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46. A family uses 2 quarts of milk a day. At 24 a gallon, what does the milk cost for May and June?

47. From March 3d to Sept. 19th is how many days? Do you include one of the days mentioned, or both of them, or neither of them?

48. How many minutes from 8.10 A.M. to 9.25 P.M.

49. Subtract 40 rd. 3 yd. 2 ft. from 81 rd. 1 yd., and multiply the remainder by 10. Work by compound subtraction and multiplication, and get an answer that contains no fraction.

50. Draw and divide a figure so as to show how many square feet in a rectangle that is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide. Draw and divide a figure so as to show how many square inches in a surface that is 4 inches square. These drawings are to be free-hand, and made with your pen.

51. Reduce 7 months and 15 days to the decimal of a year (360 days).

52. Reduce .32175 of 1 ton to whole numbers of lower denominations.

53. If the perimeter of a square is 10 rods, what is the area?

Find the area of a field, whose parallel sides measure 20 and 30 rods, respectively, the perpendicular distance between them being 15 rods.

54. Bought 5 bushels of berries for $5 and sold them at $.20 a quart. How much did I gain?

55. From a tract of land 15 rods square I sold 65 square rods. What was the value of the remainder at $ 20 an acre?

56. What is the cost of fencing a field 9 rods square at $.12 a foot?

57. How many square yards are there in the walls of a room 20 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 9 feet high?

58. What must I pay for the laying of a sidewalk 6 rods long and 5 feet wide at $.45 a square yard?

59. How much will it cost to plaster a room 18 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 9 feet high, at $.17 a square yard, deducting 108 square feet for doors and windows?

60. Mr. Thompson has a field, around which he wishes to build a tight board fence. The field is 50 rods long and 45 rods wide. The fence is to be 4 feet high. At 31 a square foot, what will be the cost of the fence?

61. A man having $100 went to market. He sold 10 bushels of potatoes at 80 per bushel, 2 tons of hay at $15 per ton, and 25 bushels of oats at 45¢ per bushel. He bought 15 barrels of flour at $4.50 per barrel, and 12 yards of broadcloth at $4.75 per yard. How much money did he have left?

62. Cost of a pile of wood 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, at $7.50 a cord?

I wish to pile 60 cords of wood in such a manner that it will be 4 feet wide and 6 feet high. How long must it be?

63. Find the interest of $263.75 for 1 year, 3 months, 20 days, at 6%.

64. At $17.625 a ton, how many tons of hay can be purchased for $95?

65. Mr. Ames owns 2 of an acre of land. Mr. Jones owns as much, which is of what Mr. Brown owns. What part of an acre does Mr. Brown own?

66. Four men built a barn. C, 8 days; and D, 12 days. was each man's share?

A worked 2 days; B, 6 days;
They received $84. What

67. A man has 768 hens, which is more than he had last How many had he then?

year.

68. Two trains are 871 miles apart and running toward each other, one at the rate of 50 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 20 miles an hour. How far apart will

they be in half an hour?

69. If 35 men earn $87.50 in 1 day, how much will 50 men earn in 10 days?

70. Multiply 9008 by 7080, and divide the product by 600.

71. What is the difference between 69 x 58.8 and 291 ÷ 0.97 ?

72. Find 61% of 19,712 miles.

62% of 2768 yards.

91% of 11,223,344 pounds.

73. What is the interest of $150 for 2 yr. 8 mo. 15 da., at 6% per annum.

74. Add: 25,037.45; 8,712.23; 9050.37; 815.25; 91,017.16; 419.19; 2035.75; 15,025.55; 7079.13; 14026.27.

75. Add: 87.27; 43.75; 72.50; 39.75; 64.04; 58.94; 95.83; 26.37; 75.96; 50.83; 39.49; 97.08; 62.62.

76. A lot of land containing 5250 square feet is 125 feet long. How wide is it?

77. A man spent of his money for a house, for furniture, for horses, and to build a church. What part of his money had he left?

78. Bought 10,752 cubic feet of wood at $8 a cord. What did it all cost?

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81. What is the cost of digging a cellar 27 feet square and 9 feet deep at 25¢ a cubic yard.

82. How many yards of fence will be needed to enclose the plot of ground shown in the following diagram ?

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83. The above field was originally a rectangle, but the owner sold one piece 5 rods by 3 rods, and a second piece 3 rods by 7 rods. How many square rods did it contain at first? What is its present area?

84. Calculate the number of square yards in the field shown in the accompanying diagram.

85. A man buys a piece of ground 300 feet long, 150 feet wide.

15 yds.

24 yds.

24 yds.

15 yds.

6 yds.

He builds a house, 50 feet by 30 feet, and a shed 12

feet by 13 feet. How many square feet will he have left for a garden?

86. The owner of a piece of ground 250 feet long, 200 feet wide, takes 10 feet from each side to make a gravel walk, and uses the remainder for a garden. Give the dimensions of the garden and its area in square feet? How many square feet in the whole piece of ground? How many square feet are taken up by the walk?

87. How many square feet of flagging would be required for a sidewalk 10 feet wide outside a lot 250 feet long, 200 feet wide?

200 ft.

250 ft.

10 ft.

89. To contain 48 square yards, how many yards long must be a piece of carpet 27 inches wide?

90. I have bought 24 yards of dress goods, 27 inches wide. How many square yards does the piece contain? How many yards of lining 32 inches wide will contain the same number of square yards?

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