In 83 there are 9 nines and 2 over. The 2 is written over the divisor, thus, 3, which is a fraction, called two ninths. 284. Multiplication and Division. A man walked 24 miles a day for 5 days: how far in A man walked 120 miles in 5 days: how far a day? 1. What is paid for 9 horses at $120 a head? 2. What is paid a head for 8 horses sold for $1 000? 3. What is the product of 160 and 7? 4. If a train runs 40 miles per hour, how far does it run in 9 hours? 5. If a train runs 270 miles in 9 hours, how far does it run per hour? 290. Oral Questions. (Table on page 52.) 1. How many pecks are in 2 bushels? 4. How many quarts are in half a peck? 5. How many quarts are one peck and 1 quart? 291. Written Problems. 1. Find the number of quarts in a bushel. 4 pecks 4 times 8 quarts=32 quarts. 2. Find the number of quarts in 1 bushel and 1 peck. 3. A man sold 1 bushel and 1 peck of seed-corn in quart bags. How many bags of corn did he sell? quarts? M had 1 peck and 6 quarts of berries; how many 5. A farmer sold 8 bushels 2 pecks of peaches, and 9 bushels 2 pecks of apples. How many bushels of fruit did he sell? 6. How much more is 3 bushels 2 pecks than 2 bushels 3 pecks? 292. Oral Problems. by 9. 1. Divide twice twenty by 4. Divide three times 30 many ? 2. Twice 12, added to 10 times 12, are how 3. How far does a man walk in 12 days if he walks 20 miles a day? 4. Four lines of telegraph wire 15 miles long would be how many miles of wire? 5. If a man walk 20 miles a day, how long will it take him to walk 220 miles ? 6. What is the product of 11 and 12? A fence is 184 feet long, and each panel is 8 feet long. Find the number of panels. 8. If each acre produces 40 bushels of corn, how many acres will produce 200 bushels? 9. A dividend is 60, and the divisor is 12; what is the quotient? 10. At $8 a head, how many sheep will cost $96? II. 11. If 6 bales of cotton weigh 3 000 pounds, what is the average weight per bale? 12. A man goes 11 miles an hour. How long does it take him to go 88 miles? 13. There were 56 bushels of meal, and each man's share was 7 bushels. How many men? 14. What would eight horses cost at $110 a head? 15. How many horses can be bought for $900 at $100 a head? |