Miscellaneous Oral Examples. 240. a. At 371 per dozen, what is the price of 1 spool of cotton? b. How many potatoes at $ for 4 bushels of walnuts at $1 a per bushel must be given bushel ? c. If 8 men can mow a field in of a day, in how many days can 3 men mow the same field? d. What part of 37 is of $1? e. A drover put of his cattle in the barn, of them in the yard, and the remainder, which were 10, were left in the field. How many cattle had he? f. When gloves at wholesale can be bought for $9 per dozen pairs, and thus of the retail price be saved, what is the retail price per pair? the of its age is of ? g. If my house is 10 years old, and age of my son, what is my son's age h. X paid $4 a week for board, which was of what his brother paid, and what his brother paid was ğ of what his father paid. How much did his father pay? i. 4 of 35 is of what number? j. A can paint a house in 5 days, and B can do the same work in 4 days. What part of the work can each do in one day? What part can both do in one day? In how many days can both do it working together? k. One seamstress can make a dress in 6 days and another in 5 days. How long will it take both to make it working together? of 7. If you buy wool at 24 cents per pound, and it loses its weight in cleansing, for how much must you sell it to make 10 cents per lb. ? NOTE. If it loses of its weight, the which remains of each pound must have cost 24 cents. m. The cars were due at 45 minutes past 3 A.M., but arrived 2 hours late. At what time did they arrive ? n. A can walk of a mile in 15 minutes. If he starts at 2 o'clock to walk 21⁄2 miles, at what time can he finish his walk? 241. Miscellaneous Written Examples. 64. What is the cost of 13 pounds of Formosa tea at 75¢ per pound and 181 pounds of bacon at 10¢ per pound? 65. A woman bought remnants of silk as follows: yd., fyd., 14 yd., and yd. How much did she buy in all, and how much did she pay, at 80% a yard? 66. From a piece of duck containing 42 yd. were cut 31 yd., 21 yd., 5 yd., and 31 yd. How much remained? 67. From a piece of cotton containing 38 yd., worth 18¢ per yard, were made as many sheets, 2ğ yd. long, as possible. How many sheets were made, and what was the cost of cloth for each? 68. At 50% a cord for each time the sticks are sawed, how much must be paid for sawing 81⁄2 cords of wood, each stick to be sawed into three pieces? 69. Suppose each stick of the above to be sawed into four pieces, what should be paid? 70. How many bushels of wheat at 561¢ per bushel can be bought for $20? 71. If land is worth $4.62 per square foot, what is the value of a lot which measures 100 feet by 261 feet? 72. When of a mill is worth $2700, what is § of the mill worth? 73. Having traveled 564 miles, I find I have gone just of my journey. How many miles have I still to go? 74. A's share in the profits of a speculation was $74.10. If this was 15 of the whole profit, what was the whole profit? 100 75. My strawberry patch yielded 4140 boxes of strawberries in two years, yielding as much the second year as the first. What was the yield each year? 76. A mixed school of 800 pupils had as many boys as girls. What was the number of each? 77. A farm was sold for $6580, which was 31 times what it cost. How much did it cost? 78. 9 men can do a piece of work in a certain time, working 8 hours a day; how many men would be required to do the work in the same time, working 64 hours a day? 79. When wood was $7 a cord, I gave 1 cords for 17 tons of coal. What was the coal worth a ton? 80. Owning of a yacht, I sold & of my share for $1520. What was the value of the whole yacht at the same rate? 81. How long will a barrel of flour (196 lb.) last 12 persons at the rate of of a pound a day to each person? 82. What will 427 quires of paper weigh, at 12 pounds to the ream? 83. I shipped to a man in Paris $318 worth of cotton, and in return received 1200 francs. If the exchange value of a franc is 19 cents, how many dollars are still due me? 84. Two ships, 175 miles apart, sailed towards each other. After one had sailed 26 miles and the other 37% miles, how far apart were they? 85. Two persons start at the same place at 6 o'clock 5 min. A.M., and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 73 miles an hour, the other at the rate of 4 miles an hour. How far apart will they be at 2 o'clock 15 min. P.M.? 86. If a body falls 16 feet the first second, 3 times as far the next second, and 5 times as far the third second, how far does it fall in 3 seconds? 87. If the circumference of a wheel is 911 feet, how many times will it turn in going a mile? 88. A shilling of the old New England currency was worth 163 cents, and 12 pence made a shilling. What was the value in cents of the coin called "ninepence"? How much was "fourpence ha'penny" worth? 89. A New York shilling was worth 12 cents. How many New York shillings were equal to 6 shillings N. E. currency? 90. What part of a shilling N. E. currency was a New York shilling? What was the difference of their values? 91. When the exchange value of a franc is 191 ¢, what is the value of a 5-franc piece? How many francs can be bought for $8.50, and how many cents will remain ? 92. Find the cost of storing, at 4 cents a month per barrel, the following goods: 2000 barrels apples, 13 mo. 124 barrels squashes, mo. 66 parsnips, 14" 78 66 66 onions, 13" 93. A dealer purchased 16 acres of woodland which averaged 40 cords to the acre; he sold 175 cords of oak, What would 49 cords of beech, and 3627 cords of pine. 94. If the average yield of sap per maple tree is 16 gallons, and 30 gallons of sap make 7 pounds of sugar, what weight of sugar will be made from 500 trees? 95. In a certain school of the pupils belong to the fourth grade, to the third, to the second, and the remainder, which is 96, belong to the upper grade. How many pupils are there in the whole school? 96. A man lost,, and of his money, and then had $2613 left. What sum had he originally? 97. A farmer had 2364 sheep, and sold half of them to one man, and to another. How many had he left? 98. A man owning 261 acres of land, sold 5 of it to one man and of the remainder to another. How much did he sell to both men? 99. A man owning a meadow of 182 acres, sold 271 acres to one man and of the remainder to another. $32 an acre, what was the value of the land he kept, and how much did he receive for the land he sold ? At 100. James spent of his money, then of what remained, then of what still remained, after which he had $15. How much had he at first? 101. If it requires 1000 shingles laid 4 inches to the weather to cover a certain surface, how many will be required if they are laid 5 inches to the weather? On one 102. Two wagons were sold at $120 apiece. wagon there was a gain of of the cost, and on the other a loss of. What was the cost of each wagon, and what was the net gain or loss on the two? 103. A Jersey cow, which cost $125, was sold three times at a profit of at each sale. How much did the last buyer pay for her? 104. A fruit dealer paid $7 for 2 bushels of peaches, and sold them at 75¢ a peck. How much did he gain? 105. Mr. Snow left by will, ğ of his estate to his wife, of the remainder to each of his two sons, and the remainder, which was $20,168, to an Industrial School. How much did he leave to his wife? 106. If Mary can sweep a room in 30 minutes, and Edna in 40 minutes, how long will it take for both to sweep it? 107 A certain piece of work can be performed by a farmer in 8 days, by his hired man in 9 days, and by his son in 12 days. In what time can the farmer and his hired man do the work? 108. In what time can the farmer and son do it? 109. In what time can the hired man and son do it? 110. In what time can all do it, working together? 111. A merchant sold goods for a farmer, and was paid as follows: For selling 50 barrels of flour at $5.37 per bbl., 21 per $1. For selling 640 acres of land at $7.50 per acre, 3 per $1. For selling 220 bushels of grain at 621 per bush., 134 per $1. What was the total paid the merchant? (Ans. to cents.) FR. AR.-10 |