Supply the value of " All other articles," and give "Increase' or "Decrease" of the value of each item, and the total increase.

895. Divide. Do not write products (Arts. 385, 616):

1. How many boards 16 ft. long, 8 in. wide, will be required for a tight fence 8 ft. high, around a piece of ground 240 ft. long, 180 ft. wide? How many posts, 6 ft. apart, will be needed?

2. A room is 18 ft. long, 15 ft. wide. The walls and the ceiling contain 930 sq. ft. What is the height of the room?

3. What will it cost to cover a table 6 ft. long, 24 ft. wide,

with baizeyd. wide, at 75 per yd.?

4. 160 square rods make 1 acre.

are there in an acre?

field containing 1 acre?

How many square yards

About how many yards long is a square

5. A 40-acre field is 160 rods long. How many rods of fence are needed to enclose the field?

6. A room 30 ft. long, 24 ft. wide, 15 ft. high, contains 40 persons. How many square feet of floor space are there for each occupant? How many cubic feet of air space are there for each?

7. How many yards of carpet, 27 inches wide, would be needed for the floor of such a room?

8. How many bundles of laths, each bundle covering 3 square yards, would be needed for the walls and ceiling of the above room, no allowance being made for doors and windows?

9. A farmer owned a rectangular piece of ground 30 rods long, 27 rods wide. He sold three lots 18 × 8 rods, 12 × 3 rods, 15 x 9 rods.

Find the number of square rods in the original piece. Mark in the diagram the area of each lot sold, and the area of the part remaining.

10. How many rods of fence will be needed to enclose the part remaining?

11. In a box containing 50 square feet of glass, how many panes will there be 6 inches long, 4 inches wide?

12. How many gallons will fill a tank 22 feet long, 14 feet wide, 9 feet deep?

Indicate operations. Cancel where possible.

13. How many cords of wood are there in a pile 48 feet long, 16 feet wide, 12 feet high?

14. A bin measures 49 feet long, 32 feet wide, 10 feet 8 inches deep. How many bushels of grain will it hold?

15. In building a sewer one thousand yards long, an excavation 6 feet wide was made to an average depth of 10 feet. How many cubic yards were dug out?

16. If the sewer pipe occupies a space equal to a box 4 feet wide, 4 feet deep, and 1,000 yards long, how many cubic yards of earth will be left after the excavation is filled in?

899. St. Paul Public Schools. Examination Questions.

1. I borrowed $241.50 at 8%, and kept it 3 yr. 8 mo. 18 da. What was due the lender at the expiration of that time?

2. Made a loan of $1,040 for 1 yr. 9 mo. at 71%. What interest did I receive?

3. Mr. B's ground is 14 rods by 10 rods, which is 40% larger than A's. Find the value of A's ground at $5 a sq. rd.

4. What per cent of a sum of money can be earned in 1 day if 72% of it can be earned in 9 days?

5. Write the analysis of the second.

6. At $3 a cord, what is the value of the wood that can be piled under a shed 50 ft. long, 25 ft. wide, and 12 ft. high?