360,723 =? 94,000÷8? 760,344 ÷ 12 = ? In (24), (25), (26), are your quotients abstract or concrete? Give the principle. The Divisor exceeding 12, but less than 100. 1. Divide 34,028 by 13. 1. 3 feet = 1 yard. How many yards in 927 feet? Process. LONG DIVISION. feet. feet. 3) 927 (309 9 27 27 0 Since 3 feet Explanation. = 1 yard, 927 feet equal as many yards as 3 is contained times in 927. 927 ÷ 3 = 309. Therefore 927 feet equal 309 yards. How is the O in the quotient obtained? In the process, is 309 an abstract or a concrete number? State the principle. Is the process long or short division? Write the process in short division and explain the steps. 2. I paid 285 cents for a railroad ticket at 3 cents a mile. How many miles did I ride? 3. If you buy 12 pounds of soap for 96 cents, how much do you pay for a pound? 4. If the circumference of a wheel is 12 inches, how many times will it revolve in moving 1728 inches? 5. If it takes 5 bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, how many barrels can be made from 65,890 bushels? 6. A merchant has 1620 yards of calico, which he wishes to cut into 15-yard patterns. How many patterns will he have? 7. How many times must you take 7 dollars to make 567 dollars? 8. A boat sails 1872 miles, going at the rate of 18 miles an hour. How many hours does it sail? 9. How many sacks, each containing 55 pounds, can be filled from 2035 pounds of flour? 10. If I divided $576 equally among some men, giving to each man $8.00, how many men were there? 11. If 4 weeks make a month, how many months are there in 264 weeks? 12. Into how many lots of 39 acres each can a tract of land containing 6318 acres be divided? 13. The circumference of a wheel of a bicycle is 7 feet. How many revolutions will it make in going 18,480 feet? 14. How many sheep at $9 a head can be bought for $1377? 15. A man bought land at $87 an acre, paying $31,755 for it. How many acres did he buy? 16. How many feet are there in a mile, if 42 miles contain 221,760 feet? 17. Divide four hundred eighteen thousand six hundred forty-eight by twenty-four. 18. If the post-office sends 13,125 pounds of mail-matter in bags, each holding 75 pounds, how many bags will it require? 19. An estate worth 2943 dollars is to be divided equally among a father, mother, 3 daughters, and 4 sons. What will 21. I bought 15 horses at $75 a head; at how much per head must I sell them to gain $210? |