MR. GEORGE RICE II BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1908. 125 Delaware Ave. Bought of HULL, GUPPEN & CO. HEATING, PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND Paid, Dec. 18, 1908, HULL, GUPPEN & Co., per P. STANLEY. MR. JOHN K. CARR 19 Montgomery St. III TO CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Dr. Branch Office, 157 Grand St. For gas supplied from Nov. 13 to Dec. 15, 1908 Present state of meter 18,000 Previous state of meter 11,800 To supply of 6200 cu. ft. of gas at $.80 per M 4 96 Received payment, Jan. 2, 1909 for the Company. PROBLEMS 1. James Smith bought to-day from R. T. Wilson, grocer: 6 lb. cheese @ 12 ct. per pound; 2 lb. tea @ 55 ct. per pound; 2 jars molasses @ 14 ct. per jar. Make out the bill and receipt. 2. Copy the following bill. Put in date, name, business, and address of some dealer you know. Make the bill against yourself. 3. Mr. James Grant, provision dealer, sends out weekly bills to his charge customers. Looking over his books, he found the following entries: Make out bills for the customers, filling them out, footing, and receipting them. 4. Suppose that you sold $5 worth of groceries. Make out the itemized bill. (Inquire about prices at the nearest grocery store.) 5. Make out a bill of the milk and cream your mother buys in one month. 6. Mr. William Miles bought of R. H. Macy & Co., 34th St., New York: 1 rug @ $12.50; 3 chairs @ $3.75; 1 easy chair @ $8.50; 1 bookcase @ $7.50; 1 sofa @ $11.25; 16 yd. muslin for curtains @23. What was the amount of the bill? Receipt. 7. On February 1, my gas meter indicated 11,200; on March 1, it indicated 15,600. What was the cost of the gas consumed during February, at $1.25 per M? 8. Bought of Park and Tilford, New York, 1 bot. Olive Oil @70 ct.; lb. White Pepper @ 44 ct.; 2 pkg. H-O @ 14 ct.; 2 jar Rasp. Jam @24 ct. Make out the bill and receipt it. DECIMAL FRACTIONS NOTE. The class should read this section and do the exercises under the direction of the teacher, who may divide the section into lesson wholes. In preparation, review p. 3–7. What is each part called when a unit is divided into 10 equal parts? One tenth may be written in two ways: or .1. The period before the figure 1 is the decimal point. 6 tenths, 8 tenths. The first place to the right of the decimal point is tenths' place. What is each part called when a unit is divided into 100 equal parts? How many hundredths in 1 tenth? Instead of "1 one hundredth," we say "1 hundredth.” 1 One hundredth may be written or .01. 100 25 Read: 15, .05, 175, .07, .03, 20, 25, 50%, .50. 1009 100 1009 Write in both ways: 9 hundredths, 15 hun dredths, 35 hundredths, 10 hundredths. The second place to the right of the decimal point is called hundredths' place. |