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5. If 3 barrels of corn cost 9 dollars what will one barrel cost?
6. I paid a boy 48 dollars for 6 months work; what did I pay him a month?
7. One man can plow a certain field in 30 days; how long will it take 5 men to plow it?
8. A man paid 72 dollars for 8 calves; how much did 1 calf cost? how much did 5 calves cost?
9. If 28 yards of cloth can be bought for 4 doilars, how many yards can be bought for 1 dollar? how many for 7 dollars? how many for 9 dollars?
[A yard is the measure by which cloth is measured, and is three feet in length.]
10. A lady gave 56 cents for 8 pounds of dried apples; what did 1 pound cost? what did 7 pounds cost?
11. A man rode 24 miles in 6 hours; how many miles did he ride in one hour? how many in 10 hours?
12. I paid 56 dollars for 7 hogs; what did one hog cost? what would 10 cost at the same price?
13. If 100 bundles of fodder will feed 5 horses for 1 week, how long will it feed 1 horse?
14. In 20 how many times 2? how many times 4 ? how many times 5? how many times 10?
15. In 24 how many times 3? how many times 4 ? how many times 6? how many times 8?
16. How many times 7 in 21? in 28? in 56? in 35 in 14 ? in 637 in 77? in 70? in 84?
17. How many times 6 in 12? in 36 ? in 18? in 54 ? in 60? in 42 ? in 48 in 72? in 66?
18. How many times 9 in 272 in 45 ? in 632 in 81 ? in 99 ? in 108?
19. How many times 11 in 22 ? in 55 ? in 772 in 88? in 110? in 132?
20. How many times 12 in 36? in 60? in 72? in 84? in 1202 in 144?
8 43. DIVISION is indicated in three ways.
1st, By what is called the sign of division, which is a short horizontal line with a dot above and below it, thus, ÷ This sign shows that the number before it is
