Lesson 5.

LIQUID MEASURE.

Liquid Measure is used in measuring liquids, as water,

Hence, 1 gal. = 4 qts. = 8 pts. = 32 gi.

1. From a cask that held 24 gallons and 2 quarts, 2 gallons and 2 quarts were drawn off. How much was left in the cask?

2. I paid a farmer 68 cents for making my cider. He charged 2 cents a gallon. How many gallons did I have?

3. A milkman sells a large can (two gallons) of milk for 32 cents. What is the rate a quart?

4. Is it cheaper to buy a large can (two gallons) of milk at 35 cents, or 8 quarts at 5 cents a quart? 5. If oil is 12 cents a gallon, what will a quart cost?

6. Pure vanilla sells for $1.50 a pint. What would a quart cost at the same rate? A gallon? 7. Thirty gallons of syrup cost $27. What was the rate a gallon?

8. If alcohol sells for 60 cents a quart, what must I pay for a pint? For a gallon?

9. If 1 pint of cologne costs $1, how much will a gallon cost? A gill?

10. At the rate of 90 cents a quart, how much must I pay for a gallon of olive oil?

Lesson 6.

1. There are 63 gallons in a hogshead. If a cistern holds 100 hogsheads, how many gallons does it hold? 2. What must I pay for 31 gallons of milk at 5 cents a quart?

3. A man pays $4.80 for a cask of vinegar. If the cask holds 24 gallons what is the rate a gallon?

4. If a dealer pays $2 for a 10-gallon cask of vinegar, what is the rate a quart?

5. How many bottles, each holding 1 gill, can be filled with a quart of ink?

6. My lamp holds 1 pint. How many times can I fill it with a gallon of oil?

7. If a pint of oil lasts me two nights, how many quarts shall I burn in 16 nights?

8. One quart of raspberries when cooked will fill a pint can. How many quarts of raspberries when cooked will be required to fill 4 one-quart cans?

9. From my two-quart pitcher full of water I can fill eight glasses. How much does each glass hold? 10. How large must eight bottles of equal size be to contain exactly two gallons of syrup?

11. The tub which I use for a rain gauge is 4 inches deep, and holds 10 quarts. When it is filled to the depth of 1 inch, how many pints of water are there in it?

12. If oil is 16 cents a gallon, how much will 2 gallons and 2 quarts cost?

13. My milk bill for 30 days is $6. If I pay 4 cents a quart, how many quarts of milk do I buy per day?

Lesson 7.

DRY MEASURE.

Dry Measure is used in measuring dry articles, as grain, seeds, fruit, vegetables.

1. How much must I pay for 5 bags of oats, 2 bushels in a bag, at 50 cents a bushel?

2. I paid $10 for some bags of potatoes, 2 bushels in a bag, at $1 a bushel. How many bags were there?

3. If on returning the bags I receive 10 cents each, how much will the potatoes actually cost me?

4. How many four-quart measures can be filled with a bushel of corn?

5. If I give my hens 2 quarts of corn a day, how many days will a bushel last?

6. How many days will 5 bags of oats, two bushels in a bag, last a horse if he eats 10 quarts a day on the average?

7. If 2 quarts of salt are used in freezing 4 quarts of cream, how many quarts of salt will be used in freezing 4 gallons? How many pecks?

8. A man paid $2.50 for a load of sawdust containing 25 bushels. What was the rate a bushel? 9. If 12 onions fill a four-quart measure, how many onions of the same size will fill a bushel?

Lesson 8.

1. How much more will a peck of blueberries cost at 10 cents a quart than at 75 cents a peck?

2. From a bushel basket of pears, three pecks are sold. How many pecks remain? How many quarts?

3. If a bushel of peas in the pod make 4 quarts when shelled, how many quarts will 3 pecks make? 4. What must I pay for 4 bushels of potatoes at 75 cents a bushel?

5. How many blackberries at 10 cents a quart must be given for 2 books at 25 cents each?

6. A boy receives 5 cents a bushel for picking up potatoes. How many bushels must he pick up to earn $1.25?

7. A farmer sells 2 bushels of Bartlett pears for $2. If he had to pay 25 cents a bushel for picking, what is his profit ?

8. If a bushel of coal costs 25 cents, how many bushels can be bought for $1.50?

9. A dealer buys beans at $2.50 a bushel, and sells them at 10 cents a quart. How much does he gain on a bushel?

10. I paid 20 cents for a peck of salt. What was the rate a bushel ?

11. At the rate of 5 cents a pint, what must be paid for 2 quarts of peanuts?

12. Hulled corn is 6 cents a quart. How much must I pay for 16 quarts?

13. A boy buys a peck of popcorn for 50 cents, pops it, and sells it at 5 cents a bag. If he has 40 bags, how much does he make?

Lesson 9.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing all articles except gold, silver, and precious stones.

16 ounces (oz.)

2000 pounds

1. From 42 pounds

TABLE.

= 1 pound (lb.).

= 1 ton (t.).

of butter three lots of 12

pounds each are sold. How much is left?

2. I paid 20 cents a pound for a twenty-pound firkin of butter. For how much a pound must I sell it in order to gain $1?

3. At 25 cents a pound, what will 5 pounds of beefsteak cost?

4. How much must I pay for 10 tons of coal at $7.50 a ton?

5. If hay sells at $20 a ton, what is the price of one pound? one hundred pounds?

6. I bought hay at the rate of 80 cents a hundred. What was the price of a ton?

7. If a dealer buys 8 tons of coal for $32, and sells it at 20 cents a bushel, 80 pounds to the bushel, how much will he make ?

8. If it takes 5 bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, how many bushels will it take to make 12 barrels of flour?

9. Is it cheaper to buy 4 quarter-barrels of flour at $1.50 each, or a barrel for $5.50?

10. A bushel of potatoes weighs 60 pounds. What will one peck weigh?