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Family Here isa page trom a third-grade math book published in 1897. These are the kinds of
Note measurement problems children were expected to do more than 100 years ago, The rod i
a unit that i not often used today. It was used to measure land
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Solve the problems yourself. Write your answers on the “slate.”
! in.
in.
2 yd
yd
yd
feet = Lyend yd) 3 ft
Lofft = traded)
Shoals = td ft
820 reds = 1 mile (mi) ft
1. How many inches are therein 5#.? in 88.2 4 rd
How many yards are there in 27 ft.? in 36 ft.? rd.
in sie? rd.
3. How many fect are there in 2 rd.? in 2 yd.? g
in 4 yd? 5. yd z
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4. How many rods are there in 33 ft.? in 66 1. mt 3
in gone —__mi e
What part of a yard is 1 ft.? What part of a ane z
mile is 1 rd.? 40 rd.? 80 rd.? 160 rd.? mi i
6. How many inches are there in 7H 2.2 in 128 8.2 6 in.
inotne —___in.
in.
Graded Werk n Arthmete: Third Yearby S. W. Baird, 1897
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