234 SELLING BY WEIGHT The grocer, the butcher, the hardware dealer, the druggist, and other merchants sell some articles by weight. Name some articles that are sold by the ounce, and some that are sold by the pound. What do grocers buy by the hundredweight? What do farmers buy or sell by the ton? 5. How many ounces in 9 pounds? In 7 pounds? In 11 pounds? In 27 pounds? In 48 pounds? 6. How many pounds in 6 tons? In 2 tons? 7. How many hundredweight in 3 tons? In 6 tons? 8. How many tons in 60 hundredweight? In 120 cwt.? 9. How many pounds in 512 ounces? In 2,048 oz.? 10. How many ounces in 2,000 pounds? In 3,072 lb.? 11. How many tons in 24,000 pounds? In 72,000 lb.? 12. How many pounds in 260 hundredweight? In 325 cwt.? 13. How many ounces in 37 pounds? In 89 pounds? 14. How many pounds in 371⁄2 tons? In 69 tons? 15. How many pounds in 3 tons? In 9 tons? In 10 tons? 16. How many pounds in 46 tons? In 7 17. How many pounds in 1,088 ounces? 18. How many hundredweight in 1 ton? tons? In 1,472 oz.? In 10 tons? What is the price per pound of each of the following at the The sign #means pound. It is commonly used in stores. 1. I order from the butcher: 1 soup bone, 2 # lard, 2 # round steak, 5 # rib roast, 2 # sausage. I give the butcher a 5-dollar bill. What change does he give me? 2. John buys 1 # porterhouse steak, 5 # chicken, 2 # bacon, and 2 # pork chops. He gives the butcher a 10-dollar bill. What change does he receive? 3. The butcher fills my order for 5 # rib roast, 2 # ham, 1 # lard, and a soup bone. What change do I receive from a 5-dollar bill? 236 REVIEW PROBLEMS 1. What is the cost of 48 pounds of butter at 58¢ a pound? 2. What is the cost of 18 yards of muslin at 28¢ a yard? 3. I bought 8 yards of silk at $4.80 a yard. How much did it cost me? 4. Find the cost of 16 yards of lace at 67¢ a yard. 5. At 2 bushels of oats to the acre, how many bushels will be required to sow 16 acres? 6. There are 31 are in 76 barrels? gallons in 1 barrel. How many gallons 7. A bushel of potatoes weighs 60 pounds. How many bushels of potatoes are in a load that weighs 2,856 pounds? 8. A bushel of apples weighs 48 pounds. How much will 56 bushels weigh? 9. A bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. How many bushels are in a load of corn that weighs 3,752 pounds? 10. A bushel of oats weighs 32 pounds. What is the weight of a load containing 78 bushels? 11. There are 25 bushels of coal in a ton. What is the weight of a bushel of coal? 12. A bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds. What is the weight of a load of 74 bushels? 13. What is the weight of 68 bushels of potatoes? 14. What is the weight of 27 gallons of syrup that weighs 11 pounds to the gallon? 15. When sweet corn costs $7.85 a hundredweight, what will be the cost of 7 hundredweight? 16. How much will a bolt containing 96 yards of cloth cost at $3.75 a yard? 17. Find the cost of 98 pounds of coffee at 37¢ a pound. |