ORAL.

1. How many square inches in a square that is

183

inches

on a side? How many square inches in a square that is inches more on a side? How many square inches in both

squares?

2. I bought

did I buy?

3. What number is

4. A bin held

were there?

ounces of candy; what part of a pound

more than

?

bushels of potatoes, how many pecks

5. A rectangle is inches wide, and twice as long as wide. What is its perimeter?

6. I have

apples, and my brother has.

How

many must I give my brother that we may have the same number?

10. If I use

do I use?

sheets of paper, what per cent of a quire

11. If I buy shoes for $ a pair, and sell them for $

a pair, what per cent do I gain? 12. If a man buys a watch for $

what per cent does he lose?

13. If you buy a knife for

it to gain

and sells it for $

for how much must

you

sell

%?

This drawing represents the roof and walls of a house. The triangular part, ABC, is called the "gable.' The line BD represents the height of the gable.

To find the area of the gables you must find the area of how many triangles ?

NOTE.

Let some pupil make a small model of a house out of thin wood. Fasten together with hinges, as indicated in the illustration.

1. Find how many square feet of boards will be needed to cover the ends of this house. The height of the gable is 3 ft. 2. If this house is 24 ft. long, find the number of square feet of boards needed to cover the sides of the house.

3. If the rafter is 16 ft. long (the line BC represents the rafter), how many square feet of boards will cover the roof? 4. How many square feet of boards will be needed to cover the whole house?

5. Make drawings to represent the ends, sides, and roof of a house, 42 ft. long, 36 ft. wide, and 18 ft. posts (18 ft. from ground to eaves), the gable to be 12 ft. high, the rafter to be 20 ft. long. Find the number of square feet of lumber needed

to board and roof the house.

6. For a house 40 ft. by 30 ft., with 18 ft. posts. height of the gable is 10 ft., and the rafter is 21 ft. long. 7. For a house 30 ft. by 24 ft., with 20 ft. posts. height of the gable is 6 ft., and the rafter is 15 ft. long.

The

The

The following is the weekly time sheet and daily wages of the employees of a mill. 10 hours constitutes a day's

1. Find how much Mr. Cowles received each day.

2. Find how much Mr. Cowles received for the week.

3. What would have been Mr. Cowles' wages for the week

if he had worked full time each day?

4. Answer the same questions for each of the other men. 5. Find the total week's wages for the five men.

6. Make out a similar time sheet supplying all items.

7. If 9 hours constitute a day's work and $1.50 a day's pay, find the week's wages of the following:

8. How much more did D receive than A?

9. How much did C lose for his absence during the week?

10. How much did A lose?

11. Find the total week's wages for the five men.

1. If of a barrel of oil cost $36, what will of a barrel cost?

2. If 80 cents are paid for § of a basket of peaches, what is the cost of of a basket?

3. I sold a horse for $48, which was of what he cost me. What did he cost me?

4. George sold a kite for 3 of what he paid for it, and lost 8 cents.

5. 8 is of what number?

6. The difference between and 1% of a number is 5. What is the number?

7. Change to fractions having smaller terms: 18, 13, 27, 24, 38, 12, 18, 20, 14, 48, 28, 88.

8. If 6 yd. of muslin cost 60 cents, what will 2 yd. cost? 3 yd.? 12 yd.?

9. Carl picks berries, and sells them at 9 a quart. How many quarts must he sell to earn enough to buy a hat worth 70 cents, and a slate worth 11 cents?

10. How far will a man travel in 48 days, if he travels 30 miles in 4 days?

Of 27 to 9?

11. What is the relation of 32 to 4? 12. Sold a cow for $24, which was g of the cost of the cow. 13. If 6 men build 10 rd. of wall in a given time, how many rods can 54 men build in the same time?

14. If of 48 oranges cost 40 cents, what will of 12 oranges cost?

15. A watch cost $30, and of its cost is twice the cost of the chain.

16. What is the value of 3 bu. of peaches at the rate of $2 for of a bushel?

17. A coal dealer had 50 tons of coal. what is the remainder worth at $4 a ton?

He burned 30 tons;

MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS.

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1. What per cent did I lose by selling a buggy for $150 that cost me $180?

2. If some books cost me $.40 each, what per cent did I lose by selling them at $4.50 a dozen?

3. What is the worth of a pile of wood 48 ft. long, 6 ft. high and 4 ft. wide, at $4 a cord?

4. A rectangular flower garden is 30 yd. long and 18 yd. wide. What is its area?

5. At $6 a cord, what is the value of 2 piles of wood 20 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 10 ft. high?

6. What is the area of a rectangle 20 in. long and 15 in. wide?

7. A rectangular walk contains 225 square feet; its length is 25 feet. What is its width?

75

8. What is the area of a walk 25 ft. long, and 9 ft. wide? 9. What is 75% of 844? What is .75 of 844?

10% of 844?

10. $125 is .25 of what sum?

What is

It is 25% of what sum?

11. A house is 36 ft. wide and 52 ft. long, and has 18 ft. posts. The height of the gable is 9 ft., and the rafters are 21 ft. long. Find the square feet of boards needed to cover its entire surface.

12. What is the price of one ream of paper when 19 reams cost $8.55?

13. What is the price of 1 cord of wood when 3.75 cd. cost $18.75?

14. 18-216. 161 -51. 1291 85172.

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15. The owner of of a mill sold of the mill to one man, and to another. What part did he still own?

16. Find the cost of 125 gal. at $.371.

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17. If your father owned of a factory worth $30,000, and sold of it, what part would he then own? and what would it be worth?