8. Find the cost of the braid for a hat, if 10 yd. are required and the braid costs $1.25 for 6 yd.

9. A milliner paid $ 1.50 a dozen for hat frames. Find her gain on 1 doz. frames, if she sold them at 25¢ each.

10. Helen made 12 fern baskets, paying 36¢ for the reed and 10 apiece for the ferns to put into the baskets. What was the cost of each filled basket?

11. Alice made 5 laundry bags, using 11 yd. of toweling and 3 yd. of ribbon for each bag. At 40 a yard for the toweling, and 10 a yard for the ribbon, find the cost.

12. I bought a hat frame, 50; a piece of braid, 50¢; 2 bunches of flowers @ 75; and a lining, 10. How much did the material for the hat cost?

13. How many yards of ruffling are required for the bottom of an apron that measures 62 in., if of the width of the apron is allowed for fullness?

14. A milliner tucked some 18-inch silk for a hat facing. If she put in 12 tucks each 3 in. deep, how wide was the silk after it was tucked?

15. Make out, foot, and receipt the bill for Mrs. Day's hat, the items of which were: hat, $ 2.50; 3 yd. ribbon @ 75; yd. velvet @ $1.25; work, 75.

16. A ruffle is to be 10 in. wide. How wide must it be cut, if it has a 1-inch hem and 3 4-inch tucks?

SUGGESTION. Allow in. for the first turning, in making hems. 17. A doll's one-piece skirt was 10 in. long when finished. If there was a 14-inch hem with 5-inch tucks above it, how long was the piece of which the skirt was made?

Problems for Boys

1. At 5 per linear foot, find the cost of enough ash lumber to make a pair of skis each 71' long.

2. Find the total cost of the material for this stool:

2 end pieces, 12" x 9", at 12 per sq. ft.

5¢

2 rails, each 18" long, at 5 per foot.

sq. yd. imitation leather @ $ 1.20. Screws, stain, and varnish, 25¢.

3. I made an ironing board 4' 4" long and 15" wide. How much did it cost at 15 per square foot?

4. This drawing board is 32" long by 27′′ wide and is made of boards 41" wide. How long a board will just make it? Find its cost at 4¢ per linear foot.

5. How long a board 3" wide will just make such a drawing board?

6. How many boards 4" wide and 12′ long must be bought to make a box cover 4' square?

7. From the lengths of the strips given on the drawing, find the number of linear feet of

5'8"

2'4"

oak strips needed for the frame

and legs of this Boy Scout cot.

8. Allowing 4" in length and 6" in width, over the dimensions given, find, to the nearest square

yard, the amount of canvas needed for the top of the cot. Find the cost of the canvas at 36 per square yard.

9. Find the cost of the material for this magazine rack at these prices: shelves, each 15′′ × 9′′, at 12¢ per square foot; legs, each 29′′ long, at 11 per linear foot; and screws, 20¢.

10. The distance between the shelves is 7" and the shelves are " thick. What is the distance between the top and bottom shelves? How far is it from the top of the top shelf to the bottom of the bottom shelf?

The sides and roof of this poultry house are boarded and then covered with tarred felt.

11. Make out a bill of materials, extend items, and find the total cost:

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5 pieces, 2" x 4" x 12', for plate and sills @ 20. 1 piece, 2" x 4" x 14', for plate, 25.

16 pieces, 1" × 12" x 12', for sides @ 32.

7 pieces, 1" x 12" x 14', for roof boards @ 37.

3 windows at 60 each.

1 roll three-ply tarred felt for roof, $1.05. 1 roll one-ply tarred felt for sides, 85.

1 yd. muslin, 9¢.

Nails, hinges, and door fastener, 35¢.

12. Allowing 4 sq. ft. of floor space per fowl, how many fowls may be kept in a poultry house, 12' long and 6' wide?

Problems in Measurements

1. Find the cost of painting the front of an apartment house 28 ft. wide and 54 ft. high at 20 per square yard.

2. How many yards of unfigured carpet 27 in. wide are required to cover a floor 15 ft. by 14 ft.?

3. Find the expense of paving mi. of street 45 ft. wide with asphalt, at a cost of $1.96 per square yard. 4. How many bricks are required to build a wall 6 ft. high, 36 ft. long, and 16 in. thick?

18

27'

14'

5. This is a diagram of a cellar. Find the cost of paving the cellar floor with concrete at $1.15 per square yard.

6. The cellar was dug 6 ft. deep. Find the cost of excavation at 45¢ per cubic yard.

7. Find the approximate capacity in barrels of a rectangular cistern 16 ft. by 8 ft. 9 in. by 7 ft. 6 in.

8. A grain elevator had a bin 7 ft. square and 80 ft. deep. About how many bushels would it hold?

9. Ice, cut into blocks of a certain size and well packed, occupies 40 cu. ft. per ton. How many tons of ice can thus be packed into a space 24 ft. by 20 ft. by 18 ft.?

10. At 35 per square yard, find the cost of lathing and plastering the walls and ceiling of a room 18' by 18′ and 9'3" high, deducting 8 sq. yd. for openings.

11. How many strips of sod 9 ft. long and 1 ft. wide are required to sod a lawn 45 ft. by 30 ft. that has a path 3 ft. wide running through it lengthwise?

A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, or 128 cu. ft. of wood, is a cord; a cubic yard of earth is a load; 24 cu. ft. of stone is a perch.

4 pecks 1 bushel

1 bu. = 2150.42 cu. in., or approximately 1 cu. ft.

Our bushel is the Winchester bushel. In form it is a cylinder 181⁄2 in. in di

1 gal. = 231 cu. in.; 1 cu. ft. = 7} gal., approximately. A gallon of water weighs about 83 lb.; a cubic foot of water weighs about 621⁄2 lb. In measuring the capacity of cis-ameter and 8 in. deep. This has been terns, etc., 311 gal.

= 1 barrel.

63 gal. = 1 hogshead.

displaced in England by the imperial bushel of 2218.192 cu. in.