Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/50 - De Vino in Vasculum

by : Problem $50$

 * De Vino in Vasculum: Wine in Flasks
 * How many sextarii are there in $100$ metri of wine,
 * and how many meri are there in the same $100$ metri?

Solution

 * $4800$ sextarii

which is:
 * $28 \, 800$ meri.

Proof
There are $48$ sextarii to the metra.

There are $6$ meri to the sextarius.

Thus the number of sextarii in $100$ metri is:
 * $48 \times 100 = 4800$

and the meri in $100$ metri is:
 * $6 \times 4800 = 28 \, 800$