| 1. | What would be the cost, in dollars and cents, of excavating a cellar 2 rods long, 7 yards wide, and 9 feet deep, at 6 pence per cubic yard, the value of a £ being $4.80? |
| 2. | How many sq. yds. and decimals of a sq. yd. in the outer surface of a rectangular box (all sides are rectangles) 7 feet long. 4 feet wide, and 3 feet high? Include the top in the surface.page 12.gif) |
| 3. | What is the product of the difference between 36½ and 14?, multiplied by the sum of 8¼, 3 6/5 and 25/8 first changing common to decimal fractions? |
| 4. | The longitude of St. Louis is 13° 15′ west from Washington, while that of Boston is 6° 0′ cast; what will be the time at Boston when it is 10 o'clock in St. Louis? |
| 5. | A man paid 4/7 of the value of his land for the building of a house upon it;? of the cost of the house was $980; for how much must he sell his property to gain $372? |
| 6. | A Kansas City merchant visits St. Louis for the purpose of buying goods; he buys as follows: 584 yds. of muslin at 7½c per yd.; 757 lbs. of coffee at 14c per lb.; 356 lbs. of rice at 6¼c per lb.; he pays $27.75 for expenses of the trip, and $14.37 for freight on his goods. For how much must he sell his goods to gain 1/10 of the total cost? |
| 7. | If 7/8 of a yard of silk cost $2/21/5 what will 25/6 yds. cost? |
| 8. | A man walked 5/16 of a journey the first day,. 0.3 of it the second, and then had 15½ miles to travel in order to complete the journey; how many miles in the journey? |
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