The measures used in measuring grain, roots, fruit, etc., are called Dry Measures. In measuring coarse commodities the measure should be heaped. In measuring grain, seeds, etc., the measure should be even full. 1. Name some articles that are bought and sold by the bushel, peck, or quart? 2. How many pints are there in 4 quarts? In 8 quarts? In 2 pecks? In 3 pecks? In 4 pecks? 3. How many pecks are there in 2 bushels? In 5 bushels? In 8 bushels? In 10 bushels? 4. How many quarts are there in 40 pints? In 60 pints? 5. How many bushels are there in 32 pecks? In 40 pecks? 6. What will 2 pecks of berries cost at 3 cents a pint? LESSON LXXXIII. MEASURES OF WEIGHT. The weights used in measuring all coarse and heavy articles, as hay, grain, groceries, coal, flour, etc., and all the metals except gold and silver, and all drugs except medicines compounded in prescriptions, 1. How many ounces are there in 3 pounds? In 5 pounds? 2. How many pounds are there in 7 hundredweight? In 9 hundred-weight? 3. How many pounds are there in 1 ton? In 2 tons? In 5 tons? 4. How many tons are there in 6000 pounds? 5. How many tons and hundred-weight are there in 4500 pounds? In 2900 pounds? 6. How many tons, hundred-weight, and pounds are there in 4625 pounds? In 2643 pounds? 7. What will 6 hundred-weight of sugar cost at 9 cents per pound? At 10 cents per pound? 8. If a bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds, how many bags that hold 2 bushels each will be required to hold 4800 pounds? 9. What will 5 pounds of indigo cost at 5 cents an ounce? What will 7 pounds cost? LESSON LXXXIV. MEASURES OF TIME. The names of the ordinary divisions of time are seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. 1. How many seconds are there in 5 minutes? In 6 minutes? In 10 minutes? 2. How many minutes are there in 2 hours? In of an hour? In of an hour? 3. How many of a day? In hours are there in 2 days? In of a day? In of a day? 4. How many days are there in 4 weeks? In 6 weeks? In 7 weeks? In 10 weeks? 5. What part of an hour are 30 minutes? 15 minutes? 45 minutes? 6. How many hours are there in 90 minutes? In 120 minutes? In 180 minutes? 7. How many centuries are there in 1500 years? 8. Of what century is the year 1501 a part? All the rest have thirty-one Hath twenty-eight, and one day more We add to it one year in four. 1. Repeat the months in their order. 2. What is the 5th month? The 7th? The 4th? The 3d? The 10th? The 8th? 3. What are the months of Winter? Summer? Spring? Autumn? 4. How many months have 30 days? How many 31 days? COUNTING. The following denominations are used in counting some classes of articles: 1. How many eggs are there in 6 dozen eggs? 2. How many dozen are there in 2 great gross? 3. How many are dozen dozens of eggs? 4. How old is a man who is 3 score years of age? 3 score and 10? STATIONERS' TABLE. The denominations used in the paper trade are: 24 sheets are equal to 1 quire. 1. How many sheets of paper are there in 2 quires? In of a quire? In of a quire? 2. How many quires are there in 2 reams? In of a ream? In of a ream? 3. What will be the cost of a ream of paper at 20 cents a quire? At 1 cent a sheet? |