1. The distance from Paris to Rome is 136 Km. How many mi. is this distance?

2. How many rounds are there in a ladder 12 m. long, whose rounds are 40 cm. apart?

3. If the current of a river flows 1980 m. in an hour, how many meters does it flow in a minute? How far is that in our measure?

4. The distance around a race track is 2.48 Km. How many meters will a horse travel that runs around it four times? About how long is the course in our measures?

5. Find the diameter in inches of the mouth of a French What is the caliber in inches of a German

75-mm. gun.

42-cm. cannon?

6. A merchant bought 300 m. of silk at $2.50 per m., and sold it at $2.25 a yd. Did he gain or lose and how much?

31. A train travels at a speed of 72.45 Km. an hour. How many miles an hour is this?

32. The distance between two Russian cities is 136 Km. How many mi. apart are they?

33. A street is 20 m. wide. How many ft. and in. in its width?

34. Which throws a larger shell: an American 16-in. gun, or a German 42-cm. gun?

35. If a city park is 3.8 mi. long, how long is it, expressed in terms of the metric system?

The liter is about 1 quart. It is used to measure liquids, berries, fruits, etc. The hektoliter equals approximately 26.42 gal. or nearly 2.84 bu. It is used in measuring liquids in large quantities and also grains and vegetables.

A liter of water weighs 1 Kg.

ORAL EXERCISE

1. A vat contains 420 1. of wine. About how many gals. is this?

2. About how many gal. in 20 Hl. of wine?

3. How many liters in 3 Dl.; 2 Hl.; 4 pt.; 100 dl.;

ml.; 40 gal.?

4. 28 bu. of wheat is about how many Hl.?

500

5. A glass holds 1 dl. How many times can it be filled

from a bottle containing 2 1.?

WRITTEN EXERCISE

1. A merchant bought 18.5 Hl. of gasoline at $22 a Hl., and sold it at 26¢ per 1. What was his profit?

2. What will 48 Hl. of wheat cost at $18 per 200 1.?

3. A grocer bought peas at $3.00 a Hl. and sold them at 4¢ a 1. What per cent did he gain?

4. Change 7 Hl. to equivalent units in U. S. measures. 5. Express 13 gal. in metric equivalents.

6. How many bottles each containing .5 1. can be filled from a barrel holding 12 Dl.?

7. A man paid 800 francs for 100 1. of wine. About what price did he pay for it per gallon?

The gram is the weight of a cu. centimeter of distilled water, and it approximates 15 grains. This measure is used by druggists and jewelers, and also on postal scales.

A five-cent piece weighs about 5 grams.

The kilogram more commonly called kilo, is used in the weighing of merchandise, and it equals about 2.2 pounds.

The metric ton is the weight of a cu. meter of distilled water, and it is equal to about 2204 pounds. It is used in weighing the more bulky merchandise, such as coal, hay, etc.

ORAL EXERCISE

1. How many dg. in the weight of 40 nickles?

2. How many pounds in 3 T. (metric)?

3. How many pounds in 20 kilos of flour?

4. How many g. in 3 Dg.? 4 Kg.? 100 dg.? 800 cg.? 8 Hg.?

5. Express 5 T. (metric) as kilos; 4 Q. as kilos.

6. How many more pounds of rice in 10 metric tons than in 10 U. S. tons?

WRITTEN EXERCISE

1. 1 1. of water weighs 1 Kg. Find the weight in kilo of 12 1. of olive oil, which is .915 times as heavy as water.

2. If a steamer burns 820 kilos of coal in a day, how much will the coal for a voyage of 8 da. cost at $9 a metric ton? 3. An importer received a shipment of rubber goods weighing 1240 Kg. How many lb. in this shipment? 4. How many grams are there in 244.5 Kg.? How many pounds?

5. A silver dollar weighs 412.5 grains. About how many g. does it weigh?

6. Give the approximate equivalents in English measures of 440 kilos; 300 g.; 3.2 T. (metric).

7. How many kilos in 4760 lb. of sugar?

8. How many kilos of flour are there in a bbl. weighing 196 lb.?

9. A train leaves a station at 8.35 A.M., and reaches the next station, 26 Km. away, at 9.00 A.M. What is the speed per hour of that train?

10. A certain street in Paris is 20 meters wide. How many feet and inches is it wide?

VI. BUSINESS FORMS AND PRACTICE

Writing Orders for Goods. In writing orders for goods, it is always important for us to date each order, and to mention the catalogue number of each article if ordered from a catalogue, and to specify quantity and quality, and such details as color and size. Sometimes, it is necessary to designate the date and mode of shipment as well as the place to which the goods are to be sent, and to refer to the mode of payment.

JOSEPH MALONEY

FURNITURE

GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS.

March 5, 1918.

John H. McHugh & Co.,

115 West 42 St.,

New York.

Gentlemen:

Please send me the following by

Adams Ex.:

12 No. 67 Willow Rockers

6 No. 11 Oak Writing Desks

4 No. 173 Sofa Beds

Very truly yours,

JOSEPH MALONEY

The numbers written in the order refer to the McHugh Company catalogue in which numbered illustrations of the furniture are printed.