a. Anna gave some money to a poor woman, and
Josephine gave her as much as Anna did.
She received from both thirty cents.
How many cents did each give her?
b. In a school of forty pupils, there are
as many boys as girls. How many pupils
are there of each sex?
c. A farmer wishes to put ninety sheep into
three pastures, so that there may be an
equal number in each. How many sheep
will there be in each pasture?
d. Four men contributed equally to purchase
a cow for a poor neighbor. The cow cost
twenty-four dollars. How many dollars
did each man give?
e. What number must be added twice to itself,
so that the sum may be thirty?
f. Divide thirty-six into four equal parts.
If 'z' equals one part, what will be the
sum of the parts? Of how many will one
of the parts consist?
g. If 4x = 20, what part of 20 will one x equal?
h. Rollo and Lucy picked up thirty shells on a
beach, and they wish to divide them so that
Lucy shall have twice as many as Rollo. How
many shells can each have?
i. In a pasture there are are twenty-four horses
and cows feeding together, and the number of
cows is double the number of horses. How many
are there of each?
j. The number of cows and sheep together in a farm-yard
is seventy-five, and there are four times as many
sheep as cows. How many are there of each?
k. What is the product of 9 multiplied by 'x'?
l. What is the product of 'x' multiplied by 9?
m. What one term will represent the sum of 5x + 3x + x?
n. Unite the following terms; x + 3x + 9x