1. How many quarts in 2 pecks? In 5 pk.? In 41 pk.? 2. How many pecks in 16 quarts? In 40 qt.? In 34 qt.? 3. How many pecks in 3 bushels? In 41 bu.? In 5 bu. 1 pk.? 4. How many bushels in 12 pecks? In 18 pk.? In 21 pk.? 5. How many quarts in 1 bu. 1 pk.? In 43 pk.? 6. How many quarts in 3 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt.? 7. How much will 3 bushels of beans cost at 6 cents a quart? 8. When potatoes are worth 50 cents a bushel, how much are they worth a peck? 9. What is the cost of 1 peck 3 quarts of beans at $1.60 a bushel? 10. When chestnuts are worth $2.56 a bushel, how many quarts can I get for 80 cents? TIME. Time Measure is used in measuring time or duration. NOTES.-1. In business transactions 30 days are considered a month, and 12 months a year. 2. A. M. denotes before noon; M., noon; and P. M., after noon. 3. The months of April, June, September, and November have 30 days each. February has 28 days, except in leap year, when it has 29. All the other months have 31 days each. 4. Every year whose number is divisible by 4 is a leap year, except the centennial years that are not divisible by 400. 1. How many seconds in 5 minutes? In min.? In 2} min.? 2. How many minutes in 120 seconds? In 30 sec.? In 80 sec.? 3. How many minutes in 4 hours? In 1 hr.? In 2 hr. 7 min.? 4. How many hours in 180 minutes? In 90 min.? In 48 min.? 5. How many hours in 3 days? In 2 da.? In 5 da. 6 hr.? 6. How many days in 72 hr.? In 60 hr.? In 48 hr.? 7. How many days in 5 wk.? In 3 wk. 4 da.? 8. How many days from June 1 to July 16 inclusive? 9. How much time passes between 6 o'clock in the morning and half-past 2 in the afternoon? 10. How long is it from 10 minutes of 8 in the morning to 12 minutes of 8 in the evening? 11. How long is it from 15 minutes of 7 in the morning to 12 minutes past 8 in the evening? 12. If I give a note June 1 for 90 days, when is it due? ANGLES. Circular or Angular Measure is used in measuring angles and arcs of circles. The following is the table used: 1. How many degrees in the circumference of any circle? In the circumference? In the circumference? 2. How many seconds in 3'? In 21'? 3. How many minutes in 120"? In 90"? 4. How many minutes in 2°? In 21°? In 5°? In 300'? 5. How many degrees in 180'? In 150'? 6. How many degrees in of a circle? In of a circle? In 1. How many are 5 dozen? 3 gross? 2. How many are 4 score and 10? 3. How many screws in 21 gross? 4. How many sheets of paper inquire? In 2 quires? 5. How many quires of paper in ream? In 31 reams? 6. How many sheets of paper in a ream? In ream? ream? 7. How many sheets of paper does it take to make a 12mo book of 288 pages? MEASUREMENT OF LUMBER. Lumber is known by various names, thus: 1. Boards · 2. Dimension Stuff; 3. Foot Stuff; 4. Laths; 5. Shingles. 1. Boards are sold at 1 inch, or less if specified. They are 1. Stock boards, 12 in. wide; 2. Fencing, 6 in. wide; 4. Siding or clapboards. 2. Dimension Stuff consists of— 1. Scantling or studding, from 2 inches to 4 inches thick. and from 3 inches to 4 inches wide. 2. Joists, 2 inches wide and any width. 3. Plank, 2 inches thick, wider than 4 inches. 4. Timber, more than 2 inches thick and wider than 4 inches. 3. Foot Stuff, sold by linear or the running foot, consists of 1. Battens, for covering cracks. 2. Moulding, for finishing 4. Laths.-4 feet long, 14 inches wide, 50 in a bunch. 5. Shingles.-4 inches wide, 250 to the bunch, sold by the .thousand. Shingles may vary in width, but every 4 inches in width is reckoned as one shingle. NOTE.-Most lumber is sold by board measure. A board foot is the equivalent of a board one foot square and one inch thick. PROBLEMS. 1. How many feet of lumber in a board 10 inches wide and 12 feet long? NOTE. The number of inches in length multiplied by the number of inches in width, divided by 144, gives the contents in square feet, board measure; and the number of inches in width multiplied by the number of feet in length, divided by 12, gives the contents in board measure. Hence, 12 X 10 10 feet, contents of board. How many feet, board measure, in the following? 2. An 8-in. board, 12 ft. long. 9. Twenty pieces 3 in. flooring, 16 ft. long. 10. Thirty pieces 4 in. siding, 16 ft. long. 11. A plank 2 X 10, 12 ft. NOTE. This is usually read 2 by 10, 12. SUG. The contents are 2 X 10 X 12 ft., or 20 ft. 12 Find the value of 12. One plank 2 × 8, 12 ft. |