37. If 630 dollars be divided equally among 15 men, how much will each receive? Ans. 42 dollars.

38. At the rate of 31 miles an hour, how long will a train of cars be in going 1116 miles? Ans. 36 hours. 39. If a ship sail 3648 miles in 24 days, at what rate is that per day? Ans. 152 miles.

40. If 12 schools together have 1932 scholars, what is the average number of each? Ans. 161 scholars. 41. When 16 acres cost 2304 dollars, what is the cost per acre? Ans. 144 dollars. 42. If 100 men share equally a prize of 17650 dollars, what is the share of each?

43. When 110 plows are worth 1320 dollars, what is each plow worth? Ans. 12 dollars. 44. If 21 bushels of wheat weigh 1260 pounds, what is the weight of one bushel?

45. 25 workmen received for a job 3155 dollars, to be equally divided among them; how much did each one receive? Ans. 126 dollars. 46. A field containing 11 acres produced 746 bushels of corn; what was the yield per acre?

47. If a person can copy 50 words in a minute, how long will he be in copying 47569 words?

Ans. 95118 minutes.

REVIEW.- What is Division? (59.) What is the number to be divided called? (59.) The number by which we divide? (59.)

48. At a sale, 28 carriages sold for 6972 dollars; what was the average rate? Ans. 249 dollars. 49. The salary of the President of the United States is 50000 dollars a year; how much is that a day, there being 365 days in a year? Ans. 13638 dollars. 50. The distance from the earth to the moon is 240000 miles; how long would a person be in reaching it, supposing he could move regularly 30 miles an hour?

Ans. 8000 hours.

REVIEW.

1. Add together ninety thousand three hundred and forty, one thousand three hundred and six, and two.

Ans. 91648.

2. Subtract five thousand three hundred and seventeen from sixteen thousand one hundred and thirty

four.

3. A and B start from the same point and travel in opposite directions. How far apart are they when A has gone 67 miles and B 139 miles?

4. The smaller of two numbers is 569, and their difference is 731; what is the larger number?

Ans. 1300.

5. A and B start from the same point and travel in the same direction. How far apart are they when A has gone 198 miles and B 319 miles?

6. The product of two factors is 4680, and one of the factors is 15; what is the other factor? Ans. 312.

7. Bought goods to the amount of 3467 dollars, paying for them in corn 421 dollars, in wheat 968 dollars, and the rest in money; how much money was paid?

REVIEW.-What is Notation? (32.) Numeration? (36.)

8. From (612+12) take (316—32).

9. (591 X3) +29 how many?

Ans. 340.

Ans. 1802.

10. Gave 3375 dollars and 5 horses, worth each 125 dollars, for a farm of 160 acres ; what was the cost of the farm per acre? Ans. 25 dollars.

11. What number is that which if added to 1000 will amount to 5417?

Ans. 4417.

12. Bought 3 barrels of flour at 12 dollars a barrel, and 6 tons of hay at 30 dollars a ton, and paid for the whole 54 sheep; how much each was allowed for the sheep? Ans. 4 dollars.

13. (565+10) 25 how many?

Ans. 23.

14. Paid one-half of 36730 dollars for some oil-lands, which turned out to be 963 dollars more than their true what were they worth? Ans. 17402 dollars.

value ; 15. If the yearly income of a farmer is 2163 dollars, and from it he has to pay 122 dollars for repairs, 35 dollars for taxes, 516 dollars for hired help, and 805 dollars for support of his family, how much can he save? Ans. 685 dollars. 16. At 85 dollars per acre, how many acres of land can be bought for 8575 dollars?

Ans. 100, with 75 dollars left. 17. At 150 dollars each, how many horses can be bought for 2165 dollars?

18. A drover has 2144 dollars, with which he wishes to buy horses at 165 dollars each, and then lay out the remainder for sheep at 4 dollars each. How many of each can he buy? Ans. 12 horses, and 41 sheep.

REVIEW. - What is Addition? (39.) Subtraction? (44) Multiplication? (49.) Division? (59.)

United States.

71. The coins of the United States are of bronze, nickel, silver, and gold :

BRONZE

cent; NICKEL

three-cent and five-cent;

SILVER-dime, twenty-cent, quarter-dollar, half-dollar, dollar, and the trade dollar; GOLD-dollar, quarter-eagle, three dollar, half-eagle, eagle, and double-eagle.

What are Which are of

What is United States Money? Recite the Table. Coins? Of what are the coins of the United States? bronze? Of nickel? Of silver? Of gold?

72. The Dollar is the unit of United States Money. 73. In accounts, eagles are expressed in dollars, dimes in cents, and mills often in parts of a cent.

Thus, 3 eagles are called 30 dollars; 2 dimes, 20 cents; and 5 mills, often, half a cent.

Eagles are tens of dollars, dimes are tenths, cents hundredths, and mills thousandths, of a dollar, and they are separated from dollars by the decimal point, (.)

Hence 44 eagles 4 dollars 4 dimes 4 cents 4 mills are written

$444.444,

and read four hundred forty-four dollars forty-four cents four mills.

74. In United States Money, 10 of a lower denomination are 1 of the next higher. Hence,

United States Money may be written, added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided, by preceding rules.

MENTAL EXERCISES.

1. How many mills are there in 7 cents?

SOLUTION. Since in 1 cent there are 10 mills, in 7 cents there are 7 times 10 mills, which are 70 mills. Therefore, in 7 cents there are 70 mills.

2. How many cents are there in 8 dimes?
3. How many dollars are there in 5 eagles?
4. How many dimes are there in 6 dollars?
5. How many dollars are there in 4 half-eagles?

How are Eagles ex

What is the Unit of United States Money? pressed in accounts? Dimes? Mills, often? What are Eagles? Dimes? Cents? Mills? How are dimes, cents, and mills separated from dollars? How many of a lower denomination in United States Money make 1 of the next higher? How may United States Money be written, added, subtracted, etc.?