Grains, seeds, and small fruits are sold by stricken measure; that is, the measure must be even full.

Coarse vegetables, large fruits, and bulky articles, such as potatoes, turnips, apples, etc., are sold by heaped measure. In practice we say 5 stricken measures equal 4 heaped measures.

TROY WEIGHT

Troy Weight is used in weighing jewels and the precious metals, as gold and silver. The unit of weight is the pound, which contains 5760 grains.

The carat is a unit of 4 imaginary grains employed in rating diamonds and precious stones, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, etc. The term is also used to express the fineness of gold. Thus, gold 18 carats fine consists of 18 parts pure gold, alloyed with 6 parts of some other metal, the whole mass being divided into 24 equal parts.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

Avoirdupois Weight is used in weighing nearly everything except gold, silver, and jewels. The unit of weight is the pound. It contains 7000 Troy grains.

APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT

Apothecaries' Weight is used by physicians and apothecaries in prescribing and preparing dry medicines. The unit is the pound, which contains 5760 gr., like the Troy pound.

Medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight.

Money is the measure of the value of articles bought,

ENGLISH MONEY

English Money, sometimes called sterling money, is the legal currency of Great Britain. The unit is the pound sterling; but there is no coin known by this name, the value being represented by the gold sovereign, a coin equal to 20 shillings sterling, or $4.8665 of United States money.

ANSWERS

Page 11.-9. $1248507. 10. $12200646. 13. $251.026.

11. $79.83. 12. $33.539.

Page 12.-14. $37. 15. $37.50. 16. $221. 17. $22.08.

18. 28. 19. 64.45. 20. 36.768. 21. 29.91. 22. 45328. 23. 71288802. 24. 3271.9. 25. 98536.88. 26. 1253.243.

Page 13. 5. 4. 6. 11. 7. 61.

12. 1.2. 13. 7.6. 14.

8. 43.

9. 5. 10. f.

11. .6.

15. 811.

16. 31.

4. $126.66.

5. $202.369.

Page 14.-1. 869. 2. 3888. 3. 28078.

6. 15. 7. 26. 8. 91. 9. 15. 10. $2.163. 11. 2.19. 12. 13.38. 13. 343.7. 14. 566.58. 15. 4005.936. 16. $30.37. 17. 26011 A. 18. 19. 19. $2.621. 20. 184ğ rd. 21. 9 A. 22. 133 ft. 23. 198.42. 24. 206.26. Page 15.-18. 6. 19. 14. 20. 8.4. 21. 2111. 22. 211. 23. 28.15. 24. 16 bu. 26. 47 T.

25. 12.

Page 17.-1. 4657725. 2. 196545160. 3. 5234923624. 4. $149837.6608. 5. 7383.8786. 6. 28. 7. 6. 8. 66. 9. 78. 10. 16. 11. 73.6. 12. .24. 13. 70.2. 14. 62.5. 15. 7.5. 16. $123.55. 17. $267.36. 18. $675.54. 21. 51000 lb. 22. 744 hr.; 672 hr. 23. $171.825. 27. 275 qt. 28. 521. 29. 137 sq. yd.

19. 255.75. 20. 37.5. 24. $15. 25. $2.50. 31. 54 sq. ft.

6 in.

Page 19. 1. 26.

7. $2.45. 8. 245.
14. 530. 15. 86. 16. 100 bu.; 120 bu.; 143 bu.

30. 131 yd.

5. 17 mi.

19. 9 rd. 11 yd. 1 ft. 8 in. 20. $16.40.
24. 48 reams. 25. 7 bu. 1 pk. 2 qt.
Page 21.-1. 525948.5 min.
5. $30.621. 6. $39. 7. $8.381.
11. 27 da. 12. $40; $150.

14.

Page 23.1. 151⁄2 yd. 2. 99. 3. 16. 4. 30 sq. yd.

6. $64.80. 7. 29. 8. 720 sq. ft.

Page 24.-9. 3841 ft.

10. 31 hr.

15. 13.

18. 21%.

2. $10.

11. 24. 12. 21. 13. 21. 14. 21.
19. 3. 20. 5%.
21. 5.
22.31.

16. 2. 17. 28.
Page 25. 1. 105 yd.
542; 775. 5. 161; 43; 36; 51; 16; 49; 44. 6. 160 da.

3. 74; 196; 281; 385. 4. 265; 363;

Page 26.-8. 68.48. 9. 101.48. 10. 11.83. 11. 4.32.

15. 23.49. 16. 127.4.
19. 167 da. 20. 96.

13. 7.52. 14. 37.4.
15840 yd.; 47520 ft.
23. $103.80. 24. $5.769.
28. 429. 29. 24 pairs.

Page 30.-2. 8.
10. 5.

Page 36.-2. 72.
9. 756. 10. 1080.

17. 66 sq. yd.

21. $263.90.

26. $60.75.

31. $3.10.

25. $166.32.

30. $3.33.

3. 12. 4. 8. 5. 8. 6. 4. 7. 24.

7. 86.686.

12. 4.34.

18. 9 mi.;
22. $35.625.

27. $2556.

8. 15. 9. 16.

3. 144. 4. 96. 5. 280. 6. 378. 7. 120. 8. 88.
11. 2; 4; 12; 16; 5; 24. 13. 36; 63; 84; 120; 105; 90.
Page 37.-15. 6.48. 16. 2.142. 17. 2.064. 18. 3.67. 19. 25.2036.
20. .11. 21. 2.4. 22. 2.03. 23. 200.5. 24. 150.05. 25. 74. 26. 7.44.
28. 342. 29. $1.089. 30. 8167 sq. yd.; 66 sq. rd.; $196.02.
20. 60.

27. 88.
Lesson 31.-19. 100 yd.; 1000 yd.
Page 38.-21. 36. 22. 48.

2. $1.98.

Page 39. -3. 8 mi. 160 rd. 1 yd.
7. $901,866,163.95.

Lesson 32. 1. 96 rd.; $153.60.

4. 73 yr. 2 mo. 5 da.
8. 10 mi. 9. 144 yd.
100 doz.

6. $634996.82.
11. 8.3; 137.4. 12. 211.25; 59.15; 5.07. 13.
15. 321 sheets. 16. $170.64.
Page 40.4. 18. 5. 70.
Page 41.-6. 12. 7. 144.
14. 15. 162. 16. 12.
22. 62 lb.

5. $499.20.

10. 2880.
14. 153 doz.

Page 44.44. 21; 3; 4; 41; $6; $66; $5. 45. 2; 3 rd; 4 T.; 6 A.;
8 mi. 46. $120; $300.30; 108 calves; 3.51 yd.; $.54. 47. $120; 240 gal.;
160 cows; $292.64; 620 oz.

49. 280 yd.; $14.70; 42.7 qt.;

182.4 yd.

48. $.08; $.18; 120 in.;
525 yd. 50. $400; $8;
.155 pt.
Lesson 36. - 2.
5. $403.20. 6. 167.2 bu.
10. 90 mi. 11. 140 in. 12.

Page 45.-14. 640 bu.
44 rd.; 8.4 gal.; 24.6 cents.
22. 8000 A.

7. $163.40.
$81. 13. $130.
15. $1200. 16. 108 da. 17. $448.
19. $16128. 20. $56. 21.

Page 47.-2. 288; 384; 1400; 405.
8. 293; 141; 21; 31 rd.; 241 ft.

4. 91; 181; 178; 869.