KATE. Sugar is 8 cents a pound. I will give you pounds for 40 cents. Do you want some potatoes? Frank. Yes, how much are they? Kate. They are 20 cents a peck. Frank. That is too much. Kate. Well, I will let you have them for 15 cents a peck. Frank. You may send me half a bushel. FRANK. How nice it is that spring has come. Now we can make our garden. Kate. Yes, I shall make a pansy bed 1 foot long and 1 foot wide. Frank. Then it will be square and will contain 1 square foot. I shall make this bed 1 foot wide but 3 feet long. It will contain feet. square KATE. Oh, no; make it 3 feet wide. Then it will be square and will contain square feet. Frank. Three feet are 1 yard. It will be 1 yard long and 1 yard wide and contain 1 square yard. In 1 square yard there are square feet. KATE. Let us make another bed by the hedge. Make it 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. It will con tain square feet. Frank. It will contain square yards. Kate. If we could make a bed 9 feet long and 4 feet wide, it would contain FRANK. That would be square feet. square yards. Kate. Suppose we make one 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. It will contain square feet. Frank. Let us spade all the space on this side of the walk and then divide it into small beds. Kate. I will measure the space. It is 9 feet long and 5 feet wide. |