9. If 1-fourth of a yard of cloth will make a satchel, how many satchels will 2 yards make?

10. How many fourths are there in 1? in 2? in 3? 11. How many quires of paper, at 1-fourth of a dollar a quire, can you buy for 3 dollars and 2-fourths?

Solution. I can buy as many quires as there are fourths of a dollar, in 3 dollars and 2-fourths. . In 1 dollar there are 4-fourths, in 3 dollars, 3 times 4-fourths, or 12fourths: 12-fourths plus 2-fourths is 14-fourths.

12. If a carpenter use 1-fifth of a board to make 1 book shelf, how many book shelves can he make of a whole board? of 2 whole boards? of 2 boards and 3-fifths?37 of 4 boards and 1-fifth? 21.;

13. How many fifths are there in 1? in 2?in 2 and 3-fifths?/3 In 4 and 1-fifth?

14. If a bunch of quills cost 1-sixth of a dollar, how many bunches can you buy for 1 dollar? for 1 dollar and 5-sixths?// for 3 dollars and 2-sixths?

15. How many sixths are there in 1? sixths?// in 3 and 2-sixths?

in 1 and 5

16. If a stage run 1 mile in 1-seventh of an hour, what number of miles will it run in 1 hour? in 2 hours and 1-seventh? in 4 hours and 4-sevenths?

17. How many sevenths are there in 1? in 2 and 1-seventh in 4 and 4-sevenths? 3,

18. At 1-eighth of a dollar a yard, how many yards of ribbon can I buy for 1 dollar and 3-eighths? for 2 dollars?/ for 5 dollars and 7-eighths?

19. How many eighths are there in 1 and 3-eighths?// in 2?// in 5 and 7-eighths? 47

20. How many ninths are there in 1? in 1 and 4Q ninths?in 2? in 2 and 7-ninths?

in 6?

21. How many tenths are there in 1 in 4? in 3 and 5-tenths? in 5 in 8 and 3-tenths?

22. A laborer earned 9 dollars and a half, working at half a dollar a day. How many days did he work?

23. If 1-eighth of a yard of cloth cost a dollar, what will 3 yards and 6-eighths cost?

24. If a man earn a dollar in 1-sixth of a week, how much can he earn in 8 weeks and 4-sixths?

25. If it take 1-fifth of a pound of fur to make a hat, how many hats can be made of 4 pounds ana 2-fifths? 26. If 1-fourth of a yard of lace cost a dollar, how much will 5 yards and 3-fourths of a yard cost?

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1. How many dollars in 2-halves of a dollar? in 3halves of a dollar? Ans. 1 dollar. 1 dollar and 1-half.

2. How many dollars are there in 4 half dollars? in 5 half dollars? in 9 half dollars?

3. How many whole ones in 2-halves? in 3-halves? in 4-halves? in 5-halves? in 5-halves? in 9-halves?////22 4. What will 13 pencils cost, at half a cent apiece?

5. If 3-thirds of an orange be put together they make up 1 orange. Now, if you had 6-thirds of an orange, how many oranges could you make up ? if you had 10-thirds? if you had 17-thirds???

6. How many whole ones in 6-thirds? in 10-thirds? in 17-thirds? 1967 1974

7. What cost 26 quills, at 1-third of a cent apiece? Solution. If 1 quill cost 1-third of a cent, 26 quills will cost 26-thirds of a cent. 26-thirds of a cent are as many cen as 3 is contained times in 26. 3 in 26, 8 times and 2 over. Ans. 8 cents and 2-thirds.

8. How many whole apples could you make up, if you had 5-fourths of an apple? 14-fourths of an apple 9. What cost 31 cups, at 1-fourth of a dollar apiece? 10. How many whole ones in 5-fourths? in 14fourths? in 31-fourths?

11. If 1 cotton ball be given for 1-fifth of a yard of galloon, how much galloon must be given for 8 cotton. balls? for 17 cotton balls? for 44 cotton balls?

12. How many whole ones are there in 8-fifths? 17-fifths? in 44-fifths?

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13. If a quire of paper cost 1-sixth of a dollar, what is the cost of 12 quires? 17 quires? 19 quires? 14. How many whole ones in 12-sixths? in 17sixths?in 19-sixths?

15. How many whole ones in 18-sevenths? in 24terths in 31-eighths? in 47-ninths? in 25-fourths?

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1. Ellen paid, for the Young Ladies' Class Book, 3fourths of a dollar; for the Boston School Atlus, 2-fourths of a dollar; and for the National Spelling-Book, 1-fourth of a dollar. What did the whole cost? ///

2. How much is 3-fourths and 2-fourths and 1-fourth? 3. A trader sold a piece of cloth for 19 dollars and 5-eighths, and a hat for 4 dollars and 7-eighths. How many dollars did he receive for both? 24

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Solution. 19 dols. plus 4 dols. are 23 dols. eighths of a dol. plus 7-eighths of a dol. are 12-eighths of a dol, equal to 1 dol. and 4-eighths. Then, 23 dols. plus 1 dol. and 4-eighths are 24 dols. and 4-eighths.

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4. A traveller rode 31 miles and 3-fifths in the forenoon, and 25 miles and 4-fifths in the afternoon. many miles did he ride in the whole day?

5. What is 31 and 3-fifths plus 25 and 4-fifths? 3 6. A trader bought some goods for 64 dollars and 5-1 sevenths, and paid 5 dollars and 3-sevenths for the postage of them. What was the whole expense?

7. What is 64 and 5-sevenths plus 5 and 3-sevenths? 8. A gentleman paid 33 dollars and 7-tenths for some cloth, and 11 dollars and 6-tenths for having it, made into a suit of clothes. What did the suit cost?

9. What is 33 and 7-tenths plus 11 and 6-tenths? 10. What is 16 and 6-ninths plus 8 and 5-ninths? 11. What is 40 and 5-sixths plus 41 and 3-sixths? 8 2 →→ SECTION 17.

1. Suppose a rail-road car to run 2-thirds of a mile 'n 1 minute, what distance will it run in 10 minutes? Solution. In 10 minutes it will run 10 times 2-thirds of a mile, or 20-thirds of a mile 20-thirds of a mile are equal to 6 miles and 2-thirds.

2. If 3-fourths of a gallon of wine leak out of a cask in 1 hour, how much will leak out in 7 hours?

3. How many whole ones in 7 times 3-fourths

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4. If a yard of cambric muslin cost 4-fifths of a dol

lar, how much will 9 yards cost?

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5. How many whole ones in 9 times 4-fifths?

6. Suppose a man to eat 5-sixths of a pound of beef in one day, how many pounds will he eat in 5 days? 4 7. How many whole ones in 5 times 5-sixths?4 8. If 3-sevenths of a pound of gunpowder tea cost 1 dollar, how many pounds can I buy for 8 dollars?

9. How many whole ones in 8 times 3-sevenths? 10. Suppose 5-eighths of a yard of cloth will make a vest, how many yards will it take to make 6 vests?

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11. How many whole ones in 6 times 5-eighths? 12. If 1 quire of letter paper be worth 4-ninths of a dollar, how many dollars are 7 quires worth? 37/9 13. How many whole ones in 7 times 4-ninths? J 14. Suppose a man to walk 1 mile in 2-tenths of an hour, what time will it take him to walk 9 miles?. 15. How many whole ones in 9 times 2-tenths? //. SECTION 18.

1. What will 6 yards of broad-cloth cost, at 7 dollars and 3-eighths of a dollar per yard?

Solution. 6 yards will cost 6 times 7 dollars and 3eighths. 6 times 7 dollars are 42 dollars. 6 times 3eighths are 18-eighths, equal to 2 and 2-eighths. Then, 42 dollars plus 2 dollars and 2-eighths are 44 dollars and 2-eighths.

2. What will 4 hundred-weight of sugar cost, at 9 dollars and 2-fifths per hundred-weight?

3. What is 4 times 9 and 2-fifths? 33,

4. Suppose a ship to sail 10 miles and 1-half in one

hour, what distance will it sail in 7 hours?

5. What is 7 times 10 and 1-half?

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6. If a horse eat 1 bushel and 9-tenths of a bushel of oats in a week, how much will he eat in 4 weeks? 7 7. What is 4 times 1 and 9-tenths?

8. If 1 dime will buy 3 yards and 2-thirds of a yard

of ribbon, how many yards will 6 dimes buy ? 2 yard

9. What is 6 times 3 and 2-thirds >

10. Suppose the price of coal at the mine, is .3 doliars a ton, and the freight of it to the city is 3-fourths of a dollar a ton, what will 10 tons cost at the city 3 11. What is 10 times 3 and 3-fourths '

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12. Suppose a boat gces 10 miles and 5-sixths of a mile in 1 hour; what distance will it go in 8 hours? 13. What is 8 times 10 and 5-sixths? 6

14. If 3 yards and 7-eighths of cloth will make a cloak, how many yards will it take to make 5 cloaks? 15. What is 5 times 3 and 7-eighths?

SECTION 19.

1. If 1-fifth of a chest of tea be worth 6 dollars and 7-eighths, what is a whole chest worth? 3438

Solution. A whole chest is worth 5 times as much as 1-fifth of a chest. 5 times 6 dollars are 30 dollars; 5 times 7-eighths of a dollar are 35-eighths of a dollar, or 4 dollars and 3-eighths. 30 dollars plus 4 dollars and 3-eighths are 34 dollars and 3-eighths.

2. 6 and 7-eighths is 1-fifth of what number?34

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3. Suppose 1-ninth of a kite line to be 5 yards and 3-fourths of a yard long,-how long is the whole line? 4. 5 and 3-fourths is 1-ninth of what number? 37 3 5. A young man being asked his age, answered indirectly, that 1-third of his age was 7 years and 2-sixths of a year. What was his age? 22.

6. 7 and 2-sixths is 1-third of what number? 22 7. Suppose a man can build 3 rods and 2-fifths of a rod of wall in 1-sixth of a week,-how many rods can he build in a whole week?

8. 3 and 2-fifths is 1-sixth of what number?

9. If 1-tenth of a bushel of corn be worth 6 cents and 1-fourth of a cent, what is a bushel worth? 63

10. 6 and 1-fourth is 1-tenth of what number? 11. 1-fourth of Edmund's kite line measures 8 yards and 3-sevenths of a yard. How long is the line? 12. 8 and 3-sevenths is 1-fourth of what number? 13. If 1-half of a yard of lace cost 3 dollars and 4fifths of a dollar, what will a yard cost?

14. 3 and 4-fifths is 1-half of what number?

15. Suppose that 1-seventh of an acre of land will produce 6 bushels and 7-ninths of a bushel of bariey' how many bushels will an acre produce?

16. 6 and 7-ninths is 1-seventh of what number?