Volume

I bought a half-bushel of apples this weekend, and brought quite a few in to the office for snacks for everyone. During a break in a planning meeting today I mentioned it, and Ted, jokingly, asked, how many pecks are in a bushel? I said, four, more or less reflexively, sort of guessing. He was startled.

I was right. Two gallons in a peck, four pecks in a bushel. The actual volume of a gallon, peck, or bushel varies by nation (UK gallons are slightly larger, so although 2 UK gallons still make a UK peck, it’s not the same as a US peck.) This is why we have the metric system.