1. If 1 horse eat of a bushel of oats in 1 day, how many horses will eat a bushel in the same time? 2. If the wages of 8 weeks amount to $48, what will the wages of 23 weeks amount to?

3. A ship's crew of 12 men have provision for 5 months; how many months would it last 5 men?

4. A man gained $14 by selling a watch for 13 times what it cost him; how much did it cost him? 5. There is a pole, of its length is under water, and 9 feet out; how long is the pole?

6. A pole is standing in the water, so that 15 feet is above the water, which is of the whole length of the pole; how long is the pole ?

7. is of what number?

8. If 8 horses can in 1 day eat 4 bushels of oats, how many days would it take 1 horse to eat 1 bushel?

9. If 3 horses can in 1 day eat 14 bushels of oats, how many bushels can 1 horse eat in 4 days?

10. If 1 horse in 2 days can eat 6 bushels of corn, how many bushels will 4 horses eat in 3 days?

11. If 4 horses eat 16 bushels of provender in 2 days, how many bushels will 3 horses eat in 12 days.

12. How many tons of hay will 3 horses consume. in 4 days, if 4 horses will in of a day consume of a ton ?

13. How many hundred weight of hay can 3 horses consume in 25 days, if 2 horses in of a day consumed of a hundred weight?

14. How many days would it require, for 4 men to cut 16 cords of wood, if 1 man in 1 day cut cord?

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15. How many men will be required, to earn 20 dimes in 4 days, if 4 men in 23 days earn 11 dimes?

16. If it require 6 days for 2 men to lay 36 rods of wall, how many men can in of the time build 72 rods of similar wall?

17. If in 4 days 3 men accomplish a certain piece of work, how many men will be required, to perform a piece of work 4 times as large in 2 days?

18. If 4 men in 8 days perform a certain piece of work, how many men will be necessary to accomplish 3 times as much work in 3 of a day?

19. If 1 horse eat 1 bushel of oats in 4 days, in how many days would 6 horses eat 48 bushels?

20. If 2 men in of a day earn of a dollar, how many days would it take 3 men to earn of a dollar?

21. If it require of a bushel of oats to feed 4

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consume 9 bushels in of a day?

SUGGESTION.-Review unless the pupils thoroughly understand the preceding Chapters.

CHAPTER VII.

LESSON I.

1. $24 is of twice as much as a cask of wine cost; what did the wine cost?

2. Bought 30 barrels of flour, and of the number of barrels, equaled as many dollars as they all cost; what did 1 barrel cost?

3. 35 is of how many times of 4?

4. A farmer, being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that 160 was 2 of 10 times his number; how many sheep had he?

5. Mr. B, being asked the value of his horse, said, that $54 was of 3 times its value; what was the value of his horse?

12. A spent $60, which was & of 4 times as much

as he was worth; how much was he worth?

13. B sold 9 sheep, which was times 18 of his whole flock; how many sheep had he remaining? 14. D, at a game of cards, lost $20, which was times of all the money he had; how much had he? 15. C found $45, which was § of 3 times as much

as he already had; how much more did he find than he had at first?

16. A boy lost 9 marbles, which was 3 times as many again as he had at first; how many had he remaining?

17. A boy gave away 8 apples, which was 2 times as many again as he then had; how many had he at first?

18. 12 is times of what number?

19. 36 is times 3 of what number?

20. Jeremiah is 18 years old, and his age is 3 times of his father's age; how old is his father?

21. Mary gave 6 cents for a comb, which was times of all the cents she had; how many cents had she?

22. Martha gave 8 cents for a pine-apple, which was times of all her money; how many apples could she have bought with the money she had remaining, at 2 cents apiece?

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23. Henry had 20 marbles, which was many again as Harry had; how many had Harry? 24. Margaret is 16 years old, and her age is

of 3

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times Martha's age; how old is Martha ? 25. 3 is as much again as what number? 26. A man bought a horse for $60, which was much again as he sold him for; how much did he gain by the bargain?

27. A horse was sold for $40, which was times of what he was worth; what was the value of the horse?

28. A man, when he was married, was 20 years of age, which was times of the age of his wife; how old was she?

29. Shephard was worth $160, which was times of his father's fortune; what was the father's fortune?

30. A and B were playing cards, B lost $14 which

was times as much as A then had; and when they commenced of A's money equaled of B's. How much had each when they began to play?

LESSON II.

1. A boy, after spending of all his money, found, that 16 cents was all he had remaining; how much had he at first?

SOLUTION.-Let equal all he had at first. Then after spending of it, he must have had remaining 3-3, which is. And this by the condition of the question is 16 cents. If 16 cents is of what he had at first, of what he had, is of 16 cents, which is 8 cents; and ğ (what he had at first) is 5 times 8 cents, which are 40 cents.

2. Ruth, after losing of all her roses, had only 3 remaining; how many had she at first?

3. Jane gave of all her flowers to Ann, and had 4 remaining; how many did she give to Ann?

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4. George, after eating of all his oranges, found that 8 oranges were all he had remaining; how many had he at first?

5. A boy expended of his money for a pie, & for a ball, 3 for a top, and had 6 cents remaining; how many cents had he at first?

6. In a certain school of the scholars study grammar, study arithmetic, and the remainder, which is 10, study geography; how many scholars in all, and how many attending to each study?

7. A third part of an army was killed, part taken prisoners, and 300 remained unhurt; how many were there in the army?

8. If from my age you subtract and 2 of my age, the remainder would be 2 years; how old am I?

9. B, being asked how many pigeons he caught, said, that if to of the number, 36 were added, the