Everyday Number Stories

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World Book Company, 1915 - Arithmetic - 136 pages

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Page 92 - If a rectangle is 10 inches long and 4 inches wide, how many square inches does it contain?
Page 84 - A cubic foot then equals how many.cubic inches? Draw a square yard on the floor. Divide it into square feet. How many cubic feet would it take to make a layer 1 foot high? How many cubic feet would you need to build up a cubic yard? We are now ready to put these facts in the more convenient form of a table. Table of Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128...
Page 92 - Draw a rectangle, 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. How many square inches does it contain ? 2.
Page 84 - Draw an oblong 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. Divide it into square feet. How many square feet does it contain ? How many square yards?
Page 88 - The rug in the dining room is 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many feet is it around it?
Page 78 - Kate is eight years old. Her mother is 4 times as old. How old is her mother?

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