Myers Arithmetic Elementary by George William Myers

Author:George William Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Scott, Foresman andcompany
Published: 1909-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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1. Find the expense for each day in the weekly account. Find the yearly expense for car fare? For lunches?

2. At the salary given in the monthly account, how much would be saved in a year with the yearly expenses as given? In 5 years?

3. At the salary given in the weekly account, how much would a boy earn in a year? How much would he save, counting the yearly expenses as given?

4. Make and solve other problems from these accounts.

Answer all you can orally.

A merchant offered the following lots of goods for sale:

2 suits boys' clothes jl $ 8.50

15 dozen handkerchiefs 27.00

12 dozen pairs suspenders 36.00

50 boxes (each containing £ dozen pairs) of

stockings 60. 00

3 dozen shirts 16.20

1 dozen pairs trousers 15.00

J dozen waistcoats 3. 00

3 dozen caps 5. 40

4 dozen hats 12.00

10 boxes of collars, each holding ^ dozen 6.00

1. As sold in this way, what was the cost of:

A suit? A dozen handkerchiefs?

A handkerchief? A dozen pairs of suspenders?

A pair of suspenders? A box of stockings?

A ^ dozen pairs of stockings? A pair of stockings? A dozen shirts? • One shirt?

A pair of trousers? A dozen caps?

A dozen hats? A box of collars?

A half-dozen collars? One collar?

2. A second merchant bought the whole lot of goods at $187. Did the first merchant sell for more or less than the price offered? How much was the difference between the two prices?'

3. The second merchant then sold the following goods at one fourth more than the prices printed above:

One suit. Six handkerchiefs. One pair of suspenders. Three pairs of stockings. One shirt. One hat and one dozen collars. How much was the bilj?

1. An acre of tobacco is valued at about $52; an acre of sweet potatoes at $37; an acre of sugar beets at $30, and an acre of peanuts at $14. At this rate, what is the entire value of 2 acres of each?

2. To send a telegram from Chicago to San Francisco costs $.75 for the first 10 words, and 5tf for each added word. What would a message of 19 words cost?

3. At 40 cents for the first 10 words, and 3 cents for each added word, what will it cost to send the following telegram "Express two hundred Mother Goose, fifty Jo's Boys, one hundred twenty Little Women"?

4. Mrs. Brown had 3 sons. John earned $5 a week, Harry earned $7, and William as much as the other two. How much did William earn? How much did all earn?

5. John gaved £ of his money each week. How many dollars did he save? How much did he spend?

6. Harry saved ^ of his money. How many dollars did he save? How much did he spend?

7. William spent J of his -money. How many dollars did he save? How much did he spend?

8. How much did the 3 boys together save in a week? How much did they spend in a week? In 4 weeks?

9. A room is 12x15 feet. How many strips of

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