CHAPTER XVI.

1. How many cents in a dollar?

2. One cent is what part of one dollar?

3. What part of a dollar is 3 cents? 5 cents? 8 cents? 29 cents? 98 cents? 25 cents? 50 cents?

8 cents may be written $0.08, 29 cents $0.29.

4. What is one half of $0.80? One third of $0.24? One fifth of $0.10? One tenth of $1.20 ? 5. Take $0.98 from $1.07.

6. When 12 pounds of sugar are worth $0.72, what is half a pound worth?

7. At $0.25 a dozen, how many eggs will $1.25 purchase?

8. What is the price of 6 boxes of berries at the rate of 2 boxes for $0.25?

9. What is the sum of $0.85, $0.09, and $0.06? 10. How many blank books at $0.12 each can you buy for $0.84 ?

11. A man divided $63 equally among his 4 sons and 3 daughters. daughters. How many dollars did

each child receive?

12. From one dollar take the sum of $0.87 and $0.05.

13. How many pounds of grapes at $0.08 a pound will $0.48 purchase?

14. What is one fifth of $0.25? Of $0.50. Of $0.30? Of $0.20 ?

15. When 5 quarts of milk cost $0.40, what is the price of a quart ?

16. What will half a bushel of apples cost at $0.20 a peck?

17. A boy spends $0.15 a day for his lunch. In how many days will his lunches cost $0.75 ?

18. Name 3 coins together equal in value to $1.00. 4 equal to $0.50. 5 equal to $0.25.

19. When milk is worth $0.06 a quart, how much must be paid for half a gallon? How much for a pint?

20. How many yards of cloth at $0.05 a yard can be bought for half a dollar?

21. When 5 yards of ribbon cost $0.30, what is the price of half a yard?

22. From the sum of $0.37 and $0.06, take $0.08.

23. What is the price of a bushel of potatoes, when a peck costs $0.25?

24. From the sum of $0.78 and $0.05, take $0.08.

25. What is the cost of a pint of syrup at $1.20 a gallon?

These examples can be varied indefinitely by

changing the numbers, or introducing additional

numbers.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1. A man paid $30 for a suit of clothes, and $18.75 for an overcoat. What did both cost?

2. At $0.30 a pound, what will 3 pounds of butter cost? 5 pounds? 7 pounds?

3. A dealer bought goods for $375 and sold them for $500. How many dollars did he gain? 4. The interest of a sum of money for 5 years is $60. What is the interest for 2 years? For 6 months?

5. I paid $600 for one lot of land, $800 for another, and $575 for another. How much did I pay for all?

6. To the sum of 30 and 20 add 5, divide by 11, multiply by 9, subtract 10, divide by 5, multiply by 8, add 4, add 40. What is the result?

7. If I buy a horse for $180 and sell him for $200, how much do I gain? What should I have lost had I sold him for $150?

8. When 4 pounds of butter cost $1.20, what is the price of half a pound?

9. Charles bought a hat for $2.50, a pair of gloves for $1.25, a necktie for $0.25, and a pair of shoes for $6.00. What did he pay for all?

10. What cost 120 oranges at 2 cents apiece?

11. To one half of 60 add 20, divide by 5, multiply by 12, and to one half this result add 4. What is of the result?

12. What cost 10 gross of knives at $40 a gross?

13. Charles had $0.80 and Henry had half as many. How many cents had Henry? How many had both Henry and Charles?

14. From the sum of $0.90 and $0.60 take the difference between $1.40 and $2.20.

15. When a yard of cloth costs $0.40, what must be paid for 12 yards?

16. Bought a house for $2800 and sold it for $3150. How much did I gain?

17. A man owning 20 houses rents each at $30 a month. How much does he receive for rent every year?

18. When 20 barrels of flour cost $120, what is half a barrel worth?

19. Take 20, multiply by 6, add 30, divide by 15, multiply by 40, divide half the result by 2. What is the quotient?

20. A gentleman paid $1000 for two horses and a carriage. For the carriage he paid $650, for one horse $200, and the rest of the money for the other horse. What was the price of the second horse?