LESSON III.

1. A MAN bought a tub of butter for 12 dollars, and a cheese for 4 dollars; how many dollars did he pay for both?

2. A farmer has 8 cows in one pasture, and 12 in another; how many has he in both? How many more in one than in the other?

3. George found 6 marbles, Arthur gave him 10, and he bought 8; how many marbles had he then ?

4. One morning Mary found in her flower-garden 8 roses, 5 peonies, 7 tulips, and 10 other blossoms; she picked 4 roses, 1 peony, 3 tulips, and 7 other blossoms; how many blossoms did she find? How many did she leave in the garden?

5. A farmer sold 8 bushels of wheat, 9 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of rye, and 7 bushels of barley; how many bushels of grain did he sell?

6. A drover bought 10 sheep of one man, 7 of another, and 8 of another, and he afterwards sold 12 sheep; how many did he buy? How many did he keep?

7. If I earn 12 dollars, and spend 7 dollars, a week, how many dollars shall I save in a week? How many in 4 weeks?

8. Bought 9 yards of cloth, at 4 dollars a yard, and sold the whole of it for 9 dollars more than I paid; what did I receive for the 9 yards? What for each yard?

9. Bought 8 yards of cloth, at 5 dollars a yard, and sold all of it for 32 dollars; did I gain or lose? How much on the whole? How much on a yard?

10. Mr. Flint had 10 sheep in each of 5 pastures, but he has sold 5 from one pasture, 7 from another, and 8 from another; how many sheep has he now ?

11. When flour is worth 8 dollars a barrel, and hay 12 dollars a ton, how many tons of hay will pay for 6 barrels of flour?

12. In a certain orchard there were 7 rows of trees, and 8 trees in each row, but 2 trees have been taken from each row; how many trees still remain in the orchard?

13. Daniel, Joseph, and James went a fishing. James caught 2 fishes, Joseph caught 3 times as many as James, and Daniel caught twice as many as James and Joseph together; how many did Daniel catch?

14. Thomas had twice 15 peaches, which he divided equally between his 3 brothers; how many did he give to each ?

15. The distance from Boston to Malden is 5 miles; from Malden to Reading, 7 miles; from Reading to Wilmington, 3 miles; from Wilmington to Andover, 8 miles; from Andover to Lawrence, 3 miles: how far is it from Boston to Lawrence?

16. The distance from Boston to Somerville is 3 miles; from Somerville to Waltham, 7 miles; from Waltham to Concord, 10 miles; from Concord to Littleton, 11 miles; from Littleton to Groton, 4 miles; from Groton to Fitchburg, 15 miles: how far is it from Boston to Fitchburg ?

LESSON IV.

THE following exercises are designed to discipline the pupil in changing from one subject to another with rapidity and accuracy.

Let the examples be read across the page; thus, 1 and 1 are 2; 1 from 2 leaves 1; once 1 is 1; 1 in 1, once; etc. etc.

1. How many are nine and two? Nineteen and two? Twenty-nine and two? Thirty-nine and two? Forty-nine and two? Fifty-nine and two? Sixtynine and two? Seventy-nine and two? Eighty-nine and two? Ninety-nine and two?

2. How many are nine and three? Nineteen and three? Twenty-nine and three? Thirty-nine and three? Forty-nine and three? Fifty-nine and three? Sixty-nine and three? Seventy-nine and three? Eighty-nine and three? Ninety-nine and three?

3. How many are nine and four? Nineteen and four? Twenty-nine and four? Thirty-nine and four? Forty-nine and four? Fifty-nine and four? Sixtynine and four? Seventy-nine and four? Eighty-nine and four? Ninty-nine and four?

4. How many are nine and five? Nineteen and five? Twenty-nine and five? Thirty-nine and five? Forty-nine and five? Fifty-nine and five? Sixty-nine and five? Seventy-nine and five? Eighty-nine and five? Ninety-nine and five?

5. How many are nine and six? Nineteen and six? Twenty-nine and six? Thirty-nine and six? Forty-nine and six? Fifty-nine and six? Sixty-nine and six? Seventy-nine and six? Eighty-nine and six? Ninety-nine and six?

6. How many are nine and seven? Nineteen and seven? Twenty-nine and seven? Thirty-nine and seven? Forty-nine and seven? Fifty-nine and seven?

Sixty-nine and seven? Seventy-nine and seven? Eignty-nine and seven? Ninety-nine and seven?

7. How many are nine and eight? Nineteen and eight? Twenty-nine and eight? Thirty-nine and eight? Forty-nine and eight? Fifty-nine and eight? Sixty-nine and eight? Seventy-nine and eight? Eighty-nine and eight? Ninety-nine and eight?

8. How many are nine and nine? Nineteen and nine? Twenty-nine and nine? Thirty-nine and nine? Forty-nine and nine? Fifty-nine and nine? Sixtynine and nine? Seventy-nine and nine? Eighty-nine and nine? Ninety-nine and nine?

9. How many are nine and ten? Nineteen and ten? Twenty-nine and ten? Thirty-nine and ten? Forty-nine and ten? Fifty-nine and ten? Sixty-nine and ten? Seventy-nine and ten? Eighty-nine and ten? Ninety-nine and ten?

10. How many are eight and three? Eighteen and three? Twenty-eight and three? Thirty-eight and three? Forty-eight and three? Fifty-eight and three? Sixty-eight and three? Seventy-eight and three? Eighty-eight and three? Ninety-eight and three?

11. How many are eight and four? Eighteen and four? Twenty-eight and four? Thirty-eight and four? Forty-eight and four? Fifty-eight and four? Sixty-eight and four? Seventy-eight and four? Eighty-eight and four? Ninety-eight and four?

12. How many are eight and five? Eighteen and five? Twenty-eight and five? Thirty-eight and five? Forty-eight and five? Fifty-eight and five? Sixtyeight and five? Seventy-eight and five? Eighty-eight and five? Ninety-eight and five?

13. How many are eight and six? Eighteen and six? Twenty-eight and six? Thirty-eight and six? Forty-eight and six? Fifty-eight and six? Sixtyeight and six? Seventy-eight and six? Eighty-eight and six? Ninety-eight and six?