4. A boy having 28 peaches gave 8 to his brother, 7 to his sister, and lost 4; how many had he left?

5. If a lady buy some thread for 10 cents, some needles for 5 cents, and some ribbon for 20 cents, and give the clerk 50 cents, how much change should he return?

6. In a garden are 47 fruit trees; 15 of them are peach trees, 12 plum trees, and the remainder pear trees. How many pear trees are there?

7. A lady having 3 ten-dollar bills and 1 five-dollar bill, bought a bonnet for $11, a pair of gaiters for $7, and a scarf for $3. How much money had she left? at the age of 64 years, having been What was his age when he married? 9. In a public school there are 75 pupils, and 47 of them are girls; how many of them are boys?

8. A man died

married 36 years.

10. A man sold 25 sheep, then bought 12, and then had 20. How many had he at first?

11. A merchant gave $52 for a box of goods, and paid $5 freight; for how much must he sell them to gain $15?

12. A man gave his watch and $10 in money for a harness valued at $75. How much did he get for his watch?

13. A man having received $45 for labor, paid $15 for a coat, $7 for a barrel of flour, and $6 for a ton of coal. How much had he left?

14. A man bought a vest for $7, a pair of pants for $12, and three shirts for $9, and gave in payment 3 tendollar bills. How much change should he receive ?

Find the required term in the following equations:

95. 1. The subtrahend is 260346, and the remainder 72304. What is the minuend?

2. The difference is $310.62, and the minuend $1206.28. What is the subtrahend?

3. What is the sum of 4062 and 12356 increased by the difference between 15000 and 975?

4. From the sum of 23462 and 9030, subtract the difference between 34000 and 7640.

5. From the difference between 19876 and 6032, subtract the difference between 12000 and 673.

6. From what sum must $.62 be taken to leave a remainder of $14.60?

7. There were 67374 miles of railway in the United States in 1872, and 71564 miles in 1873. How much was the gain in one year?

8. A man has $10000. How much must he add to this, to be able to pay for a farm worth $13640 ?

9. California contains 158933 square miles, and Texas 237321 square miles. How much larger is Texas than California?

10. Mt. Blanc is 15572 feet high, and Pike's Peak 12000 feet. What is the difference in their height?

11. A man willed $125000 to his wife and two children. To his son he gave $44675, to his daughter $26380, and the remainder to his wife. What was his wife's share?

12. A merchant of Nashville goes to New Orleans with $21600. He invests $7638.50 in groceries, $3210.65 in crockery, $1245.18 in wooden ware, and the remainder in hardware. How much does he invest in hardware?

13. The population of London in 1870 was 3250000; of New York, 944292; and of Brooklyn, 396099. How much greater was the population of London than of New York and Brooklyn ?

14. A man owns property valued at $75860, of which $45640 is invested in real estate, $25175.75 in personal property, and the remainder he has in bank. How much has he in bank?

15. Three persons bought a hotel valued at $42075. The first agreed to pay $8375.50, the second agreed to pay twice as much, and the third the remainder. How much was the third to pay?

16. A had $725.40, B had $180.36 more than A, and C had as much as A and B together minus $214. How much had C?

SUBTRACTION.

17. 376+1684+573-(931+1000)=?

18. $27.62+$30.50-$14.00-$7.62-?

19. 173006840—(5800+1386)=25300— ? 20. (48036-7690)-(3600+1873)=18321+?

97. 1. If a man earns $3 a day, how many times $3 does he earn in 4 days? $3+$3+$3+$3 are how many?

2. There are 7 days in 1 week. How many days are there in 3 weeks? How many are three 7's, or 3 times 7? 3. There are 4 pecks in 1 bushel. How many pecks in 4 bushels. Four 4's, or 4 times 4 are how many?

4. Is the result the same whether we say 4 times 6, or 6 times 4?

5. What is the difference between six 5's and five 6's? 6. How many are three 8's? Eight 3's?

7. Add by 2's from 0 to 24.

8. Multiply from 0 times 2, to 12 times 2.

OPERATION.-0 times 2 is 0, once 2 is 2, twice 2 are 4, 3 times 2 are 6, 4 times 2 are 8, 5 times 2 are 10, and so on.

9. Subtract by 2's back from 24 to 0.

10. Multiply back from 12 times 2 to 0 times 2.

OPERATION.-12 times 2 are 24, 11 times 2 are 22, 10 times 2 are 20, 9 times 2 are 18, 8 times 2 are 16, and so on.

11. Multiply from 0 times 3 to 12 times 3, and back. 12. Multiply from 0 times 4 to 12 times 4, and reverse. 13. Multiply from 0 times 5 to 12 times 5, and reverse. 14. Multiply from 0 times 6 to 12 times 6, and reverse.

98. Multiplication is the process of taking one of two numbers as many times as there are units in the other. Or, it is a short method of adding equal numbers.

99. The Multiplicand is the number to be multiplied.

100. The Multiplier is the number by which to multiply. It shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken.

101. The Product is the result obtained by the multiplication.

The multiplicand and multiplier are called the factors of the product.