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acres amount bought cent cloth containing cost CUBIC difference eight hundred eight pence eight thousand eighteen ells feet fifty Find five hundred five thousand forty-nine forty-seven four hundred fourteen FRACTIONS gain Gallons gals gills guineas half hundred and eight hundred and nine hundred and seven hundred and six hundred thousand inches interest lasts loads MEASURE miles millions months nine hundred nine pence nineteen ninety pence farthing pence half-penny pence three farthings person piece pounds quarter received remains separately seven hundred seven pence seven thousand seventeen seventy seventy-six shillings and eight shillings and eleven six hundred six pence six thousand sixteen sixty sold square stones thirteen thirty tons tuns twenty twenty-seven week worth yards
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Page 49 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 49 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 4 weeks = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year (yr.) 100 years sec.
Page 49 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November : February has twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one : But leap-year coming once in four, February then has one day more.
Page 49 - TABLE. 2 Quarts = 1 Pottle .... pot. 2 Pottles = 1 Gallon .... gal. 2 Gallons = 1 Peck . . . . pk. 4 Pecks = 1 Bushel . . . bus.
Page 104 - How many days of 15 hours each would 60 men take to perform a piece of Work in, when 45 men can do the same in 30 days of 12 hours each?
Page 49 - ALE AND BEER MEASURE. 2 Pints make 1 Quart qt. 4 Quarts 1 Gallon gal. 9 Gallons 1 Firkin fir.
Page 112 - Divide £300 among three persons, so that the first shall have twice as much as the second, and the third twice as much as the other two together.
Page 49 - How many signs in 4820243"? 5. How many seconds in 360° ? REDUCTION" OF COMPOUND NUMBEES. MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. Mi. The following denominations, frequently used, are not embraced in the preceding tables. 12 units make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units " 1 score. 24 sheets of Paper " 1 quire. 20 quires " 1 ream. 2 reams " 1 bundle. 6 bundles
Page 112 - Supposing that in England gunpowder is made of 75 parts of nitre, 10 of sulphur, and 15 of charcoal; in France, of 77 of nitre, 9 of sulphur, and 14 of charcoal; if a ton of each be mixed, what weight of nitre, sulphur, and charcoal will there be in the compound ? 8.