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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 cistern cloth commission contained cords of wood cows cranberries cubic foot dealer distance divided drover bought earn expended farm farmer sold feet long foot 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 paid 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 tons of coal tons of hay trees TROY WEIGHT turkeys walk week weighing worth yards of ribbon yield
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Page 173 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 174 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 174 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 174 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 169 - A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 8 days ; B and C can do it in 12 days, and A and B in 10 days ; in how many days can each, working separately, doit?
Page 73 - 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 75 - 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.
Page 176 - In counting many kinds of articles we use these measures : 12 things = 1 dozen (doz.) 12 dozen = 1 gross (gr.) 12 gross = 1 great gross (G. gr.) 20 things = 1 score...
Page 175 - Centennial years exactly divisible by 400, and other years exactly divisible by 4, are leap years, when February has 29 days.
Page 86 - A can do a piece of work in 4 days, and B can do the same in 3 days. How long would it take both together to do it 1 Ans.