116 dollars each, and a carriage for 147 dollars; his father gave him 1600 dollars, and he had earned 333 more. How much money had he left after paying for what he purchased ?-How much did the whole amount to? 16. Cadmus first introduced letters into Greece 1400 years before Christ. How many years since? 17. The earth has one moon, Jupiter four, Saturn seven, and Herschell six. How many moons have they all got? 18. The earth moves in its orbit at the rate of 68,000 miles per hour, and Mercury the nearest planet to the sun, at the rate of 95,000 miles per hour. How many more miles does Mercury move in one hour, than the earth? 19. A man purchased 4 hogsheads of molasses at 25 dollars per hogshead, and 8 barrels of flour, at 5 dollars per barrel; and sold the whole for 160 dollars. Did he gain or lose in the bargain, and how much? 20. A man had a horse worth 150 dollars; and his neighbour wishing to obtain him, agreed to let him have a yoke of oxen worth 75 dollars, and a cow worth 20 dollars, and to pay him the remainder in money. How much money did he pay? 21. Which contains the greatest number of days, the first 4 months of the year, or the 3 last? and what is their difference? 3 6 5 times 3 times 1 are 3 times 2 are 3 times 3 are 9 3 times 4 are 12 3 times 5 are 15 3 times 6 are 18 3 times 7 are 21 3 times 8 are 24 3 times 9 are 27 3 times 10 are 30 3 times 11 are 33 3 times 12 are 36 4 times 0 is 4 times 1 are 4 8 are 40 5 times 9 are 45 5 times 10 are 50 5 times 11 are 55 5 times 12 are 60 7 times 7 are 49 7 times 8 are 56 7 times 9 are 63 7 times 10 are 70 7 times 11 are 77 7 times 12 are 84 8 times 8 are 64 8 times 9 are 72 8 times 10 are 80 8 times 11 are 88 8 times 12 are 96 | 9. Questions to be answered mentally. ? 1. Two times three are how many? 2. Three times five are how many ? 3. Six times three are how many? 4. Eight times three are how many ? 5. Ten times three are how many? 6. Six times four are how many? 7. Seven times four are how many? 8. Nine times four are how many? Three times five are how many Six times five are how many ? 11. Four times six are how many ? 12. Eight times six are how many ? 13. Five times eight are how many 14. Six times eight are how many ? 15. Eight times eight are how many 16. Four times seven are how many 17. Six times seven are how many ? 18. Seven times seven are how many 10. ? ? ? ? 21. 19. Eight times seven are how many? Twelve times ten are how many? 35. Two times eleven are how many? 36. Four times eleven are how many? 37. Six times eleven are how many P 38. Eight times eleven are how many ? 39. Ten times eleven are how many ? 40. Two times twelve aré how many ? 41. Three times twelve are how many ? 42. What will five oranges cost at four cents a piece? 43. What will six barrels of cider cost, at five dollars each? 44. How much will three barrels of beer cost, at seven dollars each? 45. What cost two firkins of butter, at seven dollars per firkin? 46. What do nine pounds of veal cost, at nine cents per pound ? 47. How much will ten apples cost, at three cents a piece? 48. How much will eight pair of shoes cost, at three dollars a pair? 49. What is the value of nine yards of cloth, at six dollars per yard? 50. If a man travel nine miles an hour; how many miles will he travel in five hours? 51 There is an orchard consisting of nine rows of trees, and seven trees in a row; how many trees are there in the orchard? 52. On a chess board there are eight rows of squares, and six squares in each row; how many squares are there in each row? 53. In one penny there are four farthings; how many in four pence? 54. How many farthings are there in six pence? 55. How many are there in ten pence? 56. How many are there in nine pence ? 57. How many are there in five pence? SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION What is Simple Multiplication? Is a rule by which any one particular number, to be added or increased a certain number of times, may be done much more expeditiously than by Addition. |