This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...a quire, what is the profit? 12. A man paid $180 for sheep at $3 a head and sold them at $3.75 a head. How much did he gain? 13. A man sold 2 thirds of his farm at $50 an acre for $4000. How many acres were there in the farm? 14. A man sold 5 ninths of his potatoes at 40 cents a bushel for $160. How many bushels had ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...a quire, what is the profit? 12. A man paid $180 for sheep at $3 a head and sold them at $3.75 a head. How much did he gain? 13. A man sold 2 thirds of his farm at $50 an acre for $4000. How many acres were there in the farm? 14. A man sold 5 ninths of his potatoes at 40 cents a bushel for $160. How many bushels had lie left? 15. A field is 40 rods square. How many rods of fence will enclose it and divide it into 4 squares? 16. At 60 cents a bushel, what is the value of two loads of potatoes, if the average weight is 2400 pounds? LESSON 74 1. $38.13 is 8.2% of what? 12520 is 144% of what? 2. Find the greatest common divisor of 1029 and 1155. 3. Find the cost of 785 lb. of straw at $8.30 a ton. 4. At $2.85 a cord, what is the value of a cubical pile of wood 18 feet high? 5. At 48 cents a bushel, what is the value of 3 loads of oats averaging' 1760 pounds? 6. The product of 3 numbers is 28,512, and two of them are 24 and 36. Find the other number. 7. A man had $9940. He invested 25% of it in land at $8.75 an acre. How many acres did he buy? 8. A man paid.28 of his money for a house, .45 of it for a farm, and had $8100 left. Find the cost of each. LESSON 75 1. $375 is 20f % of what? $1044 is 7.25% of what? 2. Find 30% of $474. 8.4% of $1250. 108% of $1500. 3. How many tiles 6 in. square will pave a hall 48 ft. long and 8 feet wide? 4. The perimeter of a square field is 176 rods. Find the value of it at $65 an acre. 5. How many brick 8 in. by 4 in. will it take to pave a walk 180 yd. long and 6 ft. wide? 6. How many square yards are there in a triangle whose base is 63 feet and whose altitude is 48 feet? 7. How many boards 12 ft. by 9 in. will be required for a tight board fence 24 rd. long and 6 ft. high? 8. A man sold 1 fifteenth of his corn for $86.75. At the..
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