| Timothy Walker - 1829 - 156 σελίδες
...considered as belonging to arithmetic and algebra. 4. A cord of wood is in the form of a quadrangular prism, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. How many solid feet does it contain ? 0. If a prism contain 900 solid feet, and if its altitude be 20 feet,... | |
| Catharine Esther Beecher - 1856 - 342 σελίδες
...learn to distinguish each kind by a little attention and instruction. Wood is bought by measurement. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. To know the amount of a load, multiply the length by the breadth, and the product by the height, and... | |
| Stoddard A. Felter - 1862 - 312 σελίδες
...cord cost $5.888, what will 39 feet cost? 46 feet? 84 feet? 37 feet? 301. Bought a pile of wood 19 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high; how many cubic feet? 302. Bought a pile of wood 27 feet long, 4 feet wide, 7 feet high ; what was the cost, at $4.992 per... | |
| Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1879 - 374 σελίδες
...contain half the wood there is in a cord of straight and solid logs. Wood is bought by measurement. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and contains 128 cubic feet. To ascertain the amount of wood in a load, multiply the length by the... | |
| William Milford Giffin - 1893 - 336 σελίδες
...cylinder that is 21 inches in diameter and 21 inches long contains how many cubic inches? LESSON XIX. 1. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. NOTE. — By means of a string and 4 sticks each 4 feet long show the class the space which a cord... | |
| Alfred Kirk, A. R. Sabin - 1894 - 140 σελίδες
...feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, to a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high ? 8. If a cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4* feet high, how many cords are in a pile 8 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 4 feet high ? Why ? 9. If one cubic foot equals §... | |
| J. W. Graham - 1895 - 226 σελίδες
...sq. yds. 6. Reduce 5043 ounces to higher denominations. Change 5043 cwt. to lower denominations. 7. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. How many cubic feet in 2 cords? Ans. 256. 8. How many cubic feet in a pile of wood 38 feet long, 5 feet high, and 4 feet... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - 1895 - 186 σελίδες
...high ? 6. How many cords of wood are there in a pile 24 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet high ? 7. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. How many cubic feet are there in a cord ? How many square feet in the surface of a pile of wood 8 by 4 by 4 feet ? 8. How... | |
| Joseph Ray - 1905 - 154 σελίδες
...air are there in a room 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 10 feet high ? 35. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. How many cubic feet does a cord contain ? 36. At $4 a cord how much will a pile of wood cost that is 16 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet... | |
| William Miller Barr - 1918 - 650 σελίδες
...perch А perch of masonry is Hi 5 feet long, 1i feet thick, and 1 foot high — 2r1 î cubic feet. A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high = 128 cubic feet. Timber measured in bulk and not to be computed in cubic feet is reduced to board... | |
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