LESSON XXV. 1. When any thing or number is divided into two equal parts, what is each one of those parts called? Ans. One half. 2. How many halves in a whole one? 3. What is meant by a half of any thing? 4. If a pear be worth 2 cents, how much of it is worth 1 cent? 5. What part of 2 is 1? 6. How many halves are there in 2? NOTE. Since there are 2 halves in 1, in 2 there are 2 times 2 halves, which are 4 halves. ་ 7. How many halves are there in 4? In 5? In 10? In 30? In 50? 8. How many halves in 2 and 1 half? halves. Ans. 5 9. How many halves in 3? In 4 and 1 half? In 9 and 1 half? In 11 and 1 half? In 12 and 1 half? 10. How many whole ones are there in 2 halves? In 6 halves? In 30 halves? 11. What is 1 half of 3? 12. What is 1 half of 5? Of 32? Of 55? Ans. 1 and 1 half. Of 7? Of 19? Of 6? 13. 7 is how many times 2? 14. 13 is how many times 2? 15. When any thing or number is divided into three equal parts, what is each one of those equal parts called? Ans. One third. 16. What are two of those equal parts called? Ans. Two thirds. 17. How many thirds in a whole one? 18. What is meant by one third of any thing? By two thirds ? 19. If 1 third of an orange be worth 1 cent, what are 2 thirds of it worth? What is the whole of it worth? 20. If an orange be worth 3 cents, how much of it is worth 1 cent? 2 cents? 21. How many thirds are there in 2? In 3? In 6? In 9? In 10? 22. How many thirds in 2 and 1 third? and 2 thirds? In 11 and 1 third? In 4 23. How many whole things in 6 thirds? In 7 thirds? In 19 thirds? 24. What is 1 third of 4? Ans. 1 and 1 third. 25. 4 is how many times 3? 26. 9 is how many times 3? 27. 16 is how many times 3? 28. 47 is how many times 3? 29. How many is 1 third of 5? Of 11? Of 17? 30. When a cord of wood costs $6, what costs 1 third of a cord? 2 thirds of a cord? NOTE. Since 1 cord costs $6, 1 third of a cord costs 1 third part of $6, which is $2; two thirds cost 2 times $2, which are $4. 31. If a barrel of sugar is worth $18, what is 1 third of a barrel worth? 2 thirds of a barrel? 32. When 5 quarts of cherries can be bought for 35 cents, what part of 21 cents will 1 quart cost? 2 quarts? 33. If an apple be divided into 4 equal parts, what is one of those parts called? Ans. One fourth. 34. What are two of those parts called? Three of those parts called? 35. How many fourths in a whole one? 36. What is meant by a fourth of any thing? By two fourths? By three fourths? 37. What part of 4 is 1? 2? 3? 38. How many fourths in 2? In 3 and 1 fourth? 39. 5 is how many times 4? 40. 7 is how many times 4? 41. 10 is how many times 4? 42. 17 is how many times 4? 43. 56? What is 1 fourth of 16? 21? 28? 39? 44. If 4 dimes will purchase a yard of flannel, what part of a yard will 1 dime purchase? 2 dimes? 3 dimes? 45. If a bushel of corn cost 60 cents, what will one fourth of a bushel cost? Two fourths? Three fourths? 46. If 3 bushels of cranberries cost $12, what part of $16 will 1 bushel cost? 47. James has 48 apples, and his brother has 3 fourths as many; how many has his brother? 48. Bought a horse for $160, and a wagon for $5 more than 3 fourths the cost of the horse; what was the cost of the wagon ? LESSON XXVI. 1. If a barrel of flour cost $10, what part of a barrel will cost $2? 2. What is meant by 1 fifth of any thing? By 2 fifths? By 3 fifths? By 4 fifths? 3. How many fifths in a whole one? 9. If a piece of land is worth $75, how many times $5 is 1 fifth of it worth? 10. Harriet had 40 pins, and gave Maria 1 fifth of them; how many did she give her? 11. If 13 pounds of veal cost 91 cents, what part of 42 cents will 2 pounds cost? 12. How many sixths in a whole one? In 3? In 2? In 10? In 11? 13. What is meant by 1 By 2 sixths? By 5 sixths? 14. What part of 6 is 1? sixth of any thing? 2? 3? 4? 15. What is one sixth of 6? Of 12? Of 18? Of 31? Of 93? 16. When a pound of spice can be bought for 24 cents, what part of a pound can be bought for 4 cents? 17. At $7 a yard, what costs 1 sixth of a yard of broadcloth? 18. At the rate of $6 a cord, how much wood can be bought for $1? For $5? 19. 7 is how many times 6? 20. 15 is how many times 6? 21. 24 is how many times 6? 22. 35 is how many times 6? 23. 81 is how many times 6? 24. Bought a horse for 120 dollars, and sold him at 1 sixth more than he cost; for how much was he sold? 25. If strawberries are 6 cents a pint, how many quarts can be bought for 62-cents? 26. How many whole ones in 17 sixths? 27. How many whole ones in 37 sixths? 28. How many whole ones in 73 sixths? 29. How many sevenths in a whole one? 30. What is meant by 1 seventh of any thing? By 2 sevenths? By 4 sevenths? By 6 sevenths? 31. When 35 cents will buy a pound of butter, how many cents will buy 1 seventh of a pound? 3 sevenths of a pound? 5 sevenths of a pound? 32. If $14 will buy a barrel of beef, how much of a barrel will $2 buy? $4? $8? $10? $12? 33. How many whole ones in 14 sevenths? In 17 sevenths? In 23 sevenths? In 39 sevenths? In 84 sevenths? 34. 17 is how many times 7? 35. 46 is how many times 7? 36. 35 is how many times 7? 37. 78 is how many times 7? 38. If a man can earn $42 in a month, how many dollars can he earn in 1 seventh of a month? In 2 sevenths? In 4 sevenths? In 6 sevenths? 39. A boy at recitation having answered 4 questions wrong, found the number to be just 2 sevenths of all the questions asked; how many were asked? 40. What is meant by 1 eighth of any thing? By 3 eighths? 41. How many ninths in a whole one? How many tenths? 42. 64 is how many times 9 ? 43. 78 is how many times 8? 44. 93 is how many times 10? 45. 100 is how many times 11? 46. 105 is how many times 12? 47. Edward has 48 walnuts, and Alfred has 5 eighths as many; how many has Alfred? 48. What cost 3 tenths of a ton of hay, at 7 dimes a hundred-weight? 49. William earns 63 cents a day, and John 10 ninths as many and 5 cents more; how many does John earn ? 50. What cost 2 ninths of a hogshead of molasses, at 10 cents a quart? 51. What cost 5 twelfths of a gross of writingbooks, at 10 cents a book? 52. Robert, having $60 to spend, paid 1 twelfth of it for a hat, 2 fifths for a suit of clothes, and 3 tenths for tuition; how much then had he left? |