19. What is one third of 2? of 4? 20. If 3 gallons of wine cost 5 dollars, what is that a gallon? 21. What is 1 third of 5? of 7? of 8? of 10? of 11? 22. If a bushel of apples be divided equally among 4 persons, what part of a bushel will they have apiece? What would they have apiece if 2 bushels were divided among them? What if 3 bushels? What if 5 bushels? What if 6 bushels? 23. What is 1 fourth of 1? of 2? of 3? of 5? of 6 of 7? of 9? of 10? 24. If a bushel of malt will serve 5 persons 1 month, how much will serve 1 person the same time? 25. If 2 barrels of cider will serve 5 persons 1 month, how much will serve 1 person the same time? 26. If 3 barrels of flour be divided among 5 men, how much will each have? If 4 barrels were divided, what would each have? What if 6 barrels were divided? What if 7 barrels were divided? 27. What is 1 fifth of 1? 6 ? of 7? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 28. What is 1 sixth of 1? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 5 of 7? of 8? of 9? of 10? 29. What is 1 seventh of 1? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 5? of 6? 30. What is 1 eighth of 1? of 5 of 6 of 7? of 8? of 9? 31. What is 1 ninth of 1? of 5 of 6 of 7? of 8? 32. What is 1 tenth of 1? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 10? of 9? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 10? of 11? of 2? of 3? of 4? of 5 of 6 of 7? of 8? of 9? of 10? of 11 ? of 12? of 13?. 33. If 3 yards of cloth cost 2 dollars, what will 1 yard cost? What will 2 yards cost? 34. If 1 bushel of wheat cost 2 dollars, what will 1 third of a bushel cost?. What will 2 thirds of a bushel cost? 35. What is 1 third of 2? 36. What is 2 thirds of 2? 37. If a load of wood cost 5 dollars, what will 1 third of a load cost? What will 2 thirds of a load cost? 38. What is 1 third of 5? 39. What is 2 thirds of 5? 40. What is 2 thirds of 7 ? 41. If 4 bushels of salt cost 3 dollars, what will 1 bushel cost? What will 3 bushels cost? 42. What is 1 fourth of 3? 43. What is 3 fourths of 3? 44. If a barrel of cider cost 2 dollars, what will 1 fifth of a barrel cost? What will 2 fifths of a barrel cost? 45. What is 1 fifth of 2? 46. What is 2 fifths of 2? 47. What is 1 fifth of 7? 48. What is 3 fifths of 7? 49. If 7 gallons of gin cost 5 dollars, what will 1 gallon cost? What will 4 gallons cost? 50. What is 1 seventh of 5? 51. What is 4 sevenths of 5? 52. What is 1 sixth of 4? 53. What is 5 sixths of 4? 54. If you divide 7 dollars among 8 men, what part of a dollar will you give them apiece? What would three of them have? 55. What is 1 eighth of 7? 56. What is 3 eighths of 7? 57. What is 1 ninth of 10? 58. What is 7 ninths of 10? 59. What is 1 tenth of 14? 60. What is 4 tenths of 14? 61. If 5 yards of cloth cost 17 dollars, what is that a yard? What would 3 yards cost? What would 8 yards cost? 62. What is 3 fifths of 17? 63. What is 8 fifths of 17? 69. If 5 loads of hay cost 47 dollars, what is that a load? What will 2 loads cost? What will 7 loads cost? What will 12 loads cost? 70. What is 2 fifths of 47 ? B. 1. If you divide 7 apples equally between 2 boys, how many would you give them apiece? 2. How can you divide 5 oranges equally among 3 persons? 3. Divide 3 bushels of corn equally among 5 men, how much would you give them apiece? 4. A boy had 7 pears, and gave away 3 fifths of them; how many did he give away? and how many had he left? 5. If 2 yards of cloth cost 3 dollars, what is that a yard? 6. If 4 yards of cloth cost 2 dollars, what is that a yard? [Let the answers be given in dollars and cents or in shillings. 1 dollar is 100 cents.] 7. If 5 bushels of corn cost 7 dollars, what is that a bushel ? 8. If a man receive 8 dollars for 6 days' work, what is that per day? 9. If 3 bushels of wheat cost 8 dollars, what will 2 bushels cost? 10. A man had 30 dollars, and gave away 3 sevenths of it; how much did he give away? 11. If 4 yards of cloth cost 10 dollars, what will 3 yards cost? 12. If 3 barrels of cider cost 8 dollars, what will 10 barrels cost? 13. If 7 pounds of flour cost 40 cents, what will 10 pounds cost? 14. If 4 firkins of butter cost 26 dollars, what will firkins cost? 15. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how long will it take 1 man to do it? How long would it take 4 men? 16. If 2 cocks will empty a cistern in 3 hours, in how long a time would 1 empty it? In how long a time would 7 cocks empty it? SECTION XI. A. 1. BOUGHT 1 half of a yard of cloth for 1 dollar and 1 half; what was that a yard? 2. 1 and 1 half is the half of what number ?* 3. If 1 third of a yard of cloth cost 1 dollar and 3 fourths of a dollar, how much does a yard cost? * See Sect. VI. Art. A., and Sect. IX. Art. B. 4. 2 and 3 fourths is 1 third of what number? 5. If 1 half of a barrel of beer cost 2 dollars and 1 fourth of a dollar, how much will a barrel cost? 6. 2 and 3 fourths is one half of what number? 7. If 1 fourth of a box of lemons cost 3 dollars and 2 thirds of a dollar, what will a box cost? 8. 2 and 2 thirds is 1 fourth of what number? 9. 3 and 1 half is 1 fourth of what number? 10. If 1 third of a barrel of pork cost 4 dollars and 1 third of a dollar, what will 1 barrel cost? 11. 4 and 2 thirds is 1 third of what number? 12. If 1 sixth of a barrel of fish cost 2 dollars and 1 fifth of a dollar, what will a barrel cost? 13. 3 and 2 fifths is 1 sixth of what number? 14. If 1 fifth of a barrel of salmon cost 3 dollars and 2 sevenths of a dollar, what is that a barrel ? 15. 4 and 3 sevenths is 1 fifth of what number? 16. If a man can travel 4 miles and 3 sevenths of a mile in 1 ninth of a day, how far will he travel in a whole day? 17. 5 and 3 sevenths is 1 ninth of what number 18. 2 and 4 fifths is 1 seventh of what number? 19. 6 and 3 eighths is 1 eighth of what number? 20. 7 and 5 sixths is 1 third of what number? 21. 8 and 3 sevenths is 1 fourth of what number? 22. 5 and 3 tenths is 1 seventh of what number? 23. 8 and 5 ninths is 1 fifth of what number? 24. 9 and 4 fifths is 1 eighth of what number? 25. 6 and 4 tenths is 1 tenth of what number? 26. 7 and 4 ninths is 1 fifth of what number? 27. 8 and 7 tenths is 1 seventh of what number? B. 1. If 2 thirds of a barrel of beef cost 3 dollars, what does 1 third of a barrel cost? 2. 3 is 2 times what number ?* |