This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...lot? 14. Farmer Brown's six-acre lot is divided into twelve equal parts by the ditches which drain the land. In one of these parts he wishes to raise potatoes; how many bushels will he get at the rate of 36 bushels to the acre? 15. How can you divide 3 pears among 2 boys? Answer: I can give each boy a whole pear, and then divide the pear left over by giving each boy half a pear more. Each boy, then, will get one pear and half a pear, or, as it is sometimes written, one and one half pears. Or, I can give each boy one half of each pear, or three half pears in all. Three half pears is usually written three halves of a pear. Since three halves of a pear are equivalent to one pear and half of a pear, each boy will get the same amount, in whichever way the pears are divided. 16. How could you divide 8 apples equally among 6 boys? Answer: I might divide each apple into six equal parts, and give each boy one piece (sixth) of each apple, or eight sixths in all. Or, I might give each boy a whole apple, and then divide the two apples left over by giving each boy two sixths of an apple more. Since eight sixths of an apple are equivalent to a whole apple and two sixths of an apple over, I give each boy the same quantity, whichever way I share the apples. 17. If I wish to divide 12 oranges equally among 9 girls, how much must I give to each? Answer: Twelve ninths of an orange, or 1 orange and three ninths of an orange. 18. What is one eighth of twelve? Answer: One eighth of twelve must be twelve times as great as one eighth of one; one eighth of twelve is equivalent, then, to twelve eighths of one, or to one and four eighths of one. 19. What is one sixth of fourteen? Answer: Fourteen sixths of one, or two whole ones and two sixths. 20. What is one...