1. Three-thirds of an apple equal how many apples?

2. Eight-fourths of an apple equal how many apples?

3. How many pieces of velvet, each half a yard long, can be cut from a piece 9 yd. long?

4. Make an example to illustrate how to find the entire cost, when the cost of several articles is given.

5. How many cents in of a dollar?

6. What is the difference between and ? and ?
7. How many fifths are there in 2? 3? 4? 5? 6?

8. If I lend you a $2 bill, and you pay me in half-dollars, how many must you give me?

9. Find the cost of 3 bu. of oats at of a dollar a bushel. 10. If doz. eggs cost 15 cents, what will 1 doz. cost? What will doz. cost?

11. What is the value of 7 sheep at $9 a head?

12. What is the value of 12 sheep at $7 a head?

13. Find the cost of 12 pencils at 4o each.

14. What is the cost of a bushel of potatoes at 30% a peck? 15. What is of 24? 36? 27?

16. A man pays $3 a month for his room-rent and $9 a month for his office-rent; how much rent does he pay a year?

17. If 12 boxes of oranges cost $72, what will 1 box cost? 9 boxes?

18. If 12 yd. of ribbon cost 96 cents, what will as many yards cost?

19. Divide 24 into 2 equal parts.

20. Divide 16 into 4 equal parts.

21. What number must you multiply by 7 to get 84?

22. If a train goes 40 miles an hour, how many miles will it go in 15 minutes?

23. What do I receive for an article that cost me 60 cents, and which I sell at a loss of 15 cents?

1. A man paid $2675 for a lot, $4278 for a house, $1216 for a barn, and $496 for grading. What did the property cost him?

2. Four men formed a partnership.. A put into the business $2760, B $2548, C $1416, and D $1676. What sum of money was invested in the business?

3. A merchant pays $780 a year for store rent, $1500 to one clerk, $1175 to another, $1250 to his book-keeper, and $479 for other purposes. What are the expenses of his business for

one year?

4. Mr. Clark has an orchard, which contains trees as follows: 49 cherry trees, 286 apple trees, 87 peach trees, 39 pear trees and 92 plum trees. In Mr. Kay's orchard are 115 cherry trees, 317 apple trees, 149 peach trees, 28 pear trees and 78 plum trees. Mr. Potter has 17 cherry trees, 248 apple trees, 72 peach trees, 49 pear trees and 55 plum trees. How many trees has Mr. Clark? Has Mr. Kay? Has Mr. Potter? How many cherry trees have they? How many apple trees? How many peach trees? How many pear trees? How many plum trees? How many trees in all?

5. The cash sales in a store for one week were as follows: Monday $79.48, Tuesday $124.68, Wednesday $115.56, Thursday $87.24, Friday $91.47, Saturday $175.55. Find the total.

6. A owes the grocer $9.67, the butcher $12.48, the baker $4.15, help $18.50, coal-bill, $16.75 and tax-bill $19.41. How much money will it take to pay all his bills?

7. The area of Connecticut in square miles is 4845, of Massachusetts 8040, of Ohio 40,760, of Iowa 55,475, of Texas 262,290, of California 155,980, of Maine 22,895, of Virginia 40,125, of Rhode Island 1085. What is the area of all these states?

1. A farm was bought for $7549 and sold for $6188. What was the loss?

2. An army went into battle with 5128 men, and came out with only 2746 men. How many men were missing?

3. A man's income for a year is $6214.

save if his expenses are $4725?

How much can he

4. My house cost $6743 and my barn $1274. How much more did the house cost than the barn?

5. A house cost $7814. If $5968 have been paid how much still remains due?

6. The sum of two numbers is 8903 and one of them is 6497. What is the other number?

7. A's property is worth $8760 and B's is worth $2878 less. How much is B's property worth?

8. A cotton planter raised 8564 lb. of cotton. He sold 6857 lb. How many pounds had he left?

9. A horse and carriage cost $398 and were sold for $512. How much was gained?

10. There were 6203 votes cast for two candidates. The successful one received 4879.

receive?

How many votes did the other

11. A builder contracted to build a schoolhouse for $31,275. If it cost him $27,468, what were his profits?

12. A man began business with $2800 and at the end of the year had $3568. How much had he gained?

13. A merchant bought goods to the amount of $7563 and sold them for $11,630. How much did he gain?

14. B paid $7387 for a house and sold it for $7867. How much did he gain?

15. A man sold his farm for $2763 and paid $1975 for a house in the village. How much of his money had he

left?

1. John solved 18 problems before school and 6 problems in school. How many problems did he solve?

2. Begin with 4, and count to 53 by 7's.

8. A garden contains 19 pear trees and 7 peach trees. How many trees in the garden?

4. Frank gave 12 cents for pencils, 5 cents for a rubber, and 6 cents for paper. How much did all cost?

5. A lady paid $27 for a shawl, $8 for a bonnet, and $3 for a pair of shoes. How much did she pay for all ?

6. A boy paid 45 cents for a ball, 8 cents for marbles, and 7 cents for an orange. How much did he pay in all?

7. Charles's lesson consists of 15 examples, and he has solved all but 4 of them. How many has he solved?

8. Jennie is 16 years old, and her sister is 9 years younger. How old is her sister?

9. A man gave $15 for a saddle, and $6 for a bridle. How much did both cost? How much more did the saddle cost than the bridle?

10. Begin with 44, and count backwards by 4's.

11. Begin with 63, and count backwards by 7's.

12. From a cask containing 45 gal. of molasses, 39 gal. were sold. How many gallons remain unsold?

13. If a man earns $45 a month and spends $36, how much does he save?

14. Subtract by 4's from 70 back to 2. 15. Subtract by 6's from 87 back to 3.

16. Subtract by 9's from 86 back to 5.

17. Subtract by 7's from 66 back to 3.

18. Luther paid 20 cents for 4 bananas. How much was that for one?

19. 20 pounds of butter will last a family 5 weeks. How much butter do they use a week?

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FRACTIONS.

To show that the same fraction (part of a unit) may have or to show how to find a common name

different names;
(denominator) for different fractions.

10ths

10

20

Teach them

NOTE. Do not require the pupils to memorize this table. how to use it in order to find a common name. Many pupils will probably quickly learn the more common equivalents by referring to the table for a few lessons.

1. From the table, find what fractions are equal to, and then illustrate as at the top of the page.

2. Do the same with 4,, •

3. From the table, find what fractions are equal to f, 12, 15, 3, 18, 3, 1o, 14, 15, 18, 20, 1e, fe, 12, 8, 18, 21, 2, 11.

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5

3

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