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58. For two dozen eggs at 20 cents a dozen, how many oranges can you buy at 4 cents each?

59. A man bought 30 apples at the rate of 3 for 5 cents. How much did he give for them?

60. If 6 apples cost 14 cents, what will 3 apples cost? 61. Add these numbers: 5, 9, 4, 7, 8, 6, 4, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 4, 5, 7, and 9.

62. How many times must I fill my glass which holds a pint to fill my pitcher which holds a gallon?

63. There are 110 words arranged in columns on a page. If there are 11 words in each column, how many columns are there?

64. Julia has 64 words in her examination, and misspelled of them. How many were wrong?

65. I have a gross of tacks. How many dozen tacks have I ?

66. 20-5 x 2 + 4×2-7+2=? (See p. 15.) 67. If I have 12 dozen oranges, how many have I ?

68. Bought 3 pounds of raisins at 12 cents a pound; 2 dozen bananas at 25 cents a dozen; I gave the man a dollar bill. What did he give back?

69. James bought a dozen pencils at 3 cents each, anddozen rules at 5 cents each. What did he pay for all?

70. Mr. Dodd earns $14 a week. How much does he earn in 4 weeks?

71. How many hours are there in a week?

72. At 8 cents a yard, how many yards of ribbon can I buy for 50 cents?

73. How many tens are there in 100?

74. How many tenths are there in 100?

75. If I pay 6 cents a dozen for apples, how much does each apple cost?

76. If John earned 16 cents Monday, 9 cents Tuesday, 20 cents Wednesday, 15 cents Thursday, 8 cents Friday, and 12 cents Saturday, how much did he earn in the whole week?

77. If 18 books cost $36, how much will 20 cost?

78. If it takes 2 men 6 days to dig a ditch, how long will it take one man?

79. If 9 yards of cloth cost 63 cents, how much will 8 cost?

80. If a yard of cloth cost 12 cents, how many yards can be bought for $1.00?

81. If 7 pounds of cheese cost 84 cents, how many pounds can be bought for 72 cents?

82. If a gallon of milk cost 32 cents, what will a pint cost?

83. How many inches are there in a yard measure? 84. How many cents must be added to 21 cents to make 39 cents?

85. What will 3 bushels of sand, at 4 cents a peck, cost?

86. If it takes a quarter of a yard of ribbon to make a bow, how many bows could you make if you had a yard of ribbon?

87. Walter has 43 apples. If he should give 8 boys 5 apples each, how many apples would he have left?

88. Mrs. Hall divided 84 oranges among 12 girls. How many oranges did each girl receive?

89. Annie spent 35 days in the country. How many weeks was she there?

90. How many bananas in a dozen and a half? 91. How many hours from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M.? 92. A cent is what part of a dime?

93. What will 2 tons of coal cost at $6 a ton ?

94. What must be paid for 84 pencils at 10 cents a dozen?

95. In a box there are three two-dollar bills, two fivedollar bills, a silver quarter, and a nickel. How much money in all ?

96. How many dimes in two dollars?

97. At 5 cents a quart what will 3 gallons of milk cost?

98. A silver quarter, two dimes, and three two-cent pieces?

99. If I pay $7 for a dress, $5 for a hat, and $4 for a sack, how much money shall I have left out of $25?

100. If August 7 was Monday, what day of the week was August 11?

101. If 12 oranges cost 24 cents, what is the cost of 6 oranges?

102. If 2 yards of silk cost $4, what will half a yard cost?

103. Mr. Greene has 89 pounds of butter from which to fill seven-pound boxes. How many boxes can he fill, and how much will he get for what he has over at 30 cents a pound?

FIFTH YEAR.

1. At 8 cents a pound, how many pounds can be bought for 74 cents?

2. A boy had 52 apples and found 8 more, and then divided all he had equally among 4 schoolmates. How many did he give each ?

3. A girl having a half dollar, a quarter of a dollar, and a ten cent piece, spent 15 cents for a book. much money had she then?

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4. If a man is 50 years old now, how old was he 22 years ago?

5. Mary works 4 hours and 40 minutes, and Ellen works 2 hours and 20 minutes. How many hours did they both work?

6. How many days in the summer months, June, July, and August?

7. At the rate of 2 apples for 3 cents, or of a cent each, what will 12 apples cost?

8. If you can buy 11 peanuts for a cent, what will 110 peanuts cost?

9. If you can buy 11 peanuts for a cent, how many peanuts can you buy for 100 cents?

10. If it takes you four years more to go through this school and three years to go through the high school, how old will you be when you graduate from the high school?

11. John had 10 cents. After earning 26 more, he spent his money for marbles at 4 cents each? How many did he buy?

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12. A bushel of nuts was sold for 5 cents a quart. How much money did it bring?

13. If you give a boy $10, how many mills do you give him?

14. If 2 quarts of milk are used in the family every day, how many pints will be used in fourteen days?

15. How many times does the long hand of a clock go round in 1 day and 12 hours?

16. If a boy buys 3

ounces does he buy?

pounds of butter, how many

17. How much more is of 80 cents than of 75 cents?

18. If it takes of a yard of cloth to make a cap, how many caps can you make out of five yards of cloth?

19. Charles picked a peck, and Alfred all pick?

20. James worked day for Mr. Clarke. in all?

a peck of berries, William of of a peck. How many did they

of a day for Mr. Smith, and a How many days did he work

21. If of a yard of muslin is cut from 3 of a yard, how much will remain ?

22. What cost 8 yards of cloth at $11 a yard?

23. 5 acres of land were given some boys to plant, each boy having of an acre. To how many boys was the land given ?

24. At a dollar a day for board, how many days' board can you get for $71?

25. At 3 cents a pint, what will a gallon of milk cost? 26. How many quarts in a bushel?

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