41. A poultry car holds 112 crates, each having room for 60 fowls. How many fowls will the car hold? 42. A train consisted of 120 coal cars, each carrying 55 tons of coal. Find the weight of the train load. 43. How many candles can be packed in 75 cases, each case containing 180 candles? 44. How many crates of strawberries were there on a train of 26 cars, each of which contained 225 crates? 45. There are 320 rods in a mile. How many rods does a man walk on a tramp of 17 miles? 46. If 56 carloads of potatoes, of 525 bushels each, are used in New York daily, how many bushels are used a day? 47. In a day there are 1440 minutes. How many minutes are there in 31 days? 48. How many cans of salmon were there in a shipment of 2500 cases, each containing 48 cans? 49. Find the cost of 14 houses at $8425 each. 50. There are twelve dozen (144) in a gross. How many brushes are there in 150 gross? 51. There are 5280 feet in a mile. How many feet does an automobile go on a 25-mile trip? 52. Find the total weight of 475 bales of raw silk, each bale weighing 106 pounds. 53. How many pounds of dates are there in 820 packages, if a package contains 108 pounds? 54. What is the weight of 905 bags of rice, if each bag weighs 175 pounds? 41. Divide 12 nuts equally among 4 children. 42. At 3 each, how many pencils can be bought for 15¢? 43. Three boys sold lemonade and earned $9, which they divided equally. How much money did each receive? 44. Jane has 20 cents. How many 5-cent measures of peanuts can she buy? how many 4-cent measures? 45. Arthur carries in 6 sticks of wood at a time. How many trips does he make to carry in 30 sticks? 48 sticks? 46. In 9 weeks a man saved $72. If he saved the same amount each week, how much did he save per week? Written Exercises 1. If 63 pens are divided equally among 3 classes, how many pens will each class receive? 3)63 pens 21 pens When 63 is divided into 3 equal parts, there are 21 in each part. Then, each class will receive 21 pens. 2. If 48 picture cards are divided equally between 2 children, how many cards does each child receive? 3. Four boys made a bobsled that cost 84. If they shared the expense equally, how much did each boy pay ? 4. A log 65 feet long was sawed crosswise into 5 equal parts. How long was each part? 5. If a boy earns $2 a week, how many weeks will it take him to earn $46? $2)$ 46 The number of weeks it will take him is the same as the number of times that $2 is contained in $46. $2 is contained 23 times in $46. Then, it will take him 23 weeks to earn $46. 6. How many 2-cent stamps can be bought for 68? 7. If 60 boys march "four abreast," or in 4 columns, how many boys will there be in each column? 8. How many 5-cent stamps can be bought for 70¢? 9. There are 3 feet in a yard. A road is 66 feet wide. How many yards wide is it? 10. There are 4 quarts in a gallon. How many gallons are there in 92 quarts? 13. 79 14. 889 15. 652 16. 7508 17. 2546 18. 68,954 Divide by 5: 19. 83 20. 855 21. 578 22. 2405 23. 7398 24. 38,775 Divide by 6: 25. 92 26. 728 27. 423 28. 7896 29. 4000 30. 48,763 Divide by 7: 31. 75 32. 469 33. 976 34. 4876 35. 9083 36. 59,367 Divide by 8: 40. 8976 41. 6573 42. 86,452 37. 99 38. 655 39. 827 40. 8976 Divide by 9: 43. 96 44. 805 45. 938 46. 5342 46. 5342 47. 7837 48. 38,095 |