14. Owning of a grocery store, I sell of my share for $2360. How much is the store worth?

15. I bought 6400 chestnut fence posts for $400. What is the price per C.?

16. What is the price per bushel when 871% of a bushel sells for 49¢?

17. Find the cost of 9360 feet of boards at $15.75 per M. 18. Find the cost of .8 of 61 T. of hay at $10.75 per ton.

LESSON 48

1. Name the coins in common use.

2. How many mills in 63? In of a dime?

3. Recite the table of English money.

4. £1 equals how many dollars? 1 shilling how many cents? 1 penny how many cents?

5. At $1.50?

each, how many pencils can be bought for

6. What part of a ton is a hundredweight? What per cent of a ton is 100 lb.?

7. Find the cost of 2.4 pints of oil at 80 a gallon. 8. Find the cost of of a gallon of molasses at 5¢ a pint. 9. Find the cost of 23 pk. of beans at 60 a bushel. 10. How many cubic inches are there in a gallon? In a quart?

11. How many cubic inches are there in a bushel? In a peck? In a quart?

12. A peck is what per cent of a bushel?

13. How much will 60 yards of wire fencing cost at $1.20 a rod?

14. How many square feet in 223% of 2 sq. yd.? 15. Change 15 cu. ft. to cubic yards.

16. The distance from Wilkesbarre to Albany is 192 miles. The fare is $6.72. What is the rate per mile?

17. The difference in time between two places is 2 hr. 20 min. What is the difference in longitude?

18. The difference in longitude between two places is 48°. What is the difference in time?

19. Find the cost of 17,600 laths at 32¢ per C.

20. How much will .8 of a ream of paper cost at .4 of a cent a sheet?

21. A dealer bought shingles at $3.75 per M., and sold them at $3.95. How much did he gain on 50 M. ?

LESSON 49

1. 5 is
2. 12 is

of what number? 5 is 25% of what number? of what number? 12 is 75% of what number? 3. 9 is of what number? 9 is 331% of what number? 4. 8 is of what number? 8 is 163% of what number? 5. If 66% of a man's money is $180, how much money has he?

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6. If of the value of a horse + 163% of its value equals $75, what is its value?

7. What is the unit in Liquid Measure? How many cubic inches does it contain?

8. How many bushels of grain can be put into a box 5 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 3 ft. deep, allowing 14 cu. ft. to the bushel ?

9. How many times 1.5 is 66?

GRAD. ARITH. VI. 5

10. At 1.5 each, how many penholders can you get for 334?

11. A farmer raised 108 bu. of clover seed and sold 621% of it at $5.87 a bushel. How much did he receive for what he sold?

12. A man bought a horse for $150 and sold it at a gain of 15%. How much did he receive for it?

13. At $3.75 a ton, what is the value of 35% of 1250 tons of coal?

14. Mr. Sanders owned .28 of a piece of land. He sold of his share and had 78.54 acres left. How many acres had he at first, and how many acres were in the entire piece?

15. What is the area of a regular octagon, each of whose sides is 11 ft. and whose perpendicular distance from the center to one side is 12.86 ft.?

LESSON 50

1. A rope increased by of its own length equals 40 ft. What is its length?

2. From 87% of $8.40 take 75% of $1.

3. of 44 is 331% of what number?

4. If I sold a cow for $32 and gained of its cost, how much did the cow cost me?

5. What is longitude? How is it reckoned?

6. What part of a circumference is 240°? 120° ?

7. What part of a mile is 120 rd.?

8. If of a bushel of corn is worth 424, find the cost of 37% of a bushel.

9.

A degree equals how many statute miles?

10. How many steps 2 ft. long will a man take in walking 2 mi.?

11. If 8.125 yd. of cloth cost $13, now much will 11.25 yd. cost?

12. A field is 65 rd. long, and contains 21.125 A. Find the width of the field, also the cost of fencing it, at 75% a rod.

13. Reduce $1260 to English money.

14. From of a mile subtract of a rod.

15. Find the time from Aug. 25, 1900, to Sept. 11,

1901.

16.

Find the exact number of days from May 24 to Nov. 19 of the same year.

17. A box is 9 ft. square and 5 ft. deep. How many bushels will it hold, allowing 4 bu. to occupy 5 cu. ft.? 18. Add 25 rd. 4 yd. 2 ft., 4 yd. 7 in., 85 rd. 3 yd. 2 ft., 3 yd. 2 ft. 9 in.

LESSON 51

1. At 21 a pound, how much will 3 bbl. of flour cost?

2. There are 6.25 A. in a rectangular field 314 rd. wide. How long is it?

3. A field containing 50.875 A. is 18.5 ch. wide. How long is it?

4. What is the area of a semicircle whose radius is 24 in.?

5. By selling apples at $2.80 a barrel I gain of their cost. At what price per barrel must I sell them to gain of their cost?

6. If 3.2 tons of hay cost $48, how much will 5.663 tons cost?

7. A carpenter can build a fence 20 rd. long in 15 da. What part of the fence can he build in 8 da.? How many rods can he build?

8. How many bushels of potatoes will a 10-acre field produce if each square rod produces 21 bu.?

9. Change to decimals: ; ; 2; 63; 63.

10. State the value of each in hundredths: 1; 1; 1; }; }; }.

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11. 8.2+1.8? 3.7+7.3 ? +331% = ? 871% -=? 1.1.99? 61+3.25? 20-4.25 ? 12. 1.2+3 = ? .3 ÷ 2 = ? 2+3= ?

.3÷8=? 3.69 ?

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13. I bought a calf for $41 and sold it to a butcher for $5. How much did I gain?

14. If of a bushel of plums cost 604, how much will 2 bu. cost?

LESSON 52

1. At $3 a yard, how many yards of silk can I buy for $4? $6? $9?

2. If .4 of a pound of cheese cost 8, how much will 4.5 lb. cost?

3. What part of 320 is 32? 32?

What per cent of 320 is

4. I bought butter at 20 a pound and sold it at a gain of 10%. How much did I receive for it?

5. How many rods are there in 44 yd.? In 66 ft.?

6. When butter is worth 32 a pound, how much must be paid for 1 lb. 13 oz.?