The Silver-Burdett Arithmetics

36. Timothy seed weighs 46 lb. to the bushel; what should be the weight of a peck of it?

37. When clover seed is selling for $12 per bushel (60 lb.), what should be paid for 45 lb. of clover seed?

38. How many square inches are there in all the faces of a cube 2 in. long?

39. Name the leap years between 1910 and 1930.

40. How many quarts of ice cream must be bought for a company of 10 persons, if one pint is sufficient for 2 persons?

41. The seventh day from to-day comes on what day of the week?

42. A farmer who wishes to use 400 lb. of fertilizer for an acre should purchase how many pounds for 10 acres? how many tons?

43. A laborer who works 10 hours a day and begins work at 6.30 A.M. should quit work at what time, if he takes one hour for dinner?

44. How many half-gill bottles are required to hold a pint of ink?

45. What should be charged for 700 lb. of feed at $24 a ton?

46. A school that opens at 9.30 A.M. and closes at 2.30 P.M. is how many hours in session, provided there are no intermissions?

47. How many bushels of wheat will fill a bin 5 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 3 ft. deep, if each bushel is 1⁄2 of a cubic foot?

48. How many cubic feet of air are there in a room 20 ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and 10 ft. high?

49. When matches are selling at 3 boxes for 54, how much is that per gross?

50. How many sacks, holding 25 lb. each, can be filled from a ton of sugar?

51. A long ton is how many times a short ton?

52. A ship sank in 30 fathoms of water; how many feet deep is the water?

53. A horse whose height is 15 hands is how many feet high?

54. If a horse eats 1 pk. of oats (standard weight) at a meal, in how many days, eating 3 meals a day, will he eat a ton of oats?

55. A farmer stepped the length of his field and found it to be 160 paces (3.3 ft.); find the length of the field in rods.

56. Show that a mile equals 1760 yd. or 5280 ft.

57. Show that a bushel equals 32 qt.

58. How many square inches are there in a square yard? 59. A peck of chestnuts was retailed at 5¢ a pint; how much was received for them?

60. A school that opens at 8.30 A.M. and closes at 2 P.M. is in session how many hours, if an intermission of 30 minutes is allowed at noon?

61. At 7 an ounce what should be charged for 1 lb. of cloves?

62. Find a boy's gain on of a gross of matches which he bought at $1 a gross, if he retailed them at 4 boxes for 5.

63. What should be charged for 846 lb. of feed at $22

per ton?

64. Find the cost of

65. Find the cost of

1860 lb. of hay at $18 a ton.

2575 lb. of bran at $23 per ton. 66. Find the cost of 2600 lb. of straw at $8 a ton. 67. Find the cost of 2000 lb. of shelled corn at $0.75 per bushel (56 lb.).

68. Find to the nearest hundredth the number of gallons in a cubic yard.

69. A dealer wishes to sell apples that cost $2 a bushel so as to gain $1.20 a bushel; what should he charge for pk.?

70. What should be charged for 16 lemons at 18¢ per dozen?

71. How many pint boxes are required to hold bu. of berries?

72. How many quarts of ice cream must be bought to serve 50 persons at a hotel, if one pint is served to 2 persons?

73. Name instantly the tenth month; the fifth; the eighth; the eleventh; the fourth.

74. Find the cost of 50 eggs at 30 a dozen.

75. What should be paid for 50 bu. of oats weighing 28 lb. to the bushel, when the market price is 50 per bushel (32 lb.)?

76. What date is 30 days after May 31st?

77. What date is 90 days after May 31st?

78. What date is 2 months after February 28th?

79. What part of a bushel is 21 pk.?

80. What part of a yard is 9 in.?

81. A man who was born 14 B.C. and died 44 a.d.

lived to what age?

SUGGESTION: "14 B.C." means 14 years before Christ, and “44 A.D." means 44 years after Christ.

82. What time elapsed between two events, one of which happened 150 B.C. and the other 200 A.D.?

83. What date is 3 months after September 30th?

84. Find the length of a day on which the sun rises at 4.29 A.M. and sets at 7.39 P.M.

85. How much should be paid for 3248 lb. of wheat at 92 per bushel (60 lb.)?

86. What part of a mile is 440 ft.?

87. What part of April has passed by noon, April 11th? 88. How many cubic feet are there in 4 cords of wood? 89. A gallon of water weighs 8.36 lb.; what does a quart of water weigh?

PRACTICAL MEASUREMENTS

Carpeting

201. Carpets are usually 1 yard or of a yard wide. The cheaper carpets are 1 yard wide, and the higher grades, such as velvet, Wilton, and Axminster, are of a yard wide. Linoleum and oilcloth are usually sold by the square yard.

202. In determining the number of yards of carpet required for a floor, the number of strips needed should be found; a fractional part of a strip should be regarded as a full strip.

REMARK. In practice it is seldom possible, because of the great variety of patterns with which carpets are woven, to estimate the exact amount necessary for a room.

203. Sometimes the carpet of a room is surrounded by a border; the length of the border required is then the entire distance around the room. The standard widths of borders are yd., gyd., and & yd.

Illustrative Example

Find the amount of carpet and of border that must be bought to carpet a room 12 ft. long and 10 ft. 6 in. wide with carpet of a yard wide, the strips running lengthwise and the carpet surrounded by a border