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15 cents 5-cent piece acres AVOIRDUPOIS barrel BOARD FOOT boxes bushels cents a pound cents a yard contained Copy corn cube cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches dealer bought decimal places decimal point dime Divide dollars dots earned equal Exercise-Miscellaneous Problems feet long figures in place Find the cost Find the number Find the sum find the weight four fraction gallon horses hundredths hundredweight improper fraction inches long least common denominator long ton measure miles million missing numbers months Multiply nine number is called oats Oral Exercise paid pecks pints pounds of sugar proper figures quarts quotient Read Exercise Reduce rings rows square feet square foot square inches square yards strips subtract supplying the missing ten-thousandths tenths thousand thousandths Three tens trees Troy weight units week weighs wheat whole number wide writing the proper written
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Page 212 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2...
Page 217 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 209 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk...
Page 150 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor.
Page 202 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 228 - 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 197 - Ib., and cork is .24 times as heavy as water; what is the weight of a cubic foot of cork ? 7.
Page 224 - ... 640 acres = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) = 1 acre (A.) = 1 square mile (sq. mi.) Square measure is used in measuring surfaces.
Page 77 - At 8 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 48 cents ? For 50 cents ? For 58 cents ? For 62 cents ? For 64 cents ? 29.