Arithmetic by Grades for Inductive Teaching, Drilling and Testing, Book 4Ginn & Company, 1893 |
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Page 112 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
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Page 107 - How many days will it take him if he works 12 hours a day? 2. 6 men can build a wall in just 2 weeks. How many days will it take them if 2 men are added to their number ? 3. If 20 men can make a road in 180 days, how many days would it take 60 men ? 180 men ? 10 men ? 4.
Page 88 - How many square yards in the walls of a room 18 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high? At 60/ a square yard, what will a carpet for the room cost ? 5.
Page 112 - TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute, min. 60 minutes " 1 hour, h. 24 hours " 1 day da. 7 days " 1 week, wk. 365 days " 1 common year,. . .yr. 366 days " 1 leap year, yr. 12 calendar months
Page 87 - ... long measures how many sq. ft. ? How many sq. yd. ? 8. How many square yards in a roll of matting '36 in. wide and 60 ft. long ? 9. How many yards long is a roll of Brussels carpet containing 60 sq. yd., if the carpet is f yd. wide ? 1. This plan is drawn on a scale of 8 ft. to an inch. With a rule measure the dimensions of each of the above figures composing the rectangle. Find out, if you can, the area in square feet of each figure. Add the areas together and see if the sum agrees with the...