DIVIDING BY 9 1. How many tables, at $9 each, can be bought for $18? for $27? for $36? for $45? for $63? 3. Tell at sight which is greater and how much : 9. If a postman delivers 954 letters in 9 hours, how many letters does he average in one hour? 10. How many times can 9 inches be marked off from a line 4 feet in length? 11. At 3 melons for 15 cents, how many melons can I buy for 45 cents? REVIEW 1. There are 8 pints in one gallon. How many pints are there in 36 gallons? 2. A train runs 26 miles in 1 hour. How far can it run in 9 hours? 3. How much will 8 yards of cloth cost at 32 cents per yard? 4. At the rate of 9 pages an hour, how long will it take to finish a story of 27 pages? 5. At 6 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 138 cents? 6. There are 168 cabbage plants in 8 rows. How many are there in each row? 7. How many bushels equal 396 pecks? 10. If 9 hours is a day's work, for how many days should a man be paid who has worked 342 hours? 11. 6 melons cost 78 cents. How much is that apiece? 12. How many yards equal 54 feet? 13. At 48 cents a gallon, what is the cost of a pint of molasses? 14. Seven o'clock A.M. is how many hours after midnight? 15. 144 square inches equal one square foot. How many square inches equal 8 square feet? REVIEW 1. Tell the meaning of each figure in these numbers: 4069; 27304; 50100; 73614; 80001. 2. Express in words: 84244; 93712; 65111; 52316; XXVIII; XXXV; XLIX; LIV. 3. If you sold a person goods to the amount of 94 cents, and received $2 in payment, what coins might you give in change? 4. If I pay 96 cents for 3 yards of ribbon, how much should I pay for 1 yard? 5. Frank's expenses for one week were $7 for board, $.60 for car fare, $.48 for laundry work, and $.75 for other expenses. Find the total expenses. 6. From a box of soap containing 144 cakes a grocer sold 76 cakes. How many cakes of soap remained? 7. A man paid $600 for a lot, and built a house on it which cost $3000. What was the value of the property? 8. Mrs. White's grocery bill for January was $38, for February $35, and for March $42. What was the amount of the three bills? 9. Find of 2954; of 6354; 1 of 8982. 10. Make a problem from the following statement: 25 yards were sold from a piece containing 52 yards. |