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1. Express in simplest form: ; ; 25; 28; 65%;

7. When school closed in June, Jennie weighed 61 lb. When school opened in September, she weighed 63 lb. How much did she gain during vacation?

8. The Jones Knitting Mill makes undergarments that are wool and the remainder cotton. How much smaller is the fraction that is wool than that which is cotton?

9. Rupert's uncle offered to give Rupert either or of the money he received by picking and selling strawberries from his uncle's garden. Rupert unwisely chose §. What part of the money did he lose by his foolish choice? How much did he lose on $12 worth of berries?

10. Maurice and Ernest rode in a bicycle race. Maurice's time was 3 minutes and Ernest's was 23 minutes. Ernest won by what part of a minute?

11. Julia bought of it in making fudge. 12. Roy gathered 2

were dried, there were

of a pound of chocolate and used How much was left?

bushels of chestnuts. After they only 115 bushels. How much did

they shrink? (12 and 13 are for the strong pupils.)

13. A pine board just sawed from the log was 147 inches wide. In being seasoned and kiln-dried it shrunk of an inch. How wide was it then?

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1. How much cream is there in 12 gallons of milk if of the whole quantity is cream?

2. Express in simplest form: (a) 232; (b) 588; (c) 319; (d) 1714.

3. Find the areas of rectangles having these dimensions: 흉

a.in. by in.

mi.

mi. by 4 mi.

e. 93 mi. by

g. 7 mi. by 40 mi.

mi.

4. A grocer bought 27 barrels of apples and sold & of them at $3 a barrel. How much money did he receive?

5. The block in which we live contains 7+ acres of land. Our lot is of the block. What part of an acre does our lot contain?

6. A 2-cent stamp measures 7" by 18". It occupies how much space on an envelope?

Find the length, the breadth, and the area of this sheet

of stamps, without measuring.

8. How many 40ths are there in 7g?

9. How many 99ths are there in 8985?

10. Find the area of both sides of a square piece of cardboard whose edge is 153 inches.

12. Multiply 14 by 13 and divide the product by 17.

15. What is one third of one hundred seventy-five and one half?

16. The multiplicand is 1 and the product is 24. Find the multiplier.

17. How many pounds of sugar at 6 cents a pound will pay for 12 dozen eggs at 36 cents a dozen?

18. When 15 yards of silk cost $163, what is the price per yard?

19. Divide 75g by 14%.

20. In one month Mr. Finlay earned $463, his wages being $2 a day. How many days did he work?

21. Divide of of 23 by 3 of 3 of 7. &

22. $75 will pay for how much corn at $14 a bushel? 23. Divide the sum of 4 and 5 by their difference. 24. If of a mile of telephone wire was divided into 14 equal pieces, how long was each piece?

25. By what must 2 be multiplied to obtain 2? 26. By what must 38 be divided to obtain 1+?

27. How many aprons can be made from 10 yards of cloth, if 14 yards are enough for one apron?

28. Divide 85 by 14%.

29. Tim's garden is 4 rd. long, and 11⁄2 rd. wide. Find its area.

2. Harry's marks in spelling for a month were as

a-d. Find Harry's average for each week.

e-i. Find his average for all the Mondays, all the Tuesdays, etc.

1. How much higher was his fourth week's average than his average for all the Mondays?

k. On which day of the week did he spell best?

1. What was Harry's general average for the month? 3. Our outdoor thermometer indicated the following temperatures for the mornings of last week: 76°, 82°, 80°, 67°, 60°, 70°, 81°. The week before the record was 60°, 63°, 58°, 57°, 70°, 68°, 72°. For which week was the average temperature higher, and how much higher was it?

4. The Lincoln High School football team played six games, making the following scores: 19, 7, 0, 6, 25, 19. What was the average score?

1. The bunches of bananas hanging in this fruit stand contain respectively 124, 96, 63, and 140 bananas. What is the average number of bananas per bunch?

2. The two smaller bunches are red, and the bananas sell at the rate of 3 for 10 cents. What are they all worth? 3. What will the others bring at 25 cents a dozen?

4. If the four bunches were bought at $1.40 per bunch, what will be the entire profit on the sales?

5. Mr. Verona, the fruit dealer, bought 5 boxes of apples for $7.80. They average 104 apples per box. He sells them all at the rate of for 5 cents.

a. What is the cost per box?

b. What is received for a box?

6. He sold a dollar's worth of pears at the rate of 3 for 10 cents. How many pears did he sell?

7. If he should put the pears in baskets, 12 in each basket, and offer them to you at 35 cents a basket, or at the rate of 3 for 10 cents, which offer would you take?