Cubic inch 11⁄2 in. × 11⁄2 in. MEASURES OF CAPACITY A cubic inch may be represented in cardboard or heavy paper. Fold at the lines dotted. This will hold water, but dry sand may be used. The cardboard should be 3 in. x 3 in. in size. 4 gills make 1 pint. 1. Take a liquid gill measure and find how many cubic inches it contains. 2. Make a box of paper 3 in. × 3 in. × 3 in. 3. Find the number of cubic inches in a dry quart. 4. Find the contents in cubic inches of a drinking glass. Compare this with a pint. 5. Find the number of cubic inches in a liquid quart. Is this more or less than the number in a dry quart? By how much? 6. How many cubic inches are there in a box measuring 7 in. x 9 in. x 12 in. ? 7. A cardboard box 3 in. x 7 in. x to contain almost exactly 1 gallon. in cubic inches? 11 in. will be found What is its volume 1. The lot on which Mary's house stands is 60 ft. by 150 ft. What is its area? 2. The lot on which the school stands is 90 ft. by 484 ft. How many acres is the area? 3. There are 1170 sq. ft. in the carpet at the music hall. How many square yards are there in it? If it cost $260, what was the price per yard? 4. I bought a barrel of vinegar for $3, and sold 27 gal. at 10 a gallon. How many gallons were left; and how much money had they cost me? 5. There were 3000 cu. in. in the volume of an iron box. If it was 10 in. on one side and 30 on another, how many inches was it on the third side? Was its volume greater or less than 2 cu. ft.? By how much? 6. I found that what I supposed were 10 cu. yd. of earth in a space only 90 ft. by 6 ft. by 4 ft. What amount too small was the actual amount of earth there? 7. A lot of land, in the form of a right angled triangle, was 105 ft. on one side of the right angle and 255 ft. on the other side. What was the area of the triangle? 8. In 8 acres are how many sq. ft.? 9. In 12 bbl. are how many gal.? 16. The railroad route from Albany to New York is 17. A man spent $174 a year on clothing for his family, 18. A merchant's sales amounted to $395 on Monday; REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. One train travels 50 miles an hour and another train 30 miles an hour. They start together at the same time in the same direction. How far apart will they be. at the end of an hour? 2. What number is that from which if I take away the sum of 5, 3, and 8, there will be 4 left? 3. After having had 1260 men killed and wounded and 7200 taken prisoners by the Boers, the British South African army numbered 196,800. Before these losses how many men were in the British army in South Africa? 4. The difference between two numbers is 118, and the greater number is 1801. Find the smaller number. 5. There are 140 pages in a Reader and 120 in an Arithmetic. How many more pages are there in the Reader than in the Arithmetic ? 6. The Old Testament contains 23,145 verses, and the New Testament 7957 verses. How many verses are there in the whole Bible? How many more verses are there in the Old Testament than in the New? 7. Annie bought a Third Reader for 364, a Geography for 60, and a Speller for 17. She gave a two-dollar bill to the clerk. What change should she get? 8. A man borrowed $2790 and promised to pay $285 for the loan. He repaid $764 at one time, $847 at another, and $793 at another. What did he then owe? 9. Willie attended school 15 days in January, 17 in February, 16 in March, 16 in April, 21 in May, and 18 in June. If there were 120 school days in the six months, how many less days did he go to school than Johnnie, who was not absent even one day? REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. A farmer had 120 acres of land, and bought 87 acres more. He afterwards sold 68 acres. How many acres had he then? 2. In the first car of a railway train there were, on starting, 29 passengers; in the second, 27; and in the third, 15. At the first stopping place 19 passengers got How many passengers out and 7 others got on board. were there on the train then? 3. A man had to put 73 head of cattle into four cars. He put 18 into the first car and 19 into the second car and 19 into the third car. How many head were left to go into the fourth car? 4. A man bought a horse for $97 and another one for $85. He sold the two horses for $163. How much did he lose on them? 5. I sold goods for $1225, gaining thereby $248. How much did the goods cost me? 6. One week a wheat buyer gained $2741, the next week he lost $713, the next week he lost $1284, but the next week he gained $925. How much more did he gain than lose during the month? 7. A man's salary is $1420 a year, and he has a property that brings him in $225 a year. If his expenses are $975 a year, how much money can he save in one year? 8. A man bought 100 acres of land for $5750. He paid $1235 in cash, and gave a mortgage for the rest of the purchase price. What was the sum for which the mortgage was given? 9. Mr. Jones owed Mr. Smith $163; in payment he gave a horse and $49 in cash. At what was the horse valued? |