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30. A carpenter is paid $344 for 4 months' work; how much does he get per month?

31. I paid $2,400 for my farm, $134 for my horse and cart, $24 for my garden utensils, $54 for a mowing machine, $40 for a horse-rake, and $104 for a yoke of oxen. How much did I pay for the farm, stock and implements?

32. In a corn field containing 4 acres, there are 19,360 hills of corn; how many hills in 1 acre?

33. If a man can walk 4 miles in an hour, how long will it take him to walk 124 miles?

34. There are 8 quarts in a peck; how many quarts in 244 pecks?

35. Mr. A has 343 sheep in 2 lots. In 1 lot there are 134; how many are there in the other?

36. A lady bought 7 yards of ribbon at 4 cents a yard; how much did it cost?

37. There are 12 bushels of apples in 4 barrels; how many bushels in each barrel?

38. An agent sold 13 houses for the following prices: $4,231.42; $34,243.21; $3,241.23; $4,420.40; $31,244.14; $404.24; $2,401.42, $42,412.23; $24,240.22; $33,424.14; $4,232.24; $44,230.40; $21,242.44; how much did he receive for all of them?

39. A farmer bought a farm for $94,231.22, and paid on it $43,323.43; how much does he still owe?

40. A coal company sold 424,234 tons of coal at $7 a ton, how much did they receive for the coal?

41. At an average of $4 a head, how many hogs can be bought for $9,724?

42. A man bequeathed to his four children $76,428.32; how much did each of them receive?

5. If the products of a manufactory for five years are worth $9,262,461, what is the average value per annum?

6. $7,524 are divided among 5 men; what is each man's share?

7. Three boats are used to carry soldiers. 1,245 men are on the first boat, 2,200 on the second, and the third carries 1,554 men. How many men on the three boats?

8. Two men raise 5,194 bushels of wheat. One of them raises 2,325 bushels of it; how much does the other raise?

9. Three horses cost $720; what was the price of each? 10. If it costs $4,235 to grade one mile of railroad, what did 6 miles cost?

11. A farmer gave $13 dollars for a cart, $5 for a plow, and $4 for a harrow; how much did they cost him?

12. What is the cost of 12 vests at $5 each?

13. Three men earned $27; how much did each man earn? 14. Of a regiment of soldiers containing 1,230 men, 544 were killed in battle; how many men were left?

15. Mr. Jones paid $450 for a lot, built a house on it for $5,340, a stable for $345, some fences for $135, and paid $43 for planting some trees. How much did the whole place cost

him?

16. With 2 horses at each car, how many street cars can be hauled by 372 horses?

17. Mr. Thompson's farm contains 143 acres. land would there be in a farm six times as large?

How much

18. If five horses cost $1,500, what is the cost of one of them?

19. How many oranges at 5 cents each can be bought for 20 cents?

20. How many dollars in eight purses containing $5 each? 21. A boy bought a sled for 20 cents and paid 5 cents for repairing it. How much had it cost him then?

22. I bought 524 cords of wood from Mr. A, 353 cords from Mr. B, 245 cords from Mr. C, and 154 cords from Mr. D; how many cords did I buy?

23. A farmer having 923 acres, willed 435 acres to his son, Charles, and the remainder to William. How much did William receive?

24. How many teams at $5 a day can be hired for $145? 25. In one piece of cloth there are 534 yards; how many yards in six such pieces?

26. If 1,104 acres be divided among four sons, how many acres does each receive?

27. If three baskets cost 30 cents, what is the price of each? 28. A lady went shopping with $24 and spent $5; how much had she left?

29. There are some wagons containing 45 persons. If there are 5 in each persons how wagon, many wagons are there? 30. Mr. A ownes 352 acres of land, Mr. B owns 425 acres, Mr. C 342 acres, and Mr. D 235 acres; how many acres are owned by these four farmers?

31. Supposing a city block is 542 feet long, how long are 8 blocks?

32. A cattle dealer having bought 3,240 sheep, shipped 1,250 on the cars, and sold the rest to farmers; how many did the farmers get?

33. A fruit dealer has 1,204 lemons in 4 boxes; how many in one box?

34. 2,415 presents are distributed at a school picnic, giving each child three articles; how many children are there?

35. A man bought some hay for $10, some wood for $4; how much more did the hay cost than the wood?

36. Three pairs of shoes cost $15; how much is that a pair? 37. Charles is 13 years old, and is 5 years older than his sister Mary; how old is his sister?

38. A man sold 23 sheep from a flock consisting of 93; how many sheep remained?

39. A man paid $545 for a span of horses, $250 for a carriage, and $54 for harness; how much did the whole cost him?

40. At $5 per yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for $1,425?

23. Teach all the processess with SIX.

1. Add 6 to all numbers from 1 to 20.

2. Subtract 6 from all numbers from 6 to 20. 3. Count 60 or more by sixes, beginning with 0, 1, 2, 3. 4. Beginning with 60, 61, 62, 63, take away 6 successively. 5. Multiply 6 by each digit and develope the table of multiplication.

6. Find how many sixes in all numbers to 60, giving the remainders.

7. Find of all multiples of 6 to 60, also , 8, 1, § of all multiples.

8. Write a column of 6's, also a column of O's, 1's, 2's, 3's. 4's, 5's and 6's mixed on the blackboard and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

9. Dictate numbers containing millions, reading only one period at a time and waiting until it is written.

Exercises.

1. Add 654,261; 5,345; 60; 30,402; 561; 6; 634,254; 65,602; 6,246; 663; 45; 63,400; 456,064.

2. From 732,594 take 632,656.

3. Multiply 562,616 by 6, 7, 8, 9, 4, 5.

4. Multiply 465,662 by 7, 4, 6, 9, 5, 8.

5. Divide 718,291 by 4, 5, 6.

6. Add 664; 546; 461; 653; 364; 256; 624; 563; 456; 521; 466; 654; 565.

7. From 536,415 take 265,456.

8. Divide 839,719 by 3, 4, 5, 6.

9. Multiply 632,636 by 8, 9, 7, 5, 6, 4.

10. From 935,674 take 546,655.

11. Add 56,402; 644,354; 6,346; 563,054; 6,326; 650; 62; 634; 502; 63,045; 544,463; 63,046; 44; 623,463. 12. Divide $16,344 equally among six men; how much does each man receive?

13. What is the cost of 4,335 tons of coal at $6 a ton? 14. A watch and chain cost $16. The chain cost $6; how much did the watch cost?

15. In an orchard are 36 trees in nine rows; how each row?

many in

16. In a certain recitation 47 answers were given. If 6 of them were failures, how many were correct?

17. A man can carry six baskets at a time.

times must he go to carry 672 baskets?

Problems.

How many

1. Bought a slate for 6 cents, paper for 4 cents, pencils for 6 cents, a ruler for 5 cents, a copy book for 6 cents, and envelopes for 6 cents; how much was the cost of all?

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