9. When gas costs 25 cents per thousand feet, what is my bill for 10g thousand feet? 10. If a lot cost $200 and a house 65 times as much, how much did the house cost? 11. A man worked 20 days in a month for $2 a day. How much did he earn? 12. How many inches equal 9 feet? 13. At 60 cents a bushel, how much will 2 bushels of wheat cost? 14. I bought 12 dozen collars at $2 per dozen. How much did they cost? 15. At 12 cents a pound, how much will 15 pounds of raisins cost? 16. How much will 57 bu. raspberries cost at $2 a bushel? 17. If a plumber is paid 75 cents per hour, how much does he receive in 3 hours? 18. How far will an automobile travel in 24 hours if it travels 18 miles in one hour? 19. If the freight from New York to Albany on a ton of merchandise is 33 cents, how much will it be on 5 tons? 20. A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. How much do 10 gallons weigh? 12 18 2 96 12 218 Written Work 1. Multiply 12 by 181. 181 times 12 means that of 12 is to be added to 18 x 12. of 12 = 2, which added to 18 × 12 = 218. 12 2. Multiply 12 by 143. 142 8 = 3 of 12 48 12 176 14 times 12 means that of 12 is to be added to 14 x 12. of 128, which added to 14 x 12 = 176. 45. If the rate of sailing of a vessel is 18 miles an hour, how far will it sail in 24 hours? 44. 2011 × 84 46. Find the cost of 12 tons of coal at $6 a ton. 47. Find the cost of 16 yards of silk at $1.50 a yard. 48. A farmer sold 5 acres of land at $ 40 an acre. much did he receive for it? How 49. If ribbon is sold at 24 cents a yard, how much will 73 yards cost? 50. At 16 cents a pound, how much will 10 pounds of cheese cost? 51. If clover seed is selling at $8 a bushel, how much will 11 bushels cost? 52. Find the cost of 5 yards of point lace at $24 a yard. 53. When hay is selling for $12 a ton, how much must I pay for 16 tons ? 54. If a boy walks 18 miles in a day, how far can he walk in 36 days? 55. Mr. Penrose sold his farm containing 857 acres at $56 How much did he receive for it? an acre. 56. Find the cost of 15 yards of velvet at $5 a yard. REVIEW OF MIXED NUMBERS 1. Find the cost of 2 dozen cans of tomatoes at 81 cents per can. 2. How much does a motorman earn in 131⁄2 hours at 22¢ per hour? 3. Two men lay 293 ft. of sidewalk the first day, and 341 ft. the second day. Find the cost at 15¢ per foot. 4. A grocer sold on an average 3 barrels of sugar per day for 24 days. How many barrels of sugar did he sell? 5. A field containing 12 acres of wheat yielded 22 bushels per acre. How much was the total yield? 6. A man with a steam plow can plow 2 acres of ground per day. How many acres can he plow in 14 days? 7. Three men with a steam plow can plow 16 acres of ground per day. How many acres can they plow in 14 days? 8. An office building is 19 stories above the street. If each story averages 13 feet in height, how high is the building? 9. A man walked 143 miles a day for 18 days. How far did he walk? 10. An empty steel car weighs 18 tons. How much does a train of 40 such cars weigh? 11. If the average load for each car in the above train is 467 tons, how much does the train weigh when loaded? 12. How much will 11 yd. of calico cost at 8¢ a yard? 13. On Saturday a boy worked 9 hours at 12¢ an hour. How much did he earn? 14. During the week he worked 21 hours each day after school at the same rate per hour. What were his total earnings in a week? 15. If a train, including stops, runs 22 miles an hour, how far does it run in 7 hours? 16. An artesian well flows 193 gallons a minute. How many gallons flow in 40 minutes? 17. Find the cost of 3 dozen oranges at 24 cents per dozen. 18. A man earns $2 per day. 24 days? What are his wages in 19. A woman bought 5 pounds of sirloin steak at 16¢ per pound. What was the amount of her bill? 20. What is the cost of 36 dozen lead pencils at 9 per dozen? 21. When copper is selling at 16 cents per pound, find the cost of 36 pounds. 22. If platinum is selling at $19 per ounce, find the cost of 7 ounces. 23. Find the cost of 21 tons of anthracite coal at $6 per ton. 24. A load of soft coal contains 50 bushels. How much is it worth at 7 per bushel? 25. When apples are selling at $.64 a bushel, find the cost of 12 bushels. 26. At 88 cents per pound, how much is the expressage on a package weighing 48 pounds? 27. If a bale of cotton weighs 475 pounds, how much is it worth at 8 cents per pound? 28. How much will 17 quarts of ice cream cost at 20 cents per quart? 29. When hay is selling at $8 per ton, find the cost of 34 tons. 30. From a piece of carpet containing 61 yd., 198 yd. were sold at 70 a yard, 171⁄2 yd. at 65¢ a yard, and the remainder at 55 a yard. For how much was the whole piece sold? 31. If the above piece of carpet cost 45 a yard, find the entire gain. 32. Find the weight of 14 bags of coffee if each bag weighs 478 pounds. 33. At 87 miles per hour, how far does a steamboat travel in 16 hours? 34. The rate in example 33 is the rate downstream. Upstream the rate is 2 miles per hour less. How far would the boat travel upstream in 24 hours? |