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of an orange, (that is, 2 of what he had; how

34. What is of ‡ ?

35. A man owning

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What part had he left?

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42. A man owning of a share in the Boston bank, sold of his part; what part of a whole

share did he sell?

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43. What is 44. What is 45. A boy having of a water melon, wished to divide his part equally between his sister, his brother, and himself, but was at a loss to know how to do it; but his sister advised him to cut each of the fifths into 3 equal parts. How many pieces did each have? and what part of the whole melon was each piece?

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68. What is of ?

69. If a yard of cloth cost 2 dollars, what will of a yard cost?

70. What is of 21 ?

71. A boy had 2 oranges, and wished to give } of them to his sister, and to his brother, but he

did not know now to divide them equally. His bro ther told him to cut the whole into halves, and then cut each of the halves into 3 pieces. What part of whole orange Idid each have?

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72. What is of 21?

73. A man bought 4 bushels of corn for 33 dollars; what part of a dollar did 1 bushel cost? Change the 33 to thirds, and then find of as above.

74. What is of 5% ?

75. If 5 bushels of wheat cost 73 dollars, wha is that a bushel ?

76. What is of 73 ?

77. A man bought 6 gallons of alcohol for 83 dollars; what was that a gallon?

78. What is of 83 ?

79. A man bought 7 gallons of wine for 84 dollars; how much was that a gallon?

80. What is of 8?

81. A man bought 10 pieces of nankin for 63 dollars; how much was it a piece?

82. What is of 63 ?

83. If 9 bushels of rye cost 7 dollars, what is that a bushel?

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88. What is of 94 ?

89. A man bought 7 yards of cloth for 183 dol lars; what was that a yard? What would 3 yards cost at that rate?

90. What is of 183? What is of 183?

91. A man bought 5 barrels of cider for 273 dollars; what was it a barrel? What would 7 barrels cost at that rate?

92. What is of 273? What is 7 of 27 ; ?

93. If 6 barrels of flour cost 38 would 10 barrels cost at that rate? 94. What is of 384 ?

dollars, what

B. 1. A man bought a piece of cloth for 42 dollars, and was obliged to sell it for of what it cost him; how much did he lose?

2. A man bought a quantity of flour for 53 dollars, and sold it for g of what it cost him; how much did he gain?

3. If 7 men can do a piece of work in 43 days, how long will it take 1 man to do it? will it take 3 men to do it?

How long

4. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 93 days, how long would it take to do it, if 7 men were em. ployed?

5. There is a pole standing so that of it is in the water, and as much in the mud; how much is in the mud?

6. If a man can travel 135 miles in 3 hours, how many miles will he travel in 8 hours?

7. If 5 horses will eat 267 loads of hay in a year, what will 8 horses eat in the same time?

8. If 4 cocks will empty a cistern in 6 hours, how long will it take 7 cocks of the same size to cmpty it?

SECTION XV.

A. 1. A BOY having 2 oranges wished to give of an orange apiece to his playmates; how many could he give them to? If he had given of an orange apiece, how many could he have given them to? 2. How many times are there in 2? How many times are there in 2?

3. A man having 3 bushels of corn distributed it among some poor persons, giving them of a bushel each; to how many did he give it?

Note. Find first how many he would have given it to, if he had given of a bushel to each.

4. In 3 are how many times? How many times ? 5. If of a barrel of flour will last a family one month, how long will 4 barrels last the same family? How long will 6 barrels last? How long will 10 barrels last?

6. How many times is many times in 6?

7. If

contained in 4? How

How many times in 10? of a bushel of wheat will last a family one week, how many weeks will 62 bushels last the same family?

8. How many times is contained in 62?

9. There is a cistern having a cock which will fill it in of an hour; how many times would the cock fill the cistern in 33 hours?

10. How many times is

contained in 33?

11. How much cloth at 1 dollars (that is dol lars) a yard can be bought for 4 dollars?

12. How many times is 12 or

contained in 4? 13. A man distributed 8 bushels of wheat among

some poor persons, giving 1

many did he give it to?

14. How many times is 1

bushels to each; how

contained in 81? 15. If a soldier is allowed 14 pounds (that is of a pound) of meat in a day, to how many soldiers would 6 pounds be allowed?

16. How many times is 1 contained in 63?

17. If 1 tons of hay will keep a horse through the winter, how many horses will 10 tons keep? 18. How many times is 13 contained in 10? 19. At 2 dollars a box, how many boxes of raisins can be bought for 10 dollars?

20. How many times is 24 contained in 10?

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