2.2.2. in $1? $1? $? in $3? $? $7? in $? $1? $5? in $? $8? $? 16. How many cents in $1? 17. How many cents in $1? 18. How many cents in $1? 19. How many cents in $? 20. How many cents in $? in $? $ $? 21. What part of $1 is 10 cents?. 121 cts.? 163 cts.? 20 cts.? 25 cts.? 30 cts.? 33 cts.? 371 cts.? 22. What part of $1 is 40 cts.? 50 cts.? 60 cts.? 621 cts.? 70 cts.? 75 cts.? 831 cts.? 871 cts.? 86. A Coin is a piece of metal having a fixed value attached to it by Government. The United States coins are made of gold, silver, copper and nickel. The copper and nickel pieces are one-cent, two-cent, three-cent, and five-cent pieces. Besides these coins, paper currency is used, which has the same representative value as the coins. 1. A gentleman bought a hat for 1 half of a dollar, and sold it for 75 cents; how many cents did he gain? 2. Jane had $, and George had 87 cents; how much more money had George than Jane? 3. Alfred had $10, and spent 28 cents for a book, 25 for a knife, and 7 for a string: the money he had left was in 2 pieces; what must have been the value of each piece? and 4. Annie had $1.25, and bought 3 yards of cambric at 12 cents a yard, some buttons for 121 cents, some hooks and eyes for 4 cents: she gave in payment $1, and the merchant gave her the change in the smallest number of pieces possible; what was the value of each piece? How much money had she then? 5. Charles had two 25-cent pieces, three 10-cent pieces, six 3-cent pieces, and eleven single cents; these he exchanged for the same value in the smallest number of pieces possible; what pieces did he receive in exchange? 1. How many farthings in 2 pence? in 1 s. or 12 d. ? 2. How many pence in 1 shilling? in 1 s. 6 d.? 3. How many shillings in 1 pound? in 2 £ 7 s. ?. 4. In 50 shillings how many pounds, and what remains? 5. In 37 pence how many shillings, and what remains? 6. In 22 farthings how many pence, and what remains? NOTE. By the above scale of weights the ton contains 2000 pounds; the long ton of 2240 pounds is sometimes used for weighing gross articles, as iron and coal, and is the ton recognized by the United States Government. By this scale the hundred weight equals 112 pounds, and is divided into 4 quarters of 28 pounds each. 1. How many ounces in 2 pounds? in 3 lbs. 2 oz.? 2. How many pounds in 1 cwt.? how many oz.? 3. How many cwt. in 1 ton? how many lbs. ? 4. How many pounds in 20 ounces? in 40 oz.? 5. How many cwt. in 200 lbs. ? in 1000 lbs. ? 6. How many tons in 40 cwt.? in 90 cwt.? 7. What part of 1 pound is 8 oz.? 6 oz.? 15 oz.? 8. What part of 100 weight is 20 lbs.? 36 lbs. ? 9. What part of 1 ton is 2 cwt.? 10 cwt.? 15 cwt.? 10. How many oz. in lb.? lb.? lb.? lb.? 11. How many lbs. in cwt.? cwt.? 21 cwt.? 12. If 1 cwt. of flour costs $6, what is the cost of 1 ĺb.? of 50 lbs. ? 13. If I buy 1 cwt. of sugar for $10, and sell it at 14 cents a pound, how much money do I gain on 1 pound? on 1 cwt.? 89. TROY WEIGHT. This weight is used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones, and where great accuracy is required. TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, pwt. 12 ounces Oz. = 1 pound, lb. 1. How many grains in 1 pwt.? in 2 pwt. 3 gr.? 2. How many pwts. in 3 oz.? in 4 oz. 2 pwt.? 3. How many oz. in 5 lbs.? in 7 lbs. 8 oz.? 4. How many lbs. in 25 oz.? in 39 oz.? 5. How many oz. in 65 pwt.? in 82 pwt.? 90. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. This weight is used by apothecaries for mixing medicines. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple, sc. or Ɖ. 3 scruples 8 drams 12 ounces = 1 dram, dr. or 3. 1. How many grains in 2 scruples? in 1 sc. 15 gr.? 2. How many scruples in 4 drams? in 5 dr. 2 sc.? 3. How many drams in 8 ounces? in 1 pound? 4. How many ounces in 2 pounds? in 2 lb. 4 oz.? 5. Change 100 grains to units of higher denominations. Ans. 1 dr. 2 sc. 6. Change 100 drams to units of higher denominations. NOTE. Pounds, ounces, and grains of Troy and Apothecaries' weights are alike. A pound Avoirdupois is heavier than a pound Troy or Apothecaries' weight; but an ounce Avoirdupois is lighter than an ounce of the other weights. 1. Change 1 yard 1 foot to feet; to inches. 4. Change 100 in. to units of higher denominations. 5. Change 22 yards to units of higher denominations. 6. Change 90 rods to units of a higher denomination. 7. Change 640 rods to units of a higher denomination. 8. Change of a yard to units of lower denominations. Solution. of a yard of 3 ft.=11 ft. ft.= of 12 in. 6 in. Ans. 1 ft. 6 in. 9. Change of a yard to units of lower denominations. 10. Change of a rod to units of lower denominations; of a mile to units of lower denominations. 11. What part of 1 mile is 1 rod? are 4 rods? 12. What part of 1 rod is 1 yard? NOTE. Change 1 rod and 1 yard to half yards. 13. What part of 1 rod are 2 yards? 21 yards? NOTE. Each pupil should procure, or make for his own use, measures of the foot marked off into inches, of the yard and the rod. A piece of tape can be made to answer the purpose. |