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SECTION XXIV.

MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

LIQUID MEASURES.

298. Liquid Measures are used in measuring liquids. The units are a gill, a pint, a quart and a gallon.

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1 gal. = 4 qt. = 8 pt. = 32 gi.

A Barrel, regarded as a measure of cisterns, vats, etc., is 31 gal., and a Hogshead is 63 gallons.

A Gallon, liquid measure, contains 231 cubic inches.

In 11 quarts?

In 24 pints?
In 10 gallons?
In 48 quarts?
Is 6 gills?

299.-1. How many gills in 8 pints? In 12 pints? 2. How many pints in 32 gills? In 48 gills? 3. How many pints in 8 quarts? 4. How many quarts in 16 pints? 5. How many quarts in 6 gallons? 6. How many gallons in 24 quarts? 7. What part of a quart is 2 gills? 8. What part of a gallon is 1 quart? Is 3 quarts? 9. At 40 cents a gallon, what will 3 quarts of wine cost? 10. How many pint-and-a-half bottles can be filled from a gallon and a half?

11. How many barrels can be filled from fifty hogsheads?

12. How many quarts are there in a hogshead of molasses?

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3. How many pints in 116 hogsheads? 4. How many hogsheads in 928 pints?

5. At 3 cents a gill, what will a barrel of liquor cost? 6. At 6 cents a quart, how much must be paid for 40 gallons of milk?

DRY MEASURES.

301. Dry Measures are those used in measuring grain, fruit, coal, salt, and similar articles.

The units are a pint, a quart, a peck and a bushel.

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1 bu=4pk.=32 qt. = 64 pt.

A Gallon, or 4 quarts, dry measure, contains 268 cubic inches; and a bushel, 2150,42 cubic inches.

quarts?

How many pints in 6 quarts? In 12

2. How many quarts in 8 pecks? In 11 pecks ? 3. How many quarts in 12 pints? In 24 pints? 4. How many pecks in 64 quarts? In 88 quarts ? 5. How many pecks in 9 bushels? In 12 bushels ? 6. How many bushels in 36 pecks? In 60 pecks? 7. What will 2 quarts of chestnuts cost, at 5 cents a pint?

8. What will 3 gallons of milk cost, at 4 cents a quart?

9. What will a peck and a half of berries cost, at 163 cents, or of a dollar, a quart?

WRITTEN EXERCISES.

303.-1. In 310 bushels, how many quarts?
2. In 9920 quarts, how many bushels?
3. How many pints in 64 pecks?

4. How many bushels in 40960 pints?

5. At 8 cents a quart, how much are 6 bushels of chestnuts worth?

6. At 8 cents a quart, how many bushels of chestnuts can be bought for $15.36?

304. TEST QUESTIONS. — 1. What are liquid measures? Name the units of liquid measures. Recite the table.

2. How many gallons in a barrel when it is regarded as a measure? A hogshead? How many cubic inches does a gallon contain?

3. What are dry measures? Name the units of dry measures. Recite the table.

4. How many cubic inches does a gallon contain? How many does a bushel contain?

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305. Avoirdupois Weights are those used in weighing produce, groceries, coal, iron, and similar articles. The units are an ounce, a pound, a hundred-weight and

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1 T. 20 cwt. = 2000 lb. =32000 oz. Also, 56 pounds of corn or rye, 60 pounds of wheat or potatoes, or 32 pounds of oats, are 1 bushel; 100 pounds of dry fish are 1 quintal; 100 pounds of grain are 1 cental; and 196 pounds of flour, or 200 pounds of beef or pork, are 1 barrel.

306. At the Custom Houses, in collecting duties on English goods, and in the wholesale and freighting of coal, 28 pounds are 1 quarter, 4 quarters, or 112 pounds, are 1 hundred-weight, and 20 hundred-weight, or 2240 pounds, are 1 ton, called the long ton.

307.-1. How many ounces in 2 pounds? In 3 pounds? In 5 pounds?

2. How many pounds in 32 ounces? In 48 ounces? 3. How many pounds in 6 hundred-weight? In 9 hundred-weight?

4. How many hundred-weight in 500 pounds? In 700 pounds?

5. How many tons in 50 hundred-weight? In 100 hundred-weight?

6. What part of a pound is 12 ounces?

7. What part of a hundred-weight is 25 pounds? Is 75 pounds?

8. How many pounds in 1 quarter of a hundredweight? In 3 quarters of a hundred-weight?

9. At $2 a hundred-weight, what will 11⁄2 tons of iron cost?

10. At 10 cents an ounce, what will 14 pounds of rhubarb cost?

11. At $1.50 per bushel, how much must be paid for a bag of wheat weighing 90 pounds?

WRITTEN EXERCISES.

308.-1. How many ounces in 316 pounds? 2. How many pounds in 65 tons?

3. How many pounds in 5056 ounces? How many tons in 13000 pounds?

4. How many bushels in a load of wheat weighing 4590 pounds?

5. What is the weight of 76 bushels of wheat?

6. At 12 cents per pound, what will be the cost of freighting 16 tons of goods?

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