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will 1 third of a bushel cost? What will 2 thirds of a bushel cost?

35. What is 1 third of 2 ? 36. What is 2 thirds of 2 ?

37. If a load of wood cost 5 dollars, what will i third of a load cost ? What will 2 thirds of a load cost ?

38. What is ] third of 5 ? 39. What is 2 thirds of 5 ? 40. What is 2 thirds of 7 ?

41. If 4 bushels of salt cost 3 dollars, what will 1 bushel cost? What will 3 bushels cost ?

42. What is 1 fourth of 3? 43. What is 3 fourths of 3 ?

44. If a barrel of cider cost 2 dollars, what will 1 fifth of a barrel cost ? What will 2 fifths of a barrel cost ?

45. What is 1 fifth of 2 ? 46. What is 2 fifths of 2 ? 47. What is 1 fifth of " ? 48. What is 3 fifths of 7?

49. If 7 gallons of gin cost 5 dollars, what will 1. gallon cost? What will 4 gallons cost ?

50. What is 1 seventh of 5 ?
51. What is 4 sevenths of 5?
52. What is 1 sixth of 4 ?
53. What is 5 sixths of 4 !
54. If you divide 7 dollars

8 men, what part of a dollar will you give them apiece? What would three of them have ?

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55. What is 1 eighth of 7 ? 56. What is 3 eighths of 7 ? 57. What is 1 pinth of 10 ? 58. What is my ninths of 10 ? 59. What is 1 tenth of 14? 60. What is 4 tenths of 14 ? 61. If 5 yards of cloth cost 17 dollars, what is

[Part ). that a yard? What would 3 yards cost ? What would 8 yards cost? 62. What is 3 fifths of 17 ? 63. What is 8 fifths of 17 ? 64. What is ő sevenths of 20 ? 65. What is 2 ninths of 22 ? 66. What is 3 eighths of 27 ? 67. What is 2 thirds of 28 ? 68. What is 3 fourths of 31 ?

69. 'If 5 loads of hay cost 47 dollars, what is that a load ? What will 2 loads cost ? What will 7 loads cost ? What will 12 loads cost ?

70. What is 2 fifths of 47 ?
71. What is 7 fifths of 47 ?
72. What is 12 fifths of 47 ?
73. What is 4 sevenths of 48?
74. What is 4 ninths of 50 ?
75. What is 2 sevenths of 58 ?
76. What is 3 eighths of 61 ?
77. What is 4 tenths of 73 ?
78. What is 8 ninths of 65 ?
79. What is 9 tenths of 78 ?
80. What is 7 eighths of 70 ?

B. 1. If you divide 7 apples equally between 2 boys, how many would you give them apiece ?

2. How can you divide 5 oranges equally among 3 persons ?

3. Divide 3 bushels of corn equally among 5 men, how much would you give them apiece ?

4. A boy had 7 pears, and gave away 3 fifths of them ; how many did he give away ? and how many had he left?

5. If 2 yards of cloth cost 3 dollars, what is that a yard?

6. If 4 yards of cloth cost 2 dollars, what is that a yard?

[Let the answers be given in dollars and cents or in shillings. 1 dollar is 100 cents.]

7. If 5 bushels of corn cost 7 dollars, what is that a bushel ?

8. If a man receive 8 dollars for 6 days' work, what is that per day?

9. If 3 bushels of wheat cost 8 dollars, what will 2 bushels cost?

10. A man had 30 dollars, and gave away 3 sevenths of it; how much did he give away ?

11. If 4 yards of cloth cost 10 dollars, what will 3 yards cost ?

12. If 3 barrels of cider cost 8 dollars, what will 10 barrels cost ?

13. If 7 pounds of flour cost 40 cents, what will 10 pounds cost?

14. If 4 firkins of butter cost 26 dollars, what will 7 firkins cost ?

*15. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how long will it take 1 man to do it? How long would it take 4 men ?

16. If 2 cocks will empty a cistern in 3 hours, in how long a time would 1 empty it? In how long a time would 7 cocks empty it?

SECTION XI.

A. 1. BOUGHT I half of a yard of cloth for 1 dollar and 1 half; what was that a yard ?

2. 1 and 1 half is the half of what number ?*

3. If i third of a yard of cloth cost 1 dollar and 3 fourths of a dollar, how much does a yard cost ?

* See sect. VI. art. A., and sect. IX. art. B.

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4. 2 and 3 fourths is I third of what number?

5. If i half of a barrel of beer cost 2 dollars and 1 fourth of a dollar, how much will a barrel cost ?

6. 2 and 3 fourths is one half of what number?

7. If 1 fourth of a box of lemons cost 3 dollars and 2 thirds of a dollar, what will a box cost ?

8. 2 and 2 thirds is 1 fourth of what number? 9. 3 and 1 half is 1 fourth of what number ?

10. If 1 third of a barrel of pork cost 4 dollars and I third of a dollar, what will i barrel cost ?

11. 4 and 2 thirds is 1 third of what number !

12. If 1 sixth of a barrel of fish cost 2 dollars and 1 fifth of a dollar, what will a barrel cost ?

13. 3 and 2 fifths is 1 sixth of what number !

14. If 1 fifth of a barrel of salmon cost 3 dollars and 2 sevenths of a dollar, what is that a barrel?

15. 4 and 3 sevenths is 1 fifth of what number?

16. If a man can travel 4 miles and 3 sevenths of a mile in 1 ninth of a day, how far will he travel in a whole day?

17. 5 and 3 sevenths is 1 ninth of what number? 18. 2 and 4 fifths is 1 seventh of what number? 19. 6 and 3 eighths is 1 eighth of what number? 20. 7 and 5 sixths is 1 third of what number? 21. 8 and 3 sevenths is 1 fourth of what number? 22. 5 and 3 tenths is 1 seventh of what number? 23. 8 and 5 ninths is 1 fifth of what number? 24. 9 and 4 fifths is 1 eighth of what number? 25. 6 and 4 tenths is 1 tenth of what number? 26. 7 and 4 ninths is 1 fifth of what number ? 27. 8 and 7 tenths is 1 seventh of what number?

B. 1. If 2 thirds of a barrel of beef cost 3 dollars, what does 1 third of a barrel cost?

a 2. 3 is 2 times what number ?*

* See section VI, article B.

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Ans. 3 is 2 times the half of 3; but 1 half of 3 is 3 halves, or I and I half,* therefore 3 is 2 times I and 1 half.

3. If 3 fifths of a yard of cloth cost 4 dollars, what will 1 fifth of a yard cost?

4. 5 is 3 times what number !

5. If 3 sevenths of a barrel of pork cost 2 dollars, what will I seventh of a barrel cost?

6. 2 is 3 times what number ?

7. If 4 thirds of a bunch of shingles cost 5 dollars, what does 1 third of a bunch cost?

8. T is 4 times what number? 9. 2 is 4 times what number?

10. A man bought 4 ninths of a barrel of flour for three dollars; what would be the price of 1 ninth of a barrel at the same rate ?

11. 5 is 4 times what number?

12. A man bought 5 eighths of a hundred weight of sugar for 6 dollars; what would 1 eighth of a hundred weight cost at the same rate ?

13. 7 is 5 times what number? 14. 3 is 5 times what number? 15. 8 is 5 times what number? 16. 9 is 4 times what number ? 17. 11 is 6 times what number? 18. 13 is 7 times what number ? 19. 14 is 8 times what number? 20. 17 is 5 times what number? 21. 18 is 8 times what number ? 22. 17 is 9 times what number ! 23. 15 is 10 times what number? 24. 20 is 9 times what number? 25. 22 is 10 times what number ? 26. 24 is 7 times what number ! 27. If 2 thirds of a barrel of beef cost 3 dollars,

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