three dollars ? What part for four dollars ? What part for five dollars ? Six dollars ? Seven dollars ? Eight dollars ? Nine dollars ? How much can you buy for eleven dollars? Thirteen dollars ? Fifteen dollars ? Seventeen dollars ? 136. What do you understand by one tenth, two tenths, three tenths, &c. of any thing ?* 137. How many tenths make a whole one ?* C. Instead of writing the names of numbers, it is usual to express them by particular characters, called figures. One is written 1 2 6 7 Eight is written 8 Nine is written 9 Ten is written 10 1. Eleven times one are how many times 2 ! 2. Twelve are how many times 2? 3! 4 ? 3. Fourteen are how many times 2? 4? 3 ? 4. If you had fifteen cents how many cakes could you buy at 4 cents apiece? How many at 2 cents apiece ? How many at 3 cents apiece ? How many at 5 cents apiece ? 5. Fifteen are how many times 4? 2? 3? 5? 6. Sixteen are how many times 5? 3? 6?. 21 7 ? 4? 7. Seventeen are how many times 61 2! 7? 3? 57 41 8. Eighteen are how many times 4? 7? 9! 0? 31 2 ? 5! 8? * These questions slould frequently be put to the leo. Berth 9. Nineteen are how many times 3? 7? 4! 5? 8! 6? 9? 2? 10 ? 10. Twenty are how many times 6 ? 2? 8? 3! 9? 4? 10 ? 5 ? 7 ? 11. Twenty-one are how many times 7? 3? 8? 2 ? 4? 6? 9? 5? 10 ? 12. Twenty-two are how many times 3? 8? 5! 4 ? 9? 6? 7 ? 10 ? 2? 13. If you had twenty-seven dollars, how much cloth could you buy at 9 dollars a yard? How much at 6 dollars a yard? How much at 4 dollars a yard? How much at 3 dollars a yard? How much at 7 dollars a yard ? How much at 8 dollars a yard? How much at 5 dollars a yard? How much at 10 dollars a yard ? f 14. Twenty-seven are how many times 9 ? 6! 4 ? 3? 7 ? 8? 5? 10 ? 15. Twenty-four are how many times 6? 8? 7 ? 5 ? 2 ? 10 ? 3? 4 ? 9? 16. Twenty-nine are how many times 3? 7.? 5? 9? 6? 8? 4? 10 ? 17. Twenty-three-are how many times 4 ? 2? 7 ? 8? 3? 9 ? 6? 5? 10 ? 18. Twenty-five are how many times 3! 7? 2 ! 6 ? 9? 4 ? 8? 5? 10 ? 19. Thirty are how many times 10? 2? 3? 7 ? 9? 6? 5? 4? 3? 20. Thirty-three are how many times 6 ? 8? 7 ? 4? 9? 5 ? 10 ? 3 ? 21. Twenty-six are how many times 9! 4?7?3? 8 ? 5? 6? 10 ? 22. Thirty-five are how many times 5? 6? 3? 7 ? 9? 10 ? 4? 8 ? 23. Thirty-eight are how many times 8? 6? 3? 9? 5? 4? 7 ? 10 ? 24. Thirty-four are how many times 77 3! 97 109 6 ? 8! 4 ? 5? 25. Thirty-six are how many times 8? 9?4? 5? 3 ? 6? 7 ? 10 ? 26. Forty are how many times 8? 10 ? 6? 4? 3? 9 ? 5 ? 7 ? 27. For forty-seven cents, how many pounds of meat can be bought at 6 cents a pound? How many pounds at 8 cents? How many at 9 cents? How many at 3 cents ? How many at 5 cents ? How many at 4 cents? How many at 7 cents ? How many at 10 cents a pound? 28. Forty-seven are how many times 6 ? 3? 9? 3? 5? 4 ? 17 ? 10 ? 29. Forty-three are how many times 9 ? 8? 7! 6 ? 4 ? 3? 5? 10 ? 30. Forty-five arc how many times 10? 8? 3 ? 6? 4 ? 7? 5? 9? 31. Forty-nine are how many times 6 ? 10 ? 5! 9 ? 4? 8 ? 7? 32. Fifty-three are how many times 8?5? 6? 4! 7 ? 9 ? 10 ? 33. Fifty-seven are how many times 9 ? 7? 10 ? 6 ? 5? 8? 4? 34. Fifty-five are how many times 6 ? 4? 8 ? 10 ? 9 ? hay ? 5? 35. Forty-eight are how many times 7? 5? 9? 4? 6? 8 ? 10 ? 36. Fifty-four are how many times 5? 9? 6? 4? 7 ? 10 ? 8? 37. Forty-four are how many times 4? 6? 9 ? 7 ? 5? 8? 10 ? 33. Fifty-eight are how many times 7? 6? 8? 4! 9? 5 ? 10 ? 39. Forty-six are how many times 8? 10 ? 4? 6! 9 ? ? 5? 40. Fifty are how many times 9 ? 5? 4 ? 10?8? 6? 7? 29. A man had forty-two dollars, which he paid for wood at 7 dollars a cord; how many cords did he buy? 30. Two boys are forty-eight rods apart, and both running the same way; but the hindermost boy gains upon the other 3 rods in a minute; in how many minutes will he overtake the foremost boy? 31. There is a vessel containing sixty-three gallons of wine ; it has a pipe which discharges 7 gallons in an hour ; how many hours will it take to empty the vessel ?1 32. There is a vessel containing eighty-seven gallons, and by a cock ten gallons will run into it in an hour; in how many hours will the vessel be filled ? 33. If one man can do a piece of work in thirty days, in how many days can 3 men do it? in how many days can 5 men do it? 31. If you wish to put sixty-four pounds of butter into 8 boxes, how many pounds would you put into each box? 35. If you had seventy-two pounds of butter, which you wished to put into boxes containing 8 pounds each, low many boxes would it take ? 36. If a man can perform a journey in thirty-six hours, how many days will it take him to do it when the days are nine hours long ? 37. If a man can do a piece of work in forty-eight hours, how many days would it take him to do it, he works twelve hours in a day? 4 SECTION IV. * A. 1. Ar two cents a yard, what will 3 yards and one half of a yard of tape cost ? 2. 3 times 2, and one half of 2 are how many ? 3. At 3 dollars a yard, what will 4 yards and 1 third of a yard of cloth cost ? 4. 4 times 3, and 1 third of 3 are how many ? 5. At 3 dollars a barrel, what will 3 barrels and 2 thirds of a barrel of cider cost ? 6. 3 times 3, and two thirds of 3 are how many ? 7. If a man earn 4 dollars in a week, how many dollars will he earn in 3 weeks and 1 fourth of a wcek ? 8. 3 times 4, and I fourth of 4 are how many ? 9. If a yard of cloth cost 4 dollars, what will 5 yards and 3 fourths of a yard cost ? 10. 5 times 4, and 3 fourths of 4 are how many ? 11. If a man spend five dollars in a week, how many dollars will he spend in 3 weeks and 1 fifth of a week ? How much in 5 weeks and 2 fifths of a week ? 12. 3 times 5, and 1 fifth of 5 are how many ? 13. 5 times 5, and 2 fifths of 5 are how many ? 14. 6 times 5, and 3 fifths of 5 are how many ? 15. If beer is worth six dollars a barrel, what would 4 barrels and 1 sixth of a barrel cost? How much would 7 barrels and 5 sixths of a barrel cost? 16. 4 times 6, and 1 sixth of 6 are how many ? 17. 7 times 6, and 5 sixths of 6 are how many ? 18. At 7 dollars a barrel, what will 3 barrels and 1 seventh of a barrel of flour cost? What will 5 barrels and 2 sevenths of a barrel cost ? times 7, and 1 seventh of 7 are how many! times 7, and 2 sevenths of 7 are how many ? 6 |