89. Oral Problems.

1. Alice had 15 chestnuts, which she divided equally among 3 girls; how many did each girl get?

5 chestnuts to each of 3 girls; how many

did she give to all?

3. Alice gave some girls 15 chestnuts, giving to each girl 5; how many girls?

4. To walk 12 miles, how many times must a man walk 3 miles ?

To walk 12 miles, how many times must a man walk 4 miles?

6. Mary had 4 apples; her mother had 3 times as many, which she made into pies, putting 2 apples to each pie; how many pies did she make?

7. If Lucy had 2 more quarts of strawberries, she would have 3 times 4 quarts; how many quarts has she?

8. To how many boys can 16 apples be given, if 4 apples be given to each?

9. How many pencils at 3 cents each can be bought for 30 cents?

10. Subtract 3 from 15; then subtract 3 from what is left; then 3 again, and so on, until there is no remainder. How many times can 3 be subtracted from 15? 15÷3=? 11. Here is a square garden, 5 rods to each side. How many rods all around? 5+5+5+5=? 4 times 5 are how many?

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90. Oral Questions.

I. How many nickels is a quarter-dollar worth?

255 ? 30÷5-? 35÷5=?

2. Mary has 8 nickels; how many cents are in 8 nickels? How many cents are in 9 nickels?

3. John has 40 cents in nickels; how many nickels has he? 40÷5-? 45÷5=?

4. How many fives are in 10? In 50?

5. How many tens are in 30?

In 40? In 50?

6. How many tens are in 21, and how many over? How many tens are in

32, and how many over? In 43,

In 54, and how many over?

and how many over? In 54,

7. How many tens are in 3×6? How many over? How many tens are in 3×7? How many over?

96. Written Problems.

1. Lucy walks home in 14 minutes; when she walks to school she walks twice as fast; in how many minutes does she walk to school?

2. How much more is 5 times 9 than 4 times 6?

3. At 5 miles an hour, how many hours would it take to row a boat 40 miles?

4. Mr. Jones sold 3 calves at $13 each; how much money did he get for all?

5. A farmer has 8 bales of cotton at the gin, 4 in his cotton-house already picked, and 6 bales, yet to be picked, in the field; how many bales in all?

6. Frank traded 55 pecans for marbles, giving 5 pecans for each marble; how many marbles did he get?

7. This week there are 68 pupils belonging to a school; last week there were 59; how many new pupils have come this week?

8. If the sun shines 2 hours on Saturday, and 5 times as long on Sunday, how many hours does it shine on both days?

9. If it rains 4 days in March, and 4 times as many days in April, how many days does it rain in the two months? A ship sailed 45 miles in 5 hours; how many miles was that per hour?

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11. One fish weighed 4 pounds, and another weighed 3 times as much; how much did both weigh?

97. Oral Questions.

1. How many are 3×6? How many are 6×3?

2.

How

many work-days are there in three weeks? Is that 6 times 3 weeks, or is it 3 times 6 work-days?

How

3. many feet are there in 6 yards? Is that 6 times 3 feet, or is it 3 times 6 yards?

4. How many are 3×7? How many are 7×3?

5. How many days are there in three weeks? Is that 3 times 7 days, or 7 times three weeks?

6. How many days are there in 4 weeks? Is that 4 times 7 days, or 7 times 4 weeks?

7.

How

many quarts are in 7 gallons? Is that 7 times 4 quarts, or 4 times 7 gallons?

8. How many fours in 28? How many sevens in 28? 9. How many days are in 5 weeks?

98. Written and Oral Exercises.