41. How many pecks in 544 quarts?

42. In 8 companies of soldiers there are 768 men; how many in each company?

43. How many yards of cloth, at 7 dollars a yard, can you buy for 294 dollars?

44. How many weeks in 721 days?

45. 8 men divide 560 dollars equally among themselves; how much does each man get?

46. If a horse travels 8 miles an hour, in how many hours will he travel 120 miles?

4010? 3010? 36÷9? 639? 100÷10? 2. For 36 cents how many plates can you buy at 9 cents each?

3. In one dime there are 10 cents; how many dimes in 20 cents? In 50 cents? In 80 cents?

30. 246 9. 35. 850 9. 40. 336 9.

41. At 9 cents a pound, how much sugar can you buy for 729 cents?

42. How many dimes in 950 cents?

43. A boat sails 9 miles an hour; how long will it be in sailing 126 miles?

44. How many eagles in 456 dollars? How many dollars remaining?

45. If one man can do a piece of work in 189 days, how long will it take 9 men to do it?

46. How many rows of 9 trees each in 261 trees?

ORAL EXERCISES.

LESSON 72.

1. How many times is 2 contained in 8? In 6? In 20? In 18? In 16? In 10?

2. 6÷3 how many? 9÷3? 15÷3? 30÷3? 27÷3? 18÷3?

12÷3?

3. 4 is contained in 8 how many times? In 16? In 12? In 20? In 40? In 36?

4. 155 how many? 25÷5? 455? 50÷5? 35÷5? 20÷5?

30÷5?

5. How many times is 6 contained in 12? In 18? In 36? In 60? In 54? In 42?

6. 7 is contained in 42 how many times? In 56? In 49? In 21? In 63?

7. 408 how many?

328? 568? 64÷8?

48÷8? 16÷8? 80÷÷÷8?

8. How many times is 9 contained in 27? In 9? In 63? In 81? In 72?

9. 8010

how many? 70÷÷10? 60÷÷10?

3010? 5010? 10010? 90÷10?

10. How many times is 6 contained in 54? 7 in 63? 8 in 72? 9 in 81? 10 in 90?

11. 24-3 how many? 486? 56÷7? 64÷8? 12. 729 how many? 369? 36÷6? 48÷6? 13. 50÷10 how many?

32÷4? 40÷5?

72÷9?

72÷8?

36÷4?

48÷8?

50÷5? 40÷8?

WRITTEN EXERCISES.

LESSON 73.

Note. The examples in this lesson are intended to illustrate the method of shortening the process of division by cutting off the ciphers at the right of the divisor.

29. If a steamboat runs 10 miles an hour, how long will it take it to go 550 miles?

30. At the rate of 30 miles an hour, how long will it take a locomotive to run 690 miles?

31. There are 2000 pounds in a ton; how many tons in 1768000 pounds?

32. In a dollar there are 100 cents; how many dollars in 268900 cents?

33. At 300 dollars each, how many you buy for 4500 dollars?

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