10. The sum of two numbers is 693, and one of them is of the other. Find the numbers. 11. Find the value of a car-load of coal, weighing 38750 pounds, at $5.75 a ton. 12. How many times will a wheel 12 feet in circumference revolve in going 8 miles? 13. A farmer sold 36 barrels of apples at $2.50 a barrel, and potatoes at $.75 a bushel, receiving for all $198. How many bushels of potatoes did he sell? 14. A grocer wishes to buy tea at 56, 63, and 72 cents a pound and to expend the same sum for each kind. What is the least sum that he can expend? 15. Write a receipt that you should give for the payment of an account in full. LESSON 48. 1. Learn 130 . . . 145. 2. What part of a yard is 7040 of a mile? 3. Find the difference between .000675 and .0045. 4. Reduce 468341 inches to higher denominations. 5. Reduce 72% sq. ft. to the fraction of a square rod. 6. What cost 7286 pounds of beef at $8.75 a hundred? 7. At $ a pound, how many pounds of tea can be bought for $9 ? 8. Add 9g, .372, 443, 91, .7%, 55, and 8.47, and express the sum in words. 9. How many 3-inch squares are there in a roll of paper 40 yards long and 4 feet wide? 10. How many 2-inch cubes are there in a cube of marble one yard on each edge? 11. What is the average price of 50 barrels of pears, if 34 barrels of them are sold at $4.50 a barrel and the remainder at $5.50 a barrel ? 12. A man bought a house for $8400, which was much as he paid for a store. as How much did he pay for 5. Reduce .025 of a day to the decimal of an hour. 6. At $4.80 a ton, how many pounds of coal cost $45 ? 7. What is the value of 95 pounds of hay at $18.75 a ton? 8. What part of 8 lb. 10 oz. 18 pwt. is 5 lb. 8 oz. 14 pwt.? 9. Reduce 2.42 square yards to the fraction of a square rod. 10. If the divisor and quotient are each 476 and the remainder 374, what is the dividend? 11. My house and lot cost $9800, the house costing 33 times as much as the lot. Find the cost of each. 12. A man sold 128 sheep at $6.25 a head and a number of others at $6.50 a head, receiving $1359 for all. many did he sell? How 13. The inside measurements of a cellar wall are 36 ft., 28 ft., and 8 ft. If the wall is 2 ft. thick, how many cubic yards of masonry are there in it? 2. Reduce of a foot to the decimal of a rod. 6. How many cords of wood are there in a cubical pile that measures 16 feet each way? 7. The difference between same number is 106. of a number and of the What is the number? 8. A man sold 810 pounds of hops, which was .45 of his whole crop. How many pounds had he left? 9. A man paid me $135.60, which was $45.20 less than he still owed me. What part of the debt remained unpaid? 10. After a farmer had sold .34 of his wheat, he had 495 bushels left. How much would he have received for his whole crop at $.88 a bushel? 11. There are 946 pupils in a school. If of the number of girls is equal to of the number of boys, how many are there of each ? 12. A boy bought peaches, paying 2 cents for 4, and sold them at the rate of 3 for 5 cents, thereby gaining $2.17. How many did he buy? 13. A man bought two pieces of land, paying 23 times as much for the first piece as he paid for the second. If the second piece cost $3750 less than the first, how much did both cost? 4. What number added to 58 will give 1163 ? 5. What part of 4 lb. 8 oz. is 1 lb. 10 oz. 12 pwt.? 6. What part of a pound Avoirdupois is a pound Troy? 7. How many pounds of beef, at $6.40 per C, cost $55.36? 8. A floor containing 252 sq. ft. is 14 ft. wide. How long is it? 9. A piece of paper containing 6 sq. ft. is 9 in. wide. How long is it? 10. Find the area of a square field whose sides are 60 rods in length. 11. How much will 745 bushels of potatoes cost at the rate of $6 for 8 bushels ? 12. At $1.12 a day, how many days must a man work to pay for 3 tons of coal at $6.75 a ton? 13. If 4 is added to both terms of the fraction, how much is the fraction increased or diminished? 14. Add 12 A. 90 sq. rd. 15 sq. yd. 8 sq. ft. 118 sq. in., 19 A. 29 sq. yd. 6 sq. ft. 129 sq. in., and 15 A. 150 sq. yd. 115 sq. in. TO THE TEACHER. - Teach 167 and 168. 5. A field containing 15 acres is 40 rods wide. How long is it? 6. Find the smallest number that is exactly divisible by 338, 364, and 448. 7. Subtract 5 fur. 29 rd. 4 yd. 1 ft. 8 in, from 2 mi. 3 fur, 16 rd. 2 yd. 5 in. 8. How many cubic feet of air are there in a room 35 ft. long, 26 ft. wide, and 14 ft. high? 9. A can saw a pile of wood in 6 days, and B can do it in 4 days. In how many days can both do the work? 10. A block of granite contains 4752 cu. in. If it is 18 in. wide and 11 in. thick, how long is it? 11. If A can do a piece of work in 7 days and B can do it in 9 days, in how many days can both do it? 12. How many bushels of potatoes will be required to plant 7 A. 128 sq. rd., allowing 7 bu. 3 pk. 6 qt. to an acre? 13. A man bequeathed his property, valued at $140000, as follows: .35 to his wife, 25 to his daughter, and the remainder equally to his two sons. 4. Find the cost of 8760 shingles at $3.40 a thousand. 5. Divide 7.5075 by, and express the quotient in three different ways. 6. Add 17 mi. 2 yd. 2 ft. 11 in., 114 mi. 306 rd. 4 yd. 9 in., and 98 mi. 127 rd. 1 ft. 9 in. |