I met a little cottage girl:

She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head.

She had a rustic, woodland air,
And she was wildly clad;
Her eyes were fair, and very fair ;-
Her beauty made me glad.

"Sisters, and brothers, little maid,
How many may you be?"

"How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering look'd at me.

“And where are they? I

pray you tell."
She answer'd, "Seven are we;
And two of us at Conway dwell,
And two are gone to sea.

"Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother;
And, in the churchyard cottage, I
Dwell near them with my mother."

"You say that two at Conway dwell,
And two are gone to sea,
Yet ye are seven !-I pray you tell,
Sweet maid, how this may be ?"

Then did the little maid reply,
"Seven boys and girls are we;
Two of us in the churchyard lie,
Beneath the churchyard tree.'

“You run about, my little maid,
Your limbs they are alive;
If two are in the churchyard laid,
Then
ye are only five.”

"Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied,

"Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side.

"My stockings there I often knit,
My kerchief there I hem;
And there upon the ground I sit—
I sit and sing to them.

"And often, after sunset, Sir,
When it is light and fair,
I take my little porringer,
And eat my supper there.

"The first that died was little Jane;
In bed she moaning lay,
Till God released her of her pain,
And then she went away.

"So in the churchyard she was laid;
And all the summer dry,
Together round her grave we played,
My brother John and I.

"And when the ground was white with snow,
And I could run and slide,
My brother John was forced to go,
And he lies by her side."

"How many are you, then," said I,
"If they two are in heaven?"

The little maiden did reply,

"O master! we are seven."

"But they are dead: those two are dead!
Their spirits are in Heaven!"
'Twas throwing words away for still
The little maid would have her will,
And said, "Nay, we are seven!"

ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES,

FOR HOME LESSONS, AND FOR PRACTICE.

EXERCISES IN MULTIPLICATION.

X, called into, is the sign for Multiplication. Thus, 3 x 6 means 3 and 6 are to be multiplied together.

The answer to a multiplication sum is called the Product. The number that is to be multiplied is called the Multiplicand, and the number we multiply by is the Multiplier. To square a number, we multiply it by itself. Thus 81 is square of 9, and 9 is the square of 3.

the

1. Multiply 123467890 by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 9876543210 by 100, 500, 40, 9, 8, 7, 6, 30, 2000, 0, 1, 1000, 100000, 001, 00100. 24680 by 12, 16, 21, 24, 27, 32, 35, 36, 42, 44, 48, 49.

2.

3. *

35791 by 54, 56, 60, 63, 64, 72, 81, 84, 88, 96, 99.

1235790 by 110, 120, 121, 132, 144.

94260 by 2, 3, 20, 23; 6, 5, 60, 65. 135780 by 70, 9, 79; 40, 1, 41; 80, 7, 87. 135790 by 203, 605, 709, 230, 650, 790. 246810 by 410, 401, 807, 87, 708, 78. 9538724 by 2030, 6050, 7090, 2300, 6500. 4278359 by 365, 3065, 3650, 729, 8410. 13576900824 by 7134, 2006, 6859, 7001, 10000.

13. Find the value of

70158 × 27360.

17. Find the squares of 104, 796, 5370, 1248, 35790.

* Use factors here.

e.g., 32 = (4 × 8); =

Try to work the same sum in several ways; (3 x 11) - 1 ; &c.

(10 × 3) + 2; =

21.

6249 7149250 987654321

find the

22. If the multiplicand be 24 and the multiplier 8 { product.

27. Fifty-six hogsheads of sugar, each contain 749 lbs. How many lbs. of sugar in them all?

28. If 1 lb. of sugar cost fourpence, how many pence would 3958 lbs. cost?

29. If 2 hogsheads of sugar each contain 749 lbs., and the sugar be worth fourpence a lb., how many pence will all the sugar be worth?

30. How many fingers would 729 boys have? How many thumbs ? How many toes? How many fingers, thumbs, and toes together?

31. Twenty boys have fourpence each, 10 have sixpence each, and 35 have threepence each. pence have they all together?

EXERCISES IN DIVISION.

How many

Thus

Sometimes the

, called divided by, is the sign for Division. 63 means that 6 is to be divided by 3. numbers are set down thus, g. This means that the number above the line is to be divided by the number below the line.

The answer to a division sum is called the Quotient. The number to be divided is the Dividend. The number we divide by is the Divisor.

After the sum is finished, there will often remain a part of the Dividend which is smaller than the Divisor. This is called the Remainder.

To prove a division sum, multiply the Quotient by the

Divisor, and add the Remainder to the Product. This
should give the Dividend.

32. Divide 1234567890 by 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11,12.

33.
34. *

35. *
36. *

804170 by 1, 10, 100; 3, 30; 8,80; 9, 900.

24680 by 21, 24, 27, 32, 35, 36, 42, 44, 48.
357910 by 49, 56, 60, 63, 72, 81, 84, 96.
123456789 by 99, 110, 120, 121, 132, 144.
806520 by 40, 403, 4032.

792651 by 31, 42, 53, 64, 75, 86, 97.
3519276 by 22, 38, 47, 69, 78, 43, 59, 99.
3719246 by 241, 937, 654, 903, 714, 865.
52948370 by 567, 849, 2051, 7304, 9103.
24837146 by 6509, 8304, 9709, 2008, 5937.
83719264 by 8370, 4185, 2093, 4742.
83719264 by 16742, 83710, 83719, 83605.
983400 by 400, 87400, 62100, 9000.

7777888.

7319259137.

48. 8064298 16128.

49. 90357864 7219.

50. Find quotient when divisor is 9834 and dividend 7193682.

53. If dividend be 181832 and quotient 3247 what is Divisor?

59. Divide 734 nuts among 11 boys. How many to each?
60. A hundred apples are to be given to two-score boys.
How many to each, and how many will be left?

61. How many dozens in 20 scores?

62. How many scores in 20 dozens?

63. There are 5280 feet in a mile. How many times will
a wheel, 6 feet in circumference, turn in rolling a
mile?

64. A mile is 1728 yards. How many miles are there in
17290000 yards, and how many yards remain?

* Use factors here. Notice the remainder, and see how it is
obtained. Can you see why it is so?