35. If 3 bushels of wheat cost 5 dollars, what is it a What will 2 bushels cost at that rate?

bushel ?

36. What is of 5? What is of 5?

37. If 4 dollars will buy 5 bushels of rye, how much will one dollar buy? How much will 3 dollars buy?

38. What is of 5? What is of 52?

39. If 17 barrels of flour cost $1073, what will 23 barrels

cost?

40. What is of 1073?

41. If 12 cwt. of sugar cost $1373, what is the price of 1 qr.? What of 1 lb. ?

42. At 4 dollars for 3 gallons of wine, how much may be bought for 67 dollars?

Note. Find how much a dollar will buy.

43. If 3 cords of wood cost 20 dollars, what will 71⁄2 cords cost?

44. If 19 yards of cloth cost 155 dollars, what will be the price of 17 yards?

45. If 18 lb. of raisins cost 2 dollars, what is that per lb.? What would be the price of 53 lb. at that rate? 46. If 11 lb. of butter cost 2 dollars, what will 183 lb.

cost?

47. If 7 gallons of vinegar cost of a dollar, what will 27 gallons cost?

48. If 1 lb. of sugar cost of a dollar, what will 173 lb.

cost?

49. If a yard of cloth cost 7 dollars, what will of a yard cost?

50. At of a dollar a yard, what will of a yard of cloth cost?

51. At 3 shillings a yard, what will 7

cost?

t

yards of riband

52. At 3 dollars a barrel, what part of a barrel of cider may be bought for of a dollar?

53. At 4 dollars a yard, what part of a yard of cloth may be bought for of a dollar?

54. At 2 dollars a yard, how much cloth may be bought for 5 dollars?

55. At 2 dollars a gallon, how much brandy may be bought for 7 dollars?

56. At 3 shillings a quart, how many quarts of wine may be bought for 17 shillings?

57. At 6 dollars a barrel, how many barrels of flour may be bought for 45,3 dollars?

58. If 1 cwt. of iron cost 4 dollars, what will 53 cwt.

cost?

59. A man failing in trade can pay only of a dollar on each dollar, how much can he pay on 7 dollars? How much on 235 dollars?

60. A man failing in trade is able to pay only 1 of a pound on a pound, how much can he pay on 17£. 15s.?

61. A man failing in trade is able to pay only 17s. on a pound, what part of each pound will he pay? How much will he pay on a debt of 147£. 14s.?

62. What is

63. Divide

by 6.

64. Multiply 24 by 1.

5

65. What is

of &?

66. Multiply

by 25.

67. Divide

by 25.

68. Divide 15

by 8.

69. Multiply 1523 by f.

37

70. What is of 17?

285

71. Multiply 13 by A.

72. Multiply 135,4 by 243.

73. Multiply 1,6473 by 1723.

74. How many times is 3 contained in 143 ?

75. How many times is 9 contained in 47

?

76. How many times is 17 contained in 253¦¦ ? 77. What part of 2 is 3?

XVIII. 1. If 1 lb. butter cost of a dollar, how much will 2 lb. cost? What will 4 lb. cost?

2. At of a dollar per lb., what will 2 lb. of raisins cost? What will 3 lb. cost? What will 6 lb. cost?

3. If 1 man will consume of a bushel of corn in a week, how much will 2 men consume in the same time? How

much will 4 men consume?

sume?

How much will 8 men con

4. If a horse will consume of a bushel of oats in a day, how much will he consume in 3 days? How much in 9 days?

5. If 1 man can do of a piece of work in a day, how much of it can 2 men do in the same time? How much of it can 3 men do? How much of it can 4 men do? How much of it can 6 men do? How much of it can 12 men do?

40

6. If a man drink of a barrel of cider in a week, how much would he drink in 2 weeks? How much would 5 men drink in a week at that rate? How much would 8 men drink in a week? How much would 20 men drink in a week? How much would 40 men drink in a week?

7. If a horse consume 23 bushels of oats in a week, how much would he consume in 4 weeks? How much in 8 weeks?

2.48

8. At 7 dollars a barrel, what cost 5 barrels of flour? 9. If a horse will eat of a ton of hay in a month, how much will 2 horses eat? How much will 8 horses eat? 10. If it take 12 yard of cloth to make a coat, how much will it take to make 8 coats? How much to make 24 coats? 11. If a barrel of cider cost 327 dollars, what will 10 barrels cost? What will 25 barrels cost?

100

Note. 8 times =1; 8 times is 7 times as much, that is, 7. Perform the following examples in a similar manner.

XIX. 1.* A merchant bought 4 pieces of cloth, the first contained 183 yards, the second 27 yards, the third 234 yards, and the fourth 25 yards. How many yards in the whole ?

2. A gentleman hired 2 men and a boy for 1 week. One man was to receive 53 dollars, the other 7%, and the boy 37. How much did he pay the whole ?

3. A gentleman hired three men for 1 month. To the first he paid 26 bushels of corn; to the second, 287 bush els, and to the third, 33% bushels. How many bushels did it take to pay them?

4. A man had 2 bushels of corn in one sack, and 23 in another; how many bushels had he in both?

5. If it takes 1 yard of cloth to make a coat, and of a yard to make a pair of pantaloons, how much will it take to make both?

6. A man bought 2 boxes of butter; one had 73 lb. in it, and the other 102 lb. How many pounds in both?

7. A boy having a pine apple, gave of it to one sister, to another, and to his brother, and kept the rest himself. How much did he keep himself?

8. A man bought 3 sheep; for the first he gave 63 dol lars; for the second, 85; and for the third, 94. How many dollars did he give for the whole ?

S. How many cwt. of cotton in four bags containing as follows; the first 4 cwt.; the second, 5 cwt.; the third 4 cwt; and the fourth 73 cwt.?

10. A merchant bought a piece of cloth containing 23 yards, and sold 73 yards of it; how many yards had he left?

11. A gentleman paid a man and a boy for 2 months' laDour with corn; to the man he gave 263 bushels, and to the boy he gave 183 bushels. How many bushels did it take to pay both?

12. Bought 83 cwt. of sugar at one time, and 5 cwt. at another; how much in the whole?

13. Bought of a ton of iron at one time, and of a ton at another; how much in the whole ?

14. There is a pole standing so that of it is in the mud,

* See First Lessons, Sect, XIII.

of it in the water, and the rest above the water; how much of it is above the water?

15. A merchant bought 14 cwt. of sugar, and sold 8, cwt.; how many lb. had he left?

Note. Reduce all fractions to their lowest terms, after the work is completed, or before if convenient. In the above example might be reduced, but it would not be convenient because it now has a common denominator with }}. The answer may be reduced to lower terms.

16. Out of a barrel of cider there had leaked 73 gallons; how many gallons were there left?

17. A man bought 2 loads of hay, one contained 173 cwt. and the other 234 cwt. How many cwt. in both?

18. A man had 434 cwt. of hay, and in 3 weeks his horse ate 5 cwt. of it; how much had he left?

19. Two boys talking of their ages, one said he was 94 years old; the other said he was 4 years older. What was the age of the second?

20. A lady being asked her age, said that her husband was 37 years old, and she was not so old as her husband by 8 years. What was her

age ?

21. A lady being asked how much older her husband was than herself, answered, that she could not tell exactly; but when she was married her husband was 284 years old, and she was 224. What was the difference of their ages

22. Add together and.

23. Add together, 4, and 2.

24. Add together and

25. Add together 134 and 17.

?

26. Add together 137, 26, and 2434.

27. What is the difference between and ?

28. What is the difference between and ? 29. What is the difference between 18

and 8?

30. What is the difference between 137

and 984?

31. Subtract 384 from 53.

32. Subtract 28438 from 81334.

XX. 1. A man bought 15 cows for $345. What was the average price?

Note. Find the price of 3 cows, and then of 1 cow.

2. A merchant bought 16 yards of cloth for $84.64; what was it a yard?