Lesson 10.

1. If 4 quarts of oats weigh 4 pounds, how much will a bushel weigh?

2. A grocer gives 20 lbs. of sugar for $1. What is the rate a pound?

3. At 50 cents a pound, how many pounds of tea can be bought for $2?

4. If a pound of maple sugar would make a pint of syrup, would it be cheaper to buy sugar at 12 cents a pound, or syrup at $1 a gallon? How much cheaper?

5. If 12 candles weigh a pound, how much will 120 candles weigh?

6. If 72 candles weigh 12 pounds, how many candles will weigh 1 pound?

7. A boy goes to the store with a five-dollar bill. He buys a bag of sugar for $1, a pound of tea for 50 cents, a pound of soda for 10 cents, and a pound of coffee for 40 cents. How many dollars has he left?

8. How many pounds of sugar at 5 cents a pound must be given for 8 dozen eggs at 25 cents a dozen?

9. How many tons of coal at $7.50 a ton can be bought for 5 cords of wood at $6 a cord?

10. If 1 bushel of oats weighs 32 pounds, what would be the weight of a bag containing 80 quarts? 11. How much must I pay for 2 chickens, each weighing 3 pounds at 20 cents a pound?

12. Should I make more by selling a quintal of fish (100 pounds) for $10, or at 11 cents a pound?

13. Eight packages of equal weight are made of 4 pounds of tea. How many ounces does each package weigh?

Lesson 11.

TROY WEIGHT.

Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious

1. How many spoons weighing 20 pennyweights each can be made from 10 ounces of silver?

1 pound?

From

2. If an ounce of silver is worth 60 cents, what is a pound worth?

3. How many tablespoons weighing 3 ounces each can be made from 6 pounds of silver?

4. If 40 tablespoons of equal weight are made from 10 pounds of silver, how many ounces will each spoon weigh?

5. If silver is worth 3 cents a pennyweight, what must I pay for one ounce ?

6. If gold were worth $20 an ounce, what would a pennyweight cost?

7. How many pennyweights of silver at 3 cents each would have to be given for 1 pennyweight of gold worth 96 cents?

8. If I buy gold dust at 2 cents a grain and sell it at 50 cents a pennyweight, do I gain or lose?

9. If in every ounce 15 pennyweights are silver and the rest alloy, how many pennyweights are alloy in a mug that weighs 10 ounces ?

Lesson 12.

LONG MEASURE.

Long Measure is used in measuring lines or distances.

Hence, 1 mi = 320 rods = 1760 yds. = 5280 ft.

*NOTE. 5 is read five and a half.

1. In a coil of picture

how many feet are there ?

2. My table measures 5

cord measuring 10 yards, How many inches?

feet one way and 3 feet

the other. What is the distance round it?

3. At the rate of two cents an inch, what will a two-foot rule cost?

4. What must I pay for 60 feet of border at 5 cents a yard ?

5. How many yards of border will it take to go round a room 12 feet wide and 15 feet long?

6. At $1 a yard what will be the cost of 5 strips of carpet, each 5 yards long?

7. What must I pay for 10 feet of galvanized pipe at 14 cents a foot?

8. Is it cheaper to buy a roll (10 yards) of tape for 25 cents, or at the rate of 3 cents a yard ?

9. How many yards of cloth at $3 a yard must be given for 6 barrels of flour at $5 a barrel?

10. If a man walks 4 miles an hour, how many hours will it take him to walk 48 miles?

Lesson 13.

1. If concrete of the width of my walk costs 75 cents a yard, what must I pay for 10 yards?

2. A lady buys 10 yards of dress goods at 50 cents a yard, and 20 yards of trimming at 5 cents a yard; if she gives in payment a ten-dollar bill, how much change ought she to receive?

3. At eight cents a foot, what will moulding cost for a picture measuring 12 inches one way and 14 the other, allowing 8 inches extra for the corners ? 4. How many yards of fence will be required for a four-sided field measuring 33 feet one way and 66 the other? What will it cost at $1 a yard?

5. At 50 cents a yard, what must I pay for curtains for a room containing 4 windows, each 2 yards long?

6. A lady paid $48 for silk for a dress. If it cost $3 a yard, how many yards did she buy?

7. If a child steps one foot at each step, how many steps will he take in walking a mile?

8. What must I pay for 25 feet of rope for a swing, at 4 cents a foot ?

9. At the rate of 2 cents a mile, how many miles can I ride for $1 ?

10. If one page is 10 inches long, how many pages placed in a row will extend 5 feet?

11. At the rate of 15 cents a foot, what will it cost me to lay a pipe from my house to the street, a distance of 10 yards?

12. It is 5 miles between two stations on a railroad. How many rods is it?

Lesson 14.

SQUARE MEASURE.

Square Measure is used in measuring surfaces.

TABLE.

144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.).

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Hence, 1 A. = 160 sq. rds. = 4840 sq. yds. 43,560 sq. ft.

*NOTE. 30 is read thirty and a quarter.

1. Since there are 10 square chains in one acre, how many acres are there in 50 square chains?

2. At the rate of 5 cents a square foot, what must be paid for 100 square feet of boards?

3. If a certain kind of flooring costs 20 cents a square foot, how much will 20 square feet cost?

4. Since 160 square rods make an acre and 10 square chains make an acre, how many square rods make a square chain ?

5. How many square feet of wire screen can be bought for 90 cents, at 2 cents a square foot? How many square yards?

6. I paid a man $1.50 for mowing 2 acres of grass. What was the rate per acre?

7. If potatoes yield 75 bushels to the acre, how many bushels ought a man to receive from 4 acres? & How many lots of 40 square rods each can be made from an acre?