22. Mr. Norcross sold 792 pounds of barley, 48 pounds to the bushel, at 90 cents a bushel. Find how much he received for it. 23. The equipment of a 25-acre hay farm in South Carolina, as given in a report by the Department of Agriculture, was: 1 Georgia plow stock with attachments, $5; 1 smoothing harrow, $10; 1 weeder, $7; 1 curved-tooth and slicing harrow, $10; 1 mower, $35; 1 hayrake, $15; 1 wagon, $30; 1 hay press, $90; 1 wooden roller, $7.50. Total cost? 24. The expenses and receipts of this farm for one year: One man at $15 per month EXPENSES One horse, cost of keeping at $8.50 per month Interest on 25 acres of land, valued at $100 per acre, at 8% 7 acres crimson clover hay, 3500 pounds per acre, at $1.25 per hundredweight 18 acres oat hay, 3000 pounds per acre, at $25 per ton 22 acres cowpea hay, 11⁄2 tons per acre, at $1.25 per hundred 3 acres corn, 663 bushels per acre, at 75 cents per bushel 3 acres corn stover, 4000 pounds per acre, at $15 per ton Total income Find (1) the total expense; (2) the total income; (3) the net income. LIQUID MEASURE 1. Repeat the table of liquid measure. 2. How many pints in 1 gallon? 1 gallon 1 quart? 1 gallon 1 quart 1 pint? 3. How many quarts in 63 gallons? pints? How many 4. How many gallons and quarts of vinegar in a 5gallon jug one half full? 5. How many half-pint bottles can be filled from 21 quarts of cream? What 6. Four half-pint bottles of cream cost 1 dollar. The milkman allows 10 cents for each bottle returned. is paid a quart for cream? 7. Mrs. Mason bought a gallon of maple sirup. She sold 2 quarts 1 pint to a neighbor. What part of the gallon did she sell? 8. If Mrs. Mason sold the sirup at cost, $1.20 per gallon, how much did she receive for what she sold? 9. What is the capacity in gallons of a tank 24 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 14 inches deep? 24 × 11 × 14 24 × 11 × 14 represents what? 24 × 11 × 14 represents what? Find the capacity in gallons of tanks of these di 20. A tin dish 11 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 3 inches deep holds how many gallons? How many if twice as long? If twice as long and twice as wide? If twice as long, twice as wide, and twice as deep? 21. A tank 28 inches long, 22 inches wide, and 18 inches deep is full of water. How many gallons? 22. How many gallon jugs can be filled from a tank 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 51⁄2 feet deep? 23. A hot-water tank on the back of a stove is 2 feet 4 inches long, 1 foot 2 inches wide, and 11 inches deep. How many gallons does it hold? 24: A copper boiler covers 168 square inches on the top of a stove. It stands 22 inches high. What is its capacity in gallons? 25. How many times will you have to fill and empty a gallon dipper with water to fill a tank 1 foot 3 inches long, 1 foot 2 inches wide, and 11 inches deep? 26. A watering trough is 2 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 1 foot 10 inches deep. How many gallons of water will it hold? 27. The capacity of an oil tank is 252 cubic feet. What is its capacity in barrels of 42 gallons each? DRY MEASURE 1. Repeat the table of dry measure. Oral 2. A quart is what part of a peck? A peck of a bushel? A quart of a bushel? 3. Express as pecks: 4 bu. pecks: 4 bu. 2 bu. 40 qt. 37 qt. 4. Express as bushels: 48 pk. 27 pk. 61 qt. 70 qt. 5. Express as quarts: 24 pk. 27 pk. 1 pk. 6. A quart of barley weighs 11 pounds. What is the weight of a peck? A bushel? 7. A bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds. weighs pounds. A quart weighs A peck pound. CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS 1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches = 1 cubic feet (nearly). Small fruits, beans, oats, wheat, shelled corn, etc., are measured by the stricken bushel, that is, a bushel measure even full, 1 cubic feet (nearly). Larger fruits, potatoes, apples, corn in the ear, etc., are measured by the heaped bushel, 11⁄2 cubic feet (nearly). WRITTEN PROBLEMS 1. What is the capacity in bushels of a bin 16 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 5 feet deep? Find the capacity in bushels of bins of these dimensions: 10. A box 21 feet by 21 feet by 21 feet is full of meal. How many bushels? 11. A farmer's corn crib is 8 feet by 21 feet by 6 feet. How many bushels will it hold? 12. At 32 pounds to a bushel, what is the weight of oats in a box 5 feet by 2 feet by 3 feet? 13. A corn crib, 12 feet by 4 feet by 5 feet, is filled with corn in the ear. It takes 2 bushels of corn in the ear to make 1 bushel of shelled corn. The corn in the crib will make how many bushels of shelled corn? 14. Reckoning 56 pounds to a bushel, what is the weight of the corn in a box 21 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 11 feet deep? 15. At 98 cents a bushel, what ought Mr. Akers to receive for the wheat that just fills a bin 8 feet by 4 feet by 21 feet? 16. Mr. Edwards has in his cellar a bin 15 feet by 10 feet by 6 feet, filled with apples. How many bushels (11 cubic feet to a bushel)? SCHOOL KITCHEN PROBLEMS 1. Find the total cost of the following cooking outfit for a country school: 1 blue-flame, 3-burner, kerosene stove, $6.25; 2 dish pans @ 25; 2 salt and 2 pepper castors @ 10; 10 rolling pins @ 15; 10 teacups and 10 saucers @ 5; 10 plates @ 8; 3 agate saucepans @ 35; 10 wooden spoons @ 10; 1 dozen knives, $1.50; 1 dozen forks, $1.50; 1 dozen spoons @ 10; 10 vegetable knives @ 15; 5 strainers @ 10; 10 beaters @15; 10 measuring cups @ 8; 10 tin plates @ 5%; |