603. Oral Problems.

1. A person traveling from New York to Albany (140 miles. apart) has gone 93 miles. How much farther has he to go?

2. There are 196 pounds of flour in a barrel. How many pounds in bbl.?

3. How many fourths in 24?

4. Reduce to lowest terms.

5. Change 100 to a mixed number.

6. Add 1,, and 1.

7. From a chest of tea containing 45 lb., 14 lb. are sold. How many pounds remain?

8. From of a dollar take 10 cents.

9. How many cents in ++ of a dollar?

10. A farmer has 60 acres of pasture and 20% acres of woodland. How many acres in both?

11. The circumference of a circle is about 34 times its diameter. If the diameter is 8 feet, about what is the circumference?

12. Mary is 12 years and 7 months old; Jane is 3 years and 11 months older. How old is Jane?

13. In a year and a half William will be 7 years 2 months old. How old is he now?

14. What number multiplied by 3 equals 231?

15. What number between 7 and 12 is a prime number?

16. A boy received 9 marks in arithmetic, 8 in penmanship, and 7 in reading. What was his average mark?

17. of a class consists of boys. How many girls in the class if it contains 49 pupils?

18. If July 1 falls upon Tuesday, what will be the date of the third Tuesday of July?

19. If July 1 falls upon Thursday, upon what day will the first of August fall?

20. A man bought 20 lb. of sugar; he sold 10 lb. at one time and 61⁄2 lb. at another. How much had he left?

21. If 3 qt. 1 pt. oil cost 7 cents, what will 1 gal. 1 qt. cost?

22. How much will have to be paid for 7 cows at $50 each, and 4 horses at $150 each?

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1. A merchant sold one firkin of butter at 1934 per lb., second at 20 per lb., a third at 167 per lb. What was the average price per lb., each firkin containing 56 lb.?

2. If eggs are sold at the rate of 21 for 25 cents, how much will be paid for 5 dozen?

3. If a train travels 45 miles per hour, how far will it go from half-past 9 in the morning to a quarter of 7 in the evening?

4. To the sum of 67 and 193 add their difference, and find how often the greater number is contained in this total.

5. A mechanic has deposited in the savings bank $35 per month for 11 months, and $20 the twelfth month. His expenses have averaged $3 each day of the year. What are his daily wages for the 300 days he has worked?

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6. A merchant sold 4 pieces of cloth 26 yd., 29ğ yd., and 28 yd., respectively. How much did he receive for the cloth at 96 cents per yard?

7. Reduce 182 to lowest terms.

8. A man has 8,5 bu. of peanuts. He puts them into bags holding bu. How many bags does he fill?

9. A 160-acre farm consists of 5 fields. The first contains 17.38 acres, the second 29.4 acres, the third 35.073 acres, the fourth 25.875 acres. How many acres are there in the fifth field?

10. How many seconds in 7 hours 15 minutes?

11. Find the total cost of 2 doz. rockets at $7.50 per gross, 3 dozen Roman candles at $9.60 per gross, and 24 doz. pin wheels at $1.35 per gross. (1 gross = 12 doz.)

12. From a piece of silk that contained 28 yd., there were sold 21 yd., 61 yd., and 13 yd. Find the value of the remainder at $1.20 per yd.

13. Three pieces of cloth bought at $2 per yard cost $150. The first piece measures 234 yd., the second measures 30 yd. How many yards in the third piece?

14. Three lots of tea were sold for $330. The second contained twice as much as the first, and the third three times as much as the first. The third lot contained 330 pounds. Find the selling price of the tea per pound.

15. What part of a person's income remains after he spends. , and of it?

16. A boy loses of his marbles, and he gives away of them. If he has 17 marbles left, how many had he at first?

17. A cask of molasses contained 80 gallons. One-fourth of it leaked out. If the molasses cost 60 cents per gallon, what price must be charged for the remainder so that there will be no loss.

18. A dealer sells 14 gross, 37 gross, 411 gross, 91 gross, and 8 gross of lead pencils at 36 cents per dozen. How much does he receive for all?

19. There are four towns, A, B, C, and D, on a certain railroad running east and west. A is 414 miles west of C; D is 394 miles east of B; B is 22 miles west of C. How many miles from A to D? Make a diagram.

20. If 12 dozen rockets cost $5.75, what will 15 dozen cost?

610. Oral Problems.

1. Find the cost of 1 lb. of tea at 75 cents, and a piece of ham at 56 cents.

2. A farmer sold 58 sheep from his flock of 121 sheep. How many remained?

3. What will be paid for 8 lb. of coffee at 35¢ per lb.?

4. A laborer received $4.88 for four days' work. How much did he earn per day?

5. At $40 each, how many cows can be purchased for $2,000?

6. Bought 20 lb. of sugar at 5¢ per lb., and 24 lb. of butter at 30%. What was the amount of my bill?

7. A piece of cloth measuring 31 yards was divided into 2 equal parts. Find the length of each.

8. How many weeks in a year of 366 days?

9. If I pay 25 cents for 3 pounds of cherries, how many pounds can I buy for $1.25?

10. Find the cost of a bushel and a peck of peanuts at the rate of 5 cents per quart.

11. A farmer had 164 acres of land. How much had he left after selling 87 acres?

12. Find the total number of pounds in 3 tubs of butter weighing respectively 25 pounds, 34 pounds, and 36 pounds.

13. At 60 per lb., how much tea can be bought for $5.85?

14. A drover paid $219 for oxen, at an average price of $73. How many did he buy?

15. What will be the cost of 20 bu. of wheat at $1.04 per bu.?

16. At 24 per lb., how many ounces of butter can be bought for 18?