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21. From 8960.320507 take 63.001.

22. From 75 hundredths take 75 thousandths.

23. Find the value of :

a. 37.5+48.26 +0.00831 - 85.759.

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24. A piece of cloth measured 23ğ yd. before fulling, but only 21ğ yd. after it. How much did the cloth shrink? 25. A dealer bought 1500 bbl. of apples, and found 12% of the fruit was spoiled. How many bbl. did he lose? 26. Increase $225 by 8% of itself.

27. Reduce to common fractions:

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28. What is 220% of 117 barrels of apples?

29. Reduce the fractions,, and to equivalent frac

tions having a common denominator.

30. Decrease $ 360 by 6 % of itself.

31. Two persons have $24 between them; the first has three times as much as the second. How much has each? 32. Three boys are to share 24 among them; the second boy is to have twice as many as the first, and the third boy is to have 'three times as many as the first. Let x represent the share of the first.

33. Wilson agreed to sell 37 cords of wood to Jackson. He delivered 91 cords one week, 87 the next, and 10% the next. How many cords then had he still to deliver?

34. Draw a trapezoid, giving its measures. into triangles, using dotted lines. Find its area.

Divide it

35. What is the circumference of a circle with radius 2.3 in. ? What is its diameter?

REVIEW

1. The greater of two numbers is equal to six times the smaller, and their sum is 49. Find the numbers.

2. Telegraph poles were placed 132 feet apart. How many feet were there between the first pole and the last of 236 such poles?

3. If a man wastes 6 a day, how much money will he waste in thirty years?

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5. Multiply 818,647,362 by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

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6. At 7 per yd., what will 43 yd. of braid cost?

7. If a gallon of kerosene burns 45 hours in a lamp, how long would 15 gallons burn?

8. I spent $3.621 for a vest; $13 for a pocket-book ; $13 for a knife; $.621 for a necktie; $.871⁄2 for a key ring. How much did I spend in all ?

9. Two trains start at the same point and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 34 miles an hour, the other at the rate of 28 miles an hour. How far apart will the trains be at the end of 14 hours?

10. If a man borrows $800 at 6% for 15 mo., at the end of the time how much money will he owe?

15 x 32 x 84 +3

11.

= ? 12.

24 × 9 × 33 × 60

3+6 x 5+ 15-7
7-(8-5) x 2 + 2

14. 7:45 = 63: x.

13. x = 5(6-3)+(8-4) (5+2). What is a?

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16. Draw a triangle with base 31 in. long and altitude

2 in. Find its area.

17. Draw a circle with a radius of 2 in.

REVIEW

1. What is 2 per cent of $750?

2. How many cubic feet are there in a rectangular bin 8 ft. by 5 ft. by 4 ft.?

3. If A. of land cost $21, what will

A. cost?

per lb.?

4. What will 56 lbs. of salt cost at 5. How many tons of coal at $6 a ton will pay for 30 cords of wood at $4 a cord?

6. Harry and Tom have 75, but Harry has twice as many cents as Tom. How many cents has each boy?

7. If M. feet of boards cost $12, what will 5 M. feet cost? 6 M.? 9 M.? 12 M.?

8. If 30 men can earn a certain sum of money in 25 days, how long will it take one man to earn it?

9. How many cubic feet are contained in a pile of cord wood 8 ft. 4 ft. 4 ft.?

10. What is the cost of 21 lb. of butter at 24¢ per lb.? 11. What are the factors of 48?

12. Find the greatest common divisor:

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13. Tell the meaning of each of these terms:

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1. What part of 63 is 1890? Answer in decimals.

2. 33 +28-12+3 = ?

3.

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A man bought 56 head of cattle for $25 a head, and 94 for $32 a head. If he sells the whole lot at $30 a head, will he gain or lose, and how much?

4. A man whose yearly salary is $3500 expends for rent $600; for fuel and clothing, $570; for provisions, $635; and for other expenses, $1200. How much money can he save in 11-5 12 years, the term of a series of stock in a local building and loan association?

5. If a man can build a wall in 32 days by working 8 hours a day, how many days would he take to build the same wall, working only 6 hours a day?

6. A dealer sold 1772 tons of cannel coal for $1873. At that rate what would of a ton cost?

7. What is the interest at 6% on $450 for 90 days?

8. 8(3+4)- (10 + 5) + x = 45. Find x.

9. Add: one hundred five ten-thousandths; one and thirty-seven hundredths; ten thousand eight hundred seventy-five millionths.

10. What kind of an angle measures 90°? Draw it. 11. Draw a parallelogram of any form or size and measure its area, using no fraction smaller than }.

12. Write a bill of goods with five purchases.

13. Write a problem, using facts connected with Linear Measure.

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