1. Into how many equal parts is the pineapple divided?

2. What is the name of each part?

3. The name, one-third, shows that the whole is divided into how many equal parts?

4. How many thirds of the circle in the whole circle?

5. If the rectangle contains 15 sq. ft., how many square feet are there in one-third of it? in twothirds? in three-thirds?

6. If 12 boys are arranged in 3 groups so that there is the same number of boys in each group, what part of the whole number of boys is in each group? How many boys are there in each group? What part of 12 is 4?

7. How many feet are there in one-third of a yard? two-thirds of a yard? one-third of 2 yards? 8. How do we express one-third with figures? two-thirds? three-thirds?

9. How many oranges will be required to give each of 12 boys of an orange?of an orange? of an orange?

10. Which is greater, orange? of an orange or

of an orange or of an of an orange?

Lesson 6.

1. If 2 apples are divided equally among 3 boys, what part of an apple will each boy receive?

Hint. Each apple must be divided into 3 equal parts, and each boy will have 2 of these parts, or of 1 apple.

2. If of a barrel of flour costs $2, what is the cost of a barrel of flour?

3. 2 is of what number? 3 is of what number? 4. If of a ton of hay cost $12, what is the cost of of a ton? what is the cost of a ton?

5. How many square feet are there in of a square yard? in of a square yard?

6. What part of a yard is 1 foot? 2 feet?

7. How many yards are there in 6 ft.? in 9 ft.? in 24 ft.? in 27 feet? in 30 feet?

8. How many inches are there in of a foot? in of a yard? in of a foot? in of a yard?

9. By what number do you divide 12 to find of 12? What is of 15? 21? 30? 36? 63? 90? 10. If Frank has lost of his money, how many thirds has he left? If he had $12 at first, how many dollars did he lose? how many dollars has he left?

11. How many more oranges are there in of a dozen than in of a dozen? in of a dozen than in of a dozen? in of a dozen than in of a dozen? 12. How many minutes are there in 1 hour and of an hour? in 1 hour and of an hour?

13. If you take of the pine-apple, how many thirds will be left? if you take, how many thirds will be left? What then is 1-? 1-?

1. Into how many equal parts is the circle divided? 2. What is the name of each part?

3. How many sixths of the circle make the whole circle?

4. If the square contains 18 sq. ft., how many square feet are there in one-sixth of it? in threesixths? in five-sixths?

5. How do we express one-sixth in figures? fivesixths? three-sixths?

6. If 12 books are divided equally among 6 boys, what part of the 12 books will each boy receive?

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7. How many months are there in of a year, of a year? in of a year? in of a year ? 8. How many sixths of a year in of a year? in of a year? in of a year?

9. If Frank received of 18 marbles and Charles of 18 marbles, how many marbles did both receive? 10. If Henry has of 30 peaches and John has of 30 peaches, how many peaches have both?

11. One-half of 30 is equal to how many sixths of 30? of 30 is equal to how many sixths of 30? 12. What part of anything is 2 times of it? 3 times of it? 4 times of it?

Lesson 8.

1. How many inches are there in of a foot? in of a foot? in of a foot? in & of a foot? in † of a foot? in of a foot? in of a foot?

2. How many minutes are there in of an hour? in of an hour? in & of an hour? in of an hour? 3. Four-sixths of an hour is equal to how many thirds of an hour?

4. If a man works six days each week, what part of a week's wages will he earn in 1 day? in 2 days? in 3 days? in 5 days? in 4 days?

5. If four pies are divided equally among some boys so that each boy receives of a pie, how many boys are there?

6. By what number do you divide 12 to get of 12? 7. What is of 18? 24? 30? 42? 54? 60? 8. 8 is of what number? 9 is of what number? 9. How many square feet are there in of a mat 9 feet long and 4 feet wide?

10. How many square inches are there in of a board 12 inches long and 3 inches wide?

11. If of a pound of rice costs 2 cents, what is the cost of 1 pound? of 6 pounds?

12. If you divide of an apple into 2 equal parts, what part of the whole apple will each of these two parts be? What then is of? ×?

13. If you divide of an apple into 3 equal parts, what part of the whole apple will each of these parts be? What then is of?

14. How many sixths in ? in 2×? in 2×?

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1. Into how many equal parts is the circle divided?

2. What is the name of each part?

3. How many fifths of the circle in the circle? 4. If a square contains 10 sq. ft., how many square feet are there in one-fifth of it? in three-fifths?

5. If a pie is divided equally among 5 boys, what part of a pie will each boy receive?

6. What will be the share of each boy if 3 cakes are divided equally among 5 boys?

7. How do we express one-fifth with figures? twofifths? three-fifths? four-fifths? five-fifths?

8. If Frank had 15 pears and gave away of them, how many pears did he give away? How many fifths had he left? How many pears had he left?

9. A farmer had 10 bushels of wheat. He sold † of his wheat to one man and of his wheat to another man. How many bushels did he sell?

10. If it costs $7 to dig of a ditch, what will it cost to dig the whole ditch?

11. 7 is of what number? 9 is of what number? 11 is of what number?