The pound avoir. contains 7,000 grains troy.
Used in weighing all common goods.

LINEAL OR LONG MEASURE.

12 lines, or 3 barleycorns ..........make

12 inches..

1 inch (in.)

1 foot (ft.)

80 geographical miles, or 20 leagues, or

.....

1 yard (yd.)

1 fathom (fath.)

1 pole, rod, or perch (po.)

1 chain (for measuring land)

1 furlong (fur.)

1 mile (m.)

1 league (lea.)

..make 1 degree (deg.)

SQUARE OR SUPERFICIAL MEASURE.

.make 1 square foot (sq. ft.)

59 English miles...

144 square inches

9 square feet

1 square yard (sq. yd.)

30 square yards

...........

1 square pole, rod, or perch (sq. po.)

40 square poles

1 square rood (r.)

4 square roods, or 4,840 sq. yds..

1 square acre (a.)

640 acres

1 square mile.

10,000 square links=1. sq. chain: 10 sq. chains=1 acre.

CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE.

1728 cubic inches (c. in.)..............make 1 cubic foot (c. ft.) 27 cubic feet 1 cubic yard (c. yd.)

The above recommended, together with any used in the district, by the New Code of 1873.

5. Find the value of 176 tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. + 2476 tons 19 cwt. 2 qrs. + 34 tons 17 cwt. 3 qrs + 176 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs +5968 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. + 134 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs.

6. Add together 478 lbs. 14 oz. 15 dr.; 96 lbs. 13 oz. 15 dr. 47968 lbs. 10 oz. 13 dr. ; 796 lbs. 15 oz. 14 dr. ; 8968 lbs. 12 oz. 13 dr.; 729 lbs. 13 oz. 11 dr.

7. There were sent to bank on Monday 76 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. of coal; on Tuesday, 112 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs.; on Wednesday, 156 tons 14 cwt. 3 qrs.; on Thursday, 198 tons 15 cwt 2 qrs.; on Friday, 186 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs. ; on Saturday, 56 tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. how much was brought up during the week?

8. Several trucks contained goods; the first had in it 10 tons 17 cwt. 2 grs. 12 lb.; the second, 8 tons 13 cwt. ; the third, 7 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. ; the fourth, 9 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. ; the fifth, 10 tons 14 cwt. 27 lbs.: what weight was there in all of them?

5. 714 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. 14 oz. 13 dr. 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. 15 oz. 14 dr.

249 tons

6. From 6,918 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. 14 oz. take 5,986 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. 15 oz.

7. If a truck of coal weighs 5 tons 13 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs., and a large cart of coal weighs 2 tons 15 cwt. 3 qrs. 17 lbs., how much heavier is the truck?

8. A grocer bought 17 tons of soap, and sold 8 tons 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs.: how much has he left?

9. Several boxes of raisins weighed 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. 14 oz., and 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. 15 oz. were sold out of them how many remains?

10. A chandler had on hand 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. of candles; he sold to A 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lbs., to B 2 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs.: how many had he left ?

MULTIPLICATION.—I.

1. Multiply 456 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. 15 oz. × 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. 2. Multiply 74 cwt. 2 qrs. 15 lbs. 13 oz. x 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. 3. Multiply 186 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lbs. 14 oz. x 14, 16, 18, 20, 22. 4. Multiply 79 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lbs. 13 oz. × 24, 25, 64, 36, 72. 5. Multiply 816 cwt. 2 qrs. 26 lbs. 12 oz. × 84, 96, 108, 110, 144. 6. Multiply 473 qrs. 24 lbs. 14 oz. 15 drs. x 13, 17, 19, 23. 7. Multiply 29 qrs. 25 lbs. 15 oz. 14 drs. x 29, 65, 53, 47. 8. Multiply 716 qrs. 23 lbs. 13 oz. 12 drs. × 58, 26, 87, 156. 9. Multiply 49 qrs. 21 lbs. 12 oz. 11 drs. × 95, 186, 179, 234. 10. Multiply 28 qrs. 26 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. x 251, 225, 162, 195. 11. Multiply 57 tons 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. 14 oz. 15 dr. x 29, 37, 52, 46, 88, 176, 254.

12 Multiply 49 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs. 27 lbs. 15 oz. 14 dr. x 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 179.

13. If a waggon load of corn weighs 2 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs., how much will 77 loads weigh?

14. One truck of coals weighs 8 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. : what is the weight of 64 trucks?

15. If one bar of iron weighs 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs., how much will 213 bars weigh?

16. Great Tom of Lincoln weighs 9 tons 14 cwt. what would be the weight of 150 such bells?

DIVISION.-I.

qrs. 26 lbs.:

1. Divide 764 tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. 27 lbs.÷2, 3, 5, 6, 7. 2. Divide 347 tons 14 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lbs. ÷ 5, 8, 3, 2, 9. 3. Divide 496 tons 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 21lbs.÷11, 12, 14, 16, 18. 4. Divide 79 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 26 lbs.÷24, 36, 48, 60, 72. 5. Divide 916 tons 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. ÷ 108, 84, 77, 120, 132. 6. Divide 873 tons 14 cwt. 1 qr. 13 lbs.÷13, 17, 19, 23, 26. 7. Divide 473 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. 15 oz. 14 drs.÷÷85, 79, 68, 137. 8. Divide 29 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lbs. 13 oz. 15 drs÷76, 131, 149, 186. 9. Divide 513cwt. 3 qrs. 26lbs. 14 oz, 12 drs.÷198, 271, 234, 296. 10. Divide 87 cwt. 2 qrs. 25 lbs. 12 oz. 13 drs.÷413, 273, 369. 11. Divide 814 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lbs. 11 oz. 12 drs.÷471, 361, 285. 12. Divide 179 cwt. 2 qrs. 25 lbs. 15 oz. 13 drs. ÷ 327, 239, 19. tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. Oz. 13. 874 13 3 24 14 14. 296 12 2 27 13 15. A grocer bought 24 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. in 7 casks: what was the weight in each ?

dr.

15÷17, 34, 68, 191, 145, 276, 384. 14÷87, 51, 32, 16, 47, 91, 191.

16. What is the one-ninth of 216 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lbs 14 oz. 14 dr. ?.

17. If 12 boxes of soap weigh 13 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs., what is the weight of one?

18. A grocer has 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lbs. of coffee: after selling, how much is left?

19. A coal train of 39 trucks has 297 tons 13 cwt. 2 qrs. 21 lbs.: what weight is there in each truck?

Reduce

REDUCTION.-I.

1. 7164 lbs., 4786 oz., 914 cwt., 3478 qrs. to drams.

2. 8714 tons, 6738 cwt., 4729 qrs., 5148 lbs., 7461 oz. to drams. 3. 4793 tons, 8472 cwt., 4816 qrs., 498 tons, 8716 lbs., 791 cwt. to ounces.

4. 576 cwt., 4198 qrs., 7364 tons, 56 cwt., 7416 qrs., 496 tons to lbs.

5. 7492 tons, 496 cwt., 3646 cwt., 471 tons, 398 cwt., 417 tons to qrs.

6. 879 tons, 4916 tons, 819 tons, 8732 tons, 496 tons to cwts. 7. 471 tons 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. 14 oz. 15 dr. to drams.

8. 76 tons 14 cwt. 2 qrs. 26 lbs. 15 oz. 14 dr. to drams.

9. 71643 cwt. to tons.

10. 876 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 23 lb. 13 oz. to ounces.

11. 89162 qrs. to tons.

12. 419384 lbs., 4736984 oz., 4716 cwts., 91673 qrs. to tons. 13. 471683 dr., 47568 oz., 49234 lbs. 87691 qrs. to tons. 14. 83724 dr. to cwts., 84736 oz. to qrs., 87529 lbs. to tons. 15. 41368 dr. to qrs., 43761 dr. to lbs., 89142 oz. to tons. 16. Twenty-seven tons, thirteen hundredweight, one quarter, twenty-four pounds, fifteen ounces, thirteen drams to drams. 17. Four hundred and twenty-seven tons, sixteen hundredweight, two quarters, twenty-one pounds to ounces.

18. Four hundred and seven thousand one hundred and thirty-six drams to tons; and fifty thousand three hundred and sixty ounces to tons.

MISCELLANEOUS.

19. If there are 357 lamp posts in Nottingham, and each weighs 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 27 lbs., required the weight of them all. 20. In 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lbs., how many packages may be made, each containing 2 qrs. 27 lbs. ?

21. If an old pennypiece weighed one ounce, what would be the weight of 476,834 pennypieces ?

22. A chest of tea weighs 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 27 lbs. 14 oz.: how many half ounces are there in it?

23. A florin weighs 15 dwt. 21 grs.: what would be the weight of a 1000?