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12 cents 25 cents 30 days 50 cents 9 cents A's money acres amount apples barrels of flour bicycle bushels of potatoes bushels of wheat cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard cents left cistern cloth commission contained cords of wood cows cranberries cubic foot dealer distance divided drover bought earn expended farm farmer sold feet long gained 20 gallons grocer halves horse cost horse eats hundredweight improper fraction inches long interest marbles marked price merchant miles an hour miles per hour minutes months ounces peaches pecks pence pennyweights piece plow pounds cost pounds of butter premium principal pupils quarts 1 pint rate per hour received remainder rods selling price shillings SOLUTION square feet square yards subtract SUGGESTION tons of coal tons of hay trees TROY WEIGHT turkeys walk week weighing worth yards of ribbon yield
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Page 170 - CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in. ) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.).
Page 170 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 169 - Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5J yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 170 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 171 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 102 - A and B can do a piece of work in 4 days, A and C in 6 days...
Page 69 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4| days, how long will it take 1 man to do it ? How long will it take 3 men to do it ? 4.
Page 170 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 71 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men would it take to do the same work in 4 days ? 20.