86. A car load of 20 head of cattle, averaging 1200 lb., was shipped to Chicago by an Iowa cattle man. The cattle were sold at 4 per pound. The railroad charged $7 per head freight. How much money was remitted to the cattle

man?

87. Reduce 3436 inches to higher denominations.

88. A room is 14 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, and 10 ft. high. How much will it cost to plaster the walls and ceiling at $.09 per square yard, allowing of the whole surface for openings?

89. A owned

$12,000.

of a store and sold of his share for Find the value of the store.

90. If a merchant buys silk at $1.25 a yard and sells it at $1.75 a yard, what per cent does he gain?

91. A man bought a house for $3760, and sold it at a loss of 371 %. How much did he lose?

92. On a spelling test I spelled 468 words correctly and received 75%. How many words were there in the test? 93. On another test I spelled correctly 380 words out of 400. What per cent of the words did I spell correctly?

94. How much commission, at 4 %, does a salesman receive for selling goods to the amount of $16,500?

95. In a certain city there are 12,600 persons of school age, but only 9450 are enrolled in the school. What per cent of the persons of school age are there in the school?

96. A drover bought 250 sheep at $3 per head, and paid for % of them at the time of purchase. He sold 60 sheep at $41 per head, and with the money made another payment. How much did he still owe?

97. An auctioneer sold $16,200 worth of goods at 2% commission. How much did the owner of the goods realize from the sale?

98. of ÷ .125 equals what? Express this decimally. 99. What per cent is lost on books bought for $560 and sold for $490 ?

100. Find the net proceeds from the sale of 145 books, at $2 each, on which a commission of 331% is paid.

101. A man drew out 24 % of the money he had in bank, to invest in an automobile costing $2880. How much money had he in the bank at first?

102. Find the area in acres of a street 7 miles long and 66 feet wide.

103. 66% of $2556 is of what number?

104. A mechanic's deposits in the savings bank are as follows: April, $11; May, $6.15; June, $11; July, $8.50; August, $19.25; September, $6; October, $10; November, $16; December, $19.85; January, $13; February, $16; March, $15. His daily wages are $2.75, and he works 285 days in the year. Omitting interest, find his total deposit. What per cent of his wages does he save?

105. Frank Stewart borrows $250 Sept. 15, 1906, at 6% interest. Find the amount of the note if paid March 15, 1908.

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