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35. Reduce 77904 pints to bushels, &c.

36. How many chaldrons of coal are there in 59588 bushels?

37. Reduce 79.9375bu. to bu., pk. &c. In 79.9375bu., how many pints?

38. If a horse eats 6qt. of oats a day, how many

bushels, &c. will he eat in a year.

WINE MEASURE.

39. How many gills in a quart? In a gallon?

40. Reduce 159gal. 1 pt. to gills.

41. How many gallons will be required, to fill 15809 pint bottles? How many hogsheads of 96.5 gallons each?

42. Reduce 79603 gills to hogsheads, &c

43. Reduce 157.762 gal. to gills.

APOTHECARIES' MEASURE.

44. How many minims in a fluidounce?

45. Reduce 555973 minims to gallons, &c.

46. How many drops of water in 3Cong. 10.

13f3 1f3?

47. How many 2 ounce phials, may be filled with 8Cong. 40. 14f3?

48. How many drops of water in a pint? In 1.473 gallons?

BEER MEASURE.

49. How many pints in a barrel? In 5.079 barrels ? 50. If a family use 3 pints of milk in a day, how

many gallons, &c. will it use in a year?

51. How long will 6 barrels of ale supply a man, who drinks a pint a day?

52. Reduce 19.5509bl. to bl. gal. &c.

53. Reduce 4008 pints to barrels and decimals of a barrel,

CLOTH MEASURE.

54. How many inches in a quarter? In a yard ?

55 In 62.409 yards how many yd., qr., &c.? How

many inches?

56. In 5592 inches how many yards, &c?

57. Reduce 38yd. 3qr. 3na. to inches. To yards

and decimals of a yard.

LONG MEASURE.

58. How many barleycorns in a foot? In a yard ? 59. In 5.679m. how many miles, furlongs, &c.?

How many inches?

60. How many miles in 1584000 inches?

61. How many miles in the circumference of the earth?

62. How many yards of wire would surround the globe?

63. Reduce 97790.814 inches to miles and decimals of a mile.

64. Reduce 5.5 miles to barleycorns.

SQUARE MEASURE.

EXAMPLE FOR THE BOARD.

How many square rods in a piece of land, 6 rods long and 4

rods wide?

Illustrate this question by drawing a parallelogram. Show - that a strip of land, 6 rods long and 1 rod wide, will contain 6 square rods, and that there will therefore be as many times 6 square rods as there are rods in the width. Hence the rule for obtaining the number of square inches, feet, or rods, in any surface, multiply the NUMBER of inches, feet, or rods, in the length, by the NUMBER in the breadth. Do not use the term "multiply the length by the breadth," for feet cannot be multiplied by feet-the multiplier always being an abstract number.

65. How many square inches in a piece of board, 16.1 inches long, and 11.5 inches wide?

66. How many square inches in 6A. 3R. 39r.? How many acres and decimals of an acre?

67. How many acres, &c. in a field 96 rods long and 27 rods wide?

68. How many yards of carpeting that is 1 yard wide, will cover a floor 15.5 feet long and 12 feet wide?

CUBIC MEASURE.

EXAMPLE FOR THE BOARD.

How many cubic inches in a block, 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches thick?

Illustrate this question by dividing a potato, or a block of wood, and thence deduce the rule for finding the solid contents of any thing; multiply the number of feet or inches, in the length, breadth, and thickness, together.

69. How many cubic inches in a block, 5 inches long, and of the same breadth and thickness?

70. Reduce 3.494T. of hewn timber to Tons, feet, &c. To cubic inches.

71. What must I pay for a pile of wood 32 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 4.5 feet high, at $4.75 per cord?

TIME MEASURE.

72. How many seconds in an hour? In 10 hours? 73. How many seconds in a common year? In a

solar year?

74. Reduce 506800 seconds to days, &c.

75. Reduce 89 days 13 hours to seconds.

76. If a ship sails 8.43 miles an hour, how far will it sail in 13 days 21 hours?

77. Reduce 15h. 24min. to the decimal of a day. 78. Reduce 19.751 days to dy. h. min., &c.

ADDITION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS.

EXAMPLE FOR THE BOARD.

What is the sum of 14r. 3yd. 2ft. 11in.; 9r. 4yd. 7in.; 28r. 1ft.; 47r.; and 11r. 3yd. 11in.?

fur.

r. yd. ft. in.

14 " 3 " 2 " 11

9"4"0" 7

28 "0"1" 0

47 "0"0"0

11 “ 3 “ 0 “11

2 “31“ 0 “2" 5

The sum of the column of inches, is 29in., which is equal to 2ft. 5in. Write down the 5in. and carry the 2ft. to the column of feet. We find there are 5ft., equivalent to lyd. 2ft. Write down the 2ft. and carry the lyd. There are 11 yds., equivalent to 2r. Oyds. Write Oyds. and carry 2r. Finally, there are 111r., equivalent to 2fur. 31r.

1. Add 17r. 5yd. 9in.; 28r. 3yd. 1ft.; 4r. 4yd. 2ft. Tin.; 2yd. 1ft. 11in., and 37r.

2. Add 6lb. 5oz. 19dwt. 4gr; 11lb. 11oz. 21gr.; 4oz. 8dwt. 23gr.; 291b., and 17lb. 2oz. Troy.

3. Add 5T. 19cwt. 3qr. 17lb. 5dr.; 13T. 7cwt.; 4cwt. 3qr. 111b.; 2T. 8cwt. 11dr.; 271b. 15dr., and 18T. 5lb. 2sc. 9gr.

4. Add 4Cong. 70. 13f3 7f3 11m; 3Cong. 36m; 5 O. 8f3; 2 O. 11f3 3f3, and 13 Cong. 4 O.

5. Add, in Wine Measure, 14gal. 1pt.; 127gal. 2qt.; 3qt. 1pt. 3gi., and 59gal. 3qt. 3gi.

6. Add, in Beer Measure, 4bl. 7gal.; 12bl. 13gal.; 1bl. 18gal. 2qt. 1pt., and 27bl. 23gal. 1pt.

7. Add 36bu. 3pk. 3qt.; 79bu. 2pk.; 147bu. 5qt. 1pt.; 411bu. 1pt., and 215bu. 1pk. 7qt. 1pt.

8. Five pieces of cloth measured as follows: 29yd. 2qr. 2na.; 18yd. 1qr. 3na.; 23yd, 3na.; 30yd. 3qr., and 25yd. 1qr. 1na. How many yards were there in the whole?

9. A man paid for a carriage £120 7s. 3d. 3qr.; for a pair of horses £93 18s. 11d.; for a harness £18 4s. 9d. 2qr., and for a livery suit £17 13s. 6d. What did the whole cost him?

10. Add 4 63 33 19 19gr.; 8th 73 73 29 5gr.; 26 113, and 8th. 73 14gr.

11. Add 3Y. 169dy. 13h. 59min. 59sec.; 17. 287dy. 11h.; 4Y. 364dy. 28min. 32sec.; 2 Y., and 7Y. 19dy. 13h.

12. Add 13A. 2R. 39r.; 4A. 3R.; 12A.1R. 28r.; 163A. 2R. 22r., and 81A. 17r.

13. Add 18C. 7C. ft. 15c. ft.; 41C. 3C. ft. 1c.ft.; 27C.; 20C. 4C. ft., and 6C. ft. 14c.ft.

14. Add 9 Y. 29dy. 7h. 41 min. 41sec.; 87dy. 3min. 23sec.; 184dy. 17h. 46sec.; 5Y. 116dy., and 2Y. 211dy. 14h.

15. Add 28m. 7fur. 39r.; 14m. 5fur. 18r. 2yd.; 14m.; 5m. 8r. 5yds. 2ft., and 96m. 6fur. 3yds. 1ft. 16. Add 16yd. 2na. 1.5in.; 25yd. 1qr. 3na. 2in.; 21yd. 3na. lin.; 19yd. 3qr. 3na., and 5yd. Ina.

17. Add 59gal. 3qt. 3gi.; 58gal. 1qt. 1pt.; 47gal.; 23gal. 2qt. 1pt., and 62gal. 1pt. 1gi.

18. Add £161 19s. 4d. 2qr.; £94 17s. 3d. 1qr.; £115 14s.; £268 11d. 3qr., and ₤490 1s. 11d. 1qr.

19. Add 76T. 3qr. 11dr.; 114T. 19cwt. 271b; 269T. 4cwt. 3qr. 7lb. 15dr., and 681T. 19cwt. 3qr. 27lb. 15oz. 15dr.

20. Add, in Troy Weight, 19lb. 10oz. 10dwt. 10gr.; 27lb. 9oz. 18dwt. 23gr.; 41lb. 11oz., and 35lb. 19dwt. 14gr.

21. Add 4chal. 35bu. 3pk.; 19chal. 1pk.; 27chal. 18bu. 2pk. 7qt., and 33chal. 14bu. 1pk. 1qt.

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