LONG MEASURE. In 70 miles how many furlongs and poles? A. 560 fur. 22400 poles. In 4000 inches how many yards? A. 111 yds. 4 in. How many barley-corns will reach 10 miles ? A. 1900800 b. c. CLOTH MEASURE. In 14 yards how many quarters and nails? A. 56 qrs. 214 nails. In 4712 nails how many yards? A. 294 yds. 2 qrs. In 7000 nails how many English ells? A. 350 ells. LAND MEASURE. In 40 acres how many roods and perches? A. 160 rds. 6400 perches. Reduce 2850 perches to acres. A. 17 ac. 3 rs. 10 ps. WINE MEASURE. In 174 gals. how many quarts and pints? A. 696 qts. 1392 pints. In 2764 gallons how many hogsheads and puncheons ? A. 43 hhds. 55 gals. 32 punchs. 76 gals. ALE AND BEER MEASURE. In 6542 firkins how many pints? A. 471024 pints. DRY MEASURE. In 40 quarters of wheat how many bushels and pecks? A. 320 bus. 1280 pecks. Reduce 7094 pecks into chalds.? A. 49 ch. 9 b. 2 ps. TIME. In 121812 sec. how many hours? A. 33h. 50m. 12sec. Reduce 41 weeks into days, hours, and minutes. A. 287 days, 6888 hours, 413280 minutes. ADDITION OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. RULE. Write over each denomination as many of it as make one of the next left hand; by this number divide the sum of the column; set down the remainder, and proceed as in the annexed work. Prove the example, as in Addition of Integers. SUBTRACTION OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. RULE. Write over each denomination its number, as in the last rule. When the number to be subtracted is greater than the upper, subtract it from the number written over it; and to the remainder add the upper number; set down the sum of the two, and carry one to the next left hand number, and thus continue the work. MULTIPLICATION OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. RULE. Write over each denomination its number for a divisor as in the last rule. Multiply the right hand denomination and divide the product by the divisor; set down the remainder and carry the quotient to the next product; and thus continue the work from right to left. DIVISION OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. RULE. Write over each denomination its number as in the last rules. Begin with the left hand denomination and divide. Reduce what remains to the next denomination, taking in any odd weight, &c., thus go on dividing from left to right. Prove the work by Multiplication. lb. 06. dr. 9)9 9 3 CLOTH MEASURE. www ells. gr. na. dr. 8C gr. yd. gr. na. 7)4 6 198)57 3 0 9)81 0 2 |