11. is of what number? of what number? 12. If of a rod is of the width of a walk, what is the width of the walk? 13. is of what number? 14. How many times is? of what number? How many times is? 15. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 43 days, in how many days can 5 men do it? 16. 4 is ğ of what number? of what number? 17. How many yards of cloth, 3 quarters of a yard wide, are equal to 7 yards 5 quarters wide? 18. 7 is of what number? of what number? 23. If of a barrel of beef cost 16 dollars, how many cords of wood at 5 dollars a cord will barrel of beef? pay for a 24. If of a ton of coal cost 4 dollars, what will of a ton cost? 25. If of a yard of cloth cost 3 dollars, what will § of a yard cost? WRITTEN EXERCISES. 238.-1. At of a dollar a yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for 161 dollars? 2. Divide 43 by 18. by 32. 31 by . 11 §. 3. I paid 95 dollars for flour, at the rate of 87% dollars per barrel. barrel. How many barrels did I buy? How 4. If of an acre of land cost 96 dollars, what will of an acre cost? 5. If the divisor is and the quotient 53, what is the dividend? 6. If of a ton of hay cost 18 dollars, what will 13 of a ton cost? 7. If the product of two factors is 15, and one of the factors is 31, what is the other factor? 8. If the divisor is 7, and the dividend is, what is the quotient? 9. I own of a ship, and my brother owns 4. How many times as much as he, do I own? 10. John sold 320 acres of land; he then bought many as he sold, and found that number to be many as he had at first. How many had he at first? as as 239. TEST QUESTIONS.-1. What is an integer? A fraction? A mixed number? 2. What are the terms of a fraction? Which term is the numerator? Which the denominator? How is a fraction ex pressed by figures? 3. What is a proper fraction? An improper fraction? A complex fraction? 4. What is the value of a fraction? Is the value of a fraction changed by multiplying both terms by the same number? By dividing both terms by the same number? 5. What is reduction of fractions? How may fractions be changed to fractions with higher terms? To fractions having lower terms? 6. By what means may fractions be added or subtracted? How are fractions with different denominators prepared for addition or subtraction? 7. What is a principle in addition of fractions? In subtraction of fractions? In multiplication of fractions? In division of fractions? $1=10d.=100ct.=1000m. 241. United States Money consists of Coins and Paper Money. 242. Coins are pieces of metal stamped for use as money. The coins of the United States are now made of gold, silver, nickel or bronze. In addition to the above, a Trade-Dollar is issued for the convenience of foreign trade. 243. Paper Money consists of Notes, issued by banks and by the Treasury of the United States, as substitutes for coin. When Treasury Notes are of less facevalue than $1, they are called Fractional Currency. 244. In business transactions dimes are regarded as a number of cents. Thus, 5 dimes are regarded as 50 cents. In denoting by figures sums of United States money, the sign $ is placed before dollars, and the decimal point () is placed before cents. Thus, $5.90 expresses five dollars and ninety cents. $.075 expresses seven cents and five mills. 245.-1. How many mills in 1 cent? In 3 cents? In 9 cents? 2. How many cents in 10 mills? In 30 mills? In 90 mills? 3. How many cents in 1 dime? In 5 dimes? In 8 dimes? 4. How many dimes in 10 cents? In 50 cents? In 80 cents? 5. How many dimes in 1 dollar? In 5 dollars? 6. How many dollars in 10 dimes? In 50 dimes? 7. How many cents in 10 dimes? In 1 dollar? In 2 dollars? In 5 dollars? 8. How many dimes, and how many cents over, in 25 cents? In 42 cents? In 85 cents? 9. How many dollars, and how many cents over, in 125 cents? In 250 cents? In 375 cents? 10. How many cents, and how many mills over, in 15 mills? In 45 mills? In 67 mills? 11. Since 10 mills are 1 cent, what part of a cent is 1 mill? Is 2 mills? Is 7 mills? 12. Since 10 cents are 1 dime, what part of a dime is 1 cent? Is 3 cents? Is 9 cents? 13. Since 10 dimes are 1 dollar, what part of a dollar is 1 dime? Is 2 dimes? Is 7 dimes? 14. Since 100 cents are 1 dollar, what part of a dollar is 1 cent? Is 3 cents? Is 17 cents? 15. Since 1000 mills are 1 dollar, what part of a dollar is 1 mill? Is 7 mills? Is 117 mills? WRITTEN EXERCISES. 246. Copy and read 1. $15.25. 4. $143.41. | 7. $3.057. 10. $16.15. 2. $7.08. 5. $205.75. 8. $1.305. 11. $11.31. 12. $97.005. 3. $97.375. 6. $97.334. 9. $41.065. 247. Write in figures— 1. Ten dollars sixteen cents. 2. Twenty-seven dollars five cents. |