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MEASUREMENTS.

700. How many square inches in each of the following rectangles? First change each dimension to inches.

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701. How many square feet in each of the following rectangles? First change each dimension to feet, or to feet and a fraction.

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702. How many square yards in each of the following rect. angles? Change each dimension to yards, or to yards and a

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708. Oral Problems.

1. I sold 375 bushels of wheat to one miller and 87 to another. How many bushels did I sell?

2. Bought goods to the amount of $4.29. How much change from a $5 bill?

3. What will be the cost of 89 tons of coal at $5 per ton? 4. If 49 hats cost $147, what is the cost of one hat? 5. 567 marbles are divided among 9 boys. How many

each receive?

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6. How many yards in 5 pieces of cloth, each containing 124 yd.?

7. Divide 29 by 7.

8. What will be the cost of a barrel of flour at $5.25 and 8 lb. of sugar at 6¢?

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9. When silk is 75 per yd., how many yards can be bought for $9.75?

10. If 2 yd. ribbon cost 42 cents, what will 3 yd. cost? 11. How much must be paid for 55 lb. of raisins, at 8¢ per lb. ?

12. Find the cost of 320 lb. of hay at 60 per hundred pounds. 13. If eggs are sold at the rate of 18 for 25 cents, what will be the cost of 6 dozen eggs ?

14. Three men require 22 days to do a certain piece of work. How long would it take 11 men to do the same work?

15. A father earned $14.60, his son earned $7.80. What were the earnings of both?

16. How many yards of fence will be required to enclose a rectangular field 98 yards long and 50 yards wide?

17. A farmer divides his farm of 425 acres into fields of 121 acres each. How many fields has he?

18. There are 36 inches in a yard. How many yards are there in 324 inches?

19. The product is 925, the multiplier is 25. What is the multiplicand?

20. What will be the cost of 46 tons of hay, at $12 per ton?

21. What is the weight of 25 firkins of butter, each containing 56 pounds?

22. At $1.75 per yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for $49 ?

23. What price was paid for 20 sheep, at $8.75 per head?

24. A man saved $320 per year for 5 years. How much more would he require to make $2,000?

25. Mr. Jones sold a lot for $675, thereby losing $85. What did he pay for it?

709. Slate Problems.

1. The width of a room is of its length. How many square feet in the floor, if the width is 15 ft.?

2. If 2 lb. 6 oz. of tea cost 95 cents, how many pounds and ounces can be bought for $2.35?

3. What will be the duty on 175 kilograms of wool at 33 ct. per lb.? (1 kilogram 2.2046 lb.)

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4. John and James went out together. John had 38 cents. When one of the boys had spent 18 cents and the other had spent 16 cents, they had 24 cents left between them. Find the amount of money James had.

5. Find of the sum of and 4.

6. What is of the difference between and ?

7. What fraction added to gives ?

8. Change 1 hour to seconds.

9. of what number equals 180?

10. The half of a number added to its fourth part equals 21. What is the number?

213

11. A farm is sold for $5,700, at a loss of of the cost. What was the cost?

12. When it is noon at Philadelphia, it is 15 seconds and 10 minutes past 5 P.M. at Paris. What time is it at Philadelphia when it is noon at Paris?

13. A, B, and C buy a house. B, and C $1,200. What did A

and B pay, respectively?

A furnished of the cost,

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B

C

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14. A room is 22 ft. long and 18 ft. wide. What will it cost, at 5 per yard, for a strip of moulding around the walls?

15. How many square yards of carpet would be needed for the floor of the above room?

16. How much is the fraction increased or diminished when 2 is added to each of its terms (numerator and denominator)? of his money and of the reHow much had he at first?

17. After James has spent mainder he has but $1.50 left.

18. A man buys oranges at $1.20 per 100.

How many

would he have to sell, at 25¢ per dozen to gain $3.18?

19. From a piece of cloth measuring 28 yards, there have been sold 2 yd., 65 yd., 134 yd. If the remainder is worth $13.10, what is the value of the whole piece?

20. A man left for charitable purposes $3,600, which was & of his money. The remainder was divided equally among 8 relaHow much did each relative receive?

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$3600.
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Charitable purposes

Eight relatives

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