Lesson 49.

1. At 7 dollars a ton, how many tons of coal can I buy for 50 dollars, and how much money will be left?

2. From 150 dollars I have 6 dollars left after paying 12 men. What is the average sum paid each man?

3. If 4 bushels of potatoes are worth 1 bushel of wheat, and 6 bushels of wheat are worth 1 barrel of flour, how many bushels of potatoes must be given for 2 barrels of flour?

4. If a certain field is divided into 6 equal parts, each part will contain 6 acres. How many acres will there be in each part if the field is divided into 4 equal parts?

5. If John's money is divided into 8 equal parts there will be 4 cents in each part. How many cents will there be in each part if it is divided into 4 equal parts? into 2 equal parts? into 16 equal parts?

6. If 8 men can build a fence in one day, how many men must be employed to build it in 2 days?

7. If 8 men can build a fence in 2 days, how many men must be employed to build it in one day?

8. If it takes 8 men 4 days to build a fence, how many days will it take 4 men to build it? 16 men?

9. If 6 men can build a barn in 40 days, in how many days can 8 men build it?

10. If 3 men can mow a certain field in 12 days, how many days will it take 4 men to mow it?

11. If 8 men can build a certain wall in 9 days, how many men will build it in 3 days?

12. If the value of 8 sheep is 72 dollars, what is the value of 6 of the sheep?

The coins in common use are the cent, the nickel (five cents), the dime (ten cents), the quarter (twenty-five cents), the half (fifty cents), the dollar (one hundred cents).

The dollar sign ($) is placed before the figures.

The dot, or decimal point, is placed between the dollars and the cents; thus, $5.50 is read "five dollars and fifty cents."

1. How many cents are there in a quarter of a dollar? How many are there in a half-dollar?

2. How many two-cent postage stamps can I buy for 25 cents? Shall I have any money left?

3. One dozen cedar pencils cost 10 cents. How many dozen can I buy for one dollar?

4. If I give a five-dollar bill in payment for boots that cost $4.50, how much change shall I receive? 5. What will 5 quires of paper cost at 25 cents a quire?

6. A boy buys a gallon of oil for 10 cents, a pound of soda for 10 cents, and a yeast cake for 2 cents. If he gives a quarter in payment, how much change will he receive?

Lesson 2.

1. What will 9 barrels of flour cost at $5.10 a barrel ?

2. At the rate of $3.15 each, how much will 5 hats cost?

3. What will 4 pounds of beefsteak cost at 25 cents a pound?

4. A boy has earned $15.50 towards the purchase of a bicycle that cost $25. How much more

must he earn?

5. A man buys a coat for $12.50 and a vest for $5.50. He gives in payment two ten-dollar bills. How much change ought he to receive?

6. A man gives four ten-dollar bills in payment for the use of a hall six nights at $6 a night. How much change must he receive?

7. What will 5 pounds of coffee cost at 30 cents a pound?

8. What will 4 tons of coal cost at $7.25 a ton? 9. At $3.50 a cord, how many cords of pine wood can be bought for $7 ?

10. At the rate of 2 cents a mile, what will a mileage book of 1000 miles cost?

11. What will be the amount of my hotel bill for four days at the rate of $2.50 a day?

12. Five times 20 cents are how many times 25 cents?

13. A carpenter receives 25 cents an hour. How much will he receive for 6 hours' work?

14. A boy is paid 15 cents an hour for raking leaves. How much will he earn in 7 hours?

Lesson 3.

1. John goes to town with $1. cents for sugar, 10 cents for soda, 15 fish, and the remainder for a book. pay for the book ?

He pays 50 cents for cod

What does he

2. I offer a five-dollar bill in payment for books. One book costs $1.25, another 75 cents, another 50 cents. How much change ought I to receive?

3. How much must I pay for two railroad tickets at $1.20 each and three half-tickets at 60 cents each? 4. I buy a mileage book for $20, a hat for $4, a pair of boots for $3.50, and a pair of overshoes for $3.50. How much do I spend ?

5. At the rate of 2 cents a mile for each person, how much will it cost 4 persons to ride 51 miles ?

6. I buy a turkey weighing 10 pounds, give in payment a two-dollar bill and receive in change 20 cents. What is the price of the turkey a pound?

7. My friend pays $20 for a mileage book. After he uses it on a road that charges 2 cents a mile, he sells the book to me for $18.70. How many miles did he ride?

8. I give a ten-dollar bill in payment for three books of equal value and receive $2.50 in change. What is the price of each book?

9. I buy three books. The second costs twice as much as the first, and the third twice as much as the second. The third costs $10. What is the cost of each of the others, and of all together?

10. If a man receives $1.50 for 6 hours work, what is the rate per hour?

Lesson 4.

1. A boy has $3 in ten-cent pieces. How many pieces has he?

2. How many five-cent postage stamps can be bought for $1.50?

3. At 25 cents a dozen, how many dozen oranges can be bought for $1.25?

4. At the rate of three apples for 2 cents how many apples can be bought for $1?

5. I spend $1 for postage stamps. The number of one-cent stamps that I buy is equal to the number of cents that I pay for the two-cent stamps. How many stamps of each kind do I buy?

6. How much postage must I pay on 25 letters at 2 cents each, 20 newspapers at 1 cent each, fifteen circulars at 1 cent each, and a book at 20 cents?

7. I have 5 five-dollar bills. How much money shall I have left after paying my tailor $18.50, my shoemaker $5.50, and my barber 25 cents?

8. If a workman is paid at the rate of $2.50 a day, how many days must he work to earn enough to pay his doctor's bill of $25?

9. What will 3000 cubic feet of gas cost at $2.30 a thousand ?

10. One person gives $5 towards a present that costs $10.50, another gives $3, and another gives the remainder. How much does the third person give?

11. A boy receives $1 from his mother, twice as much from his father, and twice as much from his sister as from his father. How much does he receive?