This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...serves two meals, what per cent is saved by buying the larger can? 3. A family using 225 pounds of bacon yearly found one year that it could be bought at 35 per pound "in the piece," 38 in small pieces, unsliced, or at 40, sliced. Find the total saving of each of the first two prices over the price of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...serves two meals, what per cent is saved by buying the larger can? 3. A family using 225 pounds of bacon yearly found one year that it could be bought at 35 per pound "in the piece," 38 in small pieces, unsliced, or at 40, sliced. Find the total saving of each of the first two prices over the price of sliced bacon. 4. When a glass jar of bacon containing 9 oz., net, costs 381 per jar, sliced bacon can be bought for 40 per pound. Find the per cent of saving by the cheaper method. 5. A family that uses 15 bushels of potatoes per winter can buy them in 2 bushel bags at $ 3.25 per bag, or at 40 per peck as needed. Find how much can be saved per year by buying by the bag. Also find the per cent of saving over the price per peck. 6. A family raised and ate, one year, 60 chickens, averaging 4 lb. each. The cost to raise them was but 7jy per pound, while if bought in the market, the cost would have been 28 per pound. Find how much was saved and what per cent of the market price was saved. 7. A pound of dried lima beans costing 18 has the same food value as 4 No. 2 cans of canned limas costing 16 per can. Not considering the cost of fuel in cooking, find what per cent the cost of the canned beans is of the dried ones. 8. A pound of dried apricots costing 24 contains 72 pieces (halves), while a No. 2 can of apricots costing 28 contains but 16 pieces (halves). By adding 5ft worth of sugar to the dried ones, each piece has the same food value as a piece of the canned. Find the cost of canned apricots to give the same food value as a pound of dried ones. Also find the saving from using 15 pounds of dried apricots, including sugar, instead of using their equivalent when canned. 9. A quart of milk is equal in value, as supplying energy, ...
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