Easy Mathematics.

Otago Witness, Issue 1824, 5 November 1886, Page 35

Easy Mathematics.

A farmer spends 13dol per year for tobacco, and his wife spends 2dol per year for shoes. How much more does her shoes cost than his tobacco ?

It is 28ft from a certain kitchen door to a wood pile and 2358 ft from the same door to a corner grocery. How much longer will it take a man to walk to the wood pile than to the grocery, estimating that he walks 3ft per second ?

If it takes a boy 25 minutes to cut three sticks of wood to get supper by, how long will it take him next morning to walk three miles in the country to meet a circus coming to town ?

A cook hires out at 3dol per week, and when Saturday comes she has broken 4dol 80c worth of dishes. How much is due her, and how on eaith did the mistress find out that she had broken anything ?

A young lady who is out with her beau drinks four glasses of sodawater at 5c each; two glasses of ginger ale at 5c each ; eats three dishes of ice cream at 10c each, four pieces of cake valued at 30c, and throws out a hint for a box of candy valued at 50c. What does she cost him in all ?

A tramp tackles a farm house and a dog tackles the tramp. The tramp passes over 32 rods of ground per minute, while the dog passes over 48 rods. How long will it take the dog to overhaul him ?

Four boys who are on a visit to their aunt discover a cake of maple sugar weighing 51b lloz. What will each boy's share be if equitably divided 1

If a saddle horse has caused the death of four different ladies who were advised by their doctors to try the saddle for exercise, how many ladies could have been decently killed in half the time by riding over rail fences in buck boards?

John has an orange, and six boys lick their chops and want him to divide. He eats it by himself, seeds, rind, and all. How many pieces would he have to divide the orange into, in case he had been a flat, to give to each boy a piece ?