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Paper 17.

1. Divide 2054.95 by 0.0563.

2. Find the greatest common measure of 1288, 1736, 104. 3. If 120 men build a house 60 ft. high in 15 dys., how many will build a house 55 ft. high in 10 dys.?

4. Find the difference between the simple and compound interest on $955 at 6 per cent for 4 yrs.

5. A garrison of 1000 men have provisions for 30 dys. At the end of 10 dys. a reinforcement arrives, and then the provisions last only 5 dys. What is the number of the reinforcement?

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1. Find the square root of 1,079,521 and 0.1079521.

2. Find the simple interest on $281.60 at 33 per cent for

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3. By selling a carriage for $73.15 I should lose 5 per cent. At what price must I sell it to gain 15 per cent?

4. Which is the better investment, 3 per cent stock at 64, or 5 per cent stock at 1023?

5. A person has a certain capital, half of which is invested in 3 per cent stock at 90, and the other half in 5 per cent at 110. His total income is $6883.50. What is his capital?

Paper 19.

1. A bankrupt has goods worth $975, and, had they realized their full value, his creditors would have received 81 per cent of their claims; but of the goods were sold at 17 per cent, and the remainder at 233 per cent, below their value. How many

cents on the dollar did the bankrupt pay?

2. Find the value of 157 mi. 144 rds. of telegraph wire at $57.50 per mile.

3.

Reduce 595 1547 to their lowest terms.

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4. Extract the cube root of 1250.6894.

5. Find the sum of 1871ccm, 541', 4.5111, and give the answer in liters.

6. What is the commission on goods worth $767.73 at 71 per cent?

Paper 20.

1. A ship, valued at $14,500, is insured at 31 per cent, and her cargo, valued at $32,000, is insured at 5 per cent. Find the whole cost of insurance.

2. Into how many pills of 325mg each can a mass of 23.4% be made?

3. The solid contents of a cube is 37 cu. ft. 64 cu. in. Find the cost of painting it outside at 33 cts. per square foot.

4. What must be the edge of a cubical cistern, which will contain exactly 1000 imperial gallons of water, if an imperial gallon contains 277.274 cu. in.?

5. If a compound consist of 1185 parts copper, 715 parts tin, and 100 parts zinc, find the percentage of each metal in the compound.

1. If a horse trots per hour?

Paper 21.

233 mi. in 24 hrs., what is his rate

2. If 5 per cent be lost by selling an article at $2.50, find the gain or loss per cent by selling it at $3.12.

3. Find the cost of carpeting a room 18 ft. 6 in. long, 12 ft. 6 in. wide, with carpet of a yd. wide, at 75 cts. per yd., strips running lengthwise, and 3 yds. being allowed for matching the patterns.

4. How many bricks 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, 2 in. thick can be stored in a building 17 yds. long, 10 yds. wide, and 8 ft. high?

5. A bar of gold, weighing 196 lbs. 10 oz. 10 dwts., is cased in lead weighing 24 lbs. 14 oz. Find the weight of the whole in Avoirdupois weight.

6. A plate of iron 137cm long, 643mm wide, 43.1mm thick weighs 277.54. What is its specific gravity?

Paper 22.

Find the net amount of a bill of :

1. $720; discounts 55, 10, and 5.

2. $600; discounts 121, 71, 5, and 24.

3. $450; discounts 50, 10, 10, and 10, that is, " 50 and three tens."

4. What single discount is equal to and 10?

5. Find the bank discount upon a note of $587, given Feb. 29, 1880, for 3 mos., and discounted April 30 at 6 per cent.

Paper 23.

1. A broker receives $6150 to invest in cotton at 101

cents a pound. His commission is 24 per cent for

buying. How many pounds of cotton can he buy?

57142 2. Find the diameter of a cylinder whose circumference is 16 ft. (3.1416).

3. Find in yards the side of a square field containing 15 A. 109 sq. rds. 3 sq. yds.

4. Find the number of liters in a vat 2m by 75cm by 50cm. 5. The volume of a cube is 2 cu. yds. 14 cu. ft. 145 cu. in. Find in inches its edge, and also its diagonal, to two places of decimals.

Paper 24.

1. Find the number of feet, board measure, in a stick of timber 15 in. square and 32 ft. long.

600 2. What is the difference in time between Boston and San Francisco, the longitude of the first being W. 71° 3' 30", and the second, W. 122° 24' 40"?

3-25-24 3. If $11.20 worth of paper is required for a room 25 ft. 3 in. long, 19 ft. 9 in. wide, and 12 ft. high, when the paper is of a yard wide, find the cost of each yard of paper.

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4. Find within an inch the diagonal of a square field con

taining 3A.

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5. A pond whose area is 3 A. is frozen over with ice to the uniform thickness of 6 in. If a cubic foot of ice weighs 896 oz., find the weight of ice on the pond in long tons.

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