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she allowed that much time. One of the examples was:

How many garments can be cut from 27 pcs. of cloth averaging 48 yds. to the pc.?

Yesterday Miss Conner had just completed it on the board. (The exams had been passed in to Miss L.) when Miss L. appeared and said, "That is the elementary school way of doing it but no business man would do it that way." She then proceeded to do it her way, coming out with the result of 243 where Miss Conner had 250 with a remainder. She said there would be that much waste and the ragman would come around and take it away. Miss Conner said that she had folded her arms and looked on but that