8. In one yard there are 3 feet. How many feet are there in 4 yards? How many feet are there in 5 yards?

9. If a squirrel eats 8 nuts in one day, how many nuts will he eat in 9 days? 9X8=? 8X9=? 10. What will be the cost of 6 pears at 6 cents each? 6X6=?

11. In one peck there are 8 quarts. How many quarts are there in 5 pecks? 5X8=?

12. How many are 9 times 5? How many are 7 times 6?

13. There are 4 classes in a school, each class containing 10 pupils. How many pupils are there in the school? 4 X 10=?

14. In an orchard there are 7 rows of trees, and 9 trees in each row. How many trees are there in

the orchard? 7X9=? 9X7=?

15. A man having 16 cords of wood, used all but 5 cords. How many cords did he use? 16-5=? 16. Helen gave 7 yards of cloth to a poor woman, and had 9 yards left. How many yards had she at first?

17. 17+3—8=? 21-6=? 21-(6+5)=?

SLATE EXERCISES.

Copy, add, subtract, and multiply the following:

LESSON XLIII.

1. If Dick had 4 rabbits, how many times could he give away 2 rabbits to his companions?

candy, how many times did he purchase candy? How many 2's are there in 8?

4. How many times is 2 contained in 8?

5. If you pay 2 cents for a slate-pencil, how many can you buy for 10 cents? How many 2's are there in 10?

6. How many times is 2 contained in 10?

7. 10 is how many times 2?

Finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Division.

The sign is used to indicate division. It is read divided by. Thus the expression 8÷4=2, is read 8 divided by 4 is equal to 2.

8. Read the following: 62=3; 8÷2=4; 1025; 12 ÷ 3 = 4.

9. At 2 cents apiece, how many lemons can be bought for 12 cents? 12÷2=?

10. If a boy earns 2 cents an hour, how long will it take him to earn 14 cents?

11. How many 2's are there in 16?

In 18? 12. If I have 20 cents in two-cent pieces, how many pieces have I?

13. Form the division tables of ones and twos.

1. If a man walks 3 miles in one hour, in how many hours will he walk 6 miles? 6÷3=?

2. If a boy commits to memory 3 pages of history in one day, in how many days will he commit to memory 9 pages? 9÷3=?

3. At 3 cents apiece, how many lemons can be bought for 12 cents? 12÷3=?

4. A woman exchanged 15 pounds of butter for cloth, giving 3 pounds of butter for a yard of cloth. How many yards did she receive? 15÷3=?