At $4 apiece, how many hats can you buy for $64, and

t will remain?

What cost 12 baskets of strawberries at 8 cts. a basket? How many times 7 in 5 times 8, and how many over? How many times 8 in 9 times 7, and how many over? If 6 yards of muslin make a child's dress, how many ses can be made from 45 yards, and how much over? Ada had 50 bulbs which she planted 6 in a row; how y rows did she have, and how many bulbs remained?

. A merchant sold 864 barrels of beef at 18 dollars a rel; how much did he get for it?

. If a builder gets $3455 apiece, how much will he have a row of 25 houses?

. How many sheep, at 6 dollars apiece, can be bought 3912 dollars? How many for 4500 dollars?

6. How many acres of land, at 9 dollars per acre, can be ught for 4169 dollars, and how much remainder?

Dollars and cents are written together by placing a iod (.) between them, and the dollar mark ($) on the of dollars. Thus, 5 dollars 25 cents are written $5.25.

. Cents are written alone by placing the period after the $, and before the cents. Thus, 25 cents are written $.25.

. When the number of cents is less than 10, a cipher must placed before them. Thus, 6 ct. are written $.06.

. Mills are written on the right of cents.

Thus, 6 dollars 23 cents 5 mills are written $6.235.

5. How many ct. in a half dime? 2 dimes and a half? 6. How many ct. in a half dollar? A quarter dollar? 7. Write in figures six dollars forty-three cents. 8. Twenty-eight dollars sixty-three cents.

9. Seventy-five dollars fifty-seven cents five mills. 10. Two hundred thirty-four dollars eighty-seven cents. 11. Read the following: $2.38; $256; $64.20; $28.405; 23; $5.06; $82.05; $39.084; $6.50; $.845; $93.60. 12. If you pay 3 dimes for an Arithmetic and 2 dimes for late, how many cents do you pay for both?

13. A man having $25, spent $7 of it; how many dollars d he left?

14. Fred. had a half dollar to spend on a holiday; he ught a lunch for a dime, some oranges for 2 dimes, and ent a half-dime for car-fare; how much money did he ive left?

15. A young man paid $15 for a coat, $8 for pants, and 2.25 for gloves; how much did he pay for all?

16. The price of a pair of shoes is $6.75, of gloves $2.25, hat $9.87; how much would all come to?

1. What is the sum of $34, 62 cts., 6 m and $48, 75 cts., 9 mills?

EXPLANATION.-We write the numbers as in the margin, placing dollars under dollars, etc., and add them as we add other numbers, placing the period under the column of periods.

2. Add $13, 25 ct.; $24, 12 ct., 5 m.; an NOTE. In adding and subtracting U. S. Money, to place dollars under dollars, cents under cents, and

$52.24

71.23

28.54

71.20

45.36

9. Find the difference between $248.538 ar

EXPLANATION.-We write the less number under the greater, dollars under dollars, etc., and subtract, placing the period in the answer under the other periods.

Take 253.75

234.21

372.60

LESSON XIV.

ORAL EXERCISES.

A farmer sold 6 cows at $20 apiece; what did he refor them?

A baker bought 30 barrels of flour at $7 a barrel; what e pay for the whole?

If 1 yard of broadcloth cost $5, what will 60 yards 80 yards?

A man paid $3 a head for 100 sheep, and sold them 4 a head; how much was his profit?

A man bought 7 horses at $200 apiece, and sold them r $1200; how much did he lose by the operation?

1. A manufacturer sold 6 pianos at $750 each; what did receive for them?

2. A builder bought 7 house-lots at $1275 apiece; what he pay for all of them?

3. If a teacher's salary is $2750 a year, what would it Dunt to in 10 years?