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LESSON XXIX.

1. A bushel is 4 pecks. What part of a bushel is one peck? 2 pecks? 3 pecks?

2. How many pecks are there in half a bushel? A peck is what part of half a bushel?

3. How many pecks are there in a bushel and a half? A peck is what part of a bushel and a half?

4. In 11 pecks, how many bushels and pecks are there? In 15 pecks?

5. A peck is 8 quarts. What part of a peck is 2 quarts? 4 quarts? 6 quarts?

6. How many quarts of beans are there in a bushel of beans?

7. How many pecks are 2 bushels and 3 pecks ?

8. How many quarts are 3 pecks and 5 quarts ?

9. How many pints of cherries are there in a peck of cherries?

10. A pint is what part of a quart? Of 2 quarts? Of 3 quarts?

11. How many bushels are 32 pecks? 320 pecks? 48 pecks? 480 pecks?

12. How many pecks are 64 quarts? quarts? 16 quarts? 160 quarts?

72 quarts? 96

13. What is the cost of 3 pecks of apples, at 25 cents a peck?

14. A grocer bought 3 bushels of potatoes at 60 cents a bushel, and sold them at 20 cents a peck. What was his profit ?

15. A grocer paid 90 cents for a bushel apples, and sold them at 20 cents a peck. his gain?

and a half of

How much was

16. If you pay 160 cents for a bushel of hickory nuts, for what price must you sell them to gain 1 cent a quart?

LESSON XXX.

1. A quart is what part of a gallon?

2. Three quarts is what part of 2 gallons?

3. What part of a gallon is a pint? 3 pints? 5 pints? 7 pints?

4. What part of 5 gallons is 3 quarts? 5 quarts? 12 quarts?

5. What part of 3 pecks is 6 quarts? 8 quarts?

6. A 15-gallon can of water contains how many quarts? How many pints?

7. If a family drink 6 pints of spring water a day, how long will such a can of water last them?

8. A 15-gallon can of Silurian spring water costs $1.50. At that rate, how much would one gallon cost? of a gallon? A quart?

9. A hogshead of syrup contains 63 gallons. How many 9-gallon kegs could be filled from a hogshead of syrup? 10. How many gallons are of a hogshead? of a hogshead? of a hogshead?

11. A barrel of kerosene contains 42 gallons. How many 2-gallon cans of oil can be filled from a barrel ?

12. If 25 cents is paid for a 2-gallon can of kerosene, how many gallons can be bought for $1?

13. What part of a barrel of kerosene is a 2-gallon can of it?

14. When a quart of kerosene sells for 6 cents, how much must be paid for 5 gallons?

15. When the milkman sells milk at 6 cents a quart, which cost him 14 cents a gallon, how many gallons of milk must he sell to make a profit of 50 cents?

16. If a little girl drinks a pint of milk each morning for breakfast, in how many mornings does she drink 10 gallons of milk?

LESSON XXXI.

1. What is the length in inches of a foot rule? Of a two-foot rule?

2. Give the length of a yardstick in feet. In inches. 3. What part of a foot is 6 inches? 4 inches? 3 inches?

4. What part of a foot is 5 inches? 7 inches? 9 inches ?

5. How many feet are there in 5 yards? In 7 yards? In 50 yards? In 100 yards?

6. How many inches are there in 4 feet? In 6 feet? In 11 feet? In 12 feet?

7. How many feet are there in a rod? In 2 rods? In 4 rods? In 6 rods?

8. How many yards are there in a rod? In 2 rods? In 4 rods? In 6 rods?

9. How many feet are there in 96 inches? In 132 inches? In 144 inches?

10. How many inches in of a yard?

11. How many rods in g of a mile?

12. What part of a yard is 1 foot 6 inches? 2 feet 6 inches?

13. If 3 yards of silk cost $9, what should an additional of a yard cost?

14. How many feet are there in & of 32 rods?

15. What part of 80 rods is g of 32 rods?

16. What part of 72 rods is 7 of 64 rods?

17. From a piece of cloth 36 yards long, of it was sold. How many yards remained unsold?

18. What was the relation of the yards sold to the yards unsold?

19. What was the relation of the yards unsold to the yards sold?

LESSON XXXII.

1. What is the cost of of a dozen towels, at 20 cents apiece?

2. What is the cost of of a dozen tooth brushes, at 25 cents each ?

3. What is the cost of of a dozen tea plates, at 12 cents each?

4. What is the cost of of a dozen eggs, at 14 cents a dozen?

5. What is the cost of of a dozen lamps, at $2 a lamp?

6. What is the cost of of 30 oranges, at 45 cents a dozen ?

7. What is the cost of of 72 oranges, if 9 oranges cost 25 cents?

8. What is the cost of of 21 pecks of apples, when 6 pecks cost $1.20 ?

9. What is the cost of 4 of 42 lemons, at 22 cents a dozen ?

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