Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...of your desk. 7. Let inch stand for 1 foot, and draw an oblong to represent the floor of a room 20 feet long and 16 feet wide. 8. Decide on a convenient scale and draw an oblong to represent a flower bed 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. i. Draw an oblong 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. Divide it into square inches. How many square inches are there in 'one row? How many rows are there? How many square inches are there in the entire oblong? 4 x 6 x 1 sq. in. = 24 sq. in. 2. Draw another oblong 3 inches long and 2 inches wide, and find, in the same way, how many square inches it contains. 3. Draw an oblong 5 inches long and 4 inches wide and find, in the same way, how many square inches it contains. Notice that the number of square inches equals the product of the number of inches in the length by the number of inches in the width. 4. Find the number of square feet in the floor of your classroom. 5. How many square inches are there in a four-inch square? Illustrate. 6. How many square inches can you cut from a piece of paper 4 inches long and 4 inches wide? 7. Draw two cards each containing 12 square inches. 8. A garden bed is 6 feet long and 10 feet wide. How many square feet does it contain? 9. How many square inches are there in a scarf 50 in. long and 6 in. wide? i. How many pounds of sugar are there in 6 bags of 25 1b. each? 2. There are 248 pages in a book. When 89 pages are read, how many pages remain unread? 3. A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. How much is left after 68 pounds have been used? 4. There are 32 quarts in a bushel. How many quarts equal 5 bushels? 5. There are 9 school months in a year. How many school months are there in 6 years?. 6. How many dollars are there in a purse containing 3 dollars, 2 quarters, 3 dimes, and 4 nickels? 7. A hors...
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