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. 1899 Excerpt: ...Of both. 7. John has 75 cents and James has one third as much. How much money have both? 8. A has $8, B has twice as much, and C five times as much as A. What is the sum of their money? 9. Mr. Page bought a suit of clothes and overcoat for $56. Of this amount f was paid for the overcoat. What did the overcoat cost? ...
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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. 1899 Excerpt: ...Of both. 7. John has 75 cents and James has one third as much. How much money have both? 8. A has $8, B has twice as much, and C five times as much as A. What is the sum of their money? 9. Mr. Page bought a suit of clothes and overcoat for $56. Of this amount f was paid for the overcoat. What did the overcoat cost? Find the cost of the suit. 10. If a sofa and table cost $35, and the table costs f of that amount, what does the sofa cost? 11. A lot is worth $1200 and the house on it twice as much. Find the cost of the house. Of both. 12. 2 bushels are how many pecks? Quarts? Pints? 13. 160 pints are how many quarts? Pecks? Bushels? 14. 3 bushels 1 peck are how many pks.? How many qts.? 15. 12 pecks 5 quarts are how many qts.? How many pts? 16. 50 quarts 1 pint are how many pints? 1. A farmer sold a grocer 20 pounds of butter, at 18c. a pound; 17 dozen eggs, at 12c. a dozen; 9 bushels of potatoes, at 60c. a bushel; and received in payment 54 pounds of sugar, at 9c. a pound; and the remainder in rice, at 7c. a pound. How many pounds of rice did he get? 2. A gentleman owned T of a tract of land of 12960 acres, and divided it equally among his 8 children. What is the value of each child's share, at $36 an acre? 3. A grain dealer delivered to a customer 3240 pounds of wheat. There are 60 pounds in one bushel. How many bushels did he deliver? 4. If 25 bushels of oats weigh 800 pounds, how many pounds will 75 bushels weigh? How many pounds will a carload of 536 bushels weigh? 5. A, B, and C bought a farm for $9580; A contributed $125 less than of the whole sum; B, $1584 more than of it; and C the remainder. How much did each one contribute? 6. Bought a tract of land and divided it into 22 house lots, which I sold at $348 each, thereby gaming $2912. What was the cost...
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