60. 1. At 15 dollars a yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for $11? ANALYSIS. As many yards as $1%, the price of 1 yard, is contained times in $11. $1 are $1, $11 are $66, and is contained in 66, 6 times. Therefore, at $18 a yard, 6 yards of cloth can be bought for $11. 2. If a turkey cost $13, how many can be bought for $9? 3. A grocer paid $43 for some onions, at the rate of $3 a bushel; how many did he buy? 4. How many times will 43 gallons of camphene fill a vessel that holds of of 1 gallon? 5. If 43 yards of velvet ribbon cost $3, what will 1 yard cost? 6. If 32 dozen of eggs cost $, what is the cost of 1 dozen? 7. How many yards of flannel worth $3 a yard can be bought for 6 turkeys worth $8 apiece? 8. If 1 man can do a piece of work in 63 days, in what time can 4 men do the same? 9. If a man chop 11 cords of wood in a day, how long will it take him to chop 101 cords? NOTE. Reduce the mixed numbers to improper fractions, and then divide the same as you divide one fraction by another. 10. If 41 baskets of peaches are worth $33, what is 1 basket worth? 11. If 5 bushels of apples cost $13, what is the cost of 1 bushel? 12. If a man spend $15 a month for tobacco, in what time will he spend $10 for the same purpose? 13. At 41 shillings a gallon, how many gallons of molasses can be bought for 93 shillings? 14. If a stage run 243 miles in 3 hours, how far does it run in 1 hour? 15. Mr. B. distributed 15 bushels of corn equally among some poor persons, giving them 13 bushels each; among how many persons did he divide it? 16. Bought of 7 cords of wood for 4 of $32; what did 1 cord cost? 17. A father divided 1131 acres of land equally among his 3 sons; to the first he gave of it, and divided the remainder equally between the other 2 ; how many acres did each receive? 18. Divide 9 by 6; 101 by 7; 123 by 31. 19. Divide 101 by &; 3 141 by 3; 201 by 4. 111 by 43. 20. Divide 71 by 32; 8 are how many times 90 are how many 6 ? 4? times 15? 24. 11 25. 16 26. 61? 27. 28. 4? 29. 25 are how many times 3? 35. 17% are how many times 10 40. 7 are how many times 41? 41. 83 are how many times 3? 5? 7? 8? 3. of 1, or 2 of 1. 61. 1. What is of 3? ANALYSIS. That number which, taken 4 times, will make Since 1 fourth of 1 is 1, 1 fourth of 3 will be 3 times of 1, or 2. 13. What is of 13? of 9? of 17? of 50? of 91? 20 14. If 5 bushels of wheat cost $9, what will 1 bushel cost? ANALYSIS. If 5 bushels cost $9, 1 bushel, which is ‡ of 5 bushels, will cost of $9, or $14. Therefore, if 5 bushels cost $9, 1 bushel will cost $14. 15. If 6 turkeys are worth $5, what are they worth apiece? 16. If you divide 6 oranges equally among 7 boys, what part of an orange will each receive? 17. If a man travel 29 miles in 9 hours, how far does he travel in 1 hour? 18. If 1 man can build a barn in 20 days, in what time can 3 men build it? 19. If a horse eat 5 bushels of oats in 8 days, what part of a bushel does he eat in 1 day? 20. What will 1 hat cost, if 4 hats cost $17 ? 62. 1. What are 2 of 3? ANALYSIS. Three times of 3. Since 1 of 3 is 2 of 1, of 1, or 2, equal to 21. Therefore 3 of 3 are 3 times of 3 are 21. 5 of 7? of 36? of 50? of 63 ? 12 4 of 35? of 60 ? of 77 ? of 91? of 120? of 150? 15 of 10? of 15? 11. What are 12. What are 13. What are 14. If 4 cords of wood cost $14, what will 5 cords cost? ANALYSIS. Five times of $14. Since 4 cords cost $14, 1 cord, which is of 4 cords, will cost of $14, or $3; and 5 cords, which are 5 times 1 cord, will cost 5 times $3, or $173. Therefore, &c. 15. If 3 bushels of quinces cost $7, what will 2 bushels cost? 16. If 9 bushels of apples cost $4, what will 7 bushels cost? 17. At 6 cents for 2 oranges, how many oranges could you buy for 21 cents? 18. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 15 days, in what time can 6 men do the same? 19. If a quantity of provision will last 5 men 9 days, how long would the same last 11 men? 63. 1. If 1 pound of butter cost 19 cents, what will of a pound cost? 2. A barrel of beer sold for $8; what was of it worth? 3. Sold a cow for $18, which was only of her real value; what was her real value? 4. Bought a carriage for $65, and afterwards sold it for of what it cost me; how much did I gain? 5. A farmer, having 80 sheep, sold of them; how many had he left? 6. If I give 4 pounds of butter, worth 123 cents a pound, for 8 pounds of sugar, what is the sugar worth a pound? 7. After paying of my money for a piece of land, I had $48 left; how much money had I at first? 8. A man bought a watch and chain for $50, which was of what the watch alone cost; what was the cost of each? 9. If a man can cut 9 cords of wood in of a week, how many cords can he cut in 4 weeks? 10. A man paid $35 for a book-case, of the cost of his book-case was of what he paid for a bureau, and the cost of the bureau was of what he paid for a table; what did he pay for the bureau, and for the table? 11. If 4 quarts of chestnuts cost 37 cents, what will 1 bushel cost? 12. If a man can walk 7 miles in 2 hours, how far can he walk in 3 days, by walking 10 hours a day? 13. If of a barrel of flour is worth $8, what are 12 barrels worth? 14. If 3 pecks of grass-seed cost 14 shillings, what will 4 quarts cost? |