it in 24 hours, and the other in 33: in what time will they fill it running together?

88. A person hired a man and two boys. To the man he gave six shillings a day, to one boy four, and to the other three; at the end of the time he paid them 104 shillings: how long did they work?

89. A cask of wine leaked out one quarter, after which one third of the remainder was drawn, when the cask was found to contain 30 gallons: how much did the cask hold?

90. A market woman bought a certain number of eggs at 3 for 2 cents, and an equal number at 5 for 4 cents. She paid for both lots 44 cents: how much did her eggs cost her apiece, and how many did she buy?

91. A market woman bought a certain number of eggs at the rate of 4 for 3 cents, and sold them at the rate of 5 for 4 cents, by which she made 4 cents. What did she pay apiece for the eggs? What did she make on each egg sold? How many did she sell to make 4 cents?

92. A market woman bought 36 fowls, of three different sorts, for which she paid 84 shillings. She bought half as many of the first sort as of the second, and three times as many of the third sort as of the first, and paid 1, 2, and 3 shillings apiece for each sort how many of each did she buy?

93. If James can weed his father's onions in 9 hours, and John in 12 hours, how long will it take both, working together, to weed them?

94. A lady wishes a dress, and does not know whether to buy silk or muslin. The silk costs 9 shil lings a yard, and the muslin 3. If she purchases the silk it will cost 72 shillings more than the muslin : how many yards did she need?

95. A boy was hired for 30 days. For every day

he worked he was to receive 5 dimes, and for every 'day he played he was to pay 2 dimes for his board. When he came to settle he received 87 dimes: how many days did he work?

96. How many small cubes, 1 inch on a side, can be sawed out of a cubic block, 2 feet on a side, allowing no waste in sawing?

97. If A can do of a piece of work in 2 days, and B can do of it in 4 days, how much of it can each do in 1 day, and how long will it take both to do it, working together?

98. A man having a goose, pig, and calf, was asked the value of them. He said that the three were worth 30 shillings, that the goose was worth one third as much as the pig, and that the calf was worth 1 times as much as the goose and pig together: what was the value of each?

99. James is 10 of his own paces behind John, and in pursuit of him. James steps 3 times while John steps 4 times; but James' steps are twice as long as John's how many steps must James make to over take him?

100. Two families bought a barrel of flour together, for which they paid $8, and agreed that each child should count half as much as a grown person. In one family, there were 3 grown persons and 3 children; and in the other, 4 grown persons and 10 children; the first family fed from the flour 2 weeks, and the second 3: how much ought each to pay?

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