 25. When the ratio is greater than 1, how do the antecedent 
 and consequent compare ? 
 
306 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 PROPORTION 
 
 15 : 3 compares how with 10 ; 2? 
 148 : 18 compares how with 12 da. : 2 da. ? 
 f 3 : $ 21 compares how with 2 men : 14 men ? 
 15 apples : 30 apples compares how with 8 lb. : 16 lb. ? 
 The answers to the above questions may be expressed: 
 
 15 : 3 = 10 : 2 
 $48 : $8 =12 da. : 2 da. 
 $3 : $21= 2 men : 14 men 
 15 apples : 30 apples = 8 lb. : 16 lb. 
 Of what is each of the above statements composed? 
 
 610. An equality/ of ratios is a proportion. 
 
 The first of the above proportions is read, " 15 is to 3 as 10 is to 2." Read 
 the others. Let each pupil in the class write three proportions. What 
 must be true of two ratios that they may form a proportion? 
 
 511 . Complete the following proportions : 
 
 a. 32:8 = 28:? i. 21 ft. : 3 ft. = ? : 5^ 
 
 ^.. ^16 : ? = 32 : 2 j. 6^ : 60)^ = 8 lb. : ? 
 
 c. 45:9 = 10:? h 8 girls : 16 girls = 1 32 : ? 
 
 c?. 33 : 3 = ? : 2 Z. 3 : ? = 11 : 5i 
 
 e. 42:6 = 14:? m. 100 : 1000 = ? : 70 
 
 /. ?:3=18:9 n. 6%: 20% = 9%:? 
 
 g. $12: $6 = 6 da. :? da. o. 8 mo. : 1 year = $60 : ? 
 
 h, 12 mi. : 24mi. = 2hr.: ?hr. 
 
 512. The numbers that form a proportion are the terms of the 
 proportion, 
 
 513. The first and fourth terms of a proportion are the ex- 
 tremes ; the second and third terms are the means ; e.g. in the 
 
PROPORTION 307 
 
 proportion 49 : 7 = 350 : 50, 49 and 50 are the extremes and 7 
 
 and 350 are the means. 
 
 Note. — The sign (::), called the sign of proportion, is sometimes used in- 
 stead of the sign of equality, which means the same. 
 
 514. In any proportion, the first term is the product of the 
 second term and ratio ; and the third term is the product of 
 the fourth term and ratio, thus, 
 
 35 : 7 = 15 : 3 
 may be written, 7x5:7 = 3x5:3, 
 
 and any proportion may be written, 
 
 2d term x ratio : 2d term = 4th term x ratio : 4th term. 
 Whence, the product of the means = 2d term x 4th term x ratio, 
 and the product of the extremes = 2d term x ratio x 4th term. 
 How does the product of the means compare with the product 
 of the extremes ? 
 
 515. Oral 
 
 In the following proportions, verify the principle established 
 above, that the product of the means is equal to the product of the 
 extremes^ thus. In the proportion, 15 : 5 = 12 : 4, 
 
 The product of the means is 5 x 12, or 60. 
 
 The product of the extremes is 15 x 4, or 60. 
 
 1. 9:3 =6:2 3. 3:60 = 6:120 5. 7:2 =28:8 
 
 2. 63:21 = 3:1 4. 14:28= 2:4 6. 3:9 = 9:27 
 
 516. Written 
 
 1. Complete the proportion, 88 : 24 = 264 : x^ by finding the 
 value of X, 
 
 3 24 
 
 Solution 
 
 88a: = 24x264. .Why? 
 
 = ?^1?W^72. 
 
 Therefore, 88 : 24 = 264 : 72. Ans. 
 
 IX 
 
308 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. Complete the proportion, 92 : a; = 69 : 12. 
 
 Solution 
 69a;= 92x12. Why? 
 4 4 
 ?l2Lll = iQ, Therefore, 92:16 = 69:12. Ans. 
 
 Complete the following proportions : 
 
 3. 50:2 = 12b:x 11. $110 : |88 = rr: 28 
 
 4. 4: 17 = a;: 34 12. 10 A. : 35 A. =$25: a; 
 
 5. 24::r=18:30 13. 10 yd. : 50 yd. = $20 : a; 
 
 6. a;:10 = 21:35 14. 81 : 84 = a; bu. : 132 bu. 
 
 7. 55:20=a;:28 15. ic:5 = f|:$3| 
 
 8. a;:51 = 65;39 16. |a;:$4 = l:| 
 
 9. 455: 273 = a;: 66 17. 888 f t. : 74 ft. = a; : 111 hr. 
 10. a;: 240 = 209: 264 18. |:| = |t:a; 
 
 PROBLEMS SOLVED BY PROPORTION' 
 517. Oral 
 
 1. In the proportion, 20 : 80 = 3 : a;, how does 80 compare 
 with 20 ? How must the value of x compare with 3 ? 
 
 2. In the proportion, a; : 18 = 23 : 46, how does 23 compare 
 with 46 ? How does the value of x compare with 18 ? 
 
 3. If the proportion, ? : ? = 3 : 90, is completed by supplying 
 a first term and second term, how must the second term com- 
 pare with the first term ? 
 
 4. In any proportion, if the fourth term is greater than the 
 third, how must the second compare with the first? If the 
 fourth term is less than the third, how must the second com- 
 pare with the first ? 
 
PROPORTioi*r 309 
 
 Turn to § 516 and, without referring to your answers, tell 
 whether the value of x^ in each proportion, is greater or less 
 than the other term in the same ratio. 
 
 518. Written 
 
 1. If 12 yards of cloth cost f 14, what will 132 yards cost at 
 the same rate ? 
 
 Since the ratio of 12 yards to 132 yards is the same as the ratio of $14 to 
 the required number of dollars, the numbers in this problem may form a 
 proportion. 
 
 Let X represent the required number of dollars and let it be the fourth 
 term, thus, 
 
 ? : ? =14yd.:a;yd. 
 
 Then, since 132 yards will cost more than 12 yards, the fourth term will 
 be greater than the third term ; therefore the second term must be greater 
 than the first term, and the proportion is 
 
 12yd.:132yd. =$14:$ar. 
 Solving, 12 a: = 132 x 14. Why ? 
 
 ,^X3ixJ4^j,4^ 
 
 n 
 
 Therefore, 132 yards will cost 1 154. Ans. 
 
 There are many ways of stating a proportion for the solution 
 of a problem, but it is well to adopt some one of them, and use 
 it whenever a problem is to be solved by proportion. 
 
 The following outline has been found helpful : 
 
 1. Let the fourth term he x^ the required number, 
 
 2. Let the third term he the given number that denotes the same 
 kind of quantity as the required answer. 
 
 3. Determine, by reading the problem, whether the answer will 
 be greater or less than the third term, and arrange the other two 
 given numbers accordingly, as the first and second terms of the 
 proportion. 
 
 4. Solve the proportion. 
 
310 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Solve the following prohlems hy proportion: 
 
 2. At the rate of 5 tons for 131, how many tons of coal can 
 bought for $217? 
 
 3. If a man can earn $ 217 in 43 days, how much can he 
 earn in 301 days? 
 
 4. Traveling at the rate of 49 miles in 196 minutes, in how 
 many minutes will a trolley car run 7 miles ? 
 
 5. What must be paid for 5700 cubic feet of gas when 3800 
 cubic feet cost $3.61? 
 
 6. What will 8 tons of coal cost, when 17|- tons cost 
 
 $78.75? 
 
 7. How far will a train run in 7 hours, at the rate of QbQ 
 Km. in 8 hours? 
 
 8. What will it cost to buy a new arithmetic for each pupil 
 in a class of 19 pupils, when 24 arithmetics cost $13.20? 
 
 9. A messenger boy rode his bicycle 126 miles in 7 days. 
 How far would he ride in 29 days at the same average rate 
 per day? 
 
 10. Write the numbers 27, 18, 26, 39, so as to form a 
 proportion. 
 
 11. A farmer sowed 6 bushels of grain on 4|^ acres of 
 land. At the same rate, what quantity of seed is required 
 for 13| acres? 
 
 12. If 26J gal. of oil can be extracted from | T. of cotton 
 seed, how much oil can be produced from 375 lb. of seed? 
 
 13. Paul earns 75^ a day; his father earns $3.75 a day. 
 In how many days will Paul earn as much as his father earns 
 in 61 days? 
 
PROPORTION 311 
 
 14. In a mile foot-race, A gained on B at a uniform rate of 
 IT ft. in 15 sec. If A finished in 4 min. 45 sec, he was how 
 many feet ahead of B? 
 
 15. C and D bought for §18.75 a load of hay weighing 1^ 
 tons. 1200 lb. of the hay was put into C's barn and the 
 remainder into D's. How much should D pay? 
 
 16. If 33 bushels of wheat will make 7 barrels of flour, how 
 many bushels are required for 2| barrels at the same rate? 
 
 17. If I of a tract of land is sold for 13900, what is | of the 
 tract worth at the same price per acre ? 
 
 18. If 315 1. of water fell on the roof of my house during 
 a rainstorm of two hours, how long must it rain at the same 
 rate in order that enough water may run from the roof to fill 
 a rectangular cistern 35 dm. long, 3 m. wide, and 75 cm. deep ? 
 
 19. a. When exchange on Berlin is at the rate of 4 marks 
 for 97 cents, what must be paid in Baltimore for a Berlin draft 
 for 3476 marks ? 
 
 h. What is the face of a draft that may be bought for 
 $176.54? 
 
 20. a. When exchange on Antwerp is at the rate of 15.525 
 francs for |3, what must be paid for a draft for 646.75 francs? 
 
 h. What is the face of a draft that can be bought for f 850 ? 
 
 21. A contractor engaged to construct a sewer two miles 
 long for $58,080. How much has he earned when he has 
 completed 2112 feet of the sewer? 
 
 22. If the interest on a sum of money for one year is 1 360, 
 what is the interest on the same sum for 15 months, at the 
 same rate ? 
 
 23. If 1800 yield $48 interest in a certain time, how large 
 a sum will yield $216 in the same time at the same rate? 
 
312 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 24. If stock bought at 80 yields 6% income on the money 
 invested, what per cent would it yield if bought at 120 ? 
 
 25. If a sum of money will buy provisions to last 250 sol- 
 diers for 30 days, the same sum will purchase provisions to 
 last 75 soldiers how long? 
 
 26. How many yards of carpet 27 inches wide are required 
 to cover as much floor space as are covered by 26 yards of 
 carpet 1 yard wide ? 
 
 27. If a train runs 140 mi. in 4 hr. 30 min., what is the rate 
 per hour? 
 
 28. How many men must be employed to accomplish in 35 
 days what 55 men can accomplish in 21 days? 
 
 29. Frank's net profit from a flock of 24 hens for one year 
 was f 17.60. How many hens must be added to the flock in 
 order that the yearly profit, at the same rate, may be i44? 
 
 PARTITIVE PROPORTION 
 
 519. Separating a number into two or more parts that have a 
 given ratio is called partitive proportion ; e.g. if the number bb 
 is divided into four parts, having the ratio of 1, 2, 3, and 5, the 
 parts are 5, 10, 15, and 25 ; for 1 : 2 = 5 ; 10, 2 : 3 = 10 : 15, 
 3 : 5 = 15 : 25. 
 
 520. Written 
 
 1. Separate 25 into two parts having the ratio of 2 to 3. 
 
 Solution 
 Let 2 X represent one part. 
 Then 3 x will represent the other part. 
 
 (1) Adding, 5 a; = 25, the sum of the two parts. 
 
 (2) Dividing (1) by 5, a: = 5 ^^ 
 
 (3) Multiplying (2) by 2, 2 . :. 10 ) ^^^^ Take ^ and f of 25. 
 
 (4) Multiplying (2) by 3, 3 x = 15 i ^ ^ 
 
PROPORTION 313 
 
 2. Divide $ 87 into four parts having the ratio of 1, 2, 5, 
 
 and T. 
 
 Solution 
 
 Let X, 2 a:, 5 a;, and 7 a: represent the four parts. 
 (1) Then, adding, 15 a: = $ 87 
 
 Or, 
 
 Ans. '^^^^ ^^' T^' r5' and 
 
 xVof ^87. 
 
 (2) Dividing (1) by 15, a: = | 5| 
 
 (3) Multiplying (2) by 2, 2 a: = ^ llf 
 
 (4) Multiplying (2) by 5, 5 a: = $ 29 
 
 (5) Multiplying (2) by 7, 7 a: = '$ 40| 
 
 3. Divide 91 into two parts that shall be to each other as 
 3 to 4. 
 
 4. Divide as indicated : 
 
 • Ratio of Parts 
 
 11, 13 
 
 2,7,1 
 4, 5, 1, 3 
 
 1, 2, 3, 6 
 4, 6, 7, 3 
 
 2, 7, 1, 2, 1 
 9, 8, 7, 6, 3 
 1 2 fi i 4 
 
 -I) ^> O) 55 -5 
 
 97, 83 
 1, 4, 7 
 
 Harry earns $ 3 while 
 Joe is earning f 2. How much per month does each earn ? 
 
 6. Mr. Olsen and his two sons together received $192 on 
 pay day, Mr. Olsen receiving $4 as often as each of his sons 
 received $ 2. How much did each receive? 
 
 7. An orchard contained twice as many pear trees as peach 
 trees and four times as many apple trees as pear trees. If the 
 three kinds of trees numbered 99, how many were there of each 
 kind? 
 
 TMB 
 
 ER Divided 
 
 Number of Parts 
 
 a. 
 
 1200 
 
 
 2 
 
 h. 
 
 3690 
 
 
 3 
 
 c. 
 
 $923 
 
 
 4 
 
 d. 
 
 3179 
 
 
 4 
 
 e. 
 
 418 bu. 
 
 
 4 
 
 /. 
 
 624 miles 
 
 
 6 
 
 ^• 
 
 12640 
 
 
 5 
 
 h. 
 
 430 
 
 
 5 
 
 i. 
 
 18,000 
 
 
 2 
 
 J- 
 
 337 
 
 
 3 
 
 5. 
 
 Joe and Har 
 
 ry earn I 25 
 
 a month. 
 
314 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 8. A kind of medicine is composed of licorice, ipecac, and 
 muriate of ammonia in the ratio of 10, 3, and 2. In three 
 pounds (Avoirdupois) of this medicine there are how many 
 grains of each of the three ingredients? 
 
 PARTNERSHIP 
 
 521 . When two or more individuals oivn and conduct a business 
 in common they are called partners, and their association in busi- 
 ness is called a partnership. 
 
 A partnership is different from a stock company in that each partner has 
 a voice in the actual management of the business, and is personally Hable 
 for all the debts of the firm. 
 
 The profits and losses of a partnership are shared by the part- 
 ners according to the amount of capital that each has invested 
 in the business, unless by contract they agree otherwise. 
 
 522. Written 
 
 1. A, B, and C formed a partnership, furnishing f 800, $1000, 
 and 1 1200 capital, respectively. They gained 1 1500. Divide 
 the gain among the partners in proportion to their capital. 
 
 2. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Mead entered into partnership. Mr. 
 Wilson's capital was fSOOO, and Mr. Mead's 12000. They 
 gained $ 1500. What was each partner's share of the gain ? 
 
 3. Jones & Smith were partners for a year, with a capital of 
 $3000 and $5000 respectively. They gained $2000. Find 
 each one's share of the gain. 
 
 4. Three men form a partnership. A invests $1250, B 
 $ 2000, and C $ 1550. They gain $ 1200. What is each man's 
 share of the gain? 
 
 5. Three men hired a coach to convey them to their homes. 
 A's home was 20 miles away, B's 24 miles, and C's 28 miles. 
 They paid $ 24 for the coach. What ought each to pay ? 
 
PARTNERSHIP 315 
 
 6. A cargo of wheat valued at f 4500 was entirely destroyed. 
 One third of it belonged to A, two fifths to B, and the remain- 
 der to C. What was each one's share of the loss, there being 
 an insurance of $ 3600 ? 
 
 7. A man fails in business owing $ 15,000, and his available 
 means amount to only $9000. How much will two of his 
 creditors receive, to one of whom he owes $3000 and to the 
 other 14500? 
 
 8. A and B gain in business 1 2500, of which A's share is 
 $1000 and B's $1500. What part of the capital does each 
 furnish, and what is the investment of each if their joint capi- 
 tal is $ 16,000 ? 
 
 9. A, B, and C own $ 600 worth of timber land, which they 
 divide in proportion of 3, 5, and 7. Find the value of each part. 
 
 10. A, B, and C bought a business for $ 6000, A furnishing 
 $2500 of the capital, B $1500, and C the remainder. If the 
 value of the business increases to $ 8000, and C buys out A and 
 B, how mucli should he pay each of them ? 
 
 11. A man failing in business owes $ 10,800, and has property 
 worth $ 7200 to be divided among his creditors in proportion to 
 their claims. How much will be received by a creditor whose 
 claim is $180? 
 
 12. A junior partner owns a -^^ interest in a business, the 
 annual net profits of which are $90,000. He also receives a 
 salary of $ 2500 a year. 
 
 a. What is his annual income ? 
 
 h. A good concern offers to buy his interest in the business 
 for $100,000, giving in payment a good real estate mortgage 
 paying 5% interest, and retaining him in the business at a 
 salary of $3000 a year. Would his income be increased or 
 diminished by accepting this offer, and how much ? 
 
316 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 523. When the capital of the partners is not employed for the 
 same time. 
 
 Written 
 
 1. A and B formed a partnership. A furnished i500 for 
 8 months and B $600 for 10 months. They gained |360. 
 What was each partner's gain ? 
 
 Solution 
 
 A $500 for 8 mo. = |I4000 for 1 mo. 
 
 B $600 for 10 mo. = 6000 for 1 mo. 
 
 $10000 
 
 A*s share = j\ of |360, or $144. 
 
 B's share = y% of $360, or $216. 
 
 The use of $500 for 8 months is equivalent to the use of $4000 for 1 month; 
 and the use of $600 for 10 months is equivalent to the use of $6000 for 
 1 month. Consider A's capital to be $4000 and B's $6000. A's share 
 of the gain = ^ ; B's share of the gain = ^q. 
 
 2. A commenced business with $10,000 capital. Four 
 months later B put in $10,500. Their profits at the end of a 
 year were $5100. What was each man's share of the gain ? 
 
 3. Three persons loaned sums of money, at the same rate, 
 for which they received $1596 interest. The first loaned $4000 
 for 12 mo., the second $3000 for 15 mo., and the third $5000 
 for 8 mo. How much interest did each receive ? 
 
 4. A, C, and H form a partnership. A puts in $8000, 
 C $5000, H $10,000. A's capital remains in the business 8 
 mo., C's 9 mo., H's 12 mo. The net gain is $6900. Find each 
 man's share of the gain. 
 
 5. A and B were in partnership for 2 years. A at first 
 invested $2000, and B $2800. At the end of 9 months A took 
 out $700, and B put in $500. They lost in the two years 
 $3740. Apportion the loss. 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 317 
 
 6. A's capital was in business 6 months, B's 7 months, and 
 C's 11 months. A's gain was $600, B's 11400, and C's 1990. 
 Their joint capital was 17800. What was each man's capital ? 
 
 7. A put 1600 in trade for 5 months, and B 1700 for 6 
 months. They gained §228. What was each man's share ? 
 
 8. April 1, 1905, A goes into business with a capital of 
 $6000; July 1, 1905, he takes in B as a partner with a capital 
 of $8000; and Oct. 1, 1906, they have gained $2900. Find 
 the gain of each. 
 
 9. A merchant failed in business, owing A $3000, B $1500, 
 C $2400, and D $600. His assets are $5000, and the expense 
 of settling up his business will be $500. What will each cred- 
 itor receive? 
 
 10. A and B were in partnership. B furnished $18,000 for 
 a year, and his share of the gain was $1296. A invested his 
 capital for 9 months, and his share of the gain was $1620. 
 What was A's capital ? 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 524. Oral 
 
 1. What is the meaning of " Baltimore and Ohio, 85f " ? 
 
 2. What is the cost of 10 shares of railroad stock at 89 J; 
 brokerage |^ % ? 
 
 3. How many dollars of bonds will $10,500 buy, when they 
 are at 5 % premium ? 
 
 4. What is the income from 10 shares of Lighting Company 
 stock when it pays an annual dividend of 4 % ? 
 
 5. How many dollars of 3 % government bonds must I 
 own in order to receive $30 a year in interest? 
 
 6. What is the ratio of 480 to 48 ? Of 48 to 480 ? 
 
 7. Complete the proportion a; : 16 = 5 : 20. 
 
318 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 8. Divide 60 into parts having the ratio of 1, 2, and 3. 
 
 9. Two boys, A and B, bought some oranges for 45 cents. 
 In sharing them, A took two oranges as often as B took three. 
 How much of the cost should each pay ? 
 
 10. The ratio of a boy's age to his father's age is the ratio 
 of 1 to 7. If the father is 32 years old, what is the boy's age ? 
 
 11. What is the difference between bonds and capital stock ? 
 
 12. Draw a horizontal line on the blackboard. Draw a ver- 
 tical line cutting off 25 % of the horizontal line. Draw a line 
 I as long as the first one. 
 
 13. A grocer sold some damaged goods for | of their cost. 
 What per cent did he lose ? 
 
 14. A farmer sold 90 % of his crop of potatoes and had 45 
 bushels left. How many bushels did he raise ? 
 
 15. Give the common fractions equivalent to the following 
 per cents: 50%, 331%, 25%, 20%, 16| %, 66| %, 75%, 
 621%, 871%, 121%, 10%. 
 
 16. Frances missed -^-^ of the words in a spelling lesson. 
 What per cent of them did she spell correctly ? 
 
 17. On what base are profit and loss computed ? 
 
 18. Goods costing |30 were sold for $40. What per cent 
 was gained? 
 
 19. Goods costing $40 were sold for $30. What per cent 
 was lost? 
 
 20. I paid a bill of 1 50, receiving 2% discount for cash. 
 How much did I pay ? 
 
 21. I saved $15 by paying cash for goods, thereby obtaining 
 a discount of 5 %. What was the original amount of the bill ? 
 What was the net amount ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 319 
 
 22. The list price of a set of books was 180. The net price 
 was 160. What was the rate of discount ? 
 
 23. Successive discounts of 10 % and 10 % are equivalent to 
 what single discount ? 
 
 24. Which of the following numbers are composite : 31, 49, 
 51, 87, 97, 39, 51, 71 ? 
 
 25. What is the bank discount on a note of $100 for 90 days 
 at 6 % ? 
 
 26. A man paid $7.50 premium for insuring his household 
 goods, the rate being 75 i per hundred dollars. What was the 
 face of his policy ? 
 
 27. A merchant had his stock of goods insured for $10,000 
 for three years, the rate being 1 % . The agent who transacted 
 the business for the insurance company received 25 % of the 
 premium. What was the amount of the agent's commission ? 
 
 28. Without a rule, draw a line 5 decimeters long. Measure 
 and correct it. 
 
 29. Put your finger on the door 40 % of the distance from 
 the top to the bottom. 
 
 30. Describe a board foot. 
 
 31. How many feet of lumber are there in a scantling 3'' by 
 4'^ and 10 feet long ? 
 
 32. How many quart cans of varnish will cover as much sur- 
 face as twenty cans holding a gallon each ? 
 
 33. What will a man receive for a 60-day note for $200, 
 without interest, if he has it discounted at date, money being 
 worth 6 % ? 
 
 34. A 90-day note, dated April 1, 1908, matured when ? 
 
 35. What is the meaning of each of the following exchange 
 quotations : Paris 5.19 ; Brussels 5.20 ; Bremen 95J ; London 
 4.868? 
 
320 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 36. When exchange on London is quoted at 4.86|, what is 
 the cost of a bill of exchange on London for £ 100 ? 
 
 37. How may we tell, without dividing, whether a number is 
 divisible by 25 or not ? 
 
 38. How may we know, without actual trial, that 24,374 
 will not exactly divide 2,903,076,543? 
 
 39. How many liters are equivalent to one cubic meter ? 
 
 40. Name some object that is as large as a liter, 
 
 525. Written 
 
 1. A man paid a certain sum for a harness, five times as 
 much for a carriage, two times as much for a horse as for the 
 carriage, and then had left as much as he paid for the harness. 
 He had $340 at first. What did each article cost? 
 
 2. What is the cost of 250 shares of railroad stock at 120|, 
 brokerage |^ ? 
 
 3. A man invested f 31,600 in mining stock at 78|^, brokerage 
 
 a. How many shares did he buy ? 
 
 b. What was his income when the stock paid a dividend of 
 
 4. A man sold railroad bonds at 93|, paying | % broker- 
 age. How many dollars of bonds must he sell to realize 
 $18,600? 
 
 5. By proportion, find the cost of 780 barrels of flour, when 
 130 barrels cost $780. 
 
 6. 23 J is the ratio of 42 to what number ? 
 
 7. 69 is the ratio of what number to 793 ? 
 
 8. A man failed in business owing $17,500. He had prop- 
 erty worth $10,000, which was used in part payment of his 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 321 
 
 debts, the creditors sharing according to the amounts owing to 
 them. How much did a creditor receive to whom the debtor 
 owed 13750? 
 
 9. A man pays f 120 for three years' insurance on his 
 buildings, the policies amounting to ^ of the value of the build- 
 ings, and the rate being 60/ per hundred for three years. 
 
 a. How much insurance does he carry ? 
 
 h. What is the value of his buildings? 
 
 10. The tax rate one year in a village was f 12J per $1000 
 of assessed valuation. 
 
 a. What was the assessed value of property which paid a 
 tax of 1125? 
 
 h. What was the entire tax budget, if the total valuation 
 was 14,000,000 ? 
 
 11. An article was sold for $4.50 after successive discounts 
 of 40 % and 10 % had been made. Find the list price. 
 
 12. A merchant can buy at one place a bill of goods listed 
 at fl900, receiving successive discounts of 27% and 13%. 
 At another place he can buy the same goods at the same list 
 price with a single discount of 40 % . Which is the better rate 
 for the purchaser and how much better ? 
 
 13. A note for f 900 payable at a bank 90 days after date, 
 without interest, was discounted 30 days after date, at the 
 legal rate. 
 
 a. Write the note, dating it at your place of residence. 
 h. Compute the proceeds. 
 
 14. At what rate of interest will 8400 earn 1 70 in 
 2 yr. 6 mo. ? 
 
 15. A load of hay weighing 1 T. 2 cwt. cost $19.80. At the 
 same price per ton, what was the cost of 1500 lb. of hay ? 
 Solve by proportion. 
 
322 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 16. A, B, and C bought a piece of property for 150,000, 
 A furnishing 112,500, B 117,500, and C the remainder. They 
 sold the property for $69,000. Find each man's share of 
 the gain. 
 
 17. A rectangular cellar measures 33 ft. by 21 ft. and 8 ft. 
 deep, inside measure. The wall is of concrete 1| ft. thick. 
 Find the number of cubic yards of concrete, allowing 4 cubic 
 yards for openings. 
 
 18. Suppose Connellsville coal to be composed of the follow- 
 ing substances: carbon, 60|-% ; sulphur, 1% ; moisture, 1^% ; 
 ash, 8 % ; the remainder, volatile combustible matter. In one 
 long ton of such coal there are : 
 
 a. How many pounds of carbon? 
 
 h. How many pounds of moisture ? 
 
 c. How many pounds of volatile combustible matter ? 
 
 19. a. If a miner receives 42 / per ton for mining coal, mines 
 6 tons per day, 5 days in a week, 52 weeks in the year, and 
 pays $6 per month for rent of his house, how much per year 
 has he for other purposes ? 
 
 h. What per cent of his money does he pay for rent ? 
 
 20. Coke is made from bituminous coal by heating it in 
 ovens. This process is called "burning" coke. If three tons 
 of coal will make two tons of coke, how much less will the 
 Keystone Coal and Coke Company receive for 50,000 tons of 
 coal by selling it at $1.05 per ton, than by coking it and selling 
 the coke at $2.10 per ton ? 
 
 21. A merchant imported from London 1000 sq. yd. of lino- 
 leum invoiced at Ss. Qd. per square yard. 
 
 a. What was the cost in English money ? 
 h. What was the cost in United States money, computing 
 the exchange value of £1 at $4.1 
 
INVOLUTION 323 
 
 c. What was the duty at 20/^ per square yard and 20% 
 ad valorem ? 
 
 d. If the freight and other charges amounted to $28.14, 
 what was the total cost per yard? 
 
 e. At what price per yard must the merchant sell it to 
 make a profit of 40 % ? 
 
 22. Divide f 17,500 among A, B, C, and D so that their 
 shares shall be in the ratio of 4, 3, 2, and 11. 
 
 23. A, B, and C purchased an office building for $450,000. 
 The net income from rents, after paying all expenses, was 
 #22,500 per year, in which each man shared according to his 
 share of the investment, B receiving $7500, A $12,500, and 
 C the remainder. How much money did each contribute 
 toward the purchase price ? 
 
 24. How long must a sum of money be on interest to gain 
 $350 interest if it gains $140 in 11 months? 
 
 25. How many men would be required to earn in 55 days 
 as much money as 77 men can earn in 35 days, if all receive the 
 same wages per day? 
 
 INVOLUTION 
 
 2x2 =? 3x3 =? 
 
 2x2x2 =? 3x3x3x3=? 
 
 2x2x2x2 =? 5x5 =? 
 
 2x2x2x2x2 =? 5x5x5 =? 
 
 2x2x2x2x2x2=? 5x5x5x5=? 
 
 4 is what of 2 and 2 ? 
 
 8 is what of 2, 2, and 2 ? 
 
 81 is what of 3, 3, 3, and 3? 
 
 25 is what of 5 and 5 ? 
 
 2 is what of 4? Of 8? Of 16 ? Of 32? Of 64? 
 
324 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3 is what of 9 ? Of 81 ? 
 
 5 is what of 25 ? Of 125 ? Of 625 ? 
 
 How do the factors of 4 compare with each other ? Of 8 ? 
 Of 16? Of 32? Of 64? Of 9? Of 81 ? Of 25? Of 125? 
 Of 625 ? 
 
 526. The product of equal factors is a power. Which of the 
 numbers given above are powers ? 
 
 527. The product of two 'equal factors is a square ; e.g. 4 is the 
 square of 2 ; 9 is the square of 3 ; 25 is the square of 5. 
 
 The area of a square surface is the product of its length and breadth. 
 Since these are equal, the area of a square is the square of either dimension. 
 For example, the area of a square whose side is 7 ft. is 49 sq. ft. 49 is the 
 square of 7. Any number that is the product of two equal factors is called 
 a square because it may be supposed to represent a square surface whose 
 side is represented by one of the two equal factors. 
 
 528. The product of three equal factors is a cube ; e.g. 8 is the 
 cube of 2 ; 27 is the cube of 3 ; 125 is the cube of 5. 
 
 The contents of a cubical solid are equal to the cube of one of its dimen- 
 sions. For example, 125 cu. in. are the contents of a cube whose edge is 
 5 in. The product of three equal factors is called a cube because it may 
 always represent the contents of a cube whose edge is one of the three 
 equal factors. 
 
 529. The product of four equal factors is called a fourth power; 
 the product of five equal factors is called a fifth power, and so on ; 
 e.g. the fourth power of 3 is 81, the fifth power of 2 is 32. A 
 number is sometimes called the first power of itself. 
 
 530. An exponent is a figure placed above and at the right of a 
 number to show which power of the number is to be taken ; e.g. in 
 the expressions 11^ and 5^ the 2 shows that the square of 11 is 
 to be taken, and the 4 shows that the fourth power of 5 is to be 
 taken. 112 = 121, is read, The square of 11 is 121. 5*= 625, 
 is read, The fourth power of 5 ii 625. 
 
INVOLUTION 325 
 
 531. Finding the powers of numbers is involution. 
 
 532. Oral 
 
 1. Give rapidly the values of the following expressions 
 
 12; 22; 32; 42; 52; 62; 72; 82; 92; 13; 2^ ; 3^ ; 4^ ; 5^ ; 63 
 73; 83; 93; 103; 122; 202; 402. 592. 992 . 9002; 2*; 2^ ; 3* 
 
 3^; 5^; a)^; (f)^; (f)^ (li)^; (1)*; a)M (|)^; my 
 
 .32; .53; .23; .2^; .12; .012; (_I_)2. 
 
 2. What is the area of a square whose side is 3 ft. ? 
 
 3. What is the area of a square whose side is 12 in. ? 
 
 4. What is the area of a square whose side is 5J yd. ? 
 
 5. What are the contents of a cube whose edge is 12 
 inches? 3 feet? 2 inches? 10 inches? J inch? I inch? 
 
 6. What is the fourth power of | ? 
 
 7. 81 is the square of what number ? 100 is the square of 
 what number ? ^ is the square of what number ? | is the 
 square of what number? 
 
 8. What number raised to the fourth power equals 81 ? 
 
 9. What number raised to the fifth power equals 32 ? 
 
 10. What is the cube of 4 ? Of 1 ? Of ? Of i ? Of ^^ ? 
 
 11. What is the square of .5 ? Of 1.2 ? 
 
 Written 
 
 533. Find the powers indicated : 
 
 1. 152 7. 135 13. (llf)2 19. (151)2 25. (.7|)2 
 
 2. 332 8. 1083 14. 2.73 20. (17 1)3 26. (241)3 
 
 3. 982 9. 25.32 15. (_5_>)5 21. (.08)3 27. (f)^ 
 
 4. 872 10. 4.062 16. 2.14 22. (1.07)2 28. (12i)3 
 
 5. 183 11. .8352 17. (_2_8_)2 23. (2.11)2 29. (1000)3 
 
 6. 242 12. 4.053 18. .00352 24. (.012)* 30. (.33^)6 
 
326 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 534. 
 
 FINDING THE SQUARE OF A 
 
 NUMBER EXPRESSED 
 
 
 BY TWO FIGURES 
 
 37 = 
 
 30 + 7 = 
 
 t-\-u 
 
 37 = 
 
 30 + 7 = 
 
 t + u 
 
 259 = 
 
 30x7+72 = 
 
 txu + u^ 
 
 111 = 
 
 302 + 30 X 7 
 
 t^-ht xu 
 
 1369 = 302+2x30 x7 + 1''^ = t^+ 2 x t xu -^u^ 
 
 From the above illustration we may observe 
 
 a. That any number expressed by two significant figures 
 may be separated into two parts, one of which is a certain 
 number of tens, and the other a certain number of units. 
 
 b. That the square of a number expressed by two figures 
 may be found by adding the square of the tens, twice the product 
 of the tens and units^ and the square of the units ; thus, 
 
 43 =40 + 3 
 * .432 = 402 + 2 X 40 X 3 + 32 = 1600 + 240 + 9 = 1849 
 
 535. Oral 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Find the value of : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 212 
 
 5. 312 
 
 9. 
 
 452 
 
 13. 
 
 252 
 
 17. 
 
 652 
 
 21. 
 
 332 
 
 2. 222 
 
 6. 462 
 
 10. 
 
 522 
 
 14. 
 
 342 
 
 18. 
 
 552 
 
 22. 
 
 842 
 
 3. 412 
 
 7. 382 
 
 11. 
 
 912 
 
 15. 
 
 732 
 
 19. 
 
 422 
 
 23. 
 
 312 
 
 4. 442 
 
 8. 922 
 
 12. 
 
 822 
 
 16. 
 
 612 
 
 20. 
 
 432 
 
 24. 
 
 952 
 
 25. What is the area of a square meadow whose breadth is 
 62 rods ? 
 
 EVOLUTION 
 
 4 = 2x2 49 = 7x7 36 = 6x6 
 
 9=3x3 625 = 5x5x5x5 343=7x7x7 
 
 8 = 2x2x2 961 = 31x31 169 = 13x13 
 
 125 = 5x5x5 81 = 3x3x3x3 10,000 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 
 
EVOLUTION 327 
 
 536. Oral 
 
 1. 2 is what of 4? Of 8? 
 
 2. 3 is what of 9 ? Of 81 ? 
 
 3. 7 is what of 49? Of 343? 
 
 4. 5 is what of 25? Of 125 ? Of 625? 
 
 5. How do the factors of 49 compare ? Of 169 ? Of 961 ? 
 Of 81? Of 10,000? Of 36? 
 
 537. One of the equal factors that produce a number is a root 
 of that number; e.g. 2 is a root of 4, of 8, and of 16 ; 5 is a root 
 of 125 and of 625. 
 
 538. One of the two equal factors that produce a number is the 
 square root of that number ; e.g. 2 is the square root of 4 ; 3 is 
 the square root of 9 ; 5 is the square root of 25. 
 
 539. One of the three equal factors that produce a number- is 
 the cube root of that number ; e.g. 2 is the cube root of 8; 3 is 
 the cube root of 27 ; 5 is the cube root of 125. 
 
 540. Other roots are known as the fourth root, fifth root, 
 sixth root, etc., according to the number of equal factors which 
 produce the corresponding power ; e.g. ^ is the fourth root of 
 16, the fifth root of 32, and the sixth root of 64 ; 3 is the 
 fourth root of 81, the fifth root of 243, and the sixth root 
 of 729. 
 
 541. The radical sign (V ) placed over a number indicates 
 that a root of the number is to be taken. 
 
 542. A small figure placed within the radical sign to indicate 
 which root is to be taken is called the radical index. When the 
 square root is to be taken, the index is omitted, the radical 
 sign only being used ; e.g. V625 indicates that the square 
 
328 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 root of 625 is to be taken ; V256 indicates that the fourth root 
 of 256 is to be taken ; Vl728 indicates that the cube root of 
 1728 is to be taken. 
 
 543. A number whose indicated root can he exactly/ obtained is 
 a perfect power ; e.g. V9 = 3, a/256 = 4, ^32 = 2; 9, 256, and 
 32 are perfect powers. 
 
 544. A number whose square root can be exactly obtained is a 
 perfect square ; 25, 144, 100. 
 
 545. A number whose cube root can be exactly obtained is a 
 perfect cube ; e.g. 8, 64, .027, 1728. 
 
 546. Finding the roots of numbers is evolution. 
 
 547. Oral 
 
 Read the following expressions and state the value of each: 
 
 1. V4 
 
 10. 
 
 -\/1728 
 
 19. 
 
 V36 
 
 28. V8100 
 
 37. 
 
 V.Ol 
 
 2. V49 
 
 11. 
 
 Vl44 
 
 20. 
 
 ^1 
 
 29. V1600 
 
 38. 
 
 V.81 
 
 3. -^27 
 
 12. 
 13. 
 
 -^625 
 V81 
 
 21. 
 22. 
 
 VI 
 
 -v/169 
 
 30. V4900 
 
 39. 
 40. 
 
 v:64 
 
 4. ■v'125 
 
 31. V14400 
 
 v:o9 
 
 5. -^/Te 
 
 14. 
 
 VIOO 
 
 23. 
 
 V25 
 
 32. V3600 
 
 41. 
 
 V625 
 
 6. ^1/81 
 
 15. 
 
 ^343 
 
 24. 
 
 V196 
 
 33. V6400 
 
 42. 
 
 V.0625 
 
 7. V144 
 
 16. 
 
 V121 
 
 25. 
 
 V400 
 
 34. vOe 
 
 43. 
 
 V1.44 
 
 8. ^1000 
 
 17. 
 18. 
 
 ^64 
 
 26. 
 27. 
 
 V900 
 V2500 
 
 35. v.04 
 
 36. V.25 
 
 44. 
 45. 
 
 V27 
 
 9. ^32 
 
 ■v^IOOOO 
 
 V.027 
 
 46. What two equal fractions mi 
 ducei? 1? ,V? sV? i? IV 
 
 iltiplied together will pro- 
 
 47. The area of a square field is 100 square rods. How 
 long is it ? 
 
SQUARE ROOT 329 
 
 48. What is the width of a square page whose area is 81 
 square inches ? 
 
 49. Give the value of V^ ; V^ ; VJf ; V^ ; V^. 
 
 50. 7 is the square root of what number ? 3 ? 11 ? 12 ? 
 
 1 ? 1 ? _2_ ? 3 ? _7_ ? 
 
 2 • 8 • 11 • ^ • 12 • 
 
 51. Of what number is 7 one of the three equal factors ? 
 
 52. Of what number is 12 one of the two equal factors ? 
 
 53. Find one of the two equal factors of 121. 
 
 54. What is the product of three factors 7 ? 
 
 55. The cube root of 64 is how many times the square root 
 of 64? 
 
 56. What is the number whose square root is 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 
 4? 5? 6? 7? 8? 9? 
 
 57. Find the number whose square is 225. 
 
 58. Find the number whose square root is 169. 
 
 59. Name all the integers whose squares are less than 100. 
 
 60. Name all the integers whose square roots are less than 10. 
 
 61. The cube of 4 is the square of what number ? 
 
 62. The square root of 25 is the cube root of what number ? 
 
 63. One of the five equal factors that produce a number is 
 called what ? 
 
 SQUARE ROOT 
 
 548. When a number is a perfect square and contains but 
 two or three figures, its square root may be obtained easily by 
 inspection; that is, we may obtain the square root mentally^ 
 using no written worlc. But to obtain the square root of a 
 large number, we generally require a direct method that may 
 be expressed in writing. For example, let it be required to 
 find the square root of 5329. 
 
330 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 In discovering such a metliod let us first consider how a 
 square is made from a given square root. 
 
 Qo'py the following tahle^ filling in the results : 
 
 12 = 
 
 102 = 
 
 1002= 
 
 10002= 
 
 22= 
 
 202= 
 
 2002= 
 
 20002 = 
 
 32 = 
 
 302= 
 
 3002= 
 
 30002= 
 
 42 = 
 
 402= 
 
 4002= 
 
 40002 = 
 
 52 = 
 
 502= 
 
 5002= 
 
 50002= 
 
 62= 
 
 602= 
 
 6002= 
 
 60002= 
 
 72 = 
 
 702= 
 
 7002= 
 
 70002= 
 
 82 = 
 
 802= 
 
 8002 = 
 
 80002= 
 
 92= 
 
 902= 
 
 9002 = 
 
 90002= 
 
 
 992= 
 
 9992= 
 
 99992= 
 
 From the results found, we may generalize as follows : 
 
 The square of a number contains twice as many places, or 
 twice as many less one, as the number itself contains, and 
 
 The square root of a number contains as many places as the 
 square contains periods of two figures each, counting from, the right, 
 the left-hand period sometimes containing hut one figure. 
 
 V5329, then, contains how many places? 
 
 Let t represent the tens' figure and u the units' figure of the 
 root ; then the root may be represented hjt + u and its square 
 
 hy ct + uy. 
 
 Multiplying as in section 534, 
 
 t + u 
 t + u 
 t X u-{-u^ 
 t'^ + txu 
 
 (t+uy = t^+2xtxu-hu^ 
 
 This may be illustrated graphically as follows: 
 Let t + u represent the parts of a line, thus, 
 
SQUARE ROOT 
 
 331 
 
 t + u 
 
 txu > u^ 
 
 t r u 
 
 Fig. 1 
 
 Construct a square on this line, thus : 
 
 This square contains a square whose area is t^, 
 another whose area is u% and two parts, each having 
 an area equal to t x u. The sum of all these parts 
 is t^ + 2 X t X u + u% which agrees with the square 
 of i + M as found above. 
 
 Since t-\-u may represent any number 
 expressed by two figures, any square whose 
 square root is expressed by two figures may 
 
 be supposed to be the area of a square 
 whose side is the required root. This 
 square is always composed of two oblongs 
 and two squares, similar to those in Fig. 1. 
 20 For example, 282= 784, and V784 = 28. 
 
 Let 28, or 20 + 8, be represented by a 
 line, ^Q + 8 . 
 
 Its square, 784, is represented by the 
 
 20 
 
 tx U \ u^ 
 20x8 ; 8^ 
 
 20" |20x8 
 
 Fig. 2 
 
 square. Fig. 2. 
 
 Whence we see that ■\/784 
 
 V202 + 2 X 20 X 8 + 
 or, 20 + 8, or 28. 
 Returning to the example with which we began. 
 
 V5329 
 53-29(70+3 
 
 V^2 -\.2 xtxu-^u^, or t + u. 
 73 Ans. 12 
 
 txu 
 
 + 3 
 
 70 X 2 = 140 
 
 429 
 
 429 -V- 140= 3 
 
 429 
 
 140 + 3 = 143 
 
 000 
 
 143 X 3 = 429 
 
 
 By trial, we find that the greatest number of 
 tens whose square is not greater than 5329 is 7 
 tens, or 70. 
 
 Let 70 be the side of a square. 3 1 
 Its area is 70 x 70, or 4900. 
 
 2x70 
 
 70 
 
 + 3 
 
 Fig. 3 
 
332 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 We may call this 4900 sq. ft., sq. in., or any other kind of square units. 
 
 Subtracting 4900 from 5329, we find that there are 429 square units remain- 
 ing. If we make additions to two sides of the square, we must make addi- 
 tions whose combined length is 70 x 2, or 140 units. If 429 square units are 
 added, the width of the addition must be as many units as 429 -r- 140, or 3 
 units, with a small remainder. In order to make a complete square, we 
 must again add a small square 3 units long and wide. The entire length of 
 the three additions is 2 x 70 + 3, or 143 units, and the width is 3 units, as 
 shown in Fig. 3. Their combined area is 143 x 3, or 429 square units, the 
 exact number necessary to complete a square containing 5329 square units. 
 The entire length of one side of this square is 70 + 3, or 73 square units. 
 
 The following form shows the usual convenient arrangement 
 of the work and the steps required: 
 
 53*29^73 square root ^'""^ *^® greatest square (of tens) not 
 
 -^ — ^ greater than 53 (hundred). It is 49 
 
 ^^ (hundred). Its square root is 7 (tens). 
 
 143 429 Write 7 (tens) in the root, and sub- 
 
 429 tract 49 (hundred) from 53 (hundred). 
 
 Bring down 29. 
 
 Multiply 7 (tens) by 2, and write the product, 14, at the left of 429 for a 
 trial divisor. (This is 14 tens, or 140, but we omit the cipher because we 
 shall have another figure to takes its place.) 429 -^ 140 = 3, with a small 
 remainder. 
 
 Write 3 in the root, annex 3 to 14, making 143. Multiply 143 by 3, the 
 new figure in the root, and write the product, 429, under 429, the trial divi- 
 dend. If we subtract, there is no remainder, which shows that 73 is the exact 
 square root of 5329. 
 
 If after the new root figure has been annexed to the trial divisor and the 
 result multiplied by the new root figure, a product is obtained that is greater 
 than the trial dividend, we must retrace our work and take the next lower 
 figure in place of the new root figure, both in the root and in the divisor. 
 
 When the given number contains only three figures, we first find the 
 greatest square not greater than the left-hand figure. For example, 
 
 7-29)27_ 
 4 
 
 47 [329 
 329 
 
SQUARE ROOT 
 
 How may we test the correctness of our answers ? 
 
 Prove that 1 6 is the square root of 256. 
 
 Prove that V95,481 = 309. Prove that f = Vf 
 
 549. Written 
 
 Find the indicated roots and test your work : 
 
 333 
 
 1. V6724 
 
 6. 
 
 V1521 
 
 11. 
 
 V1444 
 
 16. 
 
 V1369 
 
 21. 
 
 V1024 
 
 2. V2809 
 
 7. 
 
 V6561 
 
 12. 
 
 V7396 
 
 17. 
 
 V2116 
 
 22. 
 
 V841 
 
 3. V2025 
 
 8. 
 
 V8281 
 
 13. 
 
 V9025 
 
 18. 
 
 V576 
 
 23. 
 
 V324 
 
 4. V3844 
 
 9. 
 
 V3721 
 
 14. 
 
 V2209 
 
 19. 
 
 V1225 
 
 24. 
 
 V676 
 
 5. V5476 
 
 10. 
 
 V3249 
 
 15. 
 
 V6241 
 
 20. 
 
 V361 
 
 25. 
 
 V441 
 
 26. Find the side of a square whose area is 3969 sq. ft. 
 
 27. A square field contains 10 acres. How many rods long 
 and wide is it ? 
 
 28. A rectangular floor is twice as long as it is wide. Make 
 a drawing to represent it. Its area is 2178 square feet. Find 
 its dimensions. 
 
 29. Find one of the two equal factors that produce 7056. 
 
 30. A certain park is in the form of a rectangle 12 rods wide 
 and 108 rods long. What are the dimensions of a square field 
 that contains the same number of acres of land as this park ? 
 
 31. A square park has an area of 529 sq. rd. 
 a. What are the dimensions ? 
 
 h. What are the dimensions of a square park whose area is 
 nine times as great ? 
 
 32. The product of two equal factors is 5776. Find the 
 factors. 
 
 33. The square of a certain number is 6241. Find the 
 number. 
 
334 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 550. When a number whose square root we are to find con- 
 tains more than four figures, we know, by section 548, that its 
 square root contains more than two figures. 
 
 We may find the number of figures in the root by pointing off 
 the given square into periods of two figures each, beginning at the 
 right, if the number is an integer* 
 
 We may find the left-hand figure of the root by taking the square root 
 of the greatest square not larger than the left-hand period in the square. 
 This figure may represent the number of hundreds, or thousands, or units 
 of any order above thousands, according to the number of periods in the 
 square. Let us call this the known part of the root, and the figures yet to be 
 found the unknown part of the root. As we find the successive figures of 
 the root, the number of known figures will increase, while the number 
 of unknown figures will diminish. 
 
 In every case, we may represent the known part of the root by k and the 
 unknown part by u. Thus the square root of any number may be expressed 
 by A; + w (the known part plus the unknown part), and the number itself 
 may be represented hy k^ + 2 x k x u-i- u^. This is always true, although 
 the known part of the root is always increasing, and the unknown part is 
 always diminishing, as we obtain the successive figures of the root. Like- 
 wise, the successive remainders may be represented by 2 x ^ x m + m^ ; and 
 we may always find the value of the new figure, u, approximately, by 
 dividing the remainder, with the new period annexed, by 2 x A: (twice the 
 part of the root already found). 
 
 For example, let it be required to find V40030929. 
 
 
 
 
 Solution 
 
 40-03-09-29 
 
 16327 
 
 square 
 
 root. 
 
 36 
 
 
 
 
 123 
 
 1262 
 
 403 =2kxu + u^(k = Q0', 2k = 120) 
 369 (403-120 = 3; 120 + 3 = 123) 
 
 3409 =2kxu+u^(k = 6m', 2A: = 1260) 
 2524 (3409-^1260 = 2; 1260 + 2 = 1262) 
 
 12647 
 
 SS529 = 2k X u + u^ (k = 6320', 2k = 12Q40) 
 88529 (88529 -^ 12640 = 7 ; 12640 + 7 = 12647) 
 
SQUARE ROOT 
 
 335 
 
 S kxu Im^' 
 
 S kxu \ u^\ 
 
 S kx u \ u^ \ ! 
 _ __! J ! 
 
 1 1 Is 
 
 1 X 1^ 
 
 -^ * U X W I ! 
 
 1 1 1 
 
 ^ \ u \ u\u 
 
 6000 j 300 ! 20 !7 
 
 Observe that the values of k (the known 
 part) and u (the unknown part) change 
 each time a new figure is obtained. 
 
 In the foregoing solution, all figures are 
 omitted until they are needed. For ex- 
 ample, the value of the first k is really 
 6000 (see Fig. 4), but we omit the last 
 two ciphers, and call it 60, which is all 
 that we need of the number now. 
 
 Summary 
 
 To find the square root of an Fig. 4 
 
 integer : 
 
 1. Point off the integer into periods of two figures each, begin- 
 ning at the right. 
 
 2. Find the greatest perfect square that is not greater than the 
 left-hand period. Subtract it from the left-hand period and write 
 its square root at the right of the given integer for the first figure 
 of the root. 
 
 3. Bring down the next period. 
 
 4. Multiply the part of the root already found (assuming that a 
 cipher is annexed)., by 2, and write the product at the left of the 
 remainder for a trial divisor. 
 
 5. Divide the remainder (with period annexed} by the trial 
 divisor. Write the quotient in the root, and also annex it to the- 
 trial divisor, making the divisor complete. 
 
 6. Multiply the complete divisor by the new figure 171 the root. 
 Subtract the product from the last remainder (with period annexed} 
 and proceed as before until all the periods of the square have 
 been used. 
 
 7. When the remainder (with period annexed) will not contain the 
 trial divisor, place a cipher in the root, bring down another period, 
 and annex a cipher to the trial divisor for a new trial divisor. 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 551. Written 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Find the square 
 
 root : 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 88B6 
 
 6. 
 
 60,025 
 
 11. 
 
 235,225 
 
 16. 
 
 792,100 . 
 
 2. 585,225 
 
 7. 
 
 41,616 
 
 12. 
 
 16,184,529 
 
 17. 
 
 30,250,000 
 
 3. 137,641 
 
 8. 
 
 822,649 
 
 13. 
 
 5,322,249 
 
 18. 
 
 64,480,900 
 
 4. 80,089 
 
 9. 
 
 164,836 
 
 14. 
 
 826,281 
 
 19. 
 
 43,560,000 
 
 5. 101,761 
 
 10. 
 
 95,481 
 
 15. 
 
 788,544 
 
 20. 
 
 49,084,036 
 
 THE SQUARE ROOT OF A DECIMAL 
 
 552. Oral 
 
 1. Find the square of .2 ; .3 ; .8; .9 ; .01 ; .05 ; .07 ; .12 ; 
 .08; .001; .005; .011; .008. 
 
 2. When we square a decimal of one place, how many decimal 
 places do we obtain in the square ? Of two places ? Of three 
 places ? Of four places ? 
 
 3. The number of decimal places in the square compares how 
 with the number of decimal places in its square root ? 
 
 4. The number of decimal places in the root compares how 
 with the number of decimal places in its square ? 
 
 5. Can a perfect square have one decimal place ? Three deci- 
 mal places ? Seven decimal places ? Five decimal- places ? 
 
 6. Can any number be multiplied by itself so as to obtain a 
 number consisting only of a figure in units' place and a figure 
 in tenths' place ? 
 
 553. The above discussion forms the basis of the following 
 
 Summary 
 
 To find the square root of a decimal : 
 
 1. Beginning at the decimal pointy point off the decimal^ both 
 to the left (in a mixed decimal) and to the rights into periods of 
 two figures each. 
 
THE SQUARE ROOT OF A COMMON FRACTION 337 
 
 2. Find the square root as with integers. 
 
 3. .Point off one decimal place in the root for every two decimal 
 places in the square. 
 
 Note 1. — If the given decimal contains an odd number of decimal places, a 
 cipher must be annexed to complete the right-hand period. 
 
 Note 2. — The square root of a decimal or an integer that is not a perfect 
 square may be found correct to any desired number of decimal places by 
 annexing decimal periods of ciphers and continuing the work of extracting the 
 square root. 
 
 554. Written 
 
 1. Find the square root of: 
 
 a. .0625 d. .0256 g. .00005625 /. 24.3049 
 
 h. .1225 e. .007921 h. 158.76 k. 6130.89 
 
 c. .8836 /. .092416 i. 29.0521 I. .000121 
 
 2. Find^ correct to two decimal places., the square root of: 
 
 a. .256 d. 62.5 g. 3. j. 4.096 
 
 h. .5 e. 45 h. 67.3 h. 31.3 
 
 c. 13 /. .75 i. 172.341 I. .016 
 
 §Y = ? 3^ 3 x3 
 77 7^7 7x7 
 
 555. THE SQUARE ROOT OF A COMMON FRACTION 
 
 72 49* 
 
 From the above illustration, tell how a common fraction 
 
 may be squared. 
 
 How may we find the square root of -^^ ? Of |f ? Of \^ ? 
 
 Of 21 ? Of 3-8g ? 
 
 Summary 
 
 To find the square root of a common fraction : 
 1. Reduce the given fraction to lowest terms. 
 
338 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. Extract the square root of the numerator and of the denomi- 
 nator. 
 
 3. If either numerator or denominator is 7iot a perfect square^ 
 change the common fraction to a decimal and find the square root 
 correct to the required number of decimal places. 
 
 To find the square root of a mixed number : 
 
 1. Change the mixed number to an improper fraction, 
 
 2. Find the square root by the method given above. 
 
 556. Oral 
 
 1. Find the square root of : ^% ; f f ; M ; \U ' U 5 7% 5 ^ 5 
 
 2 0. 18.1. 1 _9_ 
 
 1^' 72 ' 2^' -^^le* 
 
 557. Written 
 
 Find the square root of: 
 
 1- IM 
 
 
 6. 
 
 Iffff 
 
 11. 
 
 ^m\ 
 
 16. 
 
 251 
 
 2- im 
 
 
 7. 
 
 e\\\%% 
 
 12. 
 
 H 
 
 17. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 3- mi 
 
 
 8. 
 
 m 
 
 13. 
 
 16| 
 
 18. 
 
 H 
 
 *■ IIU 
 
 
 9. 
 
 m 
 
 14. 
 
 f 
 
 19. 
 
 9iVo 
 
 s- tm% 
 
 
 10. 
 
 HU 
 
 15. 
 
 U 
 
 20. 
 
 If 
 
 Perform 
 
 the 
 
 ope', 
 
 rations indicated : 
 
 3 25. 
 
 
 \/729 
 
 
 21. V3.26 
 
 X . 
 
 ,006; 
 
 V35721-^- 
 
 
 22. Vf+f 26. V3.532-f-6.28 
 
 23 3 ^ rmS6 27. V625 + 1296 
 
 V5184 ^129600 28. V625-f-Vl296 
 
 24. V4489 X V961 29. V25 x 16 x 81 
 
EVOLUTION BY FACTORING 339 
 
 30. V961 - 529 ,^ 33 x VJT 
 
 34. 
 
 31. V25xVr6xV81 V41xl65 
 
 32. V324xV441 7xVr764 
 
 35. —• 
 
 33. V961-V529 V169X7 
 
 EVOLUTION BY FACTORING 
 
 558. The square root of a perfect square, the cube root of a 
 perfect cube, or any root of the corresponding perfect power 
 may be found by factoring. 
 
 To determine the method of evolution by factoring, and the 
 reason for it, let us study the relation between the factors of 
 a number and the factors of the square of that number. 
 
 42 = 2 x 3 X 7; therefore 422 = (2 x 3 x 7)2 ^ 
 
 2x3x7x2x3x7, or 1764. 
 
 We observe that every factor of 42 occurs twice in the square of 42. 
 Likewise, every factor of any number occurs twice in the square of that 
 number, three times in its cube, four times in its fourth power, and so on. 
 
 Conversely, VI764 = V2x2x3x3x7x7 = 2 x 3 x 7, or 
 42. 
 
 Likewise V225 = V3 x 3 x 5 x 5 = 3 x 5, or 15. 
 
 V216 =V2x2x2x3x3x3 = 2x3, or6. 
 
 Summary 
 
 1. The square root of a perfect square may he found hy factoring 
 the square and multiplying together one out of every pair of equal 
 prime factors fo^md in it. 
 
 2. The cube root of a perfect cube may be found hy factoring 
 the cube and multiplying together one of every three equal prime 
 factors found in it. 
 
340 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 How may the fourth root of a perfect fourth power be found? 
 How may the fifth root of a perfect fifth power be found? 
 
 559. Written 
 
 Find^ hy factoring^ the values of the following : 
 
 1. 
 
 V3600 
 
 2. 
 
 VIOO 
 
 3. 
 
 V441 
 
 6. V1089 
 
 7. VT84 
 
 8. V7i296 
 
 11. Vl26xl4 16. V2x75x6 
 
 12. V98 X 8 
 
 17. Vl8x 45x10 
 
 13. V32xl8 18. ^^M 
 
 56 2 5 
 
 4. Vi225 9. V20.25 14. V40xl0 19. V48400 
 
 5. V484 10. V72401 15. V45xl25 20. VI1025 
 
 APPLICATIONS OF SQUARE ROOT 
 
 560. A triangle that contains a right angle is a right triangle. 
 
 561. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle is the 
 hypotenuse of the right triangle. 
 
 562. The two sides that form the right angle of a right triangle 
 
 are the legs of the right triangle. 
 
 563. When a right triangle rests upon one of 
 ?, the leg upon which it rests is called the 
 the other leg is called E 
 
 ^ the perpendicular of the right tri- 
 ^^ £^e Cf angle. 
 
 Eight Tkianglb 
 
 In triangle ABC, which lines are j{, 
 the legs ? In triangle DEF"^ In triangle KLM? 
 
 In triangle DEF, which line is the hypotenuse? 
 In triangle KLM'i Li 
 
APPLICATIONS OF SQUARE ROOT 
 
 341 
 
 564. By geometry it is proved that 
 
 The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to 
 the sum of the squares of the two legs. 
 
 The truth of this proposition may be shown in many ways, one of which 
 is the following : 
 
 a2 
 
 
 a 
 
 6 X. 
 
 
 L 
 
 
 h' 
 
 y 4 
 
 3 
 
 Fig. 1 Fig, 2 
 
 Let KLM\iQ a right triangle of any shape and W- and a^ of Fig. 2 equal 
 respectively to IP" and a^ of Fig. 1. Take the point 0, in Fig. 2, so that the 
 line NO will be equal to the line KL^ in Fig. 1, and draw OF and OR. 
 
 In every case the triangles 1 and 2 may be placed in the position of 3 
 and 4, making a square equal to x^ of Fig. 1. Verify this for yourself by 
 cutting the figures from paper, using various lengths for a and 6. 
 
 565. From the foregoing proposition it follows that 
 
 When the legs of a right triangle are hnown^ the hypotenuse 
 
 may he found hy addiyig the squares of the two legs and extracting 
 
 the square root of the sum ; and that 
 
 When either leg and the hypotenuse are Tcnown^ the other leg 
 
 may he found hy suhtracting the square of the known leg from 
 
 the square of the hypotenuse and extracting the square root of the 
 
 difference. 
 
342 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 566. Written 
 
 Note. — Approximate roots should be carried to two decimal places. 
 
 1. Find the value of x in figures A, B, C, i>, U, F, Cr, H^ 
 I, and e7. 
 
 2. A rectangular park is 32 rods by 24 rods. A walk ex- 
 tends diagonally across the park, connecting opposite corners. 
 How long is the walk? (Make a drawing.) 
 
 3. One side of a rectangular field is 68 rods. The diagonal 
 distance between opposite corners is 85 rods. Find the other 
 three sides. 
 
 4. One side of a rectangle is 69 feet. The diagonal of the 
 rectangle is 115 feet. Find the perimeter of the rectangle. 
 
 5. The area of a square is 169 square inches, a. What is 
 the length of one side ? h. What is the length of its diagonal ? 
 e. Draw the square, exact size, on the blackboard, and verify 
 your work by measuring the diagonal. 
 
APPLICATIONS OF SQUARE ROOT 
 
 343 
 
 6. Find the perimeter of a square whose area is 4489 sq. ft. 
 
 7. Find the diagonal of a square whose area is 324 square 
 inches. Verify your work by drawing the square, exact size, 
 and measuring the diagonal. 
 
 8. a. What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 228 
 centimeters ? 5. Find its diagonal, correct to millimeters. 
 
 9. Draw a rectangle whose length is twice its width. Sup- 
 pose that its area is 450 square inches, a. What is its width ? 
 h. What is its length ? c. What is its diagonal ? 
 
 10. Three city streets intersect in such a way as to inclose 
 a right triangle, ABQ. The right angle is at B, The side 
 AB is 8.4 meters and the side BC i^ 11.2 meters. If two 
 boys start at B and walk around the triangle in opposite direc- 
 tions at the same speed, on which side will they meet, and how 
 far from A and from Q 2 
 
 11. This cut represents the gable end 
 of a barn. The ridge of the roof is 11 ft. 
 3 in. higher than the plates on which the 
 rafters rest. The rafters extend 18 in. 
 beyond the plates. How long must the 
 rafters be made ? 
 
 12. Rafters that extend 14 in. over the plates are 21 ft. 2 in. 
 long, and the ridge is 12 ft. above the level of the plates. How 
 wide is the building ? 
 
 13. How long a ladder is needed to reach a window 24 feet 
 from the ground, when the foot of the ladder is 10 feet from 
 
 the side of the building ? 
 
 14. This cut represents the end of Fred's 
 chicken house. The roof extends 6 inches over 
 each side. Find the slant height of the roof, cor- 
 rect to the nearest hundredth of a foot. 
 
 111495,. 
 
 t<> 
 
344 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 15. a. Measure the length and breadth of your schoolroom. 
 Compute the diagonal of the floor ; verify by measurement. 
 
 h. Beginning at one end of this diagonal, measure the 
 height of the room. What kind of an angle is formed by 
 the diagonal and the line last measured ? Compute the dis- 
 tance from the top of that line to the farther end of the 
 diagonal. 
 
 16. If a chalk box is 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 4 in. high, 
 what is the distance from an upper corner through the center of 
 the box to the opposite lower corner ? 
 
 17. Find the perimeter of a right triangle whose legs are 
 7 ft. and 5 ft. 
 
 18. What is the side of a square field containing 10 acres ? 
 Hint. — Reduce 10 A. to square rods. Why ? 
 
 19. A baseball diamond was 90 ft. square. The ball was 
 batted directly over second base and caught by a fielder who 
 stood 90 ft. from second base. How far from the home plate 
 did he stand ? 
 
 20. What is the side of a square field containing 2|- acres ? 
 
 21. What is the diameter of the largest wheel that will go 
 through a rectangular window 42 inches by 31| inches ? 
 
 22. What is the length of the longest straight stick that can 
 be inclosed in a box 4 in. by 3 in. by 7 in. ? 
 
 23. A 30-acre rectangular field, three times as long as it is 
 wide, is bounded on one side and one end by the highway. 
 How much distance will a traveler save by going in a direct 
 line diagonally across this field, from corner to corner, instead 
 of following the highway? 
 
 MENSURATION 
 
 Review measurement of surfaces and rectangular solids, pages 96-100. 
 
PLANE FIGURES 
 
 345 
 
 PLANE FIGURES 
 
 567. A plane surface is a surface such that if any two points 
 in it are connected hy a straight line, the straight line will lie wholly 
 in the surface ; e.g. a table top, the surface of a window pane. 
 Test these and other surfaces by a thread held taut. 
 
 568. A portion of a plane surface hounded hy lines is a plane 
 figure ; e.g. 'a. square, a triangle, a circle. 
 
 569. A plane figure hounded hy straight lines is a polygon. 
 
 A polygon of three sides is called what ? A polygon of four sides ? 
 
 570. A polygon of five sides is a pentagon ; of six sides a hexa- 
 gon; of seven sides, a heptagon ; of eight sides, an octagon. 
 
 AREAS OF REGULAR POLYGONS 
 
 571. A polygon whose sides are equal and whose angles are 
 equal is a regular polygon ; e.g. 
 
 572. The area of any regular polygon may he found hy dividing 
 the polygon into as many equal triangles as 
 the polygon has sides, and multiplying the 
 area of one triangle hy the numher of 
 triangles; e.g. 
 
 The area of this regular hexagon is six times the 
 area of one of the triangles, or six times one half of 
 the product of a and h. 
 
346 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 AREAS OF TRAPEZOIDS 
 
 573. A quadrilateral having two and only two sides parallel is a 
 trapezoid. 
 
 1/ 
 
 / 
 
 
 ^\' i / 
 
 
 / % 
 
 
 yC 
 
 A / 
 
 
 
 / ^^\ 
 
 
 
 Tea 
 
 'EZOIDS 
 
 Alt. 
 
 In each of the above figures, how does the part A compare 
 with the part B ? 
 
 How does the area of the trapezoid compare with that of the 
 parallelogram which is made from the trapezoid ? How is the 
 area of the parallelogram found ? 
 
 Observe that in each figure the base of the parallelogram 
 is equal to one half of the sum of the parallel sides of the 
 trapezoid. 
 
 Summary 
 
 7^e area of a trapezoid is equal to one half of the sum of the 
 parallel sides multiplied hy the altitude. 
 
 574. Written 
 
 1. Draw a trapezoid whose altitude is 13 inches and whose 
 parallel sides are 17 inches and 19 inches. Find its area. 
 
 2. Find the area of a trapezoid whose parallel sides are 20 
 feet and 25 feet, and whose altitude is 15 feet. 
 
 3. A field in the form of a trapezoid has two parallel sides 
 of 30 rods and 35 rods ; the distance between them is 20 rods. 
 How many acres of land does the field contain ? 
 
 4. A board is 1 inch thick, 12 feet long, 11 inches wide at 
 one end and a foot wide at the other end. How many board 
 feet does it contain ? 
 
STUDY OF THE CIRCLE 347 
 
 5. A vineyard in France is in the form of a trapezoid, of 
 which the two parallel sides are 185 meters and 155 meters, 
 and the altitude is 130 meters. b 42' c 
 
 a. It has an area of how many ares? 
 
 h. How many hectares ? 
 
 6. Find the area of trapezoid ABOD. a b 
 
 7. The parallel sides of a trapezoid are 41 cm. and bb cm. 
 Its area is 1296 sq. cm. What is its altitude ? 
 
 Let X = the altitude. 
 
 8. The area of a trapezoid is 560.5 sq. ft. The altitude is 
 19 ft. The difference of the parallel sides is 5 ft. 
 
 a. Find the sum of the parallel sides. 
 
 h. Find the length of each of the parallel sides. 
 
 STUDY OF THE CIRCLE 
 575. A plane figure hounded hy a curved line, all points of 
 which are equally distant from a point within, called the center, is 
 ,;^T.^«my£rej,^^ a circle. 
 
 576. The boundary line of a circle is 
 the circumference. 
 
 577. A straight line passing through 
 the center of a circle and terminating 
 in the circumference is the diameter. 
 
 578. A straight line drawn from the cen- 
 ter to the circumference of a circle is its radius. 
 
 579. It is proved, by geometry, that the circumference of every 
 circle is 3.1416 times its diameter. 
 
 580. Oral 
 
 1. The radius of a circle is what part of its diameter ? 
 
 2. What is the radius of a circle whose diameter is 80 cm. ? 
 
348 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 3. What is the diameter of a circle whose radius is 35 cm. ? 
 
 4. What is the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 
 1 foot ? 
 
 5. What is the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 
 100 inches ? 
 
 6. What is the circumference of a circle whose radius is 
 5 inches ? 
 
 7. What is the diameter of a circle whose circumference is 
 31.416 inches ? 
 
 8. What is the radius of a circle whose circumference is 
 3.1416 meters '-^ 
 
 Written 
 
 1. What is the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 
 50 inches ? 
 
 2. What is the radius of a circle whose circumference is 
 182. 2128 feet? 
 
 3. What is the diameter of a circle whose circumference is 
 7854 miles? 
 
 4. The radius of the earth is approximately 4000 miles. 
 What is its approximate circumference ? 
 
 5. The diameter of my bicycle wheels is 28 inches. 
 
 a. How many feet will I travel during 700 rotations of 
 a wheel ? 
 
 h. How many meters will I travel ? 
 
 c. How many rotations will a wheel make in traveling 
 1 mile? 
 
 6. A horse is tethered to a stake by a rope 50 ft. long. What 
 is the circumference of the circle over which he can graze ? 
 
STUDY OF THE CIRCLE 
 
 349 
 
 7. The wire cable of a hoisting 
 apparatus winds upon a cylindrical 
 steel drum 20 inches in diameter and 
 3 feet long. How many feet of cable 
 will the drum hold, when wound full, 
 if the cable is J inch in diameter ? 
 
 Fio. 1 
 
 581. 
 
 Observe that Fig. ABCD is a parallelogram. 
 
 Its altitude is what of the circle? 
 
 Its base is what of the circle? 
 
 The triangles of the circle are what part of 
 the parallelogram ? 
 
 • How may we find the area of the parallelo- 
 gram ? Of the circle ? 
 
 Fifi. 2 
 
 Summary 
 
 The area of a circle is equal to one half of the product of its 
 circumference hy its radius. 
 
 By geometry it is proved also that the area of a 
 circle is equal to .7854 of the square of its 
 diameter, or 3.1416 times the square of its radius. 
 
 How may we find the area of a circle when the radius 
 is given ? when the diameter is given ? when the circum- 
 ference is given ? 
 
 582. Written 
 
 In examples 1-12 find the area of a circle from the term, given, 
 letting D, R, and Q stand for diameter, radius, and circumference, 
 respect 
 
350 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 1. D = 40 in. 5. C = 9.4248 in. 9. C = 25.1328 ft. 
 
 2. D=102m. 6. C = 3.1416 mi. lo. D = 60Km. 
 
 3. R = 25 cm. 7. D = 124 rd. 11. C = 31.416 yd. 
 
 4. R = 2 ft. 6 in. . 8. R = 35 cm. 12. R = 2 mi. 
 
 13. A horse tethered by a 50-foot rope in an open field can 
 graze over how many square feet of land ? 
 
 14. A cow is tied by a rope 100 ft. long at the corner of a 
 rectangular pasture inclosed by a fence. 
 
 a. What part of an acre of ground can she graze over ? 
 
 h. If she is tied to the fence at the middle of one side of 
 the pasture, how much land can she graze over, the pasture 
 being more than 200 ft. long and wide ? 
 
 15. On a city map the center of the city is indicated by a 
 dot, and a circle is drawn to include all that part which is not 
 more than half a mile from the center, another to include all 
 that is not more than a mile from the center, and so on. 
 
 a. What part of a square mile is inclosed by the half-mile 
 circle ? 
 
 h. How many square miles are inclosed by the 2-mile circle? 
 
 c. By the mile circle ? /. By the 2J-mile circle ? 
 
 d. By the 3-mile circle ? g. By the 4-mile circle ? 
 
 e. By the 1 J-mile circle ? 
 
 16. If i>2 = 841, a, what is i> ? h. What is C? 
 
 17. If i>2= 225, a. what is (7? h. What is ^? 
 
 18. What is the diameter of a circle whose area is 63.6174 
 sq. ft. ? Statement of Relation : .7854 x D2 = 63.6174. 
 
 19. Find the circumference of a circle whose area is 12.5664 
 square meters. 
 
 20. Find in meters the radius of a circle whose area is 
 38.4846 square decimeters. 
 
SOLIDS 351 
 
 SOLIDS 
 
 Note. — In the study of solid figures a full set of models should be in con- 
 stant use. 
 
 583. A solid is anything that has lengthy breadth^ and thickness. 
 
 Anything that occupies space is a solid. Any portion of space may be 
 considered as a solid. 
 
 A solid figure is bounded by surfaces. By what are plane figures bounded ? 
 
 584. The side^ or face, on which a solid may he supposed to rest 
 is called its base. 
 
 STUDY OF PRISMS 
 
 585. A solid having two bases which are equal parallel poly- 
 gons., and whose other sides are parallelograms., is a prism. 
 
 586. Prisms are named according to the number of sides 
 which their bases have, as triangular, quadrangular, pentagonal, 
 hexagonal, etc. 
 
 587. A prism whose bases and other faces are rectangles is a 
 rectangular prism. 
 
 588. A prism whose bases are squares and whose other faces 
 are equal rectangles is a square prism. 
 
 How may the surface of any prism be found ? 
 
 589. The volume of a rectangular prism is equal to the product 
 of its three dimensions. 
 
 590. The volume of any prism is equal to the area of the base., 
 multiplied by the altitude. 
 
 591. Written 
 
 1. Find the entire surface of a prism whose bases are squares 
 13 inches on a side and whose altitude is 2 feet. 
 
352 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. Find the entire surface of a rectangular prism whose 
 dimensions are 30 in., 3 ft., and 4 ft. 6 in. 
 
 3. Find the contents of a prism whose base is 6 ft. square 
 and whose altitude is 90 in. 
 
 4. What is the volume of a rectangular prism whose dimen- 
 sions are 2 ft., 1 ft. 6 in., and 38 in.? 
 
 — n -| 5. What is the volume of a hexagonal prism the 
 
 V' JM ^^^^ ^^ whose base is 748 square inches and whose 
 I altitude is 3 feet? 
 
 6. a. Find the entire surface of the prism in 
 in Fig. 1. 
 
 h. Find the volume of the prism in Fig. 1. 
 ^1^ 7. The volume of a square prism is 7776 cu. cm. 
 \Jr Its altitude is .24 m. Find the length and breadth 
 F^«- 1 of its base. 
 Let X = side of the base. 
 
 STUDY OF THE CYLINDER 
 
 Note. — This treatment is intended to apply to the right circular cylinder 
 only. 
 
 592. A cylinder is a solid having two equal parallel circular 
 bases and a convex surface, all points of which are equally distant 
 from a straight line joining the centers of the bases; e.g. a round 
 lead pencil ; a gas or water pipe ; a music roll ; a curtain rod. 
 
 593. Bring a cylindrical tin box to school. Cut a piece of paper that will 
 exactly fit the convex surface of the box. What kind of figure is the paper? 
 Its length is what of the cylinder? Its width? Its area? 
 
 Summary 
 
 The convex surface of a cylinder is the product of its altitude and 
 circumference. 
 
STUDY OF THE CYLINDER 
 
 353 
 
 594. Written 
 
 What is the convex surface : 
 
 1. Of a cylinder whose circumference is 47 in. and whose 
 altitude is 2 ft. ? 
 
 2. Of a cylinder whose altitude is 10 ft. and whose diameter 
 is 10 in. ? 
 
 3. Of a cylinder whose altitude is 20 ft. and whose radius 
 is 1 ft.? 
 
 4. Of a cylinder whose altitude is 1 ft. and whose radius 
 is 2 ft. 6 in.? 
 
 595. Review Figs. 1 and 2, p. 349. 
 
 In the above figure observe that the entire surface of a cylin- 
 der is equal to the convex surface, plus the sum of the surfaces 
 of the two bases, or to the area of the rectangle ABQD. 
 How may the area of the rectangle A BCD be found? 
 
 Convex Surface 
 
 Circiiviference 
 
 Alt. )Alt.-\-B 
 
 Summary 
 
 The entire surface of a cylinder is equal to the product of the 
 circumference by the sum of the altitude and radius. 
 
 596. Written 
 
 Find the entire surface of a cylinder : 
 
 1. Whose diameter and altitude are 3 ft. and 50 ft. 
 
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 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. Whose radius and altitude are 1 ft. and 10 ft. 
 
 3. Whose circumference and altitude are respectively 25.1328 
 in. and 12 in. 
 
 4. Whose circumference and altitude are 31.416 meters and 
 20,000 millimeters. 
 
 5. Whose diameter and altitude are 20 in. and 20 in. 
 
 597. Observe that a cylinder (Fig. 1) may be divided into any number of 
 
 Fig. 1 Fig. 'I 
 
 equal sections (Fig. 2), each of which is approximately a triangular prism. 
 
 The volume of all of these sections com- 
 bined is equal to one half that of a 
 rectangular prism (Fig. 3) whose di- 
 mensions are the circumference, alti- 
 tude, and radius, respectively, of the 
 cylinder. 
 
 How may we find the volume of the 
 rectangular prism? of the cylinder? 
 
 Circumference 
 
 FiQ. 8 
 
 Summary 
 
 The volume of a cylinder is equal to one half of the product of 
 its circumference^ altitude^ and radius. 
 
 One half of the product of the circumference and radius = what? In 
 w^hat other form, then, may the above summary be stated ? 
 
 598. Written 
 
 1. Find the volumes of cylinders^ having given dimensions as 
 follows : 
 
 a. Alt. 8 in., D. 5 in. d. Alt. 7 ft. 2 in., D. 9 in." 
 
 b. Alt. 3 ft., D. 2 ft. e. Alt. 30 ft., D. 20 in. 
 
 (?. Alt. 1 m., R. 4 dm. /. Alt. 25 dm., cir. 37.6992 m. 
 
STUDY OF THE CONE 355 
 
 g. Alt. 1 ft., cir. 3.1416 yd. i. Alt. 10 ft., cir. 7.854 in. 
 h. Alt. 80 ft., cir. 49.912 ft. j, R. 85 cm., alt. 5 m. 
 
 2. How many gallons of water will fill a cylindrical pail 
 11 in. deep and 9 in. in diameter ? (Indicate the work first.) 
 
 3. The reservoir of my student lamp is a cylinder 7 in. 
 high and 3| in. in diameter. How much more or less than a 
 quart of oil will it hold ? 
 
 4. A cylindrical cistern is 6 ft. in diameter and 7 ft. deep. 
 How many barrels of water will it hold ? (Indicate the work first.) 
 
 5. How many cubic feet of compressed gas can be stored 
 in a steel cylinder 4 ft. long and 9 in. in diameter ? 
 
 6. How many cubic feet of wood are there in a log of uni- 
 form diameter, whose circumference is 7.854 ft. and whose 
 length- is 18 ft.? 
 
 7. A farmer has a cylindrical silo 12 ft. in diameter and 
 30 ft. high. How many cubic feet of ensilage can he store 
 in it ? 
 
 8. How many cubic feet of iron, are there in an iron wire 
 10,000 ft. long and | of an inch in diameter ? 
 
 9. On the roof of Mr. Gowing's cottage is a cylindrical 
 water tank into which water is pumped from the lake below. 
 It is 5J ft. deep and 3|- ft. in diameter. 
 
 a. How many gallons of water will it hold ? 
 h. How deep is the water in the tank when it contains 100 
 gallons ? (L®^ x — the depth, and form an equation.) 
 
 10. Make and solve five problems about cylinders. 
 
 STUDY OF THE CONE 
 
 599. A cone is a solid whose base is a circle^ and whose convex 
 surface tapers uniformly to a point called the vertex. 
 
356 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 600. The altitude of a cone is the perpendicular 
 distance from the vertex to the center of the base. 
 
 601. The slant height of a cone is the distance 
 from the vertex to any point in the circumference of 
 the base. 
 
 602. The convex surface of a cone may be considered as 
 made up of any number of equal triangles, each triangle having for its 
 altitude the slant height of the cone, and for its base one of the equal 
 parts of the circumference of the 
 base of the cone. 
 
 The sum of the bases of the 
 triangles is what of the base of 
 the cone? The triangles that 
 form the convex surface of the 
 cone are equal to what part of the 
 area of the rectangle ABCD? 
 
 The base of the rectangle (Fig. 
 2) is what of the cone (Fig. 1) ? 
 
 The altitude of the rectangle is what of the cone? 
 
 The area of the rectangle is found how ? 
 
 The convex surface of the cone is what part of the area of the rectangle? 
 
 Summary 
 7^e convex surface of a cone is equal to one half of the product 
 of the circumference of the base by the slant height. 
 
 603. By section 581 the area of the base of a cone is equal to one 
 half of the area of a rectangle whose dimensions are the circum- 
 ference and radius of the base of the cone. 
 
 Show this by a drawing. 
 
 604. Adding this to the convex surface, the entire surface of a 
 cone is equal to one half of the product of the circumference by the 
 sum of the slant height and the radius of the base. 
 
 This rnay be shown by adding to the rectangle, Fig. 2, a rectangle of 
 equal length, with an altitude equal to the radius of the base of the cone. 
 
STUDY OF THE CONE 357 
 
 605. Written 
 
 1. The altitude of a conical spire is 12 ft. Its base is 10 ft. 
 in diameter. Find (^x) its slant height ; (by its convex sur- 
 face ; (c) its entire surface. 
 
 2. The circumference of the base of a cone is 188.496 in. 
 The slant height is 6 ft. 6 in. Find (a) the radius of the base 
 of the cone ; (5) the altitude of the cone ; (c) the convex 
 surface of the cone ; (^d) the entire surface of the cone. 
 
 3. Make and solve other problems on the cone. 
 
 606. It is proved by geometry that the volume 
 of a cone is equal to one third of the volume of 
 a cylinder of the same base and altitude. 
 
 This may be verified by filling a hollow tin cone with 
 water and pouring it into a cylinder of the same base 
 and altitude. When the cone has been emptied once, 
 the depth of the water in the cylinder is what part of 
 the height of the cylinder? 
 
 607. It follows from the above statement that the volume of a 
 cone may be found by taking one sixth of the product of its altitude, 
 the circumference of its base, arid the radius of its base ; or, by 
 multiplying the area of its base by one third of its altitude, 
 
 608. Written 
 
 1. Find the volume of a cone whose altitude is 42 in. and 
 the area of whose base is 7 sq. ft. 
 
 2. What is the volume of a cone the radius of whose base is 
 20 in. and whose altitude is 3 ft. ? 
 
 3. Find the volume of a cone whose circumference is 219.912 
 centimeters and whose altitude is 1 meter. 
 
 4. Make and solve other problems on the cone, using dimen- 
 sions given for cylinders in section 598. 
 
358 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 STUDY OF REGULAR PYRAMIDS 
 
 609. A regular pyramid is a solid whose base is a regular 
 polygon^ and whose other faces are equal triangles meeting at a 
 
 point called the vertex. 
 
 610. Pyramids are 
 named from their bases, 
 as triangular pyramids, 
 square pyramids, hex- 
 agonal pyramids, etc. 
 
 611. The altitude of a regular pyramid is the distance from its 
 vertex to the middle of its base. 
 
 612. The slant height of a regular pyramid is the altitude of 
 one of its triangular faces. 
 
 613. The lateral surface of a pyramid is the combined surface 
 of all of its triangular faces. 
 
 614. How may the surface of each triangular face be found ? 
 Of all of them ? How may the entire surface be found? 
 
 Summary 
 
 The lateral surface of a regular pyramid is the product of the 
 perimeter of its base by one half of its slant height. The entire 
 surface is the sum of the lateral surface and 
 the base. 
 
 615. It is proved by geometry that the 
 volume of a regular pyramid is equal to one 
 third of the volume of a regular prism having 
 the same base and altitude. 
 
 How is the volume of a prism found? Of a 
 pyramid having the same base and altitude as the 
 prism ? 
 
STUDY OF THE SPHERE 
 
 359 
 
 616. Written 
 
 1. What is the lateral surface of a regular triangular pyramid 
 whose slant height is 25 feet and one side of whose base is 15 
 feet? 
 
 2. The roof of a tower is in the form of a pyramid whose 
 base is 9 ft. square and whose altitude is 6 ft. 
 
 a. Find its slant height. 
 
 b. Find its lateral surface. 
 
 c. Find its volume. 
 
 3. a. Find the entire surface of a drawing model in the 
 form of a square pyramid whose altitude is 6 in. and the side 
 of whose base is 4 in. 
 
 b. Find its volume. 
 
 4. Find the lateral surface of an octagonal church spire 
 each side of whose base is 5 ft. and whose slant height is 
 40 ft. 
 
 5. Find the volume of a pyramid whose altitude is 16.5 
 m. and the area of whose base is 170,000 sq. cm. 
 
 STUDY OF THE SPHERE 
 
 617. A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface^ every point in 
 which is equally distant from a point within 
 called the center. 
 
 618. The diameter of a sphere is a straight 
 line passing through its center and terminating 
 in its surface. 
 
 619. The radius of a sphere is a line drawn from its center to 
 any point in its surface. 
 
 620. The circumference of a sphere is the circumference of a 
 circle whose radius and center are those of the sphere. 
 
360 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 621. It is proved by geometry that the surface of a sphere u 
 the product of its diameter and circumference. 
 
 This is the same as the square of the diameter multiplied by 3.1416. 
 Explain. 
 
 It is also four times the square of the radius multiplied by 3.1416. 
 Explain. 
 
 622. Written 
 
 1. Find the surface of a sphere whose diameter is 100 ft. 
 
 2. Assuming the earth to be a sphere (it is nearly a sphere) 
 and its radius to be 4000 miles, what is its area ? 
 
 3. What is the surface of a sphere whose circumference is 
 37.6992 Km. ? 
 
 4. What is the surface of a sphere whose circumference is 
 39.27 inches? 
 
 5. Assuming the diameter of the moon to be 2150 miles, 
 what is its area ? 
 
 623. A sphere may be supposed to be made up of a number 
 of pyramids, as shown in the cut. 
 
 By sections 590 and 615, the volume of each of 
 these pyramids is equal to the area of the base 
 multiplied by one third of the altitude. How 
 does the sum of the bases of the pyramids com- 
 pare with the area of the sphere ? The altitude of 
 each pyramid is what of the sphere? How, then, 
 may we find the contents of a sphere? 
 
 Summary 
 
 The volume of a sphere is equal to one third of the product of 
 its radius and area. 
 
 This is the same as f of the cube of the radius multiplied by 3.1416. 
 Explain. 
 
SIMILAR SURFACES 361 
 
 624. Written 
 
 1. Find the volume of a sphere : a. Whose diameter is 200 
 feet. b. Whose radius is 100 meters, c. Whose circumfer- 
 ence is 157.08 cm. d. Whose circumference is 78.54 inches. 
 e. Whose radius is 1 foot. 
 
 2. Assuming the diameter of the moon to be 2000 miles (it 
 is nearly 2150 miles), what is its volume ? 
 
 3. Assuming the diameter of the earth to be 8000 miles, 
 what is its volume ? 
 
 4. a. Find the volume of a cone whose altitude and the 
 diameter of whose base are each 20 inches. 
 
 h. Using the answer to question a, find the volume of a 
 cylinder having the same dimensions. 
 
 c. Find the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 20 inches. 
 
 d. The volume of the sphere is how many times that of the 
 cone ? 
 
 e. The volume of the cylinder is how many times that of the 
 cone ? of the sphere ? 
 
 /. Find the volume of another cone, sphere, and cylinder 
 whose diameters and altitudes are all equal. Compare them. 
 Geometry proves that this relation always exists. 
 
 SIMILAR SURFACES 
 
 Note. — Review proportion. 
 
 625. Figures that have the same shape^ though they may differ 
 in size, are similar ; e.g. all circles are similar ; all regular poly- 
 
 O 
 Similar Figures Similar Figures 
 
362 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 gons of the same number of sides are similar ; two rectangles 
 are similar if the length and breadth of each have the same ratio. 
 
 626. It is proved by geometry that if two figures are similar^ 
 any two lines of one figure have the same ratio as the correspond- 
 ing two lines of the other figure ; and a line of one figure has the 
 same ratio to the corresponding line of the other figure that any 
 other line of the first figure has to the corresponding line of the 
 other figure. 
 
 For example, in the figures shown in section 625, 
 
 AB:AC=: A'B' lA'C EF : FG = E' F' :F'G' 
 
 AB : A'B' =BC:B'C' DG : D'G' = FG : EG' 
 
 If the side AB equals 21 ft., the side .4 C 12 ft., and the side A'B' 14 ft., we 
 may find the length of the side A'C by the following proportion : 
 
 21 ft. :12 ft. = 14 ft.: a; ft. 
 Find the value oi x. 
 
 627. Written 
 
 1. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 : 
 
 a. If AB = 14: ft., A'B'=2S ft., and BO =11 ft., what is 
 the length of ^^(7' ? 
 
 b. If JEF= 15 rd., Fa = 10 rd., and F'F' = 18 rd., what is 
 the length of i^' 6^'? 
 
 c. li Da = 21 mi., B' a' = 33 mi., and FG = 18 mi., what 
 
 is the value of F' G' ? 
 ^'''''///7^{/,^';y^^ 2. A man, desiring to know the 
 height of a tree which stood on level 
 ground, drove a stick into the earth 
 in a vertical position, and it meas- 
 ured 3 ft. above ground. Its 
 'W^ " shadow measured 45 in. At the 
 
 same moment the tree cast a shadow 39 ft. long. How tall 
 was the tree ? 
 
SIMILAR SURFACES 
 
 363 
 
 3. A rectangular field is 70 rd. long and 50 rd. wide; what 
 is the length of a similar field whose width is 12J rd. ? 
 
 4. One side and the diagonal of a quadrilateral are respec- 
 tively 18 ft. and 44 ft. Find the corresponding side of a similar 
 quadrilateral whose diagonal is 110 ft. 
 
 5. A boy found the height of a flagstaff as follows : 
 
 He found that he could hold a cane upright just 30 in. away 
 from his eye. He placed his thumb 22| in. from the top of the 
 cane, pinned a card on the flagstaff just as high as his 
 eye, and walked backward until he could just see 
 the paper by looking across the top of his thumb 
 where he held the cane, and see the top of /' 
 the flagstaff by looking across the top ,.'''' 
 of the cane. He then found by /' 
 
 measurement that he stood 72 Uye'^^^^r^-^- 
 
 ft. from the flagstaff while tak- 
 
 72' 
 
 ing the observation, and that the card was 5 ft. from the 
 ground. How high was the flagstaff ? 
 
 6. Two boys, wishing to know the 
 ^ width of a river and having no boat, 
 constructed the right triangle ABO by 
 driving three stakes. They sighted from 
 A, across (7, to the opposite bank, at JE, 
 and drove a stake at D, so as to make 
 the right triangle ODE. They then 
 measured AB, BO, and 01), and found 
 DU. How wide was the river ? 
 
 628. It is proved by geometry that the areas of similar surfaces 
 are to each other as the squares of any two corresponding lines. 
 
 Thus, on page 361, if the side AB oi Fig. 1 is 21 ft., the side A'B' of 
 Fig. 2, 14 ft., and the area of Fig. 1, 96 sq. ft., we may find the area of 
 
364 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Fig. 2 by making the proportion ' 
 
 212:142 = 96:a;. 
 2 2 32 
 
 «^^-"^' ^-'-^tft^' = f = 42t sq.ft. Ans. 
 
 3 3 
 If the area of Fig. 3 is 48 sq. ft. and of Fig. 4, 120 sq. ft., and the side 
 DE of Fig. 3 is 6 ft., the side D'E' of Fig. 4 may be found by making the 
 proportion, 
 
 48:120 = 62:x2. 
 
 15 
 Solving, a;2 = M2<A>if = 90. 
 
 Since a;2 = 90, 
 
 a: = V90, or 9.48+ f t. Ans, 
 629. Written 
 
 1. The side of a triangle is 7 inches and its area 23 square 
 inches. The corresponding side of a similar triangle is 10| 
 inches. Find its area. 
 
 2. The corresponding sides of two similar rectangles are 
 19 rods and 152 rods. The area of the second is 5670 square 
 rods. What is the area of the first ? 
 
 3. A circle is 4 inches in diameter ; another is 8 inches in 
 diameter. What is the ratio of their areas ? 
 
 4. A circle has an area of 16 square feet ; another has an 
 area of 64 square feet. What is the ratio of their diameters ? 
 
 5. The area of a rectangle 12 feet long is 84 square feet. 
 What is the area of a similar rectangle 6 feet long ? 
 
 6. Two similar fields have areas of 12 acres and 8 acres 
 respectively ; the larger is 32 rods wide. How wide is the 
 smaller ? 
 
LONGITUDE AND TIME 365 
 
 7. The altitudes of two similar triangles are 20 ft. and 
 10 ft. ; the area of the smaller is 80 sq. ft. What is the area 
 of the larger ? 
 
 8. The areas of two similar rectangles are 8 acres and 72 
 acres respectively. The diagonal of the first is 51 rods. What 
 is the diagonal of the second ? 
 
 9. An oval mirror is 32 inches long and has an area of 600 
 square inches. What is the area of a similar mirror whose 
 length is 40 inches ? 
 
 10. Make a problem to find the area of one of two similar 
 figures. 
 
 LONGITUDE AND TIME 
 
 .630. A meridian is an imaginary line extending directly north 
 and souths on the surface of the earthy from pole to pole. It is a 
 semi-circumference of the earth. 
 
 631. A prime meridian is a meridian taken as a starting place 
 for the measurement of distances east and west so as to determine 
 the location of places on the earth's surface. 
 
 By common consent, the meridian passing through the Royal Observa- 
 tory at Greenwich, Eng., is generally taken as the prime meridian. 
 
 632. Distance east or west from the prime meridian^ measured 
 in degrees^ minutes, and seconds is longitude. 
 
 Degrees, minutes, and seconds west of the prime meridian are 
 called west longitude ; east of the prime meridian east longitude. 
 
 Longitude is measured by arc measure. Why? The number of merid- 
 ians that may be represented on a globe or map is unlimited. Every 
 place on the face of the globe may be supposed to have its meridian. But 
 all places which lie on the same meridian have the same longitude although 
 they may be thousands of miles apart. For example, Boston, Mass., and 
 Santiago, Chile, have nearly the same longitude, though widely separated. 
 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Lay your book on the desk, and imagine that the sun is in the ceiling 
 directly above the middle of this drawing of a hemisphere. The drawing 
 shows the half of the earth's surface that the sun shines upon. The other 
 half is dark. If it is the 21st of March or September, it is now sunset at 
 the prime meridian, noon at the meridian of 90° west longitude, and sunrise 
 at the meridian of 180° west longitude. 
 
 Horth Pole 
 
 South Pole 
 
 The earth makes one rotation toward the east in 24 hours. During one 
 rotation all the meridians will pass under the sun, on to sunset, midnight, 
 sunrise, and noon, finally reaching the same position that they now have. 
 Every place on the earth's surface has passed under the sun, and 360° of 
 longitude have passed under the sun. Therefore the number of degrees 
 of longitude passing under the sun in one hour is 360 h- 24, or 15°. 
 
 Imagine this drawing to be a sphere rotating toward the east. The sun 
 remains overhead ; therefore the numbers representing the hours of the day 
 remain fixed, and the meridians pass under them. 
 
LONGITUDE AND TIME 367 
 
 Greenwich and all places on its meridian pass into night. In one hour 
 the 15° meridian will be at six o'clock, the 105° meridian at noon, and so on. 
 
 In six hours the 90° meridian will be just passing the six o'clock mark, 
 the 180° meridian will be at noon, and Greenwich will be directly opposite, 
 at midnight. 
 
 In twelve hours the 180° meridian will have passed entirely across to 
 6 P.M., and the meridian of Greenwich will be just coming into sight at 
 6 A.M. The meridians then in view will all be in east longitude and will 
 be numbered from the prime meridian at the left, toward the right, from 
 to 180° east longitude. That is, the meridians are numbered both east 
 and west from the prime meridian to the meridian opposite, which is 180°. 
 No place can have more than 180°, either east or west longitude. 
 
 633. The 180° meridian, with slight modifications, has been 
 chosen as the International Date Line. Passing chiefly through 
 the Pacific Ocean, it touches no important body of land. 
 
 Whenever a ship crosses this line, going westward, its calendar is set for- 
 ward one day ; going eastward, its calendar is set back one day. 
 
 634. Oral 
 
 Use drawing of hemisphere in obtaining answers. 
 
 1. When it is noon at New Orleans, what is the time at 
 Denver ? at Cape Nome ? at Greenwich ? 
 
 2. When it is noon at Denver, what is the time at New 
 Orleans? at Greenwich? at Cape Nome? 
 
 3. When it is noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New 
 Orleans ? at Denver ? at Cape Nome ? 
 
 4. When it is noon at Santiago, what is the time at Boston? 
 at Montevideo? at Rio Janeiro? 
 
 5. When it is noon at San Francisco, what is the time at 
 Honolulu ? at Charleston ? 
 
 6. When it is 3 p.m. at New York, what is the approximate 
 time at Santiago ? at Montevideo ? at Rio Janeiro ? 
 
368 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 7. When it is 5 A.M. at Charleston, what is the approximate 
 time at San Francisco ? at Honolulu ? at Greenwich ? 
 
 8. When it is 7 a.m. at Denver, what is the approximate 
 time at San Francisco ? at New York ? at Greenwich ? 
 
 9. The difference in time between two places is 2 hr. What 
 is the difference in longitude ? 
 
 10. The difference in longitude between two places is 90°. 
 What is their difference in time ? 
 
 11. When it is 9 a.m. at your home, what is the time at a 
 place 45** farther west ? at a place 20° farther east ? 
 
 12. J |i| . > 
 
 A is 30° west longitude, and B is 40° east longitude. How 
 many degrees of longitude are there between the meridian of 
 A and that of B ? 
 
 What is the difference in time between A and B ? 
 
 635. Written 
 1. Cape Town is in longitude 18° 28' 40'^ E., and Hamburg 
 is in longitude 9° 58' 25" E. 
 
 a. What is their difference in time ? 
 
 b. When it is 10 a.m. at Cape Town, what is the time at 
 Hamburg ? 
 
 c. When it is 3 min. 17 sec. before 4 A.M. at Hamburg, what 
 is the time at Cape Town ? 
 
 a, 18° 28' 40" The difference in longitude 
 
 9 58 25 ^^ ^^ ^^' ^^"' ^i^^® *^*® scale 
 
 1 CN~~oo oTw TTff of the table of time is like 
 
 ■^ that of the table of arc meas- 
 
 34 min. 1 sec. Ans. ure, and since 15° of longi- 
 tude pass under the sun in 1 hr. of time, 15' in 1 min. of time, and 15" 
 in 1 sec. of time, the number of hours, minutes, and seconds difference in 
 
hr. 
 
 
 min. 
 
 
 sec. 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 34 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 59 
 
 or 
 
 25 
 
 mill. 
 
 59 
 
 sec. I 
 
 hr. 
 
 
 min. 
 
 
 sec. 
 
 3 
 
 
 b6 
 34 
 
 
 43 
 1 
 
 LONGITUDE AND TIME 369 
 
 time is -^^ as great as the number of degrees, minutes, and seconds difference 
 in longitude. 
 
 Since Hamburg is farther west 
 5. 10 than Cape Town, its time is earlier 
 
 than the time at Cape Town. 
 
 t 4 A.M. Ans. 
 
 The time at Cape Town is later 
 e, 3 bi5 43 than the time at Hamburg, Why ? 
 
 34 1 
 
 4 30 44 
 
 or 30 min. 44 sec. past 4 a.m. Ans. 
 
 2. When it is 31 min. 30J sec. past 1 p.m. at Washington, 
 D.C., it is half past 10 a.m. at San Francisco. What is the 
 longitude of Washington, if the longitude of San Francisco is 
 122° 25' 41" W. ? 
 
 hr. min. sec. The day begins at midnight. 
 
 13 31 30|- . Hence, 1 p.m. is 13 hr. after the 
 
 \0 30 beginning of the day. 
 
 For reasons given in example 
 1, the number of degrees, min- 
 utes, and seconds difference in 
 longitude is 15 times as great as 
 the number of hours, minutes, 
 and seconds difference in time, 
 or 45° 22' 35". 
 
 77° 3 6' W.L. Ans. s^^^e Washington has later 
 
 time than San Francisco, it must be farther east, therefore nearer the prime 
 meridian. Hence, it has a less longitude. 122° 25' 41" minus 45° 22' 35" 
 is 77° 3' 6". 
 
 3. Rome is 12° 27' 14^' E.L. and Philadelphia 75" 9' 45" W.L. 
 What is their difference in longitude ? (See Ex. 12, p. 368.) 
 
 Since Philadelphia and Rome are on opposite sides of the prime merid* 
 ian, their difference in longitude is the sum of their longitudes. 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 301 Diff. in Time. 
 15 
 
 45° 
 
 22' 
 
 35" DifT. in Long. 
 
 122° 
 
 25' 
 
 41" W.L. 
 
 45 
 
 22 
 
 35 
 
370 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 In examples 4-27 the number given is either difference in 
 time or difference in longitude between two places. In every 
 case find the one not given. 
 
 4. 5 hr. 1 min. 17 sec. 
 
 5. 1 hr. 18 min. 44 sec. 
 
 6. 37 min. 20 sec. 
 
 7. 2 hr. 48 sec. 
 
 8. 8 hr. 21 min. 
 
 9. 47° 19' 30" 
 
 10. 18° 41' 
 
 11. 9° 45" 
 
 12. 12° 7' 30" 
 
 13. 58' 15" 
 
 14. 113° 30' 10" 
 
 15. 107° 1' 40" 
 
 16. 8 hr. 7 min. 22^ sec. 
 
 17. 1 hr. 1 min. 49 sec. 
 
 18. 160° 14' 50" 
 
 19. 28° 40' 
 
 20. 10 hr. 14 min. 27 sec. 
 
 21. 46° 18' 
 
 22. 1 hr. 2 min. 14| sec. 
 
 23. 48' 15" 
 
 24. 1'49" 
 
 25. 7 hr. 50 sec. 
 
 26. 42° 19' 5" 
 
 27. 170° 55' 
 
 28. One place is in 68° W.L. and another in 53° 15' W.L. 
 What is their difference in time ? 
 
 29. Two places are in 120° 47' and 13° 50' east longitude 
 respectively. What is their difference in time ? 
 
 30. One place is in 83° 5' west longitude and another in 
 7° 16' 15" east longitude. What is their difference in time? 
 
 31. It is 12 o'clock, midnight, at a certain place. 
 
 a. What is the time at a place 12° 15' farther east ? 
 h. What is the time at a place 47° 18' farther west ? 
 
 32. When it is 2 p.m. at Paris, 2° 20' 15" E.L., 
 
 a. What is the time at Melbourne, 144° 57' 45" E.L. ? 
 I, What is the time at Albany, 73° 44' 45" W.L. ? 
 
 33. What is the time at Cincinnati, 84° 26' W.L., when it is 
 11.50 A.M. at St. Louis, 90° 15' 15" W.L. ? 
 
STANDARD TIME 371 
 
 34. If I sail from Philadelphia, 75° 9' 45'' W.L., with my 
 watch set at the exact local time, and, after sailing a certain 
 distance, find that my watch is 1 hr. 28 min. 40 sec. slower 
 than the exact local time at that place, assuming that my 
 watch has kept perfect time, what longitude has the ship 
 reached ? 
 
 35. A horse trotted a mile in 2 min. 15 sec. 
 
 a. During that time, the race track, on which the horse was 
 traveling, moved how many minutes and seconds in its rotation 
 about the earth's axis ? 
 
 5. Estimating a degree of longitude at that place to be equal 
 to 50 miles, how many miles did the race track move while the 
 horse was trotting a mile ? 
 
 36. a, A railroad train moving at the rate of 24 miles an 
 hour, including stops, travels how far in a day ? 
 
 h. The track on which the train runs moves how many miles 
 a day, assuming a degree of longitude at that latitude to be 
 50 miles ? 
 
 STANDARD TIME 
 
 636. The railroad companies of this country and Canada 
 have agreed upon a division of the country into four time belts, 
 extending north and south. All places in each belt take the 
 time of the meridian which passes through or near the middle 
 of the belt. This time is called standard time. The belts are 
 as follows : Eastern^ Central^ Mountain^ and Pacific. 
 
 A similar system of standard time is used in other parts of 
 the world. 
 
 The standard meridian for the Eastern belt is the 75th, for 
 the Central belt the 90th, for the Mountain belt the 105th, and 
 for the Pacific belt the 120th, 
 
372 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 These standard meridians are 15 degrees apart: when it is 
 noon in the Eastern belt, it is 11 A.M. in the Central belt, 10 A.M. 
 in the Mountain belt, and 9 a.m. in the Pacific belt. 
 
 PACIFIC TIME +•'•120-° MOUNTAIN TIME +105° CENTRAL TIME +90° EASTERN TIME + 75° 
 
 In going westward from one time belt into another, the trav- 
 eler sets his watch back one hour. In traveling eastward he 
 sets his watch ahead one hour. 
 
 When it is noon on the standard meridian of a time belt, it 
 is called noon at all places in the belt. 
 
 Standard time is not the true solar or local time, except for places situ- 
 ated on the standard meridians. Yet it can vary but little more than 
 thirty minutes from the true time, and its uniformity is a convenience. 
 
 Standard time is used not only by the railroads, but also by people gen- 
 erally. The exact time is telegraphed daily to all sections of the country 
 from the Naval Observatory at Washington. 
 
 637. Oral 
 
 1. When it is 5 P.M. Mountain time, what is the time in the 
 Pacific belt ? 
 
REVIEW AND PKACTICE 373 
 
 2. When it is 11 A.M. Pacific time, what is the Central time ? 
 
 3. In traveling from San Francisco to New York, how many 
 times do I change my watch, and do I set it ahead or back ? 
 
 4. When it is 4 A.M. at Augusta, Me., what is the standard 
 time at St. Louis ? 
 
 5. When it is 1 p.m. Mountain time at Denver, what time is 
 it at Washington, D.C. ? 
 
 6. What is the Pacific time at San Francisco when it is 
 5 P.M. at Chicago? 
 
 638. Written 
 
 1. What is the local time at Quebec, 71° 12' 15'' W.L., 
 when the standard time at that place is 7.30 a.m. ? 
 
 2. What is the difference between local time and standard 
 time in Chicago, whose longitude is 87° 36' 42" W. ? . 
 
 3. When it is 6 P.M., standard time, at San Francisco, 
 122° 25' 41" W., what is the local time ? 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 
 639. Oral 
 
 1. Express in words: 4009; 350.01259; CXLVIII ; 
 MCMX. 
 
 2. For what is the decimal point used ? 
 
 3. Moving a figure three places to the left has what effect 
 on its value ? Two places to the right ? 
 
 4. Moving the decimal point two places to the right has 
 what effect on the value of the number in which it is placed ? 
 One place to the left ? 
 
 5. State three principles of Roman notation. 
 
 6. Describe two methods of testing results in subtraction. 
 
374 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 7. Which term in subtraction corresponds to the sum in 
 addition ? It is the sum of what ? 
 
 8. Which terms in multiplication are factors? 
 
 9. What is the shortest way to multiply an integer by 100 ? 
 To multiply an integer by 7000 ? 
 
 10. 3675x100=? 600x7000=? 98x100=? 
 
 640. Written 
 
 In examples 1-4, add a7id test results: 
 1. 
 
 235 
 
 2. 8397 
 
 3. $18.79 
 
 4. i69. 
 
 49 
 
 Qb 
 
 4.65 
 
 72.35 
 
 807 
 
 482 
 
 82.04 
 
 670.48 
 
 9063 
 
 39 
 
 9.00 
 
 8359.20 
 
 584 
 
 910 
 
 501.83 
 
 2517.03 
 
 5369 
 
 8765 
 
 7.62 
 
 932.45 
 
 70810 
 
 1974 
 
 9.30 
 
 8534.06 
 
 52479 
 
 193 
 
 18.49 
 
 92.08 
 
 1379 
 
 8370 
 
 43.86 
 
 801.64 
 
 95468 
 
 246 
 
 97.53 
 
 17.32 
 
 3007 
 
 98 
 
 68.12 
 
 84.63 
 
 88894 
 
 4839 
 
 835.27 
 
 91.02 
 
 5. From 900,003.2 take 100.01. 
 
 6. Multiply 374 by 268 and read the partial products. 
 
 7. 468,316 is the product of 68, 71, and what other factor ? 
 
 8. Find the value of 4837 + 32 x 1800 - 1728 -^ 72. 
 
 9. Find the value of (4837 + 32) x (1800 - 1728) -*- 72. 
 10. Find the prime factors of 36,465. 
 
 641. Oral 
 1. How many acres of land can be bought for $18,200, 
 if every two acres cost $182? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 375 
 
 2. Test for divisibility by 2, 4, 3, 5, 25, and 9, each of the 
 following numbers : 2352; 86,543,400; 793,422; 123,797. 
 
 3. Name the prime numbers from 1 to 100. 
 
 4. Name two composite numbers that are prime to each 
 other. 
 
 5. When is a fraction in lowest terms ? 
 
 6. When is a number in simplest form ? 
 
 7. What common fraction is equal to .50? .33J? .121? 
 .60? .75? .66-1? .80? .40? .90? 
 
 8. What is the shortest way to multiply an integer by 700 ? 
 
 9. Multiply 24.651 by 100 ; by 1000. 
 10. Name four aliquot parts of 50. 
 
 642. Written 
 
 1. Which of the following numbers are prime : 137 ; 361 ; 
 247 ; 381 ; 215 ; 897 ? 
 
 2. Find the L. C. M. of 63, 66, and 77. 
 
 3. Find two numbers whose sum is 835, and whose differ- 
 ence is 473. 
 
 4. What is the greatest common divisor of 396 and 468 ? 
 
 Simplify 
 
 13| 
 
 6. Simplify if X If -i-(^\ + f). 
 
 7. A man made his will, giving his son 13210, which was | 
 of his estate ; to his daughter -^^ of his estate ; and the re- 
 mainder to his wife. 
 
 a. How much did the daughter receive ? 
 h. How much did the wife receive ? 
 
 8. When I of a yard of cloth costs 1 2. 40, how many yards 
 can be bought for 119.20 ? 
 
376 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 9. What fraction of 24 1 is 6| ? 
 
 10. A boy spent | of his money and then earned 65 cents. 
 He iuhen had | of his original sum. How much had he at first ? 
 
 643. Oral 
 
 1. What is the easiest way to divide an integer by 100 ? 
 To divide a decimal by 1000 ? 
 
 2. What is the easiest way to divide a number by 25 ? 
 by 125 ? 
 
 3. Name a denominate number that is not compound. 
 Name a denominate number that is compound. 
 
 4. What is the cost of 3000 shingles at 15.00 per M ? 
 
 5. Name some article that weighs about one pound ; about 
 two pounds ; about three pounds ; about fifty pounds. 
 
 6. Without measuring, draw a line six feet long on the 
 blackboard. Draw another line two thirds as long. Meas- 
 ure and correct your drawings. 
 
 7. My watch chain of 14 k. gold is worn out, and the jew- 
 eler will allow me 56 j^ per pennyweight for it. If it weighs 
 10 pwt., how much will I be allowed for it ? The value of the 
 gold is in proportion to its fineness. How much would my 
 chain be worth if it were 10 k. gold ? 
 
 8. What is the cost of 10 quires of paper at the rate of 
 80^ per ream ? 
 
 9. An arc of 30° is what part of a circumference ? 
 
 10. a. How many seconds are there in an hour ? 
 h. What is the difference in time between two places, one of 
 which is 15° W.L., and the other 45° E.L.? 
 
82.57 
 
 937.48 
 
 64.37 
 
 9.84 
 83.06 
 
 REVIEW AND PRACTICE 377 
 
 644. Written 
 1. Add: 2. A man owning | of a boat sold | of his 
 
 1243.76 share for 11785. What was the value of the 
 
 58.19 boat at that rate ? 
 
 23.79 3^ I of a number exceeds | of the number 
 
 1-^4 by 4821. What is the number ? 
 
 4. A miller bought wheat at 65| ^ per bushel 
 and sold it at 75|.^ per bushel, gaining in all 
 $117. How many bushels did he buy and sell ? 
 
 5. Factor 17,280. 
 
 72.00 6- What fraction of a bushel is 3 pk. 7 qt. 
 
 9.73 Ipt.? 
 
 64.58 7. What fraction of a gallon of water can be 
 
 7.86 held in a tin box 4 in. square and 3 in. deep ? 
 
 •98 8. 240 rd. is what fraction of a mile ? 
 
 9. Reduce 35,816 in. to higher denomina- 
 
 28-62 tions. 
 9.18 
 
 ' ^ 10. What is the cost of digging a cellar 25' 
 
 519*08 ^^ ^^' ^^ ^2^ ^^ ^^^ p®^ ^^^^^ y^^^ ^ 
 
 645. Oral 
 
 1. A flagstone is 5 ft. long and 3 ft. wide. How thick 
 must it be to contain 5 cu. ft. of stone ? 
 
 2. How many cubic yards are there in a block of stone 
 27 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 3 ft. thick ? 
 
 (Think the problem through before you perform any operation.) 
 
 3. A piece of cloth is 36 yd. long and 2 ft. wide. How 
 many square yards of cloth does it contain ? 
 
 4. What is the length of one degree of a circumference 
 which measures 360 inches ? 
 
378 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. What is the length of one degree of a circumference 
 which measures 720 miles ? 
 
 6. From April 21 to June 15 is how many days ? 
 
 7. Two quarts of alcohol will fill how many 4-ounce 
 bottles ? 
 
 8. A 10-acre field contains how many square rods ? 
 
 9. What is the altitude of a parallelogram whose area is 
 132 sq. ft. and whose base is 12 ft. ? 
 
 10. What is the area of a triangle whose base is 4 yd. and 
 whose altitude is 6 f t. ? 
 
 646. Written 
 
 1. A wall 77 ft. long, 6 ft. high, and 12 in. thick is built of 
 bricks costing f 9 per M. What was the entire cost of the bricks 
 if 22 bricks were sufficient to make a cubic foot of wall ? 
 
 2. The altitude of a triangle is 16 ft. 6 in., and the base 
 30 ft. 6 in. What is the area? 
 
 3. The altitude of a triangle is 60 ft. and the area 3600 sq. 
 ft. What is the base ? 
 
 Hint. — Let x = the base, and make an equation. 
 
 4. Find the cost of a carpet for a floor 15 ft. square, if the 
 carpet is f yd. wide and costs 1)1.25 a yard, making no allow- 
 ance for waste. 
 
 5. Find the cost of a steel ceiling for a room 18 ft. 6 in. by 
 28 ft. 6 in., at the rate of 16 cents per square foot. 
 
 6. How much milk is contained in 83 cans, each holding 8 
 gal. 2 qt. 1 pt. ? 
 
 7. How much coal is there in 9 loads of 2 T. 250 lb. each ? 
 
 8. Find the value of a pile of 4-foot wood, 40 ft. long and 
 5 ft. high, at $ 5.50 per cord. 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 379 
 
 9. Find the total weight of three loads of hay containing 1 T. 
 2 cwt. 78 lb., 1 T. 3 cwt. 39 lb., and 19 cwt. 89 lb., respectively. 
 10. A 5-gallon oil can lacks 3 qt. 1 pt. of being full. What 
 is the value of the oil in the can at 12^ per gallon ? 
 
 647. Oral 
 
 1. An inch board containing 6 ft. of lumber is 6 in. wide. 
 How long is it ? 
 
 2. A block of wood 1 ft. square and 9 in. thick contains 
 how many board feet ? 
 
 3. Draw a full-size picture of a board foot. 
 
 4. A box 5 in. by 4 in. by 9 in. contains how many cubic 
 inches ? 
 
 5. A rectangular tin can 4 in. square has a volume of 96 
 cu. in. What is its other dimension ? 
 
 6. If one man can mine 6 tons of coal in a 10-hour day, how 
 many tons can he mine in an 8-hour day, at the same rate? 
 
 7. In what denominations is volume expressed? 
 
 8. In what denominations is capacity expressed ? 
 
 9. Knowing the number of cubic inches in a gallon, how 
 may we find the number of cubic inches in a liquid quart ? 
 
 10. Knowing the number of cubic inches in a bushel, how may 
 we find the number of cubic inches in a dry quart ? 
 
 648. Written 
 
 1. A. garden plot 30 ft. long contains 450 sq. ft. of land. 
 What is the cost of inclosing it with wire fence at 27 cents a 
 yard ? 
 
 2. Find, to the nearest tenth, the number of bushels of grain 
 that can be stored in a bin 6 ft. long, 3J ft. wide, and 5 ft. high. 
 
 3. What is the weight of a load of wheat that exactly fills a 
 
380 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 wagon box tliat is 14 ft. long, 3 ft. wide, and 20 in. deep, the 
 weight of a bushel of wheat being 60 lb. ? (Answer correct to 
 tenths' place.) 
 
 4. A rectangular cistern is 22 ft. long and 7 ft. wide. When 
 it contains 32 barrels of water, how deep is the water? 
 
 5. Make out a bill of four items for goods bought at a dry- 
 goods store. Foot and receipt the bill. 
 
 6. Make out a statement of an account at a hardware store, 
 using four debit items and two credit items. 
 
 7. A farmer sold a load of hay weighing 1850 lb. at i 15 a 
 ton, and with a part of the money received bought 1 T. 5 cwt. 
 of coal at $ 6.20 per ton. How much money had he left ? 
 
 8. Find the exact number of days from Dec. 9, 1907, to June 
 30, 1908. 
 
 9. A wheel 91 ft. in circumference will make how many 
 revolutions in going 11 mi.? 
 
 10. Reduce -^^ to a decimal. 
 
 649. Oral 
 
 1. What rate per cent is equal to ^^^ ; ^; ^; | ; -|? 
 
 2. Find 20 % of 500 lb. ; 331 % of 60 bu. ; 16| % of f 18. 
 
 3. What decimal is equivalent to | of 1 % ? 
 
 4. What per cent is equivalent to .25? to .025? to .0025? 
 
 5. A gain of $ 10 on goods costing $ 20 is what per cent gain ? 
 
 6. A gain of f 10 on goods sold for $ 20 is what per cent gain ? 
 
 7. What is the selling price of goods that cost $200 and were 
 sold at 10% advance? 
 
 8. What is the cost of goods that bring 150 when sold at a 
 gain of 25 % ? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 381 
 
 9. What is an agent's commission on ten books which he sells 
 for $4 apiece and receives 40% commission? 
 
 10. When an agent sells goods at a commission of 20%, 
 what does his principal receive for goods that the agent sells 
 for 1200? 
 
 650. Written 
 1. Add: 
 23.75 2. What was the cost of goods that brought 
 
 8.679 11120.20 when sold at 20 % profit? 
 
 3 Potatoes sold at 10^ per half peck yield a profit 
 835.406 q£ ^^ cj ],^ind the cost per bushel. 
 42.973 . 
 
 9 009 *• ^^^^^ ^^ ^^® P^^ c®^^ o^ l^^s o^ ^ house bought 
 
 80896 ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ 
 7.234 5. A merchant paid 8 900 for 200 bbl. of flour. The 
 
 3.876 freight cost him 45/ a barrel and the cartage 5/ a 
 
 98.423 barrel. At what price per barrel must he sell the 
 
 1.89 flour to gain 21%? 
 
 .yo/ g What is the cost of snoods sold for $585 at a loss 
 2.496 ,f2.i%? 
 53.875 ^ 
 7. A commission merchant sold a consignment of 
 
 700 doz. eggs at 181/ and one of 900 doz. at 21 j/. What 
 was the amount of his commission at 4| % ? 
 
 8. An agent remitted to his principal 12695.10 as the net 
 proceeds of the sale of a consignment of goods, having retained 
 his commission of 5 %, and $12.40 for expenses incurred. What 
 was the amount of his sales? 
 
 9. The Kansas City agent of a Philadelphia manufacturer 
 receives an annual salary of f 2000 and a commission of 2 % on 
 all his sales. His sales for the month of January amounted to 
 
882 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 $7329. If he did as well for the remainder of the year, what 
 was his total income? 
 
 10. A wagon listed at $200 was bought by a dealer at 20 and 
 10 cjo off? 3.nd sold by him at 5 and 10 % off from the same list 
 price. 
 
 a. How much did he gain? 
 h. What per cent did he gain? 
 
 651. Orol 
 
 1. My furniture has been insured 12 years at the rate oi\fjo 
 premium on a three-year policy. How much have I paid on a 
 $1000 policy? 
 
 2. What agreement does a man make when he indorses a 
 note in blank ? 
 
 3. What is the bank discount on a 60-day note for $100 
 without interest, if discounted at date at the rate of 6 % per 
 year? If discounted 30 da. after date? 
 
 4. What would I receive for my note for $ 100 for 90 da., 
 without interest, if I sold it to the bank on the day of date, the 
 discount rate being 6% per year? 
 
 5. Why do banks protest notes when they become due? 
 
 6. When the tax rate is 12 mills on the dollar, what is my 
 tax on property assessed at $1000? 
 
 7. What is the meaning of "Exchange on London, 4.86^"? 
 " Exchange on Paris, 5.171" ? » Exchange on Hamburg, 97| " ? 
 
 8. What American coin is most nearly like the mark ? the 
 franc? the sovereign? 
 
 9. When the tax rate is .01, what is the assessed valuation 
 of property on which the tax is $120? 
 
 10. When the exchange value of 1 mark is 24^, what is the 
 quoted rate of exchange on Germany? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 
 
 383 
 
 652. Written 
 
 1. The report of a savings bank 
 shows the following resources. Find 
 the total. 
 
 Bonds and mortgages $5,979,120.95 
 
 Bonds of states 388,312.50 
 
 Boston city bonds 372,937.50 
 
 N"ew York City bonds 956,059.45 
 
 Buffalo city bonds 39,800.00 
 
 Syracuse city bonds 1,178,637.50 
 
 Bonds of other cities 200,092.50 
 
 Onondaga county bonds 65,975.00 
 
 New York county bonds 106,150.00 
 
 Bonds of towns 192,514.25 
 
 School district bonds 12,315.50 
 
 Railroad bonds 2,924,466.83 
 
 Banking house 200,000.00 
 
 Other real estate 161,777.91 
 
 Cash in banks 312,919.22 
 
 Cash on hand 88,421.35 
 
 Interest accrued 229,800.62 
 
 2. When the county tax 
 rate is .004376, what is the 
 county tax on property as- 
 sessed at 15000? 
 
 3. John Brown owes Fred 
 Haskins 1200. Haskins draws 
 on Brown for that amount, 
 making the draft payable at 
 sight to the First National 
 Bank. Write the draft. 
 
 4. A factory worth 149,677 
 is insured for | of its value, at 
 
 1 1 % . What is the premium? 
 
 5. 1420 premium on a fire 
 insurance policy of $ 56,000 is 
 what rate ? 
 
 6. A city whose population is 22,000 has an assessed valua- 
 tion of $ 11,000,000. Mr. Carpenter owns a house in that city 
 valued at f 2800. What was his share of the tax for building 
 a new high school costing $ 75,000 ? 
 
 7. Find the amount of $ 867.35 for 1 yr. 8 mo. 27 da. at 
 
 9%. 
 
 8. 
 
 6 mo. 
 
 What principal at 6% will amount to f 272.50 in 1 yr. 
 
 9. How long will it take I 360 to gain $ 53.64 at 6 % ? 
 10. A man bought a bill of lumber for I 850, Jan. 1, 1907, 
 giving his note with interest at 6%. He paid flOO May 1, 
 and $ 150 Aug. 16. What was due at settlement, Nov. 1, 1907, 
 by the United States rule ? 
 
384 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 653. Oral 
 
 1. a. Draw a line one meter long without a measure. 
 Measure and correct it. 
 
 h. Draw a line 80% of a meter long. 
 
 c. Draw a line 20 % as long as the one in h. 
 
 d. The line in c is what per cent as long as the line in a ? 
 
 2. a. Without using a measure, draw a square meter. A 
 square decimeter. 
 
 h. Draw a line dividing the square meter into two parts, 
 one of which is four times as large as the other. 
 
 c. How many square decimeters are there in each of these 
 parts ? 
 
 3. Estimate the number of square meters in the floor of 
 your class room. 
 
 4. Name some object whose volume is about one cubic deci- 
 meter. Its size is like that of what unit of capacity measure ? 
 
 5. a. One kilogram is about how many pounds ? 
 
 h. A man bought a load of coal weighing 1000 Kg. About 
 how many pounds did it weigh ? 
 
 6. What is the duty on flOO worth of mahogany boards 
 at 15%? 
 
 7. A box 5 dm. long, 3 dm. wide, and 2 dm. deep will hold 
 how many liters of oats ? 
 
 8. A cubic decimeter of water weighs how many grams ? 
 
 9. What is the value of 100 shares of bank stock quoted 
 at 1031? 
 
 10. How many dollars of city bonds can be bought for 
 $104,000, when they are selling at 4 % premium? 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 385 
 
 654. Written 
 
 1. Add: 
 4763 2. Find, in hectoliters, the capacity of a bin which 
 
 8257 is 9 m. long, 1 m. wide, and 175 cm. high. 
 6039 3. How many kilograms of water will fill a rec- 
 
 ^^'^^ tangular vat which is 5 m. long, 4 m. wide, and 
 1397 .50 cm. deep? 
 
 685 
 Q107 ** ^^^^ ^^ *^® duty, at 35%, on a shipment of 
 
 _^ fur coats invoiced at 2150 marks, less a trade dis- 
 
 ^,t^ count of 4 % ? (1 mark = |.238.) 
 1476 < 
 
 gggg 5. Find, by means of equations, three numbers, of 
 
 ^^•j which the first is smaller by 106 than the second, the 
 
 gg third larger by 22 than the second, and the sum of 
 
 9432 ^^^ three is 495. 
 
 7943 6. A man in St. Paul wishes to send |386 to 
 
 8(388 liis family in Berlin. What is the face of the 
 
 draft which he can buy with that sum, exchange 
 
 being at 96| ? 
 
 7. A merchant in Galveston owes a bill of .£47 10s. in 
 Glasgow. What must he pay for a draft for that amount 
 when exchange is at 4.872? 
 
 8. On Jan. 1, 1908, the stock of the Wampanoag Mills was 
 quoted at 92-|-. What must be invested in this stock, includ- 
 ing brokerage at ^ %, to secure 238 shares? 
 
 9. The Central Coal and Coke Company paid a dividend of 
 1|% on its common stock, Jan. 15, 1908. 
 
 a. What is the dividend on 200 shares ? 
 
 b. How many shares must I own in order to receive a divi- 
 dend of 1900? 
 
 10. What must I invest in 4| % city bonds at par to obtain 
 an annual interest of ^675 ? 
 
386 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 655. Oral 
 
 1. Draw a vertical line on the blackboard, cutting off 33^% 
 of the board. Draw another line, cutting off 25% of what 
 remains. What fraction of the entire board is cut off ? 
 
 2. When the dividend on 5 shares of railroad stock is 1 25, 
 what is the rate of dividend ? 
 
 3. What is the annual interest on ten 500-dollar 4 % bonds? 
 
 4. What is the ratio of 75 to 3 ? 
 
 5. What is the number whose ratio to 45 is J ? 
 
 6. 7 : ? = J^ ; ? : 18 = 3 ; ? : ? = 6. 
 
 7. 2:4 = 7;? 3:8=1:? 3 : ? = ? : 12. 
 
 8. Divide 1 25 among three boys in the ratio of 1, 2, and 2. 
 
 9. Divide 77 into two parts having the ratio of 5 to 6. 
 
 10. Three numbers are in the ratio of 1, 2, and 3. The first 
 number is 7. Find the others. 
 
 656. Written 
 1. Add 
 
 $385.24 2. Solve by proportion : What is the cost of a 
 
 17.89 200-acre farm at the rate of 25 acres for 11324 ? 
 
 3.20 3, What sum of money will yield as much interest 
 
 ^^^- in 4 yr. 6 mo. as 19000 will yield in 9 mo. ? 
 
 831 19 ^ J 
 
 9m ^1 *• -^^^ long will it take 435 men to earn as much 
 
 „-* „ money as 145 men can earn in 4 yr. 3 mo. ? 
 
 n gQ 5. When a post 4 ft. 6 in. high casts a shadow 
 
 98 36 ^ ^^' ^i ^^* ■^^^^' ^^^ high is a tree that casts a 
 
 521 83 shadow 40 ft. 6 in. long ? 
 
 829.17 6. How many Kl. of water can be kept in a vat 
 
 743.65 that is 2^ m. by 15 dm. by 50 cm. ? 
 
 812.79 7. Two boys, having received 40 cents for some 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 387 
 
 work, divided it so that one boy received | as much as the 
 other. How much did each receive ? 
 
 8. C failed in business, owing A 13000, B 12500, and 
 D 14500. His property was worth only $6400. How much 
 should each creditor receive ? 
 
 9. A farmer bought two cows for |80, paying | as much 
 for one as for the other. Find the cost of each. 
 
 10. Separate 2723 into three parts having the ratio of ^ to 
 1 to 2. 
 
 657. Oral 
 
 1. Find the value of 2* ; 5^; 3^ ; 7^ ; 5^ ; 2^ ; 122. 
 
 2. A number which is the product of equal factors is called 
 what? 
 
 3. Find the value of VT6 ; -^16 ; ^216 ; V400 ; \/32. 
 
 4. Finding one of the equal factors which produce a num- 
 ber is called what ? 
 
 5. The legs of a right triangle are 3 ft. and 4 ft. What is 
 the hypotenuse ? 
 
 6. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 ft., and one of 
 the legs 8 ft. What is the other leg ? 
 
 7. What are the two equal factors of 121 ? 
 
 8. Find one of the three equal factors of ^. 
 
 9. One of the three equal factors of a number is 5. What 
 is the number ? 
 
 10. The entire surface of a cube is 24 sq. in. How long is 
 each edge of the cube ? 
 
 658. Written 
 
 1. Find the square root of 3,396,649. 
 
388 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 2. The entire surface of a cube is 1350 sq. in. Find the 
 volume of the cube. 
 
 o V2IO25. — ? 
 
 4. The perimeter of a square is 1320 rd. Find its area 
 in acres. 
 
 5. How many feet of fence are required to inclose a square 
 field containing 2|^ A. ? 
 
 6. A cylindrical oil tank, 24 ft. in diameter and 18 ft. high, 
 will contain how many barrels of oil, allowing 4^ cu. ft. for a 
 barrel ? 
 
 7. Find, to the nearest tenth of a foot, the depth of a cylin- 
 drical cistern whose capacity is 40 barrels, and the diameter of 
 whose base is 6 ft. 
 
 8. a. Find the difference in time between two places in 79° 
 18' ' and 103° 4-' west longitude, respectively. 
 
 h. When it is noon at the first place, what is the time at the 
 second place ? 
 
 9. When it is 11 a.m. at a place in 73° 1" west longitude, 
 what is the time at a place in 14° 53^' east longitude ? 
 
 10. What is the longitude of a place in which the time is 
 half -past one a.m., when it is midnight at a place whose longi- 
 tude is 47° 17' 15'' East ? 
 
 659. 1. A coal company has $85,000 invested in a shaft 
 mine. Assuming the cost of mining the coal and preparing it 
 for market to be 76^ per ton, the average price received to be 
 $1.05, and the commission paid for selling to be 5^ per ton, 
 how many tons per year must the company take from this mine 
 to yield a net income of 8 % on the investment ? 
 
 2. A mine owner bought coal at $2130 per acre and mined 
 it. The vein averaged 5 ft. 6 in. in thickness and yielded 
 
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 389 
 
 1000 tons of coal per acre for each foot of the thickness of the 
 vein. If the net price received for the coal was 98^ per ton, 
 what was received for 7| acres of the coal ? 
 
 3. A pane of plate glass was listed at $96.40, with trade 
 discounts of 75 and 5%, and a further discount of 2% for cash 
 payment. What was the net cash price ? 
 
 4. Make out and receipt a bill for 22J yd. of muslin at 14^ 
 per yard, 5| yd. of cambric at 12^ a yard, and 20 handkerchiefs 
 at f 3.60 per dozen. 
 
 5. A typist writes daily 130 folios of 10 lines each, averag- 
 ing 10 words to a line and 7 letters to a word. Her typewriter 
 has 42 keys, 5 of which are vowel keys. If the vowel keys are 
 used three times as often as the other keys, how many vowels 
 are written in a day ? 
 
 6. When camphor gum is bought at 85^ per pound and sold 
 at 10/ an ounce Avoirdupois, what is the rate per cent of profit ? 
 
 7. A druggist who buys cocaine at the rate of $5 per ounce 
 of 480 gr. and sells it at the rate of 2 gr. for 5/, gains what 
 per cent ? 
 
 8. The railroad company charges §59.40 for the use of a 
 freight car from Quincy, Mass., to Syracuse, N. Y., and is re- 
 sponsible for all damages to the freight carried. Mr. Harding, 
 by releasing the company from liability for damage, secured a 
 reduction of 331% from the regular freight rate. He then had 
 his freight insured for $2000, at a premium rate of -1%. How 
 much did he save on a carload of freight by this plan ? 
 
 9. Simplify ^ ^~\ ^ and express the result as a decimal. 
 
 10. Find the sum which a bank would pay for a note for 
 1750, without interest, 90 da. before it was due, if its discount 
 rate was 7 % per annum. 
 
390 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 660. 1. Add: 
 
 $289.52 Note. — Problems 2-6 are taken from an arithmetic published 
 
 rjq nn over one hundred years ago. 
 
 81.73 2. There are two numbers ; the less number is 
 
 786.39 8761, the difference between the numbers is 597. 
 
 496.38 What is the sum of the numbers? 
 
 809.99 3. What is the length of the road, which, being 
 
 78.63 33 ft. wide, contains an acre? 
 
 61.92 ^ ^ bankrupt whose effects are $3948 can pay 
 
 ^•^^ his creditors but 28 cents 5 mills on the dollar. What 
 
 689.73 does he owe? 
 
 ^QQ no 
 
 5. The river Po is 1000 feet broad and 10 feet 
 
 deep, and it runs at the rate of 4 miles an hour. In 
 
 QQ*8^ what time will it discharge a cubic mile of water 
 
 «R*zlQ (reckoning 5000 feet to the mile) into the sea ? 
 
 808.70 ^' ^^ ^^® ^^^^ census, taken a.d. 1800, the num- 
 ber of inhabitants in the New England states was as 
 follows, viz.: New Hampshire, 183,858; Massachu- 
 setts, 422,845 ; Maine, 151,719 ; Rhode Island, 69,122 ; Con- 
 necticut, 151,002 ; Vermont, 154,465. What was the entire 
 number ? 
 
 7. Draw two straight lines having the ratio of 3 to 2. 
 
 8. What is the selling price of 48 yd. of cloth bought at 
 
 604.52 
 900.68 
 
 I. per yard and sold at a gain of 21| 
 
 9. Estimating a bushel of coal to weigh 80 lb., find to the 
 nearest tenth the number of cubic feet of space needed for the 
 storage of one ton of coal. 
 
 10. Find the product of the common prime factors of 1395 
 and 1736. 
 
 661. 1. 4937x398=? 
 
KEVIEW AND PRACTICE 391 
 
 2. A note drawn for 90 da. without interest was discounted 
 24 da. after date, at 6% per annum, yielding $553.84 proceeds. 
 What was the face of the note ? 
 
 3. a. How many kiloliters of water can be contained in a 
 rectangular cistern 2.5 m. by 3.6 m. and 75 cm. deep? 
 
 h. What is the weight of this water in kilograms ? 
 
 4. a. How many shares of preferred stock, paying b\% divi- 
 dends, must I buy to secure an annual income of $500.50 ? 
 
 h. What will the stock cost, at 124|, brokerage -1% ? 
 
 5. A barn roof is 58 ft. long and the slant height is 24 ft. 
 on each side. Find the cost of the shingles for this roof at 
 $5.00 per M, allowing 1000 shingles for 120 square feet. 
 
 6. When it is noon at Boston, 71° 4' west longitude, what 
 is the time at Rochester, 77° 51' west longitude ? 
 
 7. a. A six months' note for $900 without interest, dated 
 Oct. 26, 1906, is discounted Feb. 21, 1907, at 6%. What are 
 the proceeds ? 
 
 h. If the note were interest-bearing, what would be the 
 proceeds ? 
 
 8. A tract of land is 424 rods long and 324 rods wide. It 
 cost $36919.80. What was the cost per acre ? 
 
 9. Three loads of coal weighing respectively 3805 lb., 3965 
 lb., and 4730 lb., cost $38.75. What was the price per ton ? 
 
 10. Find the square root of 160 correct to four decimal 
 places. 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 CUBE ROOT 
 
 The cube of a number composed of tens and units may be found 
 as follows : 
 
 24 = 20 + 4 = 2 tens + 4 units. 
 
 243 = (20 + 4) X (20 + 4) X (20 + 4). 
 
 20 + 4= 24 
 20 + 4 = 24 
 
 (20 X 4) + 4-^ = 96 
 202 + (20 X 4) = 480 
 
 202 + 2 X (20 X 4) + 42 = 576 
 20 + 4 = 24 
 
 (202 X 4) + 2 X (20 X 42) + 43 = 2304 
 203 + 2 X (202 X 4) + (20 X 42) = 11520 
 
 203 _^ 3 X (202 X 4) + 3 X (20 X 42) + 43 ="l3824 
 
 From the operation we find that, 
 
 The cube of the tens 203 = 8000 
 
 3 times the square of tens multiplied by units . . . 3 x (202 x 4) = 4800 
 
 3 times the tens multiplied by the square of the units . 3 x (20 x 42) =z 960 
 
 The cube of the units 43 = 64 
 
 8000 + 4800 + 960 + 64 = 13824 
 Summary 
 
 The cube of a number composed of tens and units is equal to the cube 
 of the tens plus 3 times the square of the tens multiplied by the units, 
 plus 3 times the tens multiplied by the square of the units, plus the cube 
 of the units. 
 
 By reversing the process, we may find the cube root. 
 
 1. What is the cube root of 13,824 ? 
 
 Solution. — Separating into periods of three figures each, beginning at units, 
 we have 13'824. Since there are two periods in the power, there must be two 
 figures in the root, tens and units. 
 
 392 
 
APPENDIX 393 
 
 The greatest cube of tens contained in 13824 is 8000, and its cube root is 20 
 (2 tens). 
 
 13'824 I 20 + 4 
 Tens3 = 203= 8000 
 
 3 X tens2 = 3 x 202 = 1200 6824 
 3 X tens x units = 3 x 20 x 4 = 240 
 units'^ = 42 = 16 
 3 X tens2 + 3 tens x units + units2 = 1466 
 (3 X tens2 4- 3 X tens x units + units2) x units = 6824 
 
 Subtracting the cube of the tens, 8000, the remainder, 6824, consists of 3 x 
 (tens2 X units) + 3 x (tens x units2) + units^. 6824, therefore, is composed of 
 two factors, units being one of them, and 3 x tens2 + 3 x tens x units + units2, 
 being the other. But the greater part of this factor is 3 x tens2. By trial we 
 divide 5824 by 3 x tens^ (1200) to find the other factor (units), which is 4 if 
 correct. Completing the divisor, we have 12002 _j_ 3 x (20 + 4) + 42 = 1456, 
 which, multiplied by the units, 4, gives the product, 6824, proving the correct- 
 ness of the work. Therefore, the cube root is 20 + 4, or 24. 
 
 To find the cube root by the aid of blocks. 
 
 Finding the cube root of a number is equivalent to finding the 
 thickness of a cube, its volume being given. 
 
 The following formulas illustrate the principles that underlie 
 operations in cube root. 
 
 Note. — For convenience, I, 6, t, and v will represent length, breadth, thick- 
 ness, and volume, respectively. 
 
 (1) lxbxt = v. (2) v-^{lxh) = U (3) v-^(lxt)=h. 
 
 (4) v^(hxt) = l. 
 
 2. What is the thickness of a cube whose volume is 13824 cubic 
 feet? 
 
 Solution. — The greatest cube of 
 even tens contained in 13824 cu. ft. is 
 8000 cu. ft. (Cube^,p.394.) Its thick- 
 ness, therefore, is 20 ft. Subtracting 
 8000 {A) from 13824 leaves a re- 
 mainder of 5824 cu. ft. , which are added in solids of equal thickness to three sides of 
 A, as seen in Fig. 2. It now remains to find the thickness of the additions (6, c, d) , 
 
 AND BREADTH 
 
 VOLUME 
 
 THICKNESS 
 
 3 x 202 ^ 1200 
 
 13'824 
 
 20 ft. 
 
 2 X 20 X 4 = 240 
 
 8000 
 
 4 ft. 
 
 42= 16 
 
 6824 
 
 24 ft. 
 
 1466 
 
 . 6824 
 
 
394 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 (e, /, g)^ and ^, which have a uniform thickness. As the solids, 6, c, d, form 
 the greater part of the volume of the additions (5824 cu. ft.), and the length and 
 breadth of each is 20 ft. (the length and breadth of yl), by trial, using Formula 
 2, we find 5824 ^ (3 x 20'^) = 4 f t. , thickness of the additions, if correct. Know- 
 ing the thickness, which is also the breadth of e,/, g, h, we find the product of the 
 length and breadth of e, /, ^ = 3 x 20 x 4 = 240 sq! ft. ; and that of 7i = 42 = 16 
 sq. ft. ; both of which added to 1200 sq. ft. = the product of the length and 
 
 ■^ 
 
 Fig. 2. 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 IS 
 
 h 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 "^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 9 
 
 breadth of all the additions. This product, by Formula 1, multiplied by the 
 thickness, 4 ft. = 5824 cu. ft., proving the correctness. Therefore, 
 
 The thickness of a cube whose volume is 13824 cu. ft, is 20 -f 4 ft., or 24 ft. 
 The numbers in the middle column (Ex. 2) all indicate volume : 
 13824 = volume of original cube. 
 8000 = volume of Cube A. 
 
 5824 = volume of the additions (6, c, d), (e, /, g), and h. 
 The numbers in the left-hand column indicate product of length and breadth: 
 1200 =1 xboi solids &, c, d. 
 240 = Z X 6 of solids e, /, g. 
 16 = Z X 6 of cube h. 
 
 The numbers in the right-hand column indicate thickness : 
 20 ft. = thickness of A. 
 4 ft. = thickness of all the additions. 
 24 ft. = thickness of original cube. 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 395 
 
 Short method. 
 Rule for finding the cube root: 
 
 Beginning at the decimal point, separate the number into periods of 
 
 three figures each, thus: 16 '581'. 375. 
 Find the greatest cube in the left-hand period, and write its root at 
 
 the right. Subtract the cube from the left-hand period, and bring 
 
 down the next period for a dividend, thus : 
 
 16'581'.375|2 
 
 8 
 
 8581 
 
 To find the trial divisor*, square the root already found with a cipher 
 annexed, and multiply by 3, thus : 
 
 16^581'.876 |_2 20 
 
 8 
 
 Trial divisor, 1200) 8581 
 
 20 
 400 
 3 
 
 1200 
 
 To find the trial figure, find how many times the trial divisor is con- 
 tained in the dividend, thus : 
 
 16'581'.375 [25 20 
 
 8 
 
 Trial divisor, 1200) 8581 
 
 20 
 400 
 
 3 
 
 1200 
 
 To find the correction, multiply the former root by S, annex the trial 
 figure, and multiply by the trial figure, thus : 
 
 2 
 
 66 
 _5 
 825 
 
 Continue thus, until 
 all the periods are ex- 
 hausted. 
 
 Note 1. — When there is a remainder after all the periods are exhausted, an- 
 nex decimal periods, and continue the process as far as desired. The result will 
 be the approximate root. 
 
 
 1200 
 
 325 
 
 1525 
 
 16'581'.375 
 8 
 
 |25.6 
 
 divisor. 
 
 8581 
 7625 
 
 
 187500 
 
 3775 
 
 191275 
 
 956376 
 956375 
 
 
396 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Note 2. — When a cipher occurs in the root, we annex two ciphers to the tria^ 
 divisor, and bring down the next period. 
 
 Note 3. — The right-hand decimal period must have three places. 
 
 3. What is the cube root of 8.414975304? 
 
 Operation. 
 
 8.414'975'304 I 2.034 
 
 120000 
 1809 
 
 414975 
 
 121809 
 
 365427 
 
 6362700 
 
 24376 
 
 12387076 
 
 49548304 
 49548304 
 
 Since occurs in the root, annex 
 00 to the trial divisor, making 
 120000 ; bring down the next pe- 
 riod. 
 
 Note. — To find the cube root of a common fraction, extract the root of each 
 term separately. If both terms are not cubes, reduce to a decimal and then 
 extract the root. The result will be the approximate root. 
 
 Find the cube root of : 
 
 4. 42875 
 
 5. 884736 
 
 6. 4492125 
 
 7. 77854483 
 
 8. 8.615125 
 
 9. 17.373979 
 
 10. 450827 
 
 11. 1879.080904 
 
 12. 32.890033664 
 
 13. 10077696 
 
 14. What is the cube root of ||f|fi ? j\ ? j^}^? Sd^\? ^^? 
 Extract the cube root to the third decimal place : 
 
 15. 14.323 17. .06324 19. 3 
 
 16. 31982.4 18. .0015 20. 7 
 
 21. What is the width of a cube whose volume is 91125 cubic 
 inches ? 
 
 22. A cubical cistern holds 50 barrels of water. How deep is it? 
 
 23. What is the entire surface of a cube whose edge is 9 ft.? 
 
 24. a/.006 x32.5 = ? 
 
APPENDIX 397 
 
 SIMILAR SOLIDS 
 
 Solids having the same form without regard to size are similar solids. 
 Any two cubes or any two spheres are similar solids. Solids are 
 similar when their corresponding dimensions are proportional. 
 
 Similar solids are to each other as the cubes of their correspond- 
 ing dimensions. 
 
 1. A globe is 3 inches in diameter, and another 6 inches in diam- 
 eter. What is the ratio of their volumes ? 
 
 Explanation. — They are to each other as S^ to 6^, or 27 : 216. 
 
 2. There are 64 cubic inches in a 4-inch cube. How many in an 
 8-inch cube ? 
 
 3. Two similar solids contain 386 and 284 cubic inches, respec- 
 tively. If the larger is 11 inches thick, how thick is the smaller ? 
 
 4. If a man 6 ft. 2 in. tall weighs 215 pounds, what should be the 
 weight of a man 5 ft. 10 in. tall of the same proportions ? 
 
 5. The width of a bin is 4 ft. 6 in. How wide must a similar bin 
 be to hold 4 times as much ? 
 
 6. An oil tank 22 ft. in diameter holds 30,000 gallons. 
 
 a. How many gallons will a tank of the same shape and 88 feet in 
 diameter hold ? 
 
 h. What must be the diameter of a similar tank to hold 3750 gallons ? 
 
 METHODS OF COMPUTING INTEREST 
 METHOD BY ALIQUOT PARTS 
 What is the interest on f 348 for 3 yr. 5 mo. 15 da. at 5 % ? 
 
 $34.80 Interest for 2 yr. at 5 % (yV of $348) 
 17.40 Interest for 1 yr. at 5 % (i of $34.80) 
 5.80 Interest for 4 mo. at 5 % (i of $ 17.40) 
 1.45 Interest for 1 mo. at 5 % (} of $5.80) 
 .73 Interest for 15 da. at 5 % (i of $1.45) 
 $60.18 Interest for 3 yr. 5 mo. 15 da. at 5 %. Ans. 
 
 If the time were 7 mo. 18 da., we should separate it as follows : (i of 1 yr.) 
 + (I of 6 mo.) -H (i of 1 mo.) + (^ of 16 da.). 
 
398 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 BANKERS' METHOD 
 
 This method is variously known as the Six per cent Bankers^ Sixty 
 Day, Ttvo Month, or Two Hundred Month method. It is based on 
 the fact that any sum, on interest at Qt^o, doubles in 200 months. That 
 is to say, the simple interest for 200 months at Q(fo i'^ equal to the 
 principal. 
 
 The interest for 2 mo. is what part of the principal ? 
 The interest for 6 da. is what part of the principal ? 
 
 What is the interest on $ 476 for 2 mo. 19 da. at 5 % ? 
 $4.76 Interest for 2 mo. at 6 % (yio of $476) 
 1.19 Interest for 15 da. at 6 ^ {\ of $4.76) 
 .24 Interest for 3 da. at 6% (i of $1.19) 
 .08 Interest for 1 da. at 6 % (i of $ .24) 
 $ 6.27 Interest for 2 mo. 19 da. at 6 % 
 1.045 Interest for 2 mo. 19 da. at 1 % 
 $5,225 Interest for 2 mo. 19 da. at 5 % Ans. 
 
 Note. — This method is especially useful in computing interest at 6%, for 
 periods of 90 days or less, a common rate and time in bank transactions. 
 
 ORDINARY SIX PER CENT METHOD 
 
 What is the interest of $50.24 at 6 % for 2 yr. 8 mo. 18 da. ? 
 
 The interest of $1 for 2 yr. = 2 x $.06 = $.12 
 
 for 8 mo. = 8 x $.00i = .04 
 
 for 18 da. = 18 x $.000^ = .003 
 
 The interest of $ 1 for 2 yr. 8 mo. 18 da. = $.163 
 
 The interest of $ 50.24 is 50.24 times $.163 =$8.19 
 
 TRUE DISCOUNT AND PRESENT WORTH 
 
 The present worth of d debt due at a future time without interest is 
 a sum which will amount to the debt if put at interest till that time. 
 
 The debt is therefore the amount of the present worth for the 
 given time. 
 
 TJie true discount is the difference between the debt and its present 
 worth. It is the interest of the present worth for the given time. 
 
APPENDIX 399 
 
 1. What is the present worth and the true discount of a debt of 
 $582.40, due in 8 months without interest, when money is worth 
 
 Solution. — $ 1.04 = amount of $ 1 for 8 mo. at 6 %. 
 Statement op Relation. — $1.04 x present worth = $582.40. 
 
 $ 682.40 -i- $ 1.04 = $560, present worth ) . 
 
 $ 582.40 - $ 560 = $ 22.40, true discount ) * 
 
 Summary 
 
 To find the present worth, divide the face of the debt by the amount 
 of$l for the given time. 
 
 To find the true discount, subtract the present worth from the face of 
 the debt. 
 
 2. What are the present worth and true discount of $ 400, due 
 in one year, when money is worth 5 % ? 
 
 3. A father wills his two sons $3000 each, to be paid in three 
 years from the time of his death. What is the present value of the 
 legacies if money is worth 6 % ? 
 
 4. What is the present worth of f 450, due in two years at 5 % ? 
 
 5. What is the present worth of $250.51, payable in 8 months. 
 
 ? 
 
 money being worth 6 
 
 6. Which is better, to buy flour for $5 cash, or for $5.25 on 
 6 months' time, when money can be borrowed at 5 % ? 
 
 7. Find the present worth of $ 750 for 6 months, money being 
 worth 6 % . 
 
 8. What is the present worth of $600, due in 1 year without 
 interest, money being worth 6 % ? 
 
 9. Write the note which would be given for the above debt. 
 
 10. A man wishing to buy a house and lot has his choice between 
 paying $5400 in cash, or $4000 in cash and $1700 in two years. 
 With money at 6 %, which is the most advantageous for him ? 
 
 11. What is the present worth of a debt of $385.31, due in 5 
 months 15 days, at 6 % ? 
 
400 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 12. Which would be better, and how much, to pay $4000 cash 
 for a house, or $4374.93 in 3 yr. 6 mo., money being worth 7 % ? 
 
 13. I can sell my house for $2800 cash, or $3000 and wait 6 
 months without interest. I choose the latter. Do I gain or lose, 
 and how much, money being worth 6 % ? 
 
 SURETYSHIP 
 
 Suretyship is a contract whereby one party (usually a Jidelity or 
 surety company) binds itself to indemnify another party (usually a per- 
 son or corporation employing some one in a position of trust or conji- 
 dence) against loss by the dishonesty, willful neglect, or misconduct of 
 an employee; or an agreement to indemnify one party to a contract 
 against loss due to the failure of the other party to fulfill the contract. 
 
 The instrument by which a contract of suretyship is made is called a 
 suretyship bond. 
 
 Suretyship bonds are generally required of employees in banks ; collectors 
 and cashiers ; treasurers of companies, societies, cities, villages, towns, coun- 
 ties, and other political divisions of the country ; administrators of estates ; 
 guardians of infants ; managers of business enterprises for others ; and persons 
 in many other positions of trust. Contractors in all sorts of undertakings are 
 often required to furnish bonds for the proper fulfillment of their contracts. 
 
 Suretyship is generally classed as a branch of insurance ; but it differs from 
 ordinary insurance in that the surety receives its premium /or services rendered, 
 rather than for risk assumed; and that it does not expect losses when executing 
 its b6nd. Losses occur occasionally from causes unforeseen by the surety, or 
 arising after the execution of the bond. 
 
 The company, before issuing a suretyship bond, inquires into the character 
 of the person applying for the bond, his habits, business standing, and reputa- 
 tion. If these are not satisfactory, the application is refused. 
 
 A suretyship bond always involves three parties : 
 
 a. The principal, or party required to furnish the bond, (The "Em- 
 ployee," in the bond given on page 401.) 
 
 b. The surety, or party joining ivith the principal in an agreement to 
 pay indemnity for loss. (The Surety Company.) 
 
 c. The obligee, or party to whom the indemnity is promised. (The 
 "Bank" in the bond given on page 401.) 
 
 The premium paid to the surety company is computed at a certain 
 sum for each one thousand dollars of the bond. 
 
APPENDIX 401 
 
 The following form illustrates the essential parts of one kind of 
 Suretyship Bond 
 
 Hmerican Surety Company 
 
 /imouQt, $2000 premium, $8.00 
 
 T^^, John Doe, as principal, hereinafter called the "Employee," 
 and the American Surety Company of New York, hereinafter 
 called the "Surety Company," as surety {in consideration of the pay- 
 ment of an agreed premium to it, the said "Surety Company "), bind 
 ourselves for the term commencing January 1, 1908, at 9 A.M., and 
 ending January 1, 1909, at the like hour, to pay the Exchange 
 National Bank of St. Louis, hereinafter called the "Employer," at 
 the home office of the Surety Company in the City of New York, such 
 direct pecuniary loss not exceeding two thousand dollars, as it may 
 sustain of moneys, bullion, funds, bills of exchange, acceptances, 
 notes, bonds, drafts, mortgages, or other valuable securities of similar 
 nature, embezzled, wrongfully abstracted * * * in the course of 
 his employment as Messenger of said employer. 
 
 ********* 
 In witness whereof, said Employee, as principal, has hereunto set 
 his hand and seal, and mid American Surety Company of New York, 
 as Surety, has caused the execution hereof by its President, and Assist- 
 ant Secretary, and its seal to be hereunto affixed, at the City of New 
 York, this 24th day of December, 1907. 
 
 John Doe, Principal [l.5.] 
 American Surety Company of New York [l.5.] 
 
 Richard Roe, President 
 Attest: Herbert Hookway, Assistant Secretary 
 
 Oral 
 
 1. Who is the principal in the above bond ? The surety ? The 
 obligee ? 
 
402 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 • 2. How much is the premium ? Who pays it ? Who receives 
 it ? What is the rate per $1000 ? 
 
 3. If John Doe remains in the employ of the bank as messenger 
 for five years, how much will his bond cost him, during that time, 
 at the same rate ? 
 
 4. How many parties are there in a suretyship bond ? Name 
 them. 
 
 5. How many parties are there in an insurance contract ? Name 
 them. 
 
 Written 
 
 1- The treasurer of a bank gave a bond of $ 45,000. What did 
 the premium amount to, the rate being $ 4 per $ 1000 ? 
 
 2. A firm in Chicago employed a man to manage a branch store in 
 Cleveland, requiring him to give a bond for $ 7500. He had to pay 
 a premium of $56.25 per year. What was the rate per $1000 ? 
 
 3. A cashier procured a bond, paying $ 5 per $ 1000. The pre- 
 mium amounted to $ 22.50. What was the amount of the bond ? 
 
 4. A tax collector held office for four years, giving a new bond 
 each year. He paid $ 56 in premiums during the four years on a 
 bond of $ 3500. What was the rate per year on $ 1000 ? 
 
 5. A contractor furnishing supplies to a large manufacturing con- 
 cern gave a bond of $12,000 for the faithful performance of his 
 contract. What did he pay in premiums during six years, the rate 
 being i % per year ? 
 
 6. A paving contractor gave a five-year bond for the fulfillment 
 of his contract, paying a premium of yL % per year. What was the 
 auiounii of the bond, if the premium amounted to $ 150 ? 
 
 COMPOUND PROPORTION 
 
 An equality between a compound and a simple ratio is a compound 
 proportion J thus, * 
 
 ' [■ : : 12 : 20 is a compound proportion. 
 o 1 10 ) 
 
APPENDIX 403 
 
 !Find the fourth terra. 
 
 o. a) Solution. -^ First change to a simple proportion, we have, 
 
 ^'/iy::3:X 3 x 4:6 x 8: :3:a;. 
 
 ^ • " Then divide the product of the means by the given extreme, 
 
 using cancellation. Thus, 
 
 2 
 
 1M^ = 12. Arts. 
 
 1. If 5 men earn $ 72 in 8 days, how much can 10 men earn in 6 
 days? 
 
 Solution. — Since the answer is to be in dollars, place $ 72 for the third term, 
 and arrange the terms of each couplet according as the answer should be greater 
 
 or less than the third term if it depended 
 5 men : 10 men 1 . <«> 79 . / \ on that couplet alone. 
 
 8 days : 6 days r • • '«' ' ^ • W Since 5 men earn $72, 10 men can 
 
 -' earn more, so we place 10 men for the 
 
 second and 5 men for the first ; and since they earn $ 72 in 8 days, they will 
 earn less in 6 days, so we place 6 days for the second term, and 8 days for the 
 first. Dividing the product of the means by the extremes, we have, 
 
 9 2 
 $ /^x;0x 6 = $108. Ans. 
 
 Summary 
 
 Consider the answer as the fourth term, and place the number that 
 is like it for the third. 
 
 Arrange the couplets as if the answer depended on each couplet alone, 
 as in simple proportion. 
 
 Divide the prodiict of the means by the product of the extremes. Can- 
 cel when possible, 
 
 2. If four horses eat 10 bushels of oats in 5 days, hovjr many 
 bushels will be required to feed 5 horses for 2 days ? 
 
 3. If 10 men working 8 hours a day can do a piece of work in 12 
 days, how many days would it take 6 men, working 10 hours a day, 
 to do the same amount of work ? 
 
 4. If it costs $ 84 to carpet a room 24 ft. long and 21 ft. wide 
 with carpet 1 yard wide, how much will it cost to carpet a room 25 
 ft. long and 12 ft. wide with carpet 27 inches wide ? 
 
404 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 5. If a wheelman rides 144 miles in 3 days of 6 hours each, how 
 many miles can he ride in 5 days of 9 hours each ? 
 
 6. A section of street 33 ft. long and 20 ft. wide can be paved 
 with 15,840 stones, each 9 inches long and 8 inches wide. How many 
 stones 12 inches long and 10 inches wide will it take to pave a street 
 12 rods long and 16 ft. wide ? 
 
 7. If 18 men chop 360 cords of wood in 12 days of 9 hours each, 
 how many cords could 17 men chop in 13 days of 10 hours each ? 
 
 8. If 50 men, working 10 hours a day for 11 days, can dig 25 rods 
 of a canal 60 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, how many rods of a canal 
 90 ft. wide, and 7 ft. deep, can 140 men dig in 22 days of 8 hours 
 each? 
 
 9. If 60 men can build a wall 150 ft. long, 64 ft. high, 2 ft. thick, 
 in 8 days of 10 hours each, how many days of 8 hours each will 36 
 men require to build a wall 180 ft. long, 80 ft. high, 2i- ft. thick ? 
 
 10. How many men will it require to mow 48 acres in 3 days of 
 12 hours each, if 6 men mow 24 acres in 4 days of 9 hours each ? 
 
 11. If 4 lb. 6 oz. of tea cost $ 2^-^, what will 3 lb. 11 oz. cost ? 
 
 12. If sufiicient flour to fill 8 bags containing 98 lb. each can be 
 produced from 16 bushels of wheat, how many bushels will be needed 
 to fill 14 barrels of 196 lb. each ? 
 
 13. My gas bill for the month of November is $ 3.50 when I use 
 6 burners 3^- hours each evening. How much ought it to be for the 
 month of December, when I use 4 burners for 5 hours each evening ? 
 
 14. How long a piece of cloth .4 m. wide can be made from 175 Kg. 
 of wool, if 45 Kg. make a piece 25 m. long and .6 m. wide ? 
 
 15. How many hours daily ought 30 men to labor to perform in 10 
 days a piece of work which is -| as great as a similar job which 25 
 men, working 12 hours per day, accomplished in 12 days ? 
 
 16. If $ 475 yield % 171 interest in 6 years, how long will it take 
 $ 960 to double itself at the same rate ? 
 
 17. A bin 8 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 41 ft. deep will contain 270 
 bushels of wheat. How deep must another bin be built that is 
 12 ft. long and 9 ft. wide, to hold 405 bushels ? 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 405 
 
 TOWNSHIP 
 
 TOWNSHJP 
 
 NORTH 
 
 !S! 
 
 NORTH 
 
 BASE 
 
 m — rn- 
 
 LINE 
 
 GOVERNMENT LANDS 
 
 The government lands of the United States are divided by par- 
 allels and meridians into townships, 6 miles square. Each town- 
 ship is divided into 36 square 
 miles, or sections. Each section 
 is subdivided into half-sections 
 and quarter-sections. 
 
 In surveying the public lands, 
 lines 6 miles apart are run from 
 east to west and from north to 
 south, dividing the territory into 
 square townships. An east and 
 west line is established as a base 
 line, and a north and south line 
 as a principal meridian. 
 
 A line of townships running 
 east and west is called a tier, 
 and a line of townships running north and south is called a range. 
 
 Any township is designated by its number north or south of the 
 base line, and its number east or west from the principal meridian. 
 
 Thus, a township that is in the loth tier north of the base line, 
 and in the 28th range east of the 4th principal meridian, is desig- 
 nated : T. 15 N. E. 28 E. 4th P.M. 
 
 There being 36 sections in a township, each section is designated 
 by a number. The numbering begins at the N.E. corner, increasing 
 toward the west and east, as shown in the accompanying diagram. 
 
 TOWNSHIP 
 
 TOWNSHIP 
 
 SOUTH 
 SOUTH 
 
 TOWNSHIP 
 
 N 
 
 W 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 lO 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 30 
 
 29 
 
 28 
 
 27 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 SECTION 
 
 N 
 ONE MILE 
 
 
 w 
 
 SIX MILES 
 
 8 
 
 Ul 
 
 320 A. 
 
 ICO A. 
 
 111 
 
 W.J^ 
 ' of 
 S.E.M 
 80 A. 
 
 of8.E.Ji 
 40 A. 
 
 
 40 A. 1 
 
 ONE MILE 
 
406 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC , 
 
 GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR BY CONTINUED DIVISION 
 PRINCIPLES 
 
 1. A divisor of a number will divide any multiple of that number. 
 
 2. A common divisor of two numbers will divide their sum and 
 their difference. 
 
 1. Find the G. C. D. of 1395 and 1798. 
 
 1395)1798 Any common divisor of 1395 and 1798 will 
 
 1395 3 divide their difference, or 403. Any divisor of 
 
 - ^ 403 will divide 3 times 403, or 1209. Any cora- 
 
 403)1395 mon divisor of 1395 and 1209 will divide their 
 
 1209 2 difference, or 31. Therefore the G. C. D. can- 
 
 186H03 ^^^ ^® greater than 31. By a similar use of the 
 
 ^79 f\ principles stated above, it may be shovsrn that 31 
 
 £i^ r will divide 186, 372, 403, 1209, 1395, and 1798. 
 
 31)186 Hence 31 is the G. C. D. of 1395 and 1798. 
 186 
 
 Summary 
 
 To find the greatest common divisor of two numbers^ divide the greater by the 
 less^ and the last divisor by the last remainder, continuing the process until there 
 is no remainder. The divisor last used is the greatest common divisor required. 
 
 When more than two 7iumbers are given, find the greatest common divisor oj 
 two of them; then of that greatest common divisor and one of the remaining 
 numbers, and so on till all of the numbers have been used. The greatest com- 
 mon divisor last found is the greatest common divisor of all the given numbers. 
 
 Find the G. G. D. of 
 
 2. 672 and 960 10.' 1650 and 1920 
 
 3. 616 and 1012 11. 696, 1218, and 1160 
 
 4. 272 and 428 12. 450, 720, and 810 
 
 5. 1034 and 987 13. 465, 434, and 341 
 
 6. 1802 and 1431 14. 738, 553, and 1271 
 
 7. 2989 and 1830 15. 1316, 517, and 1504 
 
 8. 2263 and 3604 16. 1554, 2590, and 703 
 
 9. 5494 and 4355 17. 649, 2065, and 2478 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 407 
 
 FARMERS' ESTIMATES 
 To find the number of bushels in a bin or granary, 
 Divide the number of cubic feet in the bin or granary by 1\, 
 
 To find how large a bin will contain a given number of bushels, 
 
 Multiply the number of bushels by 1\. 
 
 The result is the number of cubic feet in the required bin. 
 
 To find the number of gallons of water in a cistern or tank, 
 
 Multiply the number of cubic feet of water by 7^. 
 
 To find how large a cistern will hold a given number of gallons. 
 
 Divide the number of gallons by 7^. 
 
 The result will be the number of cubic feet in the required cistern. 
 
 To find how many bushels of shelled corn are equal to a given number 
 of bushels of corn in the ear, 
 
 Divide the number of bushels of corn in the ear by 2. 
 
 The following table shows the number of pounds in a legal bushel, 
 of different commodities, in various states : 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Indian Corn, shelled . 
 
 Oats 
 
 Barley 
 
 Buckwheat .... 
 
 Rye 
 
 Clover Seed .... 
 Timothy Seed . . . 
 Blue Grass Seed . . 
 
 mm (50 G4 
 
 45 
 
 48 
 50 
 5()5g!56 
 '(>0 
 45 
 
 14 
 
 Beans, peas, and potatoes usually 60 lb. j in N.Y., beans Qf2 lb. 
 
408 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Coal, 80 lb., except Ind., 70 or 80, and Ky. 76 lb. 
 
 Salt : 111., 50 lb. common, or 55 lb. fine, 
 
 N.J., 56 lb., Ind., Ky., and Iowa 50 lb., 
 
 Pemi., 80 lb. coarse, 70 lb. ground, or 62 lb. fine. 
 
 KINDS OF PAPER MONEY 
 
 The paper money of this country is of four kinds, viz. : 
 
 1. United States Treasury Notes. 
 
 These are promises of the United States to pay to the bearer, on demand, the 
 sum named in the note. They are given and received in ordinary business trans- 
 actions on a par with gold, because all people believe that the United States is 
 able to fulfill its promises and will do so. 
 
 Treasury notes can be exchanged for gold at any time, but people prefer the 
 notes for most purposes, because they are more convenient to carry and less 
 liable to be lost. Why cannot notes of individuals be used for money ? 
 
 2. National Bank Notes. 
 
 A national bank note is a promise by a national bank to pay to the bearer, on 
 demand, a specified sum of money. Every national bank, in order to issue this 
 kind of money, must own bonds of the United States at least equal in amount 
 to the notes which it issues. These bonds, although owned by the bank, are 
 held by the Treasurer of the United States. 
 
 If any national bank should fail, or refuse to pay its notes, the United States 
 government would pay them and take its payment from the bonds in its pos- 
 session. So that the credit of the United States is really what gives value to 
 national bank notes. 
 
 3. Gold Certificates. 
 
 These are paper bills certifying that there is gold on deposit in the United 
 States Treasury of a value corresponding to the denomination of the certificate, 
 payable to the bearer of the certificate on demand. 
 
 The holder of the certificate may exchange it for gold at any time. The value 
 of a gold certificate, therefore, depends on the fact that there is an amount of 
 gold in the Treasury designed expressly for the payment of the certificate. 
 
 4. Silver Certificates. 
 
 These are similar to gold certificates, except that they are secured by silver 
 instead of gold, on deposit in the treasury. 
 
 Ask your father to let you take some paper money to examine. See if you 
 can tell to which class of paper money it belongs, and upon what its value 
 depends. 
 
THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE 
 
 409 
 
 2x 1= 2 
 
 3x 1= 3 
 
 4x 1= 4 
 
 5x 1= 5 
 
 2x 2= 4 
 
 3x2=6 
 
 4x 2= 8 
 
 5x 2 = 10 
 
 2x 3= 6 
 
 3x 3= 9 
 
 4x 3 = 12 
 
 5x 3 = 15 
 
 2x 4= 8 
 
 3x 4 = 12 
 
 4 X 4 = 16 
 
 5x 4 = 20 
 
 2x 5 = 10 
 
 3x 5 = 15 
 
 4x 5 = 20 
 
 5x 5 = 25 
 
 2x 6 = 12 
 
 3x 6 = 18 
 
 4x 6 = 24 
 
 5x 6 = 30 
 
 2x 7 = 14 
 
 3x 7 = 21 
 
 4x 7 = 28 
 
 5x 7 = 35 
 
 2x 8 = 16 
 
 3x 8 = 24 
 
 4x 8 = 32 
 
 5x 8 = 40 
 
 2x 9 = 18 
 
 3 X 9 = 27 
 
 4x 9 = 36 
 
 5x 9 = 45 
 
 2 X 10 = 20 
 
 3 X 10 = 30 
 
 4 X 10 = 40 
 
 5 X 10 = 50 
 
 2 x 11 = 22 
 
 3 X 11 = 33 
 
 4 X 11 = 44 
 
 5 X 11 = 55 
 
 2 X 12 = 24 
 
 3 X 12 = 36 
 
 4 X 12 = 48 
 
 5 X 12 = 60 
 
 6X 1= 6 
 
 7x 1= 7 
 
 8x 1= 8 
 
 9x1= 9 
 
 6x 2 = 12 
 
 7x 2 = 14 
 
 8 X 2 = 16 
 
 9 X 2 = 18 
 
 6x 3 = 18 
 
 7x 3 = 21 
 
 8x 3 = 24 
 
 9x 3= 27 
 
 6x 4 = 24 
 
 7x 4 = 28 
 
 8x 4 = 32 
 
 9 X 4 = 36 
 
 6x 5 = 30 
 
 7X 5 = 35 
 
 8 X 5 = 40 
 
 9x 5= 45 
 
 6 X 6 = 36 
 
 7x 6 = 42 
 
 8x 6 = 48 
 
 9x 6= 54 
 
 6x 7 = 42 
 
 7 X 7 = 49 
 
 8x 7 = 56 
 
 9x 7= 63 
 
 6x 8 = 48 
 
 7x 8 = 56 
 
 8x 8 = 64 
 
 9x 8= 72 
 
 6 X 9 = 54 
 
 7 X 9 = 63 
 
 8x 9 = 72 
 
 9 X 9 = 81 
 
 6 X 10 = 60 
 
 7 x 10 = 70 
 
 8 X 10 = 80 
 
 9x10= 90 
 
 6 X 11 = 66 
 
 7 X 11 = 77 
 
 8 x 11 = 88 
 
 9x11= 99 
 
 6 X 12 = 72 
 
 7 X 12 = 84 
 
 8 X 12 = 96 
 
 9x12 = 108 
 
 10 X 1= 10 
 
 11 X 1 = 11 
 
 12 X 1= 12 
 
 KOMAN 
 
 10 X 2= 20 
 
 11 X 2= 22 
 
 12 X 2= 24 
 
 Numerals 
 
 10 X 3= 30 
 
 11 X 3 = 33 
 
 12 X 3 = 36 
 
 I =1 
 
 10 X 4= 40 
 
 11 X 4 = 44 
 
 12 X 4= 48 
 
 10 X 5= 50 
 
 11 X 5= 55 
 
 12 X 5= 60 
 
 V=5 
 
 10 X 6 = 60 
 
 11 X 6 = 66 
 
 12 X 6 = 72 
 
 X=10 
 
 10 X 7= 70 
 
 11 X 7 = 77 
 
 12 X 7 = 84 
 
 L =50 
 
 10 X 8= 80 
 
 11 X 8= 88 
 
 12 X 8 = 96 
 
 C =100 
 
 10 X 9= 90 
 
 11 X 9 = 99 
 
 12 X 9 = 108 
 
 D=500 
 
 10 X 10 = 100 
 
 11 X 10 = 110 
 
 12 X 10 = 120 
 
 10 X 11 = 110 
 
 11 X 11 = 121 
 
 12 X 11 = 132 
 
 M = 1000 
 
 10x12 = 120 
 
 11 X 12 = 132 
 
 12 X 12 = 144 
 
 M = 1,000,000 
 
410 
 
 GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC 
 
 Compound Interest Table 
 
 Periods 
 
 % Per Cent 
 
 1 Per Cent 
 
 li/i Per Cent 
 
 11/2 Per Cent 
 
 2 Per Cent 
 
 2V2 Per Cent 
 
 1 
 
 1.007500 
 
 1.010000 
 
 1.012500 
 
 1.015000 
 
 1.020000 
 
 1.025000 
 
 2 
 
 1.015056 
 
 1.020100 
 
 1.025156 
 
 1.030225 
 
 1.040400 
 
 1.050625 
 
 3 
 
 1.022669 
 
 1.030301 
 
 1.037970 
 
 1.045678 
 
 1.061208 
 
 1.076891 
 
 4 
 
 1.030339 
 
 1.040604 
 
 1.050945 
 
 1.061364 
 
 1.082432 
 
 1.103813 
 
 5 
 
 1.038066 
 
 1.051010 
 
 1.064082 
 
 1.077284 
 
 1.104981 
 
 1.131408 
 
 6 
 
 1.045852 
 
 1.061520 
 
 1.077383 
 
 1.093443 
 
 1.126162 
 
 1.159693 
 
 7 
 
 1.053696 
 
 1.072135 
 
 1.090850 
 
 1.109845 
 
 1.148686 
 
 1.188686 
 
 8 
 
 1.061598 
 
 1.082856 
 
 1.104486 
 
 1.126493 
 
 1.171660 
 
 1.218403 
 
 9 
 
 1.069560 
 
 1.093685 
 
 1.118292 
 
 1.143390 
 
 1.195093 
 
 1.248863 
 
 10 
 
 1.077582 
 
 1.104622 
 
 1.132270 
 
 1.160541 
 
 1.218994 
 
 1.280085 
 
 11 
 
 1.085664 
 
 1.115668 
 
 1.146424 
 
 1.177949 
 
 1.243374 
 
 1.312087 
 
 12 
 
 1.093806 
 
 1.126825 
 
 1.160754 
 
 1.195618 
 
 1.268242 
 
 1.344889 
 
 13 
 
 1.103010 
 
 1.138093 
 
 1.175263 
 
 1.213552 
 
 1.293607 
 
 1.378511 
 
 14 
 
 1.110275 
 
 1.149474 
 
 1.189954 
 
 1.231756 
 
 1.319479 
 
 1.412774 
 
 15 
 
 1.118602 
 
 1.160968 
 
 1.204829 
 
 1.250232 
 
 1.345868 
 
 1.448298 
 
 16 
 
 1.126992 
 
 1.172578 
 
 1.219889 
 
 1.268985 
 
 1.372786 
 
 1.484506 
 
 17 
 
 1.135444 
 
 1.184304 
 
 1.235138 
 
 1.288020 
 
 1.400241 
 
 1.521618 
 
 18 
 
 1.143960 
 
 1.196147 
 
 1.250477 
 
 1.307341 
 
 1.428246 
 
 1.559659 
 
 19 
 
 1.152540 
 
 1.208108 
 
 1.266108 
 
 1.326951 
 
 1.456811 
 
 1.598650 
 
 20 
 
 1.161184 
 
 1.220190 
 
 1.281934 
 
 1.346855 
 
 1.485947 
 
 1.638616 
 
 Periods 
 
 3 Per Cent 
 
 314 Per Cent 
 
 4 Per Cent 
 
 5 Per Cent 
 
 6 Per Cent 
 
 7 Per Cent 
 
 1 
 
 1.030000 
 
 1.035000 
 
 1.040000 
 
 1.050000 
 
 1.060000 
 
 1.070000 
 
 2 
 
 1.060900 
 
 1.071225 
 
 1.081600 
 
 1.102500 
 
 1.123600 
 
 1.144900 
 
 3 
 
 1.092727 
 
 1.108718 
 
 1.124864 
 
 1.157625 
 
 1.191016 
 
 1.225043 
 
 4 
 
 1.125509 
 
 1.147523 
 
 1.169859 
 
 1.215506 
 
 1.262477 
 
 1.310796 
 
 5 
 
 1.159274 
 
 1.187686 
 
 1.216653 
 
 1.276282 
 
 1.338226 
 
 1.402552 
 
 6 
 
 1.194052 
 
 1.229255 
 
 1.265319 
 
 1.340096 
 
 1.418519 
 
 1.500730 
 
 7 
 
 1.229874 
 
 1.272279 
 
 1.315932 
 
 1.407100 
 
 1.503630 
 
 1.605781 
 
 8 
 
 1.266770 
 
 1.316809 
 
 1.368569 
 
 1.477455 
 
 1.593848 
 
 1.718186 
 
 9 
 
 1.304773 
 
 1.362897 
 
 1.423312 
 
 1.551328 
 
 1.689479 
 
 1.838459 
 
 10 
 
 1.343916 
 
 1.410599 
 
 1.480244 
 
 1.628895 
 
 1.790848 
 
 1.967151 
 
 11 
 
 1.384234 
 
 1.459970 
 
 1.539454 
 
 1.710339 
 
 1.898299 
 
 2.104852 
 
 12 
 
 1.425761 
 
 1.511069 
 
 1.601032 
 
 1.795856 
 
 2.012197 
 
 2.252192 
 
 13 
 
 1.468534 
 
 1.563956 
 
 1.665074 
 
 1.885649 
 
 2.132928 
 
 2.409845 
 
 14 
 
 1.512590 
 
 1.618695 
 
 1.731676 
 
 1.979932 
 
 2.260904 
 
 2.578534 
 
 15 
 
 1.557967 
 
 1.675349 
 
 1.800944 
 
 2.078928 
 
 2.396558 
 
 2.759031 
 
 16 
 
 1.604706 
 
 1.733986 
 
 1.872981 
 
 2.182875 
 
 2.540352 
 
 2.952164 
 
 17 
 
 1.652848 
 
 1.794676 
 
 1.947901 
 
 2.292018 
 
 2.692773 
 
 3.158815 
 
 18 
 
 1.702433 
 
 1.857489 
 
 2.025817 
 
 2.406619 
 
 2.854339 
 
 3.379932 
 
 19 
 
 1.753506 
 
 1.922501 
 
 2.106849 
 
 2.526950 
 
 3.025600 
 
 3.616527 
 
 20 
 
 1.806111 
 
 1.989789 
 
 2.191123 
 
 2.653298 
 
 3.207136 
 
 3.869684 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abstract number, 3. 
 Acceptance, 233. 
 Accounts, 61. 
 Acute angle, 83. 
 Addends, 10. 
 Addition, 10. 
 
 of compound numbers, 91. 
 
 of fractions and mixed numbers, 42. 
 Ad valorem dutj^, 262. 
 Agent, 145. 
 Aliquot parts, 55. 
 Altitude, 96. 
 
 of a cone, 356. 
 
 of a regular pyramid, 358. 
 Amount, 129, 165, 191. 
 Angle, 81. 
 Antecedent, 303. 
 
 Applications of square root, 340. 
 Arabic notation, 4. 
 Arc, 81. 
 Areas of parallelograms, 98. 
 
 of rectangles, 97. 
 
 of regular polygons, 345. 
 
 of trapezoids, 346. 
 
 of triangles, 99. 
 Articles sold by the 100, etc., 75. 
 Assessment, 288. 
 Assessment roll, 221. 
 Assessors, 221. 
 Axioms, 270. 
 
 Balance, 61. 
 
 Bank discount, 211. 
 
 Bank draft, 226. 
 
 Bank note, 211. 
 
 Banks and banking, 205. 
 
 savings, 205. 
 
 of deposit, 205. 
 
 national, 206. 
 
 state, 206. 
 Base, 96, 129, 351, 
 
 Base line, 405. 
 Bill, 62. 
 
 Bonds, 296, 299. 
 Braces, 23. 
 Brackets, 23. 
 Broker, 289. 
 Brokerage, 145, 289. 
 Building walls, 102. 
 
 Cable transfers, 242. 
 
 Cancellation, 31. 
 
 Capacity, 113. 
 
 Capital stock, 287. 
 
 Carat, 84. 
 
 Certificate of stock, 284. 
 
 Check, 207. 
 
 Circle, 81, 347. 
 
 Circumference, 81, 360, 347. 
 
 Clearing house, 229. 
 
 Commercial discount, 151. 
 
 Commercial drafts, 231. 
 
 Commission, 145. 
 
 Common denominator, 41. 
 
 Common divisor, 34. 
 
 Common fraction, 51. 
 
 Common fraction at the end of a decimal, 
 54. 
 
 Common multiple, 32. 
 
 Common stock, 289. 
 
 Comparative study of decimals and com- 
 mon fractions, 51. 
 
 Complex fraction, 49. 
 
 Composite number, 29. 
 
 Compound fraction, 4(>. 
 
 Compound interest, 180. 
 
 Compound interest table, 410. 
 
 Compound number, 76. 
 
 Computation in hundredths, 125. 
 
 Concrete number, 3. 
 
 Cone, 355. 
 
 Consequent, 303. 
 
 411 
 
412 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Consignee, 146. 
 Consignment, 145. 
 Consignor, 146. 
 Contents, 100. 
 Contract, 157. 
 Corporation, 296. 
 Correspondent, 228. 
 Couplet, 304. 
 Coupon, 299. 
 Coupon bonds, 299. 
 Creditor, 62. 
 Cube, 100, 324. 
 Cube root, 327, 392. 
 Cylinder, 352. 
 
 Day of discount, 212. 
 Debit, 61. 
 Debtor, 62. 
 Decimal fraction, 4. 
 Default of payment, 188. 
 Denominate number, 76. 
 Denomination, 76. 
 Denominator, 3, 37. 
 Diameter, 347, 359. 
 Difference, 12, 129. 
 Digit, 25. 
 Direct ratio, 304. 
 Discount, 211,288. 
 Dividend, 17, 288. 
 Division, 17. 
 
 of compound numbers, 95. 
 
 of decimals, 19. 
 
 of fractions, 48. 
 Divisor, 17. 
 
 Domestic exchange, 229. 
 Draft, 226. 
 Drawee of a check, 208. 
 
 of a draft, 226. 
 Drawer of a check, 208. 
 
 of a draft, 226. 
 Duties or customs, 261. 
 
 Equation, 267. 
 Even number, 25. 
 Evolution, 328. 
 
 by factoring, 339. 
 Exact differences between dates, 94. 
 Exact interest, 171. 
 Exchange, 228, 229, 233. 
 
 Exponent, 324. 
 
 Express money order, 237. 
 
 Extremes, 306. 
 
 Face of a bond, 299. 
 
 of a check, 208. 
 
 of a draft, 226. 
 
 of a note, 185. 
 
 of an insurance policy, 158. 
 Factors, 15, 29. 
 Farmers' estimates, 407. 
 Fathom, 83. 
 Floor covering, 104. 
 Fluid ounce, 77. 
 Foreign exchange, 239. 
 Fraction, 3, 36. 
 Franc, 240. 
 Furlong, 83. 
 
 Government lands, 405. 
 Greatest common divisor, 34. 
 by continued division, 406. 
 Guide figure in division, 18. 
 
 Hand, 83. 
 Heptagon, 345. 
 Hexagon, 345. 
 Holder of a note, 185. 
 Hypotenuse, 340. 
 
 Ideas of proportion, 27. 
 Improper fraction, 39. 
 Indorsee, 187. 
 Indorser, 187. 
 Indorsement, 186. 
 
 in blank, 186. 
 
 in full, 187. 
 
 of partial payments, 193. 
 
 restrictive, 187. 
 Insurance, 157. 
 Integer, 3. 
 Integral factor, 29. 
 Interest, 165. 
 
 compound, 180. 
 
 exact, 171. 
 
 for short periods, 170. 
 
 problems in, 172. 
 
 simple, 180. 
 International date line, 367. 
 
INDEX 
 
 413 
 
 Intrinsic par of exchange, 241. 
 Inverse ratio, 304. 
 Invoice, 62. 
 Involution, 325. 
 
 Karat, 84. 
 
 Kinds of paper money, 408. 
 
 Knot, 83. 
 
 Lateral surface of a pyramid, 358. 
 Least common denominator, 41. 
 Least common multiple, 33. 
 Legal rate, 165. 
 Legs of a right triangle, 340. 
 Lira, 240. 
 List price, 151. 
 Longitude and time, 365. 
 
 Maker of a note, 185. 
 
 Mark, 240. 
 
 Market value, 288. 
 
 Maturity, 187. 
 
 Means, 306. 
 
 Mensuration, 344. 
 
 Meridian, 365. 
 
 Methods of computing interest, 397. 
 
 bankers' method, 398. 
 
 by aliquot parts, 397. 
 
 ordinary six per cent method, 398. 
 Metric system, 247. 
 Minuend, 12. 
 Mixed decimal, 5. 
 Mixed number, 39. 
 Multiple, 29. 
 Multiplicand, 15. 
 Multiplier, 15. 
 Multiplication, 15. 
 
 of compound numbers, 94. 
 
 of decimals, 19. 
 
 of fractions, 45. 
 
 table, 409. 
 
 Nautical mile, 83. 
 Net price, 151. 
 Net proceeds, 146, 234. 
 Notation, 4. 
 Notes, 182. 
 
 kinds of, 185. 
 Number, 3. 
 
 Numbers prime to each other, 34. 
 Numeration, 6. 
 Numerator, 3, 37. 
 
 Obtuse angle, 83. 
 
 Octagon, 345. 
 
 Odd number, 26. 
 
 Of between fractions, 46. 
 
 Orders of units, 4. 
 
 Parallel lines, 96. 
 Parallelogram, 96. 
 Partial payments, 193. 
 Parties, 61. 
 
 Partitive proportion, 312. 
 Partnership, 314. 
 Par value, 288. 
 Payee of a check, 208. 
 
 of a draft, 226. 
 
 of a note, 185. 
 Pentagon, 345. 
 Percentage, 128, 129. 
 Per cents equivalent to common fractions, 
 
 133. 
 Perch, 84. 
 Perfect cube, 328. 
 Perfect power, 328. 
 Period, 4, 5. 
 Perpendicular, 340. 
 Personal property, 220. 
 Plane figure, 345. 
 Plane surface, 345. 
 Policy, 158. 
 Poll tax, 220. 
 Polygon, 345. 
 Postal money order, 235. 
 Power, 3, 324. 
 Preferred stock, 289. 
 Premium, 158, 288. 
 Present worth, 398. 
 Prime factor, 29. 
 Prime meridian, 365. 
 Prime number, 29. 
 Principal, 146, 165, 191. 
 Prism, 351. 
 
 Proceeds of a note, 211. 
 Product, 15. 
 Profit and loss, 139. 
 Proper fraction, 39. 
 
414 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Property tax, 220. 
 Proportion, 306. 
 Protest, 218. 
 
 Quadrilateral, 96. 
 Quotient, 17. 
 
 Radical index, 327. 
 Radical sign, 327. 
 Radius, 347, 359. 
 Rate of interest, 165. 
 Rate per cent, 129. 
 Ratio, 303. 
 Real property, 220. 
 Rectangle, 96. 
 Rectangular prism, 351. 
 Reduction, 37. 
 ascending, 85. 
 descending, 85. 
 
 of a fraction to lowest terms, 37. 
 of complex fractions to simple frac- 
 tions, 49. 
 of fractions to least common denomi- 
 nator, 41. 
 of improper fractions to integers or 
 
 mixed numbers, 39. 
 of integers and mixed numbers to im- 
 proper fractions, 40. 
 Registered bonds, 299. 
 Regular polygon, 345. 
 Regular pyramid, 358. 
 Remainder, 12, 17. 
 Review and practice, 68-74, 117-125, 198- 
 
 205, 317-323, 373-391. 
 Right triangle, 340. 
 Roman notation, 8. 
 Root, 327. 
 Rules 
 
 for finding whether a number is prime 
 
 or composite, 29. 
 for finding the number of board feet, 
 
 109. 
 for finding bank discount and pro- 
 ceeds, 212. 
 for partial payments, 193. 
 Merchants' rule, 197. 
 
 Scale of Arabic notation, 4. 
 Section of land, 84, 405. 
 
 Share, 287. 
 
 Short division, 18. 
 
 Sight draft, 233. 
 
 Sign of equality, 10. 
 
 Significant figures, 4. 
 
 Signs of aggregation, 23. 
 
 Similar solids, 397. 
 
 Similar surfaces, 361. 
 
 Simple fraction, 49. 
 
 Simple interest, 180. 
 
 Simple number, 76. 
 
 Simplest form of a number, 42. 
 
 Slant height of a cone, 356. 
 
 of a pyramid, 358. 
 Solid, 351. 
 Sovereign, 239. 
 Special cases in division, 58. 
 Special cases in multiplication, 57. 
 Specific duty, 262. 
 Sphere, 359. 
 Square, 324. 
 
 Square of roofing, etc., 84. 
 Square prism, 351. 
 Square root, 327, 329. 
 
 of a common fraction, 337. 
 
 of a decimal, 336. 
 Standard time, 371. 
 Statement, 62. 
 Statute mile, 83. 
 Stock company, 287. 
 Stockholder, 287. 
 Subtraction, 12. 
 
 of compound numbers, 91. 
 
 of fractions and mixed numbers, 43. 
 Subtrahend, 12. 
 Successive discounts, 151. 
 Sum, 10. 
 Suretyship, 400. 
 
 Table of 
 
 apothecaries' weight, 77. 
 Arabic notation, 5. 
 arc and angle measure, 81. 
 avoirdupois weight, 76. 
 compound interest, 210. 
 counting, 78. 
 dry measure, 76. 
 English money, 80. 
 French money, 80. 
 
INDEX 
 
 415 
 
 Table of 
 
 German money, 81. 
 
 linear measure, 77. 
 
 liquid measure, 76. 
 
 paper measure, 79. 
 
 surface measure, 78. 
 
 surveyors' long measure, 78, 
 
 surveyors' square measure, 78. 
 
 time, 79. 
 
 Troy weight, 77. 
 
 United States money, 80. 
 
 volume measure, 78. 
 Tare, 263. 
 Tariff, 262. 
 Tax, 220. 
 Tax budget, 221. 
 Tax rate, 221. 
 Term of discount, 212. 
 Telegraph money order, 238. 
 
 Terms of a fraction, 37. 
 
 of a ratio, 303. 
 
 of a proportion, 306. 
 Tests of divisibility, 25. 
 Time draft, 233. 
 Trade discount, 151. 
 True discount, 398. 
 Trust companies, 206. 
 
 Usury, 165. 
 
 Value of a fraction, 37. 
 Vertex of a cone, 355. 
 Vinculum, 23. 
 Volume, 100, 113. 
 
 of a cone, 357. 
 
 of a cylinder, 354. 
 
 of a prism, 351, 
 
 of a rectangular prism, 351. 
 
 of a pyramid, 358. 
 
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