Lesson 39. 1. How many seats are in 7 rows of 9 seats each ? 2. At 7 cents a quart, what must I pay for 8 quarts of beans ? 3. If a freight train averages 8 miles an hour, how many miles will it run in 8 hours? 4. At 8 dollars apiece, what will 12 calves cost? 5. What must I pay for 12 two-cent postage stamps ? 6. If I pay 5 dollars for a vest, twice as much for trousers, and twice as much for coat as for trousers, how much do I pay for the suit? 7. If a family uses 9 pounds of sugar a week, how many pounds will it use in 9 weeks? 8. If it takes 6 eggs for a cake, how many eggs will be required for 11 cakes? 9. If a man sleeps 8 hours every night, how many hours will he sleep in 7 nights, or one week? 10. A farmer sold 8 pigs at 3 dollars each. How much did he receive? 11. How many trees are there in an orchard of 12 rows, 12 trees in a row? 12. At an average of 12 examples on a page, how many examples will there be on 9 pages? 13. What will 12 quarts of beans cost at 7 cents a quart? 14. If a peck of oats weighs 8 pounds, how much will 4 pecks, or a bushel, weigh? 15. At 11 dollars a ton, what will 12 tons of cannel coal cost? 16. At 11 cents apiece, what will 11 cakes cost? Lesson 41. 1. At 2 cents each, how many pears can I buy for 4 cents ? 2. If a man walks 8 miles in 2 hours, how far will he walk in one hour? 3. If I pay 10 dollars for 2 weeks' board, what is the rate a week? 4. If a boy picks 12 quarts of berries in 2 days, how many quarts does he pick in one day? 5. Two dozen screws cost 14 cents. What is the price of one dozen ? 6. When bananas sell for 3 cents each, how many can be bought for 15 cents? 7. At 6 dollars a cord, how many cords of wood can be bought for 18 dollars? 8. If a family uses 24 pounds of butter in 3 weeks, how many pounds will it use in one week? 9. With 30 dollars, how many cords of wood can I buy at 6 dollars a cord? 10. A grocer sells 48 gallons of molasses in 6 days. What is his average sale each day? 11. How many four-cent stamps can I buy for 40 cents? 12. Two yards of ribbon cost 24 cents. What is the price of one yard? 13. Mary's grandmother is 72 years old, 9 times as old as Mary. How old is Mary? 14. At 10 cents a pound, how much fish can be bought for 30 cents? 15. A horse eats 90 quarts of oats in 9 days. How many quarts does he eat in one day? Lesson 42. 1. At the rate of 12 miles an hour, how many hours will a freight train require to run 36 miles ? 2. How many weeks will it take a man to earn 96 dollars if he earns 12 dollars each week? 3. How many men will be required to do in 3 days a piece of work which one man can do in 36 days? 4. When eggs are selling at 12 cents a dozen, how many dozen can be bought for 60 cents? 5. Divide 21 oranges equally among 3 boys. How many oranges will each boy receive? 6. How many three-cent stamps can I buy for 27 cents? 7. There are 24 feet in eight yards. How many feet are there in one yard? 8. I pay 36 cents for 4 quarts of berries. What is the price of one quart? 9. Frank pays 28 cents for 4 cakes of maple sugar. What is the price of one cake? 10. If it takes 32 days for one man to build a wall, how many days will it take 4 men? 11. At 6 cents a quart, how many quarts of milk can I buy for 42 cents? 12. In 5 bushels there are 20 pecks. How many pecks are there in one bushel ? 13. At 7 dollars a ton, how many tons of coal can be bought for 56 dollars? 14. If 5 gallons of oil cost 60 cents, what is the price of one gallon? 15. When melons are 12 cents each, how many can be bought for 72 cents? Lesson 43. 1. One bottle of ink costs 8 cents. bottles can be bought for 64 cents? How many 2. A boy works 9 weeks and receives 36 dollars. At the same rate, what would he receive for 1 week? for 2 weeks? for 3 weeks? 3. At 5 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 55 cents? 4. In 12 hours 108 horses cross a certain bridge. What is the average number an hour? 5. There are 132 examples on 11 pages. What is the average number on one page? 6. If a blacksmith can shoe 66 horses in 6 days, how many horses can he shoe in 12 days? 7. I pay 144 cents for an advertisement of 12 lines. What is the rate per line? 8. A farmer sold 6 barrels of apples for 18 dollars. At the same price, what would he receive for 24 barrels ? 9. During the term a teacher orders 48 books for a class of 12 pupils. What is the average number of books required for one pupil? 10. My hens lay 54 eggs a week, an average of 6 for each hen. How many hens have I? 11. A secretary wrote 72 letters in 6 days. What was the average number that he wrote in one day? 12. My horse travelled 42 miles in 7 hours. What was his rate per hour? 13. After subtracting 16 from 100, there will remain a number 7 times the age of my oldest son, How old is he? |