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914. Kansas City Examination Questions. Mental.

1. of my pens, diminished by 10, equals of my pens. How have I?

many

2. A and B together have $24. A has as much as B. How many dollars has each?

3. The sum of A's money and B's money is $31. more than B. What has each?

A has $5

4. A and B have $165. of A's money equals of B's. What has each one?

5. A and B can build

of a boat in a day. Twice what A builds equals what B builds. How much can each do in a day? 6. If 5 men in 8 days can build 20 rd. of wall, how many men in 2 days can build as much wall?

7. If of a yard of cloth costs of a dollar, what will of a yard cost?

8. If a certain quantity of grain will last 4 horses 6 days, how long will it last if one more horse is fed from the same quantity after the four have been eating two days?

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How many grains in a troy ounce? In an avoirdupois ounce?

1. Find the value of a dozen silver spoons, each weighing 3 oz. 5 pwt., at $1.20 per oz. (See table, Art. 828.)

2. A gold chain weighs 384 grains. What is its cost at $1.15 per pwt.?

3. Add 4 lb. 6 oz. 18 gr., 5 oz. 9 pwt., 3 lb. 20 gr., and 9 lb. 11 oz. 15 pwt. 5 gr.

4. Gold coin contains 90 per cent gold, 9 per cent silver, 1 per cent copper. Find the quantity of each metal in 50 doubleeagles ($20), each containing 516 grains.

5. How many spoons, each weighing 2 oz. 18 pwt., can be made from 5 lb. 9 oz. 12 pwt. silver?

6. How much money in silver dollars, 4121 grains each, will weigh 165 lb. avoirdupois (7,000 grains)?

7. What fraction of a pound avoirdupois is a pound troy? What per cent of an ounce avoirdupois is a troy ounce?

8. What is the value, at $1.60 per oz. troy, of a silver pitcher weighing 4 lb. 8 oz. avoirdupois?

9. At 75 per ounce, what is the value of the silver contained in a half-dollar, which weighs 192.9 grains, silver?

being pure

10. What is the capacity, in gallons (231 cu. in.), of a barrel that will contain 21 bu. (2,150.4 cu. in.)?

11. A tank 16 ft. long, 14 ft. wide, 8 ft. deep, is lined with lead on the bottom and sides. How many square feet of sheet lead will be required? (Draw the "development" of the tank.)

12. How many cu. ft. of lead will be needed for the above, if the sheet lead is in. thick?

13. A cubic foot of water weighs 1,000 oz. Lead is 11 times as heavy. How many pounds of lead will be needed to line the tank? (Cancel.)

14. How many gallons will the above tank hold? How many bushels?

15. 8 lb. 3 oz. troy is what per cent of 4 lb. 7 oz.?

16. What per cent of a lb. avoirdupois is a troy pound?

17. If 3 T. 740 lb. hay cost $60.66, how much will 17 T. 380 lb. cost?

18. A man sold 18 bbl. sugar, each containing 306 lb.; 21 bbl., each containing 297 lb.; 5 bbl., each containing 291 lb. What is the average weight per barrel?

19. A, B, and C buy a farm. A pays $8,700, B pays $7,200, C pays $4,100. What per cent of the purchase money does each furnish?

20. If 11 weavers in 9 days weave 1,584 yards, what will 1 man do in 1 day? 6 men in 7 days?

21. The tax rate of a certain city is 13% upon the assessed value of property. If this value is 75% of the actual value, how much taxes does Mr. Smith pay upon a house and lot, the actual value of which is $24,000?

916. Philadelphia Public Schools. Oral Work.

1. 96(12+24-17)=

2. What decimal is equal to ?

3. What part of 100 is 621?

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At $12 per ounce, what is of a pound of gold worth?

8. 1.25 pecks are how many quarts?

9. How many square feet in a board 10 feet long and 11 feet wide?

10. If 9 pounds of sugar cost 364, what will 12 pounds cost? 11. What fractional part of a minute is 12% of it?

12. 25 is 20% of what number?

13. What per cent is lost in buying potatoes at 80 a bushel, and selling them at 60 a bushel?

14. If I buy butter at 30 a pound, how much per cent do I gain by selling it at 36 a pound?

917. Philadelphia Public Schools. Slate Work.

1. Multiply eight hundred nine and one hundred twenty-five thousandths by six and seventy-eight hundredths. Divide the product by fifty-four.

2. Find the quotient of 5205 ÷ of 91.

3. Find the greatest common divisor of 216 and 360. 4. Find the least common multiple of 13, 15, 26, and 39. 5. If two-thirds of a yard of silk can be bought for $4, how many yards can be bought for $33?

6. A drover sold 250 sheep for $1,150, which was 15% more than they cost. What was the cost of each sheep?

7. A man shipped 600 barrels of flour, and lost 16% of it by storm; he sold 75% of the remainder. What per cent of the whole remained?

8. A owns 65 shares (par value, $50 each) of an insurance company, which declares a dividend of 21 per cent. Required the amount of A's dividend.

918. St. Paul Public Schools. Examination Questions.

1. How many rolls of paper, each 8 yd. long and 18 in. wide, will paper the sides of a room 16 ft. by 14 ft., and 10 ft. high, deducting 174 sq. ft. for doors and windows? Illustrate.

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75

2. Find the sum of 3, 4, 48, 24, 5, in decimals, correct to fourth place.

3. 66% of 200 bu. is 24% of how many bushels?

4. If a grocer's gallon measure is too small by 1 gi., what does he make dishonestly in selling 2 hhd. of molasses, averaging 58 gal. 2 qt. 1 pt. each, worth $.80 a gallon? (Art. 525.)

5. What will it cost to cement a cellar bottom 48 feet 6 inches long and 25 feet wide, at $.45 a square yard?

6. If corn selling for 21 a bushel more than cost gives a profit of 30%, what did it cost?

7. Bought a hhd. of sugar containing 8 cwt. 48 lb. for $75.86, and paid $3.85 freight and cartage. At what price per pound must it be sold to gain 20% ?

8. How many tablespoons, each weighing 2 ounces, can be made from 2 pounds 10 ounces of silver? Analyze.

9. After taking out 15% of the grain in a bin, there remained 40 bu. 31 pk. How many bu. were there at first?

10. Write the analysis of the fifth.

DISCOUNT OF INTEREST-BEARING NOTES.

919. Slate Problems.

BROOKLYN, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1894.

Sixty days after date I promise to pay to the order of Harman P. Payne, Forty-eight 5 Dollars, value received, with interest

at 6%.
$48,5%.

50

GEORGE P. POST.

1. Find the amount due on the above note at maturity.

If the above note is discounted at a bank, the discount is taken on the amount due at maturity.

Find the proceeds of the above note if discounted Dec. 1, 1894, at 6%.

2. Find the proceeds of a 90-days note for $175, bearing interest at 6%, discounted 33 days after date, at 6%.

3. Find the proceeds of a 60-days note for $350, bearing interest at 6%, discounted at 6%, 10 days after date.

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