1. If 4 pears cost 16g, how much will 5 pears cost? 2. If 12 inkstands cost 96, what will 2 cost? 3. How many men can do as much work in 5 days as 6 men can do in 10 days? 4. How long will it take 1 man to do as much work as 7 men can do in 8 days? 5. How long will it take 2 men to do as much work as 6 men can do in 3 days? 6. How many times 9 in 63? 7 in 63? 7 in 28 ? 7. How many times 6 in 18? 8. If a man can travel 6 miles an hour, in how many hours can he travel 42 miles? 9. If a man travels 42 miles in 7 hours, how far does he travel in 1 hour? 10. How many hours will it take a man to travel 42 miles, at the rate of 6 miles an hour? 11. At 5 a yard, how many yards of ribbon can you buy for 40 cents? 12. If for 40 cents you can buy 8 yd. of ribbon, what is the price of one yard? 13. If 1 yd. of ribbon costs 5 cents, what will 8 yd. cost? 14. If a hogshead of molasses cost $20, for what ought I to sell it to gain of what it cost? 15. I bought a horse for $80, and in selling it I lost of what it cost. How much did I lose? 16. A man bought a cow for $36, and in selling it gained of what it cost. How much did he gain? 17. A man bought a yoke of oxen for $100, and in selling, gained $75. For how much did he sell the oxen? 18. What is of $48? of $48? 19. Count by 7's from 7 to 84, and back. 20. Count by 8's from 8 to 96, and back. 21. Count by 7's from 2 to 51, and back. In the Roman Notation seven letters are employed. I. = 1, V. 5, X. = M. = 1000. = 10, L. = 50, C. 100, D.= 500, = 8 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. Notice that when letters are placed side by side of equal value, or when they diminish in value from left to right, we add the value of each to find the whole value. 1+1+1 VIII. VIII.5+1+1+1= 8. III. = = 3. When a letter is placed before one of greater value, the difference of their values is taken. IV. 5-1 = 4. IX. 10-1 = 9. = 2. Placing X. before each of the numbers in 1 gives the numbers from 11 to 20. Write them. 3. XX. = 20. Placing it before each of the numbers in 1 gives the numbers from 21 to 30. Write them. 4. XXX. = 30. 30. Write the numbers from 31 to 39. 5. XL. 40. 40. Write the numbers from 41 to 49. 6. L. 50. Write the numbers from 51 to 59. 7. LX. 60. = = = LXX. =? LXXX. = ? XC. = 90. C. 100. Write the numbers from 60 to 100. = 8. How is four usually written on the dial of a clock? 9. Read: XCVII., XXIV., LXVI., XXXIII., XIX., XXIX., XLV., LVII., LXIV. 10. Write in Roman numerals: 17, 84, 63, 99, 48, 27, 56, 72, 88, 66. 11. Read: XLIX., XXVIII., LVI., XCIV., LXXXIV., LXXVIII. 12. Write in Roman numerals: 96, 58, 106, 135, 150, 119, 125, 147, 184, 192. NOTE. Because of limited use but little time should be spent on Roman Notation. 1. A man traveled 478 miles on Monday, and 386 miles on Tuesday. 2. A farmer paid $315 for sheep. Each sheep cost him $9. 3. A man bought a carriage for $145, and a horse for $65 more than he paid for the carriage. 4. A lady paid $5.25 for a hat, and 3 times as much for a cloak. 5. A man sold 8 yards of silk at $4.65 a yard. 6. A merchant had 7 yd. 2 ft. of ribbon in a piece, after he had cut off 8 yd. 1 ft. 7. A has $276 and B has $154. 8. A had $487 left after paying a bill of $286. 9. 9 bushels of potatoes cost $8.10. 10. A has 148 sheep, and B has 6 times as many. 11. A farmer received $276 for 6 cows. 12. A father gave his son $725 and his daughter $175 less. 13. A grocer bought 7 barrels of flour at $3.85 a barrel. 14. A man bought a horse for $265 and sold it for $315. 15. A dealer had 8 bushels of strawberries. He sold one quart at each house where he called. 16. 962 is 345 less than another number. 17. I bought a horse and carriage for $315. The horse cost $185. 18. A man paid $520 for a span of horses. This was four times as much as he paid for a carriage. 19. A farmer sold 125 sheep. The dogs killed 42. He had 162 left. 20. A farmer put his wheat into 7 bins. He put 278 bu. into each bin. 21. A man divided $8.64 equally among 9 boys. as many marbles as Dick, who has 49. 1. I have How many have I? 2. Harry's father earns $48 a month. Harry earns as much. How much does Harry earn? 3. If you receive 30 cents for selling pop-corn balls at 2 for 5 cents, how many will you sell? 4. How many quart cans can be filled from 32 pints of milk? 5. If you make 36 dots on your slate so that there will be the same number of dots each way, how many will there be each way? 20? 6. Can you arrange 25 dots in the same way? 49? 7. James ate 7 plums, which were of all he had. How many had he at first? How many after eating? 8. If you draw a square and then draw a line through the middle, into how many equal parts is the square divided? 9. If you divide each half into halves, how many parts will you have? If you divide each quarter into halves, how many parts will you have? 10. Draw 3 inch-squares. Divide the first one by drawing a vertical and horizontal diameter. Divide the second by drawing both diagonals. Divide the third by drawing 3 vertical lines of an inch from each other. Into how many parts is each square divided? Are these parts of the same shape? Are they of the same size? 11. May had 17 apples. She ate 1, and gave of the rest to her brother. How many did she have left? 12. Carl has a square garden that is 16 feet around it. How long is one side? 13. If you had two 5-cent pieces, one 2-cent piece, one 3-cent piece, and two 1-cent pieces, how many cents would you have? |