For $20?

At 50 cents each, how many penknives can be bought for $1? For $2? For $3? For $10? At 25 cents each, how many For $2? For $3? For $10?

readers can be bought for $1? For $20?

At 12 cents per yard, how many yards can be bought for $1? For $2? For $3? For $10? For $20?

At 33 cents per pound, how many pounds can be bought for $1? For $2? For $3? For $10? For $20?

511. Oral.

At 25 cents each:

1. How many base-balls can be bought for $9?

2. Straw hats, for $12?

3. Roman candles, for $18?

4. Readers, for $15?

5. Vases, for $21?

6. Bars of soap, for $31?

7. Packages of candy, for $41?
8. Yards of ribbon, for $5.75?
9. Bushels of tomatoes, for $10.50?
10. Pounds of coffee, for $12.75?

512. At 50 cents:

11. Pounds of tea, for $43?
12. Penknives, for $20.50?
13. Pounds of candy, for $94?
14. Third readers, for $17.50?

15. Caps, for $21?

16. Grammars, for $37?

17. Boxes of pens, for $72?
18. Dolls, for $64?

19. Pairs of scissors, for $19?

20. Feather dusters, for $26.50?

513. At 12 cents:

21. Gallons of oil, for $8?
22. Dozen of eggs, for $11?
23. Pounds of meat, for $21?
24. Quarts of plums, for $11?
25. Jars of jelly, for $?
26. Yards of sheeting, for $1?
27. Cans of milk, for $24?
28. Pounds of currants, for $3.12
29. Whisk brooms, for $4.37?
30. Collars for $5.62?

514. At 33 cents:

31. Yards of ribbon, for $6?
32. Pairs of cuffs, for $12?
33. Pounds of butter, for $18?
34. Bushels of oats, for $32?
35. Pecks of walnuts, for $11?
36. Dozen of oranges, for $14?
37. Straw hats, for $2.331?

38. Dolls, for $3.66%?

39. Penknives, for $4.331?

40. Pounds of candy, for $5.664?

1 pt. in 1 qt. ?

How often is 1 quart contained in 1 gallon? 2 qt. in 1 gal.? 1 inch in 1 foot? 2 in. in 1 ft.? 3 in. in 1 ft.? 4 in. in 1 ft.? 6 in. in 1 ft.? 6 in. in 2 ft.? 8 in. in 2 ft.? 1 ounce in 1 pound? 1 oz. in 2 lb.? 4 oz. in 2 lb.? 1 fourth in 1 half? 1 third in 1?

How often is 1 cent contained in $1? 2 cents in a dollar? 4 cents in 2 dollars? 25 cents in 25 dollars?

519. At 36 cents each, how many spellers can be bought

for $27?

75

36)2700

$272,700 cents. Since 1 speller costs 36 cents, for 2,700 180 cents we can buy 2700 spellers. Ans. 75 spellers.

520. Slate Problems.

1. At $2.75 per day, how long will it take a man to earn $110?

11,000 ÷ 275

2. How many yards of muslin, at 12 cents per yard, can be bought for $126 ?

3. A farmer spent $140 for sheep at $5.60 each. How many did he buy?

4. A grocer pays $74.50 for tea at of a dollar per pound. What is the weight of the tea?

5. When rye is worth 87 cents per bushel, how many bushels can be purchased for $261?

6. At 12 cents per pound, how many pounds of meat will cost $175.25?

7. If 75 spellers cost $27, what is the price of 1 speller?

8. A woman paid $24 for 36 yards of dress goods. What did she pay per yard?

9. At 6 for a dollar, how many rabbits can be bought for $87?

10. The cost of 13 houses was $36,887.50. What was the price of each?

521. Sight Exercises. Approximate Answers.

1. What will be the cost of 397 lb. butter at 20¢ per lb.? (Nearly 40 lb. at 20. The cost is nearly what?)

2. A man has 4,200 pounds of flour which he wishes to put into barrels containing 196 lb. each. About how many barrels. will he need?

(Each barrel contains nearly how many pounds?)

3. A merchant bought a hogshead of molasses, containing 47 gallons, at 50 cents per gallon. About how much did it cost?

4. How many lots at $1,975 each can be bought for $12,000?

5. Sold 3 pieces of cloth, 33 yd. to the piece, at $1.95 per yd. Give the approximate amount of the bill.