DIVISION. 242. DIVIDE $2442.44 by 35; $1444.60 by 25. 243. Divide $3053.05 by 45; 244. Divide $2702.70 by 55; 245. Divide $207.90 by 99; 246. Divide $3118.50 by 78; $738.50 by 100. $1824.90 by 30. $963.60 by 24. $2400.15 by 15. 247. Divide $10395 by 105; $95566 by 142. 254. Divide $504 by 56; $526959.88 by 697. = 255. $1755.60 88 = how many? $45.60 ÷ 57 = how many? 256. $2194.50 ÷ 133 = how many? $532.98 ÷ 54 = how many? 257. $1580040 ÷ 63 = how many? $377.28 ÷ 48 = how many? 258. $693+ 33 = how many? $702.75+75 how many? 259. $1155.00 ÷ 77 = how many? $34.905 ÷ 65 = how many? 260. $219.45 ÷ 95 = how many? $548.10 ÷ 87 - how many? 261. $483.23 ÷ 23 = how many? $294.9585 = how many? 262. $567.00 ÷ 270 how many? $643.2096 how many? 263. A farmer bought 25 cows at $37.75 apiece, and a number of others at $25 apiece; how many cows in the second lot, if the whole cost was $4668.75? = = = 264. A man sold a wagon for $87.25, and received in payment 4 tons of coal at $5.25 a ton, and the balance in sugar at $.125 a pound; how much sugar did he receive? 265. Bought 150 bushels of potatoes at the rate of 12 bushels for $10.50, and sold them at the rate of 15 bushels for $9.375; how much was my whole loss? 266. If 278 bales of dry goods cost $4378.50, what will be the cost of one bale? 267. If the salaries of 2010 teachers amount to $1055752.50, what is the average salary of each? 268. $13.1241 = how many? 269. How many barrels of flour, at $8 per barrel, can be bought for $1007, and how much money would be left? 270. A merchant paid $20.25 for some boxes of fruit; if the boxes were $.25 apiece, how many boxes did he buy? 271. How many gallons of cider, at 22 cents a gallon, can be purchased for $27.72? 272. How many cows, at $27 apiece, can be bought for $5339, and how much money would be left after the purchase? 273. A man sold 16 tons of hay, at $17.50 a ton; how many barrels of flour, at $7 a barrel, can he buy with the money? 274. How many quarts of milk, at 6 cents a quart, should I give for 24 pounds of sugar, at $.10 a pound? 275. How many horses, at $175 apiece, can be bought for $1050? 276. How many houses, worth $2715 apiece, must I sell in order to get $24435? 277. How many tons of iron rails can be bought for $9165, at $13 a ton? 278. If a company divided $247000 equally among 61750 stock-holders, how much would each one get? 279. If a grammar cost $.64, how many grammars can be bought for $10.24? 280. A man paid $7.29 for oranges; if the oranges were $.27 a dozen, how many did he buy? 281. How many oysters, at $.55 a hundred, can I buy for $2.75? 282. How many acres of land, at $25.50 per acre, must be given for 225 acres, at $86.50 per acre? 283. A merchant bought 550 barrels of flour, at $6.25 a barrel, and another lot, at $4.50 a barrel; how many barrels did he buy in all, if the whole cost was $6173.50? 284. If 396 pounds of coffee cost $89.496, how much was the coffee worth per pound? 289. $791.55 + $81.45 + $612.90 ÷ (9 × 5) = what? 290. $642.70 - ($72.95 × 6) – what? 291. ($97.12 x 217) - $1514.96 what? = 292. ($9127.85 + $712.15) ÷ $.25 = what? 293. ($62.50 + $3125) ÷ $1.25 - what? = 294. ($1346.70+ $2012.01) $6.70 what? 295. $69.30 × 216÷ 99 – what? 296. $176.50 × 2541 ÷ 231 = what? 297. ($614.26 × 1331) – ($148.50 ÷ 11) = what? 298. ($732.80 x 814) - $579841.56 what? = 299. ($17.91 + $41.02) × 1694 ÷ 11 = what? 300. ($169.40 $1.10) $612.50 = what? 301. ($12000-$6842.27) x 75 - what? 302. With how many dollars can a man buy 20 houses, at $1950 apiece, and have a remainder of $614.50? 303. How much money will be required to buy 17 horses, at $215 apiece, and 61 cows, at $77 apiece, and have $486 left? 304. How much will John have left out of a $500 note after buying 57 barrels of corn, at $3.15 a barrel? 305. What is the difference in value between 17 double eagles and $298.50? 306. What is the difference between the cost of 63 pounds of coffee, at 31 cents a pound, and 21 pounds of tea, at $.93 a pound? 307. How many eagles must be given for 240 sheep, at $15 a pair? 308. What will 731 tons of hay cost, at $17.55 a ton? 309. A man sold 816 houses, at $930 apiece; how many horses, at $316.20 apiece, can he buy with the money he receives for the houses? 310. A man had $671.50, and sold 117 bushels of wheat, at $.93 a bushel; how much had he then? 311. A man bought 87 sheep, at $8 apiece. Six of the sheep died, and he sold the remainder so as to gain $33 on the whole; how much did he get apiece for the sheep? 312. A man had $1175, and paid $514 for a horse and carriage, and $11 for harness; if the remainder were all in half eagles, how many would he have? 313. What is the cost of 1296 eggs at $.43 a dozen? 314. What will 514 pigs cost, at $2.50 apiece? 315. How many houses, at $1400 each, can be bought for $27500, and how much money will be left? 316. The product is $9808.40, the multiplicand is $79.10; what is the multiplier? 317. A man had $1651, and lost so much that he had only $946.25 left; how much did he lose? 318. A man sold 7 horses which cost him $1743 for $2100; how much did he gain on each? 319. What is the cost of 211 sheep, at $2.75 apiece? 320. How much change will a man get out of a $5 bill, after buying 10 pounds of sugar, at 8 cents a pound, and 25 pounds of flour, at 6 cents a pound? 321. What will 918 tons of coal cost, at $6.50 a ton? 322. How many yards of carpet, at $4.25 a yard, can I buy for $238? 323. How many bushels of potatoes, at $1.15 a bushel, should I give for 23 bushels of wheat, at $.95 a bushel? 324. A man bought 80 sheep for $400. Twenty of them died, and he sold the rest at such a price as to gain $140 on the whole; how much did he charge apiece for them? 325. A man earns $1500 in a year of 365 days, and pays away $2.50 a day; how much will he save in a year? 326. Subtract $1750 from the product of $84.50 and 36. 327. $611.45 + $732.50 – $912.249 what? = 328. $873.50 × 64 + $718.75 × 24 = what? 329. A laborer worked a certain number of days and received $14.40; if he had worked 10 days more he would have received $23.40; what did he get per day, and how many days did he work? 330. A man bought 600 barrels of flour, at $6.50 a barrel, and sold 200 barrels, at $5.50 per barrel, and 400 barrels, at $8 per barrel; how much did he gain? 331. How many tons of coal, at $5.75 a ton, can be bought for $115? 332. A man sold 210 bushels of wheat, at $.96 a bushel, and bought hay, at $14.40 a ton. He afterwards sold the hay, at $16 a ton; what did he gain? 333. How many mills in $619.02? 334. How many cents in 123 double eagles? 335. A man having a lot of fox-skins sold all but six of them, and received $15.21; if he had sold them all he would have received $22.23. How many skins did he have at first, and how much did he receive for each skin that he sold? 336. A and B together own $98.64. If they buy sugar at 9 cents per pound, B can buy 98 pounds more than A. How many pounds can A buy? 337. The cost of a quantity of coffee at 35 cents per pound, and tea at 95 cents per pound, is $38.60, the coffee costing 60 cents more than the tea. How many pounds of coffee are in the quantity? How many pounds of tea? |