5. The interest of $144 for 2 yr. 8 mo. 24 da. at 6%. 6. The value of 51 bbl. of flour if of a barrel is worth $4.80. 7. The cost of a pair of horses when $156 is paid for 1 horse. 8. The number of cubic feet in a piece of timber 8 ft. long, 8 in. thick, and 9 in. wide. 9. The area of a rectangle whose base is 20 rd. and altitude 16 rd. 10. The gain on 251⁄2 lb. of tea when bought at 50¢ a pound, and sold at $3 a pound. 11. If 7 boys earn $54 earn in the same time? in a day, how much will 5 boys In one half of the time? 12. At of a cent each, how many pencils can be bought for $1}? 13. How many bushels of corn can be bought for $8 if 1 bu. costs $.80? 14. If 4 yd. of lace cost 48, how much will 9g yd. cost at the same rate? 15. What part of 50 is 121? 81? What per cent of 50 is 121? 81? 10? 5? 16. What per cent of 100 is 121? 371? 621? 871? 1121? 17. If 12 tons of coal cost $6.50, how much will 1 ton cost? 27. At $13 a week, how long will it take a man to earn $440? 28. How many pairs of gloves at $1.371 a pair can be bought for $55 ? LESSON 5 1. At a gallon, how many gallons of maple sirup can be bought for $13? $33? $64? $81? 2. At $3 a peck, how many bushels of apples can be 4. At $ a bushel, how many bushels of tomatoes can be bought for $31? 5. At the rate of 3 bu. a day, how long will 44 bu. of oats last a horse? 6. How many acres are there in 8 building lots, each containing acres? 7. of 21 is of what number? 18. If .9 of the value of a farm is $2700, what is the value of the farm? 19. How many cords of wood at $5.25 a cord will pay for 112 bu. of wheat at 75¢ a bushel? 20. An automobile goes 1851 miles in 4 hours. How far will it go in of an hour? 21. If of a yard of cloth is worth $g, find the cost of 163 yards. 22. If $7 will pay for 1 tons of coal, how much coal will $213 pay for? 23. Find the prime factors common to 162 and 192. 24. How much will 2 bu. 2 pk. 4 qt. of beans cost at 3 a pound, allowing 60 lb. to equal a bushel? LESSON 6 1. Multiply 40 sq. rd. 16 sq. yd. 7 sq. ft. by 6. 2. How many cubic inches are in a board 16 ft. long, 12 in. wide, and 1 in. thick? How many board feet? 3. Express $560 in English money. 4. 21 5 Change, 1, 1, 1 to 88ths. 5. How many board feet are there in 120 boards, each 16 ft. long, 9 in. wide, and 1 in. thick? 6. Find the exact number of days from Jan. 17, 1900, to Sept. 17 of the same year. 7. Change .475 to a common fraction in lowest terms. 8. How many rods equal .475 of a mile? 9. Make a bill for 5 articles bought at a hardware store to-day, and receipt it as clerk. 10. How many times must a man walk around a rectangular piece of land 493 rd. long and 30 rd. wide in order to travel 80 miles? 11. If a man travel 29.6 miles a day, in how many days will he travel 33,152 rods? 12. Change to a decimal. 13. At 6%, what is the interest of $1 for 1 yr.? For 6 mo.? For 1 mo.? 14. What is the interest of $2 for 1 mo. at 6%? 15. A's land is of of B's. If A owns 605 acres, how many acres does B own? 16. How many yards of material at $ a yard can be bought for $51? For $4 at $4 a yard? 17. John raised 60 bu. of wheat, which was less than his brother raised. How many bushels did his brother raise? 18. What per cent of a quantity is of it? 100 19. Find the cost of 36% of 200 bu. of oats at $1 a bu. 20. How much will 2 gross of pens cost at of a cent apiece? 21. What is a cube? A cubic inch? A cubic foot? 22. How do you find the volume of a rectangular solid? LESSON 7 1. Find the value of 2 oz. 5 dr. of quinine at 1 of a cent a grain. 2. How many cubic inches equal 11 of a cubic foot? 3. Find the cost of plastering the walls and ceiling of a room 48 ft. long, 36 ft. wide, and 12 ft. high, at 20¢ a square yard, no allowance being made for openings. 4. I have a room 19 ft. long and 16 ft. wide, the floor of which I wish to cover with carpet 1 yard wide. How many yards will be needed if there is a loss of 11 yd. in matching, the carpet running the longer dimension of the room? How many breadths are needed for the room ? How much must be turned under at one side? Find the cost of the carpet at 85¢ a yard. Draw a plan of the room, using in. for a foot, and mark the breadths. 5. Add .851, 161, 471, .751, 225.36, and 7ğ. Express the answer in words. 6. At $3 a yard, how much will 8 yards cost? 7. What is the value of 84% of 6175 bu. of corn at 52 a bushel ? 8. Divide 8.505 by, and express the quotient in three different forms. 9. What is of ? of? of? of? of ? 10. How many boxes, holding of a quart each, will be required to hold 147 bu. of huckleberries? 11. Divide by 1. by 1. by 2. by 3. by 3. 12. At $a yard, how many yards of ribbon can you buy for $4? 13. mi. mi. = how many rods? 14. If the interest of a note for 8 months is $32, how much is the interest for of a year? 15. What per cent of a day is 12 hr.? 6 hr.? 8 hr.? LESSON 8 1. A man had 72 turkeys and sold 621% of them on Thanksgiving. How many had he left? 2. A farmer raised 160 chickens and sold 871% of them. How many did he sell? |