ARITHMETIC. Examiner.-REV. J. H. ASHHURST. 1. If a man's income is £430 a year and his expenses 18s. 54d. a day, how much does he save in the year? 2. Divide £550 3s. 1d. among 4 men, 6 women, and 8 children, and give a man double of a woman, and a woman triple of a child—what did each man, woman, and child get? 3. The weight of 6 qrs. 2 bus. 2 pks. 2 qts. 1 pt. of wheat is 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lb.-—what is the weight of a peck? 4. Find the greatest common measure of 31752 and 3578. 5. Reduce cwt. to the fraction of 1 lb. 6. Reduce 8343 to its lowest terms. 747 7. What part of 3 guin. is £2}. 8. At what time after 3 o'clock are the hour and minute hands of a watch exactly together? 9. If 12 casks are carried 18 miles for £16 when the carriage is 15d., how far should 18 casks be carried for £72 when the carriage is 10d.? 10. Multiply 5.7432 by .007. 11. What is the interest of £593 12s. 6d. from June 9 to Dec. 6, at 4 per cent.? 12. Bought goods for £600 and 8 months credit and am offered £40 discount for present payment, at what rate per cent. is this offer made. ALGEBRA. Examiner.-REV. G. S. WARD. 1. What is the value of {(a−b) (c+d) — (a−c) (b−d)} (d—a) when a=4, b=3, c=2, d=1? 2. Add together 2a3+a2b—2ab2——363 and 26a+5ab2—4a3b—ɑ3 ; and subtract 3x+3y-2z from 3x-3y-z. 3. Divide 3-3--3xyz by - 4. Find the Greatest Common Measure of 6. Write down the cube of 2a-3x ; and find the square root of 9a-18a%+15aba—6a2b3+a2b1 8. Multiply 2a-a+1 by at+2—2a ̄*. 9. Find two numbers such that the greater exceeds the less by 12, and half the greater is equal to one third of the less. |