CHAPTER IV. MULTIPLIERS AND DIVISORS OF TWO OR MORE FIGURES. MULTIPLIERS CONTAINING FRACTIONS. ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF EASY MIXED NUMBERS. — INCH, FOOT, AND YARD. HALVES AND FOURTHS. 253. Oral Exercises. Draw a circle to represent a pie. parts. What is each part called? parts. What is each part called? How many fourths in 1? Divide it into two equal Divide it into four equal How many fourths in half a pie? How many fourths in ? How many fourths in 2? Eight fourths are how many? 254. Oral Problems. 1. A boy spends $1 for a knife and $4 for a ball. How many quarter dollars does he pay for both? 2. A girl buys pound of candy at one store and pound at another. How much candy does she buy at both stores? 3. If it takes 31 yards of cloth for a coat and 14 yards for a vest, how many yards will it take for both? 4. If a geography costs $, a reader $1, and a grammar $, what will be paid for the three books? 5. The school is of a mile from Henry's house. How far does he walk going and coming? 1. A boy has $24. How much will he have after he spends $1? 2. A woman has 15 yards of muslin. How much will she have after she uses 14 yards? If there are 4 3. A milk can holds 5 gallons, when full. gallons in it, how much more milk will it hold? 4. To 3 gallons 3 quarts add 1 gallon 1 quart. 5. A girl wishes to buy a doll that costs $14. If she has $3, how much more does she need? 259. Slate Problems. yards for a 1. A sailor has 10 yards of cloth. He uses 3 coat and 1 yards for a vest. How many yards has he left? 2. I buy 14 pounds of tea at 60 cents per pound. change from a dollar should I receive? How much 3. John buys 9 pounds of starch and has it put up into four packages. If the starch costs 8 cents per pound, what is each package worth? 4. A box of eggs contains 30 dozen. How many eggs will be left after 3 dozen are sold? 5. A woman has 15 yards 2 feet of ribbon. How much ribbon has she after using 6 yards 1 foot? 6. A grocer has 55 pounds of tea. How many pounds has he after selling 25 pounds and buying 10 pounds? 7. What will 13 pounds of allspice cost at 4 cents per ounce? 8. Sold 34 pounds of butter to one customer, and 21 pounds to another. How much was received at 28 cents per pound? 9. A man works 300 days in a year, receiving $3 per day. How much does he earn in a year? 10. I have 14 pounds of candy. How many pounds will I have after selling nine 4-pound boxes of candy? 11. A grocer sells 47 pounds of flour from a barrel containing 196 pounds. How many pounds are left? 12. How many yards of ribbon are there in three rolls containing 24 yards each? 13. There are 49 pounds of butter in a tub. The tub itself weighs 10 pounds. How many pounds do both weigh together? 14. How many inches of cord are there in a piece 14 yards long? 15. A boy is 12 years 7 months old; his sister is 9 years 3 months old. How many months older is the boy? |