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12 dollars 15 cents 30 dollars 60 cents acres amount apples book cost boys earn bushels cents a bushel cents a dozen cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard cents apiece common denominator contained corn cow cost cubic decagram decimeter dimes discount divided dividend dollars a week dozen cost dozen of eggs DRY MEASURE ducks eggs cost feet FRACTIONS gain per cent gallons gathered George girls hectometer hence Henry hens hundredweight improper fractions inches James James gathered less lowest terms marbles measuring MENTAL ARITHMETIC merchant meter miles an hour o'clock paid peaches pennyweights piece pints pound cost pounds of butter pounds of sugar pupils quires receive Reduce remaining rods Samuel sell sheep slate SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If spend spent Susan TROY WEIGHT turkeys watch William yards of cloth yearly interest
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Page 96 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 132 - Measures of Length. 10 millimeters (mm.) 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters 1 meter (m.) 10 meters 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters 1 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.
Page 91 - 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 92 - 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 95 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 95 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 39 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 89 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 94 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 77 - If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work...