A gentleman sent his friend with £100 to buy 100 cattle, with orders to give £5 for each Bullock, 20 Shillings for cows, and one Shilling for each sheep.

How many of each did his friend buy?

Note: Banneker lived in the eighteenth century when the word cattle was used to describe domesticated animals, including sheep, goats, cows, and bulls.   A shilling was 1/20 of a pound (£).





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