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multiple of the unit they mean. They have used Greek words to show multiples, and Latin words to show submultiples. The French measure of length would be—

KILOmetre-1000 metres (Greek Chilioi 1000)

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prefixed to a word always multiplies it by 1000,"Hecto-" by 100, and "Deka-" by 10. "Deci-" divides by 10, "Centi-" by 100, and "Milli-" by 1000.

You may say that the words look hard to you. Most likely they do: you are not used to them. But in a very little time they would become familiar and easy. And so much time and trouble would be spared by the introduction of such a method into England, that we are tempted to wonder why it is not done. We must remember, however, that our merchants and tradesmen would be obliged to alter all their weights, and all, the figures in their books of account; besides which, it would take time to get the new system into work, and we should have the trouble of learning our present system, and the decimal system as well, so long as both were in use.

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ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES,

FOR HOME LESSONS AND FOR PRACTICE.

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51. If I buy a pair of shoes for 9 shillings, what will a score cost? what will a gross cost? what will 2084 pairs cost? 52. If a soldier's coat cost 19 shillings, what will the coats of 43265 soldiers cost?

53. What will it cost to clothe 5 regiments, each of 246 men, at the rate of £5 13 6 each?

54. A man's expenses are 12s. 3d. per day, what is that for 14

weeks?

55. What will 32705 jackets cost if a score cost £6 12 6?
56. What will 41378 knives cost at 7s. 9d. per dozen ?
57. What will 2 qrs. cost at £5 10 0 per cwt. ?

58. What will 14 lbs. cost at £10 per cwt. ?

59. What will 37 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. cost at £7 10 9 per cwt. ? 60. What will 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs. cost at £7 3 9 per cwt. ? 61. What will 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs. cost at 18s. 3d. per cwt.? 62. What will 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lbs. cost at £2 6 7 per qr.? 63. What will 3 cwt. 1 qr. 7 lbs. cost at 3s. 10d. per lb. ? 64. What will 413 lbs. cost at £55 10 0 per cwt. ?

65. What will 3934 lbs. cost, if 3 cwt. cost £22 12 3? 66. What will 5 yards 2 ft. 9 inches cost at 5s. 3 d. per foot? 67. What will 20 acres 3 roods 25 poles cost at £5 7 6 per

rood?

68. What will 27 acres 3 roods 27 poles cost at £7 10 8 per

acre?

69. What will 13 acres 3 roods 33 poles cost at £11 an acre? 70. What will 7 gallons 3 pints cost at £1 7 0 per barrel?

71. What is the amount of a man's wages for 4 months 3 weeks 6 days, at 17s. 4d. a week?

72. A sailor is engaged for 11 months 2 weeks 5 days, at £5 4 9 a month. What are his earnings?

73. Find wages for 17 months 3 weeks 6 days, at £2 10 6 a

month.

74. A bankrupt owes £2735. He pays 11s. 7d. in the £; what are his assets?

75. If a man's income be £250 10 0, what income tax does he pay at 5d. in the £?

76. What dividend is paid on £2045 15 9, at 5s. 111⁄2d. in the £?

77. A man's income is 500 guineas. What income tax will he pay at 7d. in the £ ?

78. What will it cost to plant 23 acres 3 roods 25 poles, at £27 18 6 a rood?

79. What will it cost to plant 111 roods 27 poles, at £7 10 8 per acre?

80. On May 2nd, 1852, Thomas Wilson, Esq., bought of James Smith, the following articles: 11 lbs. of beef at 7d. a pound, 12 lbs. of mutton at 61d., 13 lbs. of veal at 5 d., 20 lbs. of pork at 64d., and 4 lbs. of suet at 51d. Make out a bill showing what is owing.

81. Make out a bill of the following:-64 yards velvet at 10s. 2d.; 24 yards of satin at 6s. 3d.; 3 dozen yards

of cloth at 4s. 9d.; 2 score yards at 7s. 6d. ; 51⁄2 dozen yards at 8s. Od.

82. Make out a bill for 3 score eggs at 10d. a dozen; 10 dozen eggs at 18 pence a score; 46 chickens at 6 shillings a pair; 71⁄2 lbs. of butter at 15 pence a lb. ; 39 lbs. of cheese at 64d. a lb.; 22 lbs. of sausages at 9d. a lb.

88. Make out a bill for 25633 dozen knives at 7s. 6d. a dozen; 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. of tea at 3s. 6d. a lb.; 83 dozen copy books at 4 for ninepence; 73 score copy books at 4 shillings a dozen; 100 rulers at 6s. 8d. a score, and 1 dozen writing-desks at 1 guineas each desk. 84. How many centimes are there in 25 francs 32 centimes? 85. How many centimes are there in 26 francs 4 decimes 8 centimes?

86. Reduce 75932 centimes to francs.

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