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4. Find the proceeds of a three-months note for $840, bearing interest at 7%, discounted at bank 47 days before maturity, at 8%.

5. A four-months note for $720, dated March 17, 1894, bearing interest at 6%, is discounted at 7%, May 10. What are the proceeds?

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A farthing is one-fourth of a penny, and is generally written as a fraction.

4. Reduce 4,000d. to £, s., d.

5. How many pence in £87 17s. 6d.?

6. What will be the cost of 150 yd. silk at 3/6 per yd.?

7. If £1

=

3/63s. 6d., read three and sixpence.

$4.8665, what will be the cost in U. S. money of 75 books at 18 pence each?

8. A merchant sells 37 coats at £3 5s. each, less 10%. What is the amount of his bill in English money?

9. Find 25% of £183 14s. 8d.

10. A silver dollar weighs 412 grains. How many ounces. of pure silver are there in 1,000 silver dollars if the coin is pure silver?

11. The one-cent pieces weigh 48 grains. How many dollars would weigh 120 pounds avoirdupois (7,000 grains to pound)?

12. A coal dealer buys 150 tons of coal, 2,240 pounds each, at $4.50 per ton. He sells it at $4.75 per ton, giving 2,000 lb. to the ton. What is his profit?

13. Three workmen receive $283.50 for doing a piece of work. One worked 32 days, the second worked 53 days, the third worked 41 days. What is the share of each?

14. Three men engage in a business venture. One furnishes $3,000, another furnishes $5,000, a third furnishes $4,000. They gain $1,800. What is each one's share of the profit?

15. A garrison of 1,200 men has rations for 40 days. Ten days later it receives a reinforcement of 300 men. How many more days will the rations last?

16. Two trains start at 9 o'clock from towns A and B, 120 miles apart. The train leaving A travels 20 miles per hour, the other 30 miles per hour. What time do they meet, and at what distance from A?

17. Divide $900 among four persons, so that the second will have three times as much as the first; the third, twice as much as the second; the fourth, as much as the three others.

18. Divide $540 among three persons, so that the first will have $48 more than the second, and the second $75 more than the third.

19. Four men working 7 hours a day need 15 days (105 hours) for a piece of work. How many days would it take 6 men, working 10 hours per day, to do the same work?

20. A grocer buys some eggs at 15 per dozen. He breaks 15, and then finds that by selling the rest at 16 per dozen, he will neither gain nor lose. How many eggs did he buy?

21. If a person lends me $250 for 8 months, for how long ought I to lend him $400 as an equivalent?

22. A fort had a garrison of 4,000 men, and provisions for 18 weeks. If 1,000 men were sent away, how long would the provisions last?

23. At $20.60 per ounce, what is the value of 12 bars of pure gold, each weighing 12 lb. 5 oz. 16 pwt. 5 gr.?

24. A plank that is 20 feet long and 12 inches wide has the same area as another plank 24 feet long. What is the width of the latter plank?

25. Mr. Jones owes $3,240, and has only $2,025 to pay his How much should he pay Mr. Smith, to whom he owes

debts.

$576?

922. U.S. Civil Service. Assistant Weighers, Custom House. 1. Add the following:

5,673,911,987.87

44,376,013,705.90

32,673,231,695.25

7,736,910,286.16

642,155.14

26,105,321,266.57

132,873.63

8,856,764,397.49

Express in figures:

2. Twenty-five thousand one hundred one.

3. Forty-four million, one hundred one thousand one, and one ten-thousandth.

Express in words:

4. 24,763.

5. 20,101,001.0015.

6. A merchant bought 51 tons 17 cwt. 3 qr. 25 lb. of wool, and sold 27 tons 4 cwt. 2 qr. 27 lb. Of the remainder, one-half was lost by fire. How much had he left?

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7. To of add of 76, and reduce to lowest terms; multiply the sum so obtained by 13, and reduce to a mixed number; from the product subtract, and reduce to lowest terms; divide the remainder by 5, and convert the quotient into a decimal fraction; add 1.1; multiply by 2.5; subtract .9; and divide the remainder by .007.

8. A can weigh a certain quantity of goods in 15 days, by working 7 hours a day. How long will it take him to do the same work by working 9 hours a day?

9. What is the total weight of 4 hogsheads of sugar, weighing respectively 9361⁄2, 1,025, 846%, and 9877 pounds, deducting tare at 10 per cent?

10. An invoice of wool weighs 32 tons 17 cwt. 2 qr. 11 lb. State the value in £ s. d., at 10d. sterling per pound.

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923. Questions from the Regents' Examination, University of the State of New York.

1. Express in Arabic notation ten billion ninety million five thousand three.

2. Express in Roman characters 1893.

3. Name and define three terms used in multiplication.

4. In an example in division the remainder is 14, the divisor is 16, and the quotient is 18. What is the dividend?

5. Define numerator and denominator.

6. 64-352+7} =

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8. State two differences between a common and a decimal fraction.

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10. The product of three factors is 2,749; two of the factors are 23 and 11. What is the third factor?

11. Solve by cancellation:

How many pieces of cotton cloth, each piece containing 42 yd., at 9 per yd., can be bought for 14 firkins of butter, each containing 56 lb., at 19 per lb.?

12. How many minutes are in November?

13. What must be the depth of a bin which is 4 ft. wide and 6 ft. long, to contain 40 bu. oats?

14. If a locomotive runs 25 mi. 48 rd. in 50 min., how far will it run in 12 hours?

(Give answer in miles and decimal of a mile.)

15. A farmer sold 9,875 lb. hay at $12 per ton, and took in part payment 5,000 ft. of boards at $11 per thousand. How much remained due him?

16. Name and define five terms used in percentage.

17. A store rents for $500, which is 10 per cent of its value. What is its value?

18. Bought 80 barrels of flour at $6 per barrel, paying for freight $30. At what price must I sell it per bbl. to gain 30% on the total cost?

19. What is the amount of $720.50, for 3 yr. 5 mo. 19 da., at 6 per cent?

20. Three men buy a house for $2,500. A pays $500, B pays $900, C pays $1,100. They rent it for $250. What is each one's share of the rent?

21. If 12.875 acres of land cost $1,030, what will 4.75 acres cost?

22. What will be the duty, at 55 cents per square yard, on 6 pieces of cloth, each containing 54 yards, 32 inches wide?

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