Problems in Arithmetic

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: What will one cost, when: ? Change: ? 1. 126 bbls. flour cost f 714.42 ? 8. 64,321 in. to yds. 2. 235 yds. carpet cost .$ 509.95 ? 9. 79,423 sq. in. to sq. ft. 3. 925 bu. wheat cost $ 971.25 ? 10. 64,908 cu. in. to cu. ft. 4. 305 reams paper cost $ 1088.85 ? 11. 50,000 ft. to mi. 6. 127 gross pencils cost...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: What will one cost, when: ? Change: ? 1. 126 bbls. flour cost f 714.42 ? 8. 64,321 in. to yds. 2. 235 yds. carpet cost .$ 509.95 ? 9. 79,423 sq. in. to sq. ft. 3. 925 bu. wheat cost $ 971.25 ? 10. 64,908 cu. in. to cu. ft. 4. 305 reams paper cost $ 1088.85 ? 11. 50,000 ft. to mi. 6. 127 gross pencils cost $ 374.65 ? 12. 100,000 sq. ft. to A. 6. 217 bbls. pork cost $ 4806.55 ? 13. 42,760 d. to yrs. 7. 728 Ibs. cotton cost $ 101.92 ? 14. $ 4639.80 to Eng. money. 15. Purchased a farm of 59 A. ? 20 A. of meadow, 20 A. of good cultivated land, and 19 A. of woodland ? for $2360. Sold to one man 15 acres of woodland at $ 80 per acre, a fruit orchard of 1 acre to a second for $ 95, and the remainder to a third purchaser for $ 2655. What was my gain per acre ? 16. A provision dealer sold butter at the rate of 319 Ibs. for $ 62.37, and gained 3 per pound. What did he pay per pound ? 17. If a certain school uses 25 crayons in one day, how many boxes will it need in one school year of 40 weeks, if there is no school on Saturday ? How many boxes of 100 each will they need to purchase ? 18. A dealer bought horses at $ 163 each with $ 3899. Having a small sum left, he purchased as many cattle as he could at $25 each. How many of each did he buy ? 19. If a stenographer receives $ 48 a month, and it costs her $ 33 to live, how long will she require to save f 750 ? 20. How many times will 178,542 contain 763 ? 21. A sewing-machine agent sold in one month machines amounting to $ 1305, and gained $ 348. If he gained $12 on each machine, what did he pay for each machine ? 22. A farmer exchanged 118 cd. wood at $ 4.50 a cord, and 75 bu. of potatoes at 80 per bu., for hay at $ 18 per ton, accepting the balance in flour at $5 per bbl. How many tons of hay and ...