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1. A man sold 8 yards of cloth for 3 dollars a yard; what did it come to ?

2. A man sold a horse for 76 dollars, which was of what it cost him; how much did it cost him? 3. A man sold of a gallon of wine for 40 cents; what was that a gallon?

4. If it will take 17 yards of cloth to make a coat, how many yards will it take to make 7 coats?

5. If 1 horse consume 34 bushels of oats in 2 days, how much would 2 horses consume in 5 days?

6. If, when the days are 9 hours long, a man per form a journey in 10 days, in how many days would he perform it when the days are 12 hours long?

7. A man sold 8 yards of cloth for 7 dollars a yard, and received 8 firkins of butter at 63 dollars a firkin; how much was then due to him?

8. Two men are 33 miles apart, and are travel

ing towards each other, one at the rate of 3 miles an hour, the other 2 miles; how much do they approach each other in an hour? How much in 2 hours? In how many hours will they meet? At what distance

from each place from which they set out?

SECTION XIII.

A. 1. IF you give of an orange to one boy, and to another, how much more do you give the first, than the second?

2.

of an orange is how many of an orange ? 3. If you give of an orange to one boy, and to another, how many would you give away? How many would you have left?

4. and are how many?

5. A man gave to one laborer of a bushel of wheat, and to another; how many of a bushel did he give to both? How many bushels?

6. and are how many? How many times 1? 7. A man gave of a barrel of flour to one man, and of a barrel to another; to which did he give the most?

8. is how many?

9. A man bought of a bushel of wheat at one time, and of a bushel at another; at which time

did he buy the most?

10. is how many?

11. A man bought of a yard of cloth at one time, and of a yard at another; at which time did

he buy the most?

12. are how many?

13. A man wished to give of a bushel of wher

to one man, and of a bushel to another; but he could not tell how to divide it. Another man standing by advised him to divide the whole bushel into six equal parts first, and then take of them for one, and of them for the other. How many parts did he give to each? How many to both? How many

had he left?

14. is how many? is how many ? and are how many?

15. A man paying some money to his laborers, gave each man of a dollar, and each boy of a dollar; how much more did he give to a man than to a boy?

16. What is the difference between 1⁄2 and †?

17. If a man can earn of a dollar in a day, and a boy of a dollar, how much does the man earn more than the boy?

18. What is the difference between ↑ and ?

19. A boy distributing some nuts among his companions, gave of a quart to one, and of a quart to another; how much more did he give to one, than to the other?

NOTE. Change them to sixths.

20. What is the difference between 1 and 1 ?

21. A man having two bushels of grain to distribute among his laborers, wished to give of a bushel to one, and of a bushel to another, and the rest to a third; but was at a loss to tell how to divide it; at last he concluded to divide each bushel into six equal parts, or sixths, and then to distribute those parts. How many sixths did he give to each?

22. is how many ?

23. A man had a horse, and a of a load

The horse would eat

How many

cow, and a sheep. of hay in the winHow many of a would they all

ter, the cow, and the sheep.

load would each eat? eat? How many loads?

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