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1. A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high is called a cord.

A cord foot is

of a cord.

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7. How many cords in 10 cd. ft.? 200 cu. ft.? 480 cu. ft.?

8. A pile of wood 4 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high is what part of a cord? What is it worth at $6.25 a cord?

9. A pile of wood 2 rd. long, 4 ft. wide, and 3 ft. high has how many cubic feet? cord feet? cords?

10. A room 12 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, 9 ft. high is filled with wood. What is the wood worth at $6 a cord?

11. At $1.60 a cubic yard, what will it cost to dig a cellar 20 ft. 6 in. long, 18 ft. wide, and 6 ft. 3 in. deep?

12. How many packages, each containing 18 cu. in., can be packed in a box 4 ft. 4 in. long, 2 ft. wide, and 1 ft. high?

13. How many papers of tacks, each 2 in. x 14 in. x 14 in., can be packed in a box containing 5 cu. ft.?

1. How many pickets 2 in. wide will be required to make a fence. 4 rd. long, if the pickets are placed 11⁄2 in. apart? How many for a fence half a mile long? How many for a fence inclosing a lot of land 60 ft. long, 30 ft. wide?

2. What is the difference in size between a lot of land 6 rods square and a lot containing 6 square rods? (Draw plans of the two lots.)

3. How many strips of carpet 27 in. wide will it take to cover a floor 12 ft. wide? If the floor is 14 ft. long, how many yards of carpet will be needed?

4. What will be the cost of fencing a square lot of land whose sides are 8 rods, at 14 a foot?

5. How long must a lot of land 80 ft. wide be to contain 30 sq. rd.? to contain an acre?

6. The perimeter of a rectangular lot of land is 380 ft. If the lot is 40 ft. wide, how long is it? How many square rods in the lot? 7. How much will it cost to spade a triangular lot of land whose base is 180 ft. and altitude 62 ft., at 49 a square yard?

8. How many posts are required for a fence inclosing a lot of land 170 ft. long, 85 ft. wide, if the posts are set 8 ft. 6 in. apart? How many 2-inch pickets will be required for the fence if they are placed 2 inches apart?

9. I have a lawn in the form of a rectangle 18 yd. 1 ft. long and 27 ft. 8 in. wide. There is a walk 3 ft. 6 in. wide surrounding the lawn. How much did it cost to sod the lawn at 129 a square yard? How many square feet in the walk? How much more did the fence surrounding the walk cost than the fence surrounding the lawn, the cost of the fence being 18 a yard? (Draw plan of lawn and walk.)

10. Reckoning a bushel to measure 1 cubic feet, how many bushels of grain can be put into a bin 8 ft. 6 in. long, 6 ft. 3 in. wide, and 4 ft. 8 in. high?

11. Each side of a barn roof is 48 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 3 in. How many square feet of boards will be required for covering?

12. At $14.50 per M., what will 450 feet of boards cost?

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1. In a school-room 32 ft. long, 28 ft. wide, and 12 ft. 8 in. high there are 45 pupils. How many cubic feet of space for each pupil? 2. If I pay $20 for a pile of wood 2 rd. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, what do I pay per cord?

3. How many cords of wood can I pile in a building 9 ft. 3 in. long, 8 ft. wide, and 10 ft. high?

4. The Manufactures Building in the Columbian Exposition was 1687 ft. long and 787 ft. wide. How many acres of ground did it cover? It covered how many times as much surface as the Capitol at Washington, which is 751 ft. long and 324 ft. wide?

5. How many lots 100 ft. square can be made from an acre of land? How many lots 185 ft. 6 in. long and 120 ft. wide can be made from 8 A.?

6. If a cubic foot of coal weighs 93.75 lb., how large a box Iwould it take to hold a ton?

7. My bin is 28 ft. 6 in. long, 6 ft. wide, and 4 ft. deep. How many tons of coal will it hold? What will it cost to fill the

bin with coal at $5.50 a ton?

Find by measurement:

8. The square yards in the floor of

your school-room.

9. The square rods in your school-house lot.

10. The number of yards of fence it will take to inclose the school-house lot.

11. The number of cords one of the anterooms will contain. 12. The square yards of blackboard surface in your school-room. 13. The square yards of floor surface in your sitting-room at home; the square yards of wall surface.

Make original problems about :

14. The cost of laying a floor in your

school-room.

15. The cost of painting the blackboards.

16. The cost of building a fence around the school-house lot. 17. Carpeting the floor of one of your rooms at home.

18. Shingling the roof of the school-house.

19. Buying or selling a piece of land that you have measured.

SECTION VI.

DENOMINATE NUMBERS AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.

Oral and Written Exercises.

1. What United States coins are made of silver? of nickel? of bronze? of gold?

2. What pieces of money could be taken to make $4.84? $3.94? $6.74? $7.46 $12.81? $36.13?

3. Add together 4 half-dollars, 8 ten-cent pieces, 3 nickels, and 4 cents.

4. How many cents in $? $1? $? $? $7?

5. How many cents in $? $}? $Į? ${? $? $5?

6. What part of a dollar is 163? 371? 3317? 6217? 871¢? 83? 8? 41?

7. What will 12 yd. of cloth cost at 8 a yard? at 16? at 371? at 8719? at 6637?

8. How many yards of cloth can I buy for $6 at 3317 a yard? at 66? at 121? at 621? at 871?

9. At 16 each, how many plates can I buy for $3? for $4} ? for $5 for 75g? for $1.25?

10. From $1 subtract 12; 187; 32; 64; 737; 587; 46; 28; 49; 317; 83; 77; 597; 19; 67¢; 38¢.

11. If an English sovereign or pound is worth $4.86, how much is a shilling, or of a pound, worth? How much of our money can be exchanged for two crowns, or five-shilling pieces? How much at the above rate must I pay for a ten-pound note, 3 crowns, and a shilling?

12. How much of our money is a penny, or of a shilling, worth? a sixpence? £4 10s.? Ss. 4d.?

13. How many pounds can I get for $30, and how much of United States currency left over?

1. What part of a pound can I get for 50? for $2? for $4.25? 2. How many shillings can I get for $1? for $3.20 ?

3. How many pounds and shillings can I get for $10? $26.80? 4. How many shillings and pence can I get for $3? for $4.25? 5. Change at the above rate $25 to the currency of England. 6. Reduce to feet: yd.; yd.; § yd.; 12 yd.; † yd.

7. How many inches in 3 ft.? ft.? § ft. ? 15 ft.? ft.?

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20. I bought 8 lb. of tea at 621 a pound. Gave a five-dollar

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21. I gave a ten-dollar bill for 12 yd. of cloth at 621 a yard. What change?

22. If 3 pk. of potatoes cost 60%, what will a bushel cost?

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