2. Change 64 qt. to bushels; to pints.

3. How many pecks in bu.? 3 bu.? 1 bu.?
4. How many days from June 28 to October 1?
5. Express 5 yards as feet; as the fraction of a rod.

6. How many rods equal 27 yards? 49 yards?
7. Change $2.50 to mills; to dimes.

8. Change 1.3 T. to pounds.

9. Express 27 pecks as bushels; as quarts.

10. How many ounces (avoir.) equal lb.? 2.5 lb.? 4g lb.? 74 lb. ?

11. If a ring is 18 carats fine, what part of it is pure gold? 12. Express in minutes 1.5 hr.; 1.75 hr.; 3 hr.

13. Express in feet 11⁄2 rd.; 24 rd.; 8 yd.; and 51⁄2 yd. 14. How many minutes equal 720 seconds? 3600 seconds? 15. How many days is it from January 28, 1908 to March 5, 1908?

16. If a man works 8 hours a day, how many minutes does he work? How many minutes equal 9 hours?

17. How many sheets of paper are there in 2 reams of paper? in 5 reams?

18. I bought 2 gross of lead pencils. How many lead pencils did I buy?

19. If a horse eats 10 quarts of oats a day, how long will 5 bushels of oats last?

20. How many dozen equal 180 things? how many gross? 21. How many days is it from Memorial Day (May 30) to the fourth of July?

22. What is the perimeter of square that is 3.6 ft. on a side?

23. How many pecks does a 3-bushel bag hold? a 2bushel bag? a 5-bushel box?

24. A bushel of wheat weighs 60 lb. How many bushels are there in a ton of wheat?

25 How many

inches?

feet are there in 125 yards? in 120

26. Change 5 T. 4 cwt. to tons; to pounds; to hundredweight.

27. Find the weight in ounces of a dozen teaspoons, each weighing 12 pennyweights.

Changing to smaller denominations.

2. A dairyman delivered to his customers in one morning 19 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. of milk. Find the number of pints delivered.

20.

common years to days, hours, etc.

21. In an automobile race the fastest machine ran § of a mile in 36 seconds.

second.

Find the number of feet it ran per

22. Change .75 week to days, etc.

23. School is in session 4.25 hours. Find the number of minutes it is in session.

24. James lives 1.85 miles from school. Find the number of feet he walks to school.

Changing to larger denominations.

Written Work

1. An ice cream dealer retailed in one day 127 pints of ice cream. How many gallons, quarts, etc., did he sell?

NOTE. The dividend and divisor are regarded as abstract numbers. 63 qt. Such a statement would be absurd.

Do not read 127 pt. 2:

Change:

=

12. 3 qt. 1 pt. to the decimal of a gallon.

13. 45 yd. .6 ft. to the decimal of a mile. 14. 6 cwt. 8 oz. to the decimal of a ton.

15. ft. to the common fraction of a yard.

16.in. to the fraction of a foot; of aʼyard.

17. 12 oz. to the fraction of an avoirdupois pound.

18. 240 rd. to the fraction of a mile.

19. The winner in an automobile race won in 21 hr. 3 min. 3.6 sec. What decimal of a day did it take?

20. How much did a merchant receive for 3 barrels (42 gallons each) 9 gallons 3 quarts of oil, retailed at 15 cents per gallon?

21. A grocer bought 150 bushels of potatoes at 60 a bushel. He lost of them by freezing, and retailed the remainder at 10 a half peck. How much did he gain?

22. How many boxes, each holding a quart, can be filled from 3 bu. 1 pk. 7 qt. of blackberries?

23. At $2.88 a bushel, how many quarts of chestnuts can be bought for $13.50?

24. What is the profit on 9 quires of paper, bought at $2.40 a ream and sold at a cent a sheet ?

25. A rural mail carrier's route is 21 miles 176 rd. 4 yd. in length. Find the number of feet he travels in one delivery of mail.

26. A fruit grower sold in one season 23 bu. crates of cherries at 10 cents per basket; and 45 bu. crates and 17 baskets of strawberries at 13 cents per basket. Find the amount of the sales.

A crate contains 32 baskets.

27. A milk dealer put his milk in pint bottles. Find the number of bottles delivered in one evening if he sold 23 gal., 3 qt., and 1 pt.

28. How many 4-ounce packages of soda can be put up from 1 T., 3 cwt., and 75 lb. of soda?

29. A huckster bought 3 barrels of apples, each containing 2 bushels, for $8.25 and retailed them at 15 a half peck. Find his profits.