4. On $438 at 5%

from Jan. 1 to March 15.

5. On $109.50 at 41% for 87 days.

6. On $847.60 at 5% from April 29 to Sept. 20.

7. On $584 at 33% from May 16 to Dec. 1.

8. On $1,000 at 3.65% from Jan. 4, 1893, to June 2, 1894. 9. On $1,460 at 6% from April 1, 1892, to Feb. 15, 1893. 10. On $1,200 at 5% from Aug. 19, 1892, to March 4, 1894.

1105. Unless "exact" or "accurate" interest is specified, use 360 days to the year.

1106. N. Y. State Examinations for Second Grade Certificates.

1. William Wilson sold goods to the amount of $1,000. Onehalf of his sales showed a profit of 25 per cent on the cost, and the remaining half a loss of 163 per cent on the cost. Required the total cost of the goods.

2. Find the amount March 4, 1890, of $187.40 at interest from Nov. 3, 1889, at 4 per cent per annum.

3. If 01125 of the value of a piece of property is $348.75, what is the whole value?

4. If I sell of my farm for of what the farm cost me, what is my gain per cent?

5. Reduce 240 rd. 4 yd. 1.2 ft. to the decimal of a mile.

6. In what time will $726 amount to $764.35 at 6 per cent per annum?

7. Which is the higher rate of freight on wheat, $.16 per hundred or $.10 per bushel (60 lb.) and what per cent?

8. Write in words:

(a) .267; (b) 200.067; (c) 26; (d) 200,886.

9. Find the interest on $865 for 13 days at 51 per cent per

annum.

10. If 40 per cent of the selling price of an article is profit, what is the per cent of gain on the cost?

11. What number added to 4 times itself will equal 601? 12. Divide by .00003.

13. Reduce to lowest terms (a) 1287; (6) 387.

14. A hotel is insured for of its value, at 1 per cent premium, and the premium amounts to $150. Find the valuation of the hotel.

15. If 4 men eat 64 pounds of bread in 2 weeks, how many pounds will 16 men eat in 7 weeks at the same rate?

16. Divide .75 of 17g by of .035.

17. Make and solve a problem in which avoirdupois weight is changed to troy weight.

18. Find the cost of 3,846 pounds of hay at $15 per ton.

19. Multiply 17 +133 by of 27.

20. Find the cost of plastering the walls and the ceiling of a hall 72 ft. long, 50 ft. wide, and 22 ft. high, at 183 cents a square yard, allowing 972 sq. ft. for openings and baseboards.

21. A certain quantity of paper will make 4,000 copies of an octavo book (8 pages to the sheet). How many copies of a 12mo book (12 pages to the sheet) will the same paper make?

22. In what time will a note for $200, drawing 5 per cent interest, double itself?

23. A reservoir 8 ft. × 4 ft. × 3 ft. 9 in., holds how many barrels of water? (1 bbl. 311 gal.)

24. Find the diagonal of a square park containing 20 acres.

1107. Newport, R. I., Public Schools. Examination Questions. Mental.

1. (a) How many sq. ft. are there in a figure 7 ft. square? (b) 3 desks are bought at $10 each and sold for $45. Find the rate of gain.

(c) A wheelman sells his old bicycle for $100, and loses 163%. How much did it cost him?

(d) How much does an agent get for buying 5 bales of goods at $400 each, if he receives 3% for his services?

(e) 10% of 200 is of what number?

Slate.

2.

BANGOR, MAINE, June 24, 1887.

On demand, I promise to pay Peter Fogg, or order, Two Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen Dollars, with interest, value received.

$2,515,0%

AARON ROCK.

$1,541.01 was paid Jan. 1, 1888. Find the amount due Aug. 15, 1888.

3. (a) Who is the maker of the above note? (b) Define dividends. (c) A ton of coal costing $3.50 is sold for $8. Find the gain per cent.

4. How much does it cost annually to insure the "City of Paris" for $1,525,000, if 21% is paid for the insurance?

5. Find the amount of $75.18, from June 10, 1888, to June 8, 1891, at 5%.

6. A merchant in this city buys of a New York firm 85 barrels of sugar @ $18.50 per barrel, giving in payment a 90days note, dated June 20, 1890. If the New York firm has the note discounted July 2, what will be the proceeds?

7. $150 is paid an agent for purchasing 1,200 barrels of flour on a commission of 21%. How much was paid for the flour?

8. 5 houses are sold for $62,425, and $7,425 is gained. Find (a) cost of 3 houses, and (b) the gain per cent.

9. Which will cost the more, and how much more, 15 shares of N. Y., N. H., & H., at 85, or 13 N. Y. & N. E., at 102, if the brokerage in each case is 1%? (Par value per share $100.)

10. An agent receives $2,562.50 to invest in land at $62.50 per acre, after taking out a commission of 21%. How many acres can he buy?

MEASUREMENTS.

1. What is the area of a triangle whose sides measure 15, 16, and 17 inches, respectively?

From the half sum of the three sides subtract each side separately. The square root of the continued product of the half sum and the three remainders will be the area.

24 - 16

24-17

=

✓12,096 109.98 sq. in. Ans.

2. Find the area in square feet of a triangle whose sides measure 35 ft., 84 ft., 91 ft.

3. Find the area of a triangle whose sides measure 21, 28, and 35 rods, respectively.

4. In the following field, AB measures 39 rods; BC, 52 rods; CD, 25 rods; AD, 60 rods; and the diagonal, AC, 65 rods. A Find the area of the field in square rods.

5. Find the area of an isosceles tri

B

angle whose base is 30 yards, its equal sides measuring 25 yards.

6. What is the altitude of an isosceles triangle, base 96 ft., equal sides 64 ft.? Find its area.

7. Find the area of an equilateral triangle, each side being 6 ft.

8. Find the area of a right-angled triangle, base 42 ft., hypotenuse 70 ft.

9. Find the area of an isosceles triangle, altitude 48 ft., equal sides 50 ft.

10. Place two equilateral triangles, sides 2 inches, base to base, making a rhombus. Find its area, also the length of each diagonal.

11. Find the radius of a circle whose circumference is 132 ft. (3.1416 x diam. = circum.)

12. Find the area of a circle whose radius is 4 inches. (Area = circumference diameter.)

13. Find the area of a circle whose radius is x inches.

14. Find the radius of a circle whose area is 314.16 sq. in.

15. Find the area of a circle whose circumference is 15.708 ft.

PARTIAL PAYMENTS.

1108. Merchants' Rule.

BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 19, 1894.

On demand, I promise to pay William R. Budd, or order, Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-four 75 Dollars, value received, with interest at 6 per cent.

$2,454,75.

100

ARTHUR TOWNSEND.

The following payments are endorsed on the note:

July 5, 1894, $200.

July 29, 1894, $450.

Sept. 18, 1894, $700.

Oct. 25, 1894, $300.

Find the amount due Jan. 2, 1895.