The Decimal System of Numbers

there are times 3 qt. in 30 qt., which are 10 times. Therefore, 10 jugs can be filled from 7 gal. 2 qt. of molasses.

2. How many bags, each containing 5 pecks, can be filled. from 8 bu. 3 pk. of meal?

3. How many house lots, each containing 1 A. 2 R. can be made from a piece of land containing 10 A. 2 R.?

4. How many pictures at 2d. 1 qr. each can be bought for 6d. 3 qr.?

5. How many times 9 days are there in 6 w. 3 da.? 6. James bought 9 yd. 1 ft. of twine, which he cut into pieces 2 yd. 1 ft. long. How many pieces did he have?

7. Sarah's mother offered to give her 8 large oranges, worth 5 cents apiece, if she would tell her how many 7 qt. baskets could be filled from 6 pk. 1 qt. of berries? Sarah answered correctly. What was her answer? She exchanged her oranges for drawing pencils worth 10 cents apiece. How many pencils did she get?

8. How many bushels in 8 bags, each containing 3 pk.?

9. How many pounds of rice at 6 cents a pound can be bought for 4 lb. of raisins at 9 cents per lb.?

10. How many casks of raisins at 8 dollars per cask can be bought for 6 cords of wood at 4 dollars per cord?

11. How many quarts of milk are there in 4 cans each containing 2 gallons?

12. Allen travelled on foot from Portsmouth to Portland, the distance being 51 miles. After travelling 6 hours at the rate of 4 miles per hour he stopped for the night. How far was he then from Portsmouth? from Portland? If he travels at the rate of 3 miles per hour the next day, how many hours must he travel on that day to finish his journey?

13. A boy who had 2 dimes, 1 half-dime, and 8 three-cent pieces, spent all his money for raisins at 7 cents per pound. How many pounds did he buy? He gave 1 lb. of raisins to his mother, and found that if he divided the rest equally among his schoolmates he would give them of a pound apiece. How many schoolmates had he?

14. A trader bought 48 yd. of cloth at of a dollar per yard. How many dollars did it cost him?

15. A fruit peddler paid 48 cents for cherries at 6 cts. per quart, which he put into papers containing of a quart each. How many papers did it take? He sold 8 of the papers at 4 cts. per paper, 9 for 3 cts. per paper, 10 for 2 cts. per paper, and the rest for 5 cts. per paper. How many cents did he

receive for them?

16. If it takes 9 yards of silk to make 1 dress, how many dresses can be made from a piece of silk containing 36 yards? If the silk for each dress cost 8 dollars, what would the silk for them all cost?

17. A furniture dealer gave 6 bureaus worth 7 dollars apiece, and 3 dollars in money for chairs at 9 dollars per dozen. How many dozen chairs did he buy?

18. A laborer worked 6 weeks at 9 dollars per week, and, putting 6 dollars with the money thus earned, he bought coal at 6 dollars per ton. How many tons did he buy? After laying aside 2 tons of coal for his own use, he sold the remainder for 7 dollars per ton, receiving in payment for it 4 dollars in money and the rest in flour at 7 dollars per barrel. How many barrels of flour did he receive?

19. In Mr. Bacon's garden there are 9 rows of cucumbers with 7 hills in a row. In Mr. Ham's garden there are 9 hills more than in Mr. Bacon's, and they are arranged in rows of 9 hills each. How many rows of cucumbers in Mr. Ham's garden ?

20. A fur dealer gave 8 caps at 5 dollars apiece and 2 dollars in money for muffs at 6 dollars apiece. How many muffs did he buy?

21. Augustus had 8 quarts of blackberries. He sold 1 quart of them for 11 cents, and the rest for 10 cents per quart. With the money he received for them he bought some cocoa nuts at 9 cents apiece. How many cocoa nuts did he buy?

22. He divided 2 of the cocoa nuts among his companions, and sold the rest for 10 cents apiece. He gave 7 cents of the money he thus received to a poor woman, and spent the rest for fire crackers at 7 cents per bunch. How many bunches did he buy?

23. Robert had a basket holding 7 chestnuts enough to fill it 9 times full. could he fill with what he gathered?

quarts, and he gathered How many peck baskets

24. How many yards of vesting will it take to make 6 vests, if it take of a yard to make one vest?

25. How many aprons, each containing of a yard, can be made from 54 yards of calico?

26. How many yards of cloth at 1 dollars per yard can be bought for 9 dollars?

27. How many bushels of peaches at 14 dollars per bushel can be bought for 77 dollars?

28. How many hours must a man labor at 1 dimes per hour to earn 7 dimes?

29. Albert can run of a rod per second, and Jason can run fr of a rod in the same time. How many seconds will it take Albert to run as many rods as Jason can run in 4 seconds?

30. Mr. Jewett gave 24 lb. of candy to some boys, giving each boy 4 lb. To how many boys did he give the candy? 31. Mr. Reynolds gave 3 lb. of figs to some boys, giving of a pound to each boy. To how many boys did he give the figs?

32. Mr. Mussey divided 8 pine apples among some girls, giving 14 apples to each girl. Among how many girls did he divide the pine apples?

33. Spent 62 dollars for grain at dollar per bushel, and put the grain thus bought into bags each holding 14 bushel. How many bags did it fill?

34. A man paid 5 dimes for parched corn at of a dime per quart. After giving away 1 quart of the corn, he put the rest in bags each holding of a quart. How many bags did it take?