1. Mr. Barker paid $4875 for a house which he sold a month later for 8% more than he paid. Find the selling price. 2. An alloy is composed of 18 parts silver and 7 parts copper. What per cent of the alloy is silver? What per cent copper? How many pounds of each metal in an alloy weighing 1200 pounds? 3. What is the loss when an automobile that cost $1800 is sold for 58% of the cost? 4. The population of a city in 1909 was 12,800; in 1910, 5% more; in 1911, 5% more than in 1910. Find the population in 1911. 5. Mr. Sayles bought a cow for $84 and sold it at a profit of $12. What was his gain per cent? 6. A merchant bought 45 rugs for $113.75, and sold them at a gain of 20%. How much did he receive for each rug? 7. In a rity of 80,000 people 20 % are of school age, but only 80% of the children of school age attend school. How mary pupils in school? 8. A house lot costing $1750 was sold for 92% of the cost. Find the selling price. 7 9. Gunpowder is 75% saltpetre, 10 % sulphur, and 15% charcoal. How many pounds of each material must be used to make a ton of gunpowder? 10. A watch costing $42 was sold at a loss of 121 %. What was the selling price? 11. A bricklayer formerly laid 1000 brick a day. By a scientific handling of materials, he can now lay 2700 a day. What is the per cent of increase? X12. Mr. Adams bought a house for $3750 and sold it at a gain of 16%. Find the selling price. 3. What is the gain per cent when wood is bought for $6.75 per cord and sold for $8 per cord? 14. A salesman receives a salary of $1200 and 5% on all sales. What is his income in a year in which he sells $18,000 worth of goods? / 15. A platform scale sold for $13.94 allows a profit of $3.69. What per cent? 16. How much must a dealer in farm supplies get for a hay rake costing $16.75 to make a profit of 30% ? के 17. Henry buys newspapers at the rate of 2 for a cent and sells them at a cent apiece. Find his gain per cent. 18. A cotton mill has in its storehouse 4284 bales of cotton. If it uses 163 % of its stock in a week, how long will the supply last? How many bales are used each week? 19. What is the loss in selling a horse that cost $165 for 7% less than cost? 20 Mr. Appleton paid $27.50 for a disc cultivator, and at the end of the season sold it for $16.50. cent of the cost did he receive? What per 21. A man built a house for $3750 and sold it for $675 above cost. What per cent did he gain? 22. Twelve per cent of an alloy is tin, and the rest copper. How many pounds of copper in 245 pounds of the alloy? 23. A galvanized steel grain tank that can be made for $24 is sold for $32.60. What per cent does the dealer make? 24. A picture dealer paid $18 for a picture and $6 for the frame. He sold both at a gain of 45%. Find the selling price. 25. A farmer bought 60 sheep at $4.50 apiece and sold them for $360. What was the gain per cent? 26. If green coffee loses 81% of its weight in roasting, how many pounds of roasted coffee will be produced from 375 pounds of green coffee? 27. What is the gain per cent in buying wheat at 90 cents a bushel and selling at $1.05 a bushel? 28. A barrel of flour (196 pounds) is put up in bags of 244 pounds. A bag of flour is what per cent of a barrel? "Kind hearts are more than coronets, 29. And simple faith, than Norman blood." What per cent of the words in this couplet are words of 3 letters? Of 4 letters? Of 5 letters? Of 6 letters? Of 8 letters? メ HOME PROBLEMS 1. What premium does Mr. Shea pay for insuring his house for $3500 for five years at $0.75 per $100 of insurance? 2. A house is insured for $3200 for five years at %. What amount must the owner charge each year in his cash account for protection? X3. What tax is assessed on property valued by the assessors at $3800 if the tax rate is $1.95 per $100 of valuation? 4. What is Mr. Parr's tax on property assessed at $5450 if the tax rate is $19.60 per $1000. 5. Mr. Hogan petitions for a sidewalk in front of his home. The city lays it at a cost of $0.84 per square yard and assesses Mr. Hogan for one-half of the cost. What is Mr. Hogan's assessment if his lot has a frontage of 72 ft. and the sidewalk is 10 ft. wide? 6. The sum of $3000 is assessed on the abutters for improvements in a street 1250 ft. long. What is the assessment of Mr. Bernstein, whose lot abuts 60 ft. on the street? 7. A sewer is laid in a street at a cost of $3.84 per running foot. If the city bears 50% of the cost, what is the assessment of a property owner whose lot has a frontage of 80 ft.? 8. If a family allows 20% of its income for rent, what monthly rent can it afford to pay if its annual income is $1560? 9. Mrs. Cluin rents a house at $37.50 per month, subMetting one room at $8.50 per month and another at $7.75 per month. Find the annual expense to Mrs. Cluin for the rent of her own apartments. 10. A family rents a house for $282, payable in quarterly instalments. What is the amount of each payment? How much must the family save out of its monthly earnings to meet payments as they become due? 11. Mr. Olney buys a house and lot for $3800, paying down $1600 and agreeing to pay the balance in rent at the rate of $25 per month. How long will it take him to pay for the property? 12. Mr. McElroy bought a home for $4500, paying down 40% of the price and agreeing to pay the balance in eight quarterly payments. What was the amount of each quarterly payment? If he bought the home on April 15, 1911, when did he make the last payment? 13. Mr. Jarvis invests $4500 in a piece of real estate. What monthly rental must he get to realize 7% on his investment if he allows, annually, $72 for taxes, $7.50 for water rates, $4.50 for insurance, and $30 for repairs? 14. The decorator's charges for papering a room were: 12 rolls paper at 25c, 21 yd. cut-out border at 11c, 15 lb. paste at 2c, 61⁄2 hours' labor at 47c. Make out the bill. 15. A house owner wishes to connect with the city sewer. He finds that the city's charge for opening the sewer is $8, that the pipe will cost $32, other material $7.36, and that it will require 6 days' labor at $2.25, and 1 day's labor at $3.75. Compute the cost. |