part of twelve dollars will 5 barrels cost? What part of twelve dollars will 7 barrels cost?

20. What is 1 fourth of twelve? What is 2 fourths of twelve? 3 fourths? 5 fourths? 7 fourths?

21. If 3 oranges cost twelve cents, what part of twelve cents will 1 orange cost? What part of twelve cents will 2 oranges cost? What part of twelve cents will 4 oranges cost? What part of twelve cents will 5 oranges cost? 7 oranges? 10 oranges ?

22. What is 1 third of twelve? 2 thirds? 4 thirds? 5 thirds? 7 thirds? 10 thirds?

23. If 5 bushels of wheat cost 10 dollars, what part of 10 dollars will 1 bushel cost? What part of 10 dollars will 2 bushels cost? 3 bushels? 4 bushels ? 6 bushels? 7 bushels?

24. What is 1 fifth of 10? 2 fifths? 3 fifths? 4 fifths? 6 fifths? 7 fifths?

25. What is 1 half of fourteen? 1 seventh ? 2 sevenths? 3 sevenths? 5 sevenths?

26. What is 1 third of fifteen? 2 thirds? 1 fifth? 2 fifths? 3 fifths? 4 fifths?

27. What is 1 half of sixteen? 3 fourths? 1 eighth ? 3 eighths? 5 eighths? 7 eighths? 1 sixteenth ?

28. What is 1 half of eighteen? 2 thirds? 1 sixth? 5 sixths? 1 ninth? 2 ninths? 4 ninths? 5 ninths? 7 ninths? 8 ninths? 1 eighteenth? 5 eighteenths?

29. What is 1 half of twenty? 1 fourth? 3 fourths? I fifth? 3 fifths? 2 fifths? 4 fifths? 1 twentieth? 3 twentieths? 7 twentieths?

30. What is 1 third of twenty-one? 2 thirds? 1 seventh? 5 sevenths? 3 sevenths? 6 sevenths? 4 sevenths?

31. What is 1 half of twenty-two? 1 eleventh ? 3 elevenths? 5 elevenths? 7 elevenths? 10 elevenths?

32. What is 1 half of twenty-four? 1 third? 2 thirds 1 fourth? 3 fourths? 1 sixth? 5 sixths? 5

eighth? 3 eighths? 7 eighths? 1 twelfth ? 5 twelfths? 7 twelfths?

33. What is 1 half of twenty-six ?

34. What are 2 thirds of twenty-seven? 2 ninths? 4 ninths? 5 ninths? 8 ninths? 7 ninths?

35. What is 1 half of twenty-eight? 3 fourths? 2 sevenths? 5 sevenths? 3 sevenths?

36. What is 1 sixth of thirty? 3 fifths? 7 tenths? 2 thirds? 1 half?

37. What is 1 half of thirty-two? 3 fourths? 5 eighths? 1 sixteenth ?

38. What is 1 half of thirty-four?

39. What is 5 sixths of thirty-six ? 2 thirds? 1 half? 7 twelfths? 4 ninths? 3 fourths? 40. What is 1 half of thirty-eight?

41. What is 1 third of thirty-nine ?

42. What is 3 fourths of forty? 7 eighths? 9

tenths? 1 half?

43. What is 3 sevenths of forty-two? 5 sixths?

B. 1. A boy having twelve apples, kept 1 fourth of them himself, and divided the other 3 fourths of them equally among 4 of his companions, how many did he give them apiece?

2. 3 fourths of twelve are how many times 4? 3. A man having fourteen bushels of grain, divided 5 sevenths of it equally among 3 men; how much did he give them apiece?

4. 5 sevenths of fourteen are how many times 32 5. A man having fifteen shillings, gave away 4 fifths of it, how many dollars did he give away?

6. 4 fifths of fifteen are how many times 6? 7. A man having twenty-one cents, paid away 6 sevenths of them for oranges at 5 cents apiece; how many oranges did he buy?

8. 6 sevenths of twenty-one are how many times 5?

9. A man bought a piece of cloth for twenty-four shillings, and sold it again for 5 thirds of what he gave for it; how many dollars did he sell it for ?

10. 5 thirds of twenty-four are how many times 6 ?

11. 7 fifths of twenty are how many times 6?

12. 5 sevenths of thirty-five are how many times 8?

13. 7 sixths of thirty-six are how many times 5? 14. 9 sevenths of forty-two are how many times

15. 7 ninths of forty-five are how many times 6 ? 16. 5 sixths of forty-eight are how many times 7? 17. 6 fifths of fifty are how many times 9?

18. 8 ninths of fifty-four are how many times 5? 19. 9 sevenths of fifty-six are how many times 10?

20. 7 sixths of sixty are how many times 8?

21. 9 sevenths of sixty-three are how many times 7?

22. 10 eighths of sixty-four are how many times 9?

23. 6 eighths of seventy-two are how many times 7?

24. 4 sevenths of eighty-four are how many times 9?

25. 7 tenths of ninety are how many times 8?

C. 1. Charles had, 6 apples, and gave 1 third of them. to John; how many did he give him?

2. Albert had 9 cents, and spent 2 thirds of them; how many had he left?

3. James had 10 pears, and gave 1 half of them to one of his companions, and 2 fifths of them to another; how many did he give away?

4. If 3 yards of cloth cost 6 dollars, what is that a yard?

5. If 4 yards of cloth cost twelve dollars, what will 2 yards cost?

6. If 9 apples cost eighteen cents, what will 3 apples cost?

7. If 3 oranges cost 18 cents, what will 2 cost? 8. James had twenty-five cents, and he gave 4 fifths of them for 10 apples; how much did he giv for all the apples? how much apiece?

9. A man had thirty dollars, and gave 5 sixths of them for 8 yards of cloth; how much did he give yard?

10. A man had forty yards of cloth, and sold 3 fifths of it for twenty-four dollars; what was that a yard?

11. A man had forty-two barrels of flour, and sold 2 sevenths of it for 6 dollars a barrel; how much did it come to ?

12. A boy had sixty-three nuts, and divided 4 sevenths of them equally among six of his companions; how many did he give them apiece?

13. If 4 yards of cloth cost twelve dollars, what will 3 yards cost?

14. If 5 oranges cost twenty-five cents, what will 3 cost?

15. If 3 oranges cost fifteen cents, what will 7 cost? 16. If 3 barrels of cider cost twelve dollars, what will 10 barrels cost?

17. If 7 pounds of flour cost thirty-five cents, what will 9 pounds cost?

18. If 5 firkins of butter cost forty dollars, what will 3 firkins cost?

19. If 2 men can do a piece of work in six days, how long would it take 4 men to do the same work?

20. If 6 men can do a piece of work in twelve days, in how many days will 3 men do the same work?

21. If 3 men can do a piece of work in twelve days, in how many days will 4 men do the same work?

22. If 2 pipes of a certain size will empty a cistern in 6 hours, in how long a time will 3 pipes of the same size empty it?

23. Three men, setting out on a journey, purchased 5 loaves of bread apiece, but before they had eaten any of it, two other men joined them, and they agree to share the bread equally among the whole; how many loaves did they have apiece?

24. If 4 barrels of flour cost twenty-four dollars, what would 7 barrels cost? How much cider at 3 dollars a barrel would 7 barrels of flour buy?

25. A man bought a quantity of flour for fiftyfour dollars; and another man gave him 9 yards of cloth for 5 sixths of it; what was the cloth worth a yard?

26. If 9 yards of cloth cost fifty-four dollars; how many boxes of butter, at 4 dollars a box, would 5 yards of the same cloth buy?

27. Bought 8 firkins of butter for seventy-two dollars, and gave 6 of them for 7 yards of cloth h; what was a yard of the cloth worth?

28. A man bought 6 barrels of flour for sixty dollars, and gave 4 barrels of it for cider at 5 dollars a barrel; how many barrels did he buy?

Note. The manner of writing numbers with fig-. ures has been explained as far as ten. The numbers from ten to one hundred are written as follows: