LESSON XLIV. 1. If you spend 7 cents to-day, and 5 more to-morrow, how many cents will you have spent in both days? 2. If a market-man have 12 chickens, and should sell 5 of them, how many would he have left? 3. If there are 6 children in one family and 7 in another, how many children are there in the two families? 4 There are 13 children in two families; in one of them there are 7 children. How many are there in the other? 5. A little boy had 7 apples in a basket, and his sister put in 7 more; how many apples are there in the basket? 6. If you have 14 pears in a basket, and should sell 7 of them, how many would you have remaining? 7. A farmer paid 8 dollars for a plough, and 7 dollars for a harrow; how many dollars did he pay for both of them? 8. A market-woman had 15 oranges, and sold 7 of them; how many has she remaining unsold? 9. How many cents would be required to pay for two picture-books, if the price of one of them is 7 cents, and the price of the other 9 cents? 10. A boy paid 16 cents for a ball and humming-top; the price of the humming-top was 9 cents. What was the price of the ball? 11. A girl paid 10 cents for a doll, and 7 cents for ribbon; how many cents did she pay away ? 12. A boy has 17 cents; if he should spend 7 of them, how many would he have left? 13. There are two pieces of cloth; one of them contains 7 yards, and the other 11 yards. How many yards are there in the two pieces? 14. A trader had a piece of silk which measured 18 yards; he sold 11 yards of it to a lady for a dress. How many yards were left? 15. Julia and Mary went into the garden to gather flowers; Mary gathered 12 roses, and Julia 7. How many roses did they both gather? LESSON XLVIII. 1. If a writing-book cost 8 cents, and a lead-pencil 5 cents, how many cents do they both cost? 2. A boy having 13 cents, paid away 8 of them for a slate; what number of cents had he left? 3. If one boy should catch 6 perch, and another 8, how many would they both catch? 4. A boy caught 14 trout, and sold 6 of them; how many had he left? 5. 8 boys are playing in one street, and 7 in another; how many are playing in both streets? 6. 15 little girls were on a visit; at nine o'clock, 7 of them went home. How many remained? 7. There are 9 boys in one sleigh, and 8 in another; how many boys are there in both sleighs? 8. There are 17 girls in a class; 9 of them are ciphering, and the others are writing. How many are writing? 9. There are 8 boys in the first division of a class, and 10 in the second; how many boys are there in the class? 10. Two places are 18 miles apart; if a boy start from one place, and travel 10 miles towards the other, how many miles is he from the other place ? 11 If you should buy 11 apples of one kind, and 8 of another kind, how many apples would you have of both kinds? 12. A boy purchased 19 pears, and has sold 8 of them; how many has he left unsold? 13. Eliza has 12 flower-pots, and Jane has 8; how many flower-pots have both of them? 14. Emma counted 20 roses on her rose-bush this morning; afterwards she picked off 8 of them. How many remained on the rose-bush? 15. Catharine's book has 8 pictures in it, and Mary's has 12; how many pictures do both books contain? 16. In the arithmetic class there are 20 pupils; 12 of them recited their lesson correctly. How many of them failed? 3* |