99. Written Problems.

1. How many cocoanuts can be bought for 84 cents, if

each costs 7 cents?

barrels of flour can be bought for $54,

if each barrel costs $6?

3.

How many

many barrels of flour could be bought for $54, if the price should go up to $9 per barrel?

4. A family uses 10 pounds of flour per day; how much is used in 8 days? How much is used in 9 days?

5. A farmer bought 5 plows at $8 each, and a wagon for twice as much as all the plows cost; how much did pay for the plows and the wagon?

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6. If a cord of wood costs $4, how much do 7 cords cost? How much do 8 cords cost?

7.

If a horse can walk 5 miles every hour, how many miles can he walk in 7 hours?

8. If a man sleeps 8 hours per day, how many hours does he sleep in 6 days?

9. If a man works 6 days per week, how many days does he work in 8 weeks?

10. How many days are in 7 weeks? How many weeks are in 49 days?

II. An orchard has 7 rows of trees, 8 trees to the row; how many trees are in the orchard?

12. Divide 56 by 7. Divide 56 by 8.

13. A farmer's plow-hands plow 8 acres per day; in many days will they plow 64 acres ?

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100. Oral Exercises.

1. Here is a square inch. How many inches all around?

2. Draw a square 2 inches on every side. How many inches all around?

3. A man built a fence around a square lot. The fence was 80 yards long. How long was each side?

4)60 5)80 5)90 5)95 4)84 4)84 4)92 3)96 4)96

104. In 104, the 1 means a hundred, the 0 means no ten, and the 4 means four units.

109. Oral Problems.

1. A man worked 9 hours a day for 6 days; how many hours did he work? Is that 6 times 9, or 9 times 6?

2. A man worked 6 hours a day for 9 days; how many hours did he work?

3. A boy bought 8 quarts of berries at 7 cents a quart; how much did he pay? Is that 8 times 7 cents, or is it 7 times 8 quarts? 56÷8=what quotient?

4. A girl gave 6 playmates 6 pecans each; how many did she give? Is that 6 times 6 playmates, or is it 6 times 6 pecans ? 36÷6=what quotient?

5. A boy paid 56 cents for 7 quarts of berries; how much did each quart cost? 56÷7 = what quotient?

6. A boy paid 56 cents for berries at 8 cents a quart; how many quarts did he get? 7×8=what product?

111. Written Problems.

1. Albert is 19 years old; his father is 3 times as old as Albert; how old is Albert's father?

2. December has 31 days, January 31, and February 28; how many days are in the three winter months?

3. In a leap-year February has 29 days; how many weeks? How many days over?

4. A farmer feeds his hogs a bushel of corn every 8 days; how much corn does he give them in 64 days?

5. There are 8 rows of trees with 9 trees in each row; how many trees are there in all?

6. If a river runs 6 miles per hour, in how many hours does it run 132 miles?

7. If a man pays $20 per month for board, how much does he pay in 8 months?

8. A farmer has 32 acres in cotton, 54 acres in corn, and 26 acres in oats; how many acres in all?

9. In a barrel was 87 pounds of sugar; 8 pounds per day was used for six days; how much was left?

10. In a town there are 542 pupils in the primary grades, 316 in the intermediate grades, and 120 in the high school grades; how many pupils are there in all?

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11. In two years a farmer raised 950 bushels of oats; the first year he raised 479 bushels; how many bushels did he raise the second year?

12. A merchant sold 9 boxes of soap, each box weighing 108 pounds; what was the weight of the 9 boxes?