| David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1923 - 110 pages
...Measure is used in measuring dry articles, as grain, seeds, fruit, vegetables. TABLE. 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.). 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.). 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.). Hence 1 bu. = 4 pk. = 32 qt. NOTE 1. The gallon of liquid measure contains 231 cubic inches. Therefore... | |
| 1923 - 364 pages
...measure is used for measuring potatoes, apples, grain, berries, and other dry articles. 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) For many products the bushel is reckoned by weight. In most states a bushel of potatoes is 60 pounds... | |
| Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1920 - 258 pages
...weighs nearly 81 pounds. 1 cubic foot of water equals about 7J gallons. Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.). 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.). 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.). 2150.4 cubic inches = 1 bushel. 1 stricken bushel = 1} cubic feet (nearly). 1 heaped bushel = 1J cubic... | |
| International Correspondence Schools - Machine-shop practice - 1924 - 402 pages
...contains 231 cu. in.; hence, there are 7.481 gal. in a cu. ft. UNITED STATES DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart qt. 8 quarts = 1 peck pk. 4 pecks = 1 bushel bu. The US struck bushel (level full) contains 2,150.42 cu. in.; a heaped bushel contains 1 i struck bushels.... | |
| Thomas Jackson Durell, Harry Orrin Gillet, Fletcher Durell - Arithmetic - 1925 - 464 pages
...1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts (qt.) = 1 gallon (gal.) 1 gal. = 4 qt. = 8 pt. DRY MEASURES 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 1 bu. = 4 pk. = 32 qt. = 64 pt. MEASURES OF LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.)... | |
| John Charles Stone - Arithmetic - 1925 - 356 pages
...of various sizes, 31-J gallons is considered a standard barrel. Table of Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches NOTE. — The dry quart is larger than the liquid quart. The dry quart... | |
| Franklin Sherman Hoyte, Harriet E. Peet - Arithmetic - 1927 - 440 pages
...gal. A cubic foot of water weighs about 62% lb. 1 gallon = 231 cu. in. DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) A bushel contains 2150.42 cu. in., or about 1% cu. ft. TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60... | |
| Harry De Witt De Groat, Sidney Grant Firman, William A. Smith - Arithmetic - 1926 - 360 pages
...and sell their crops to passers-by. They sold by the pint, quart, peck and bushel. 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 32 quarts = 1 bushel 1. Charles picked 2^ pecks of peas. He put them in £ peck bags, which he sold... | |
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