698. United States Civil Service. Postal Service. Clerks.

1. Express in words the following: 990,050,006.0021.

2. Express in figures the following, avoiding the use of common (or vulgar) fractions:

One million three thousand seven hundred one and one tenthousandth.

3. Express in words the following signs and figures: 20 lb. 8 oz. @ 24 per oz. = $6.56.

4. If a railroad car runs 41 miles per hour, how far would it go in 12 days, running 10 hours per day?

5. If paper is worth 40 cents per pound, what is the cost of one sheet of paper weighing six pounds to the ream? (480 sheets 1 ream.)

6. The following table shows, in part, the amounts appropriated for, and the amounts expended in, the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General for the year ended June 30, 1886. Required: (1) the total amount expended, (2) the total amount appropriated, and (3) the unexpended balance.

7. Three gross of lead pencils are divided equally among the clerks in a post-office, giving to each clerk eleven and leaving a remainder of fourteen pencils. How many clerks are there in the office?

8. Find the value of each of the following items and total value of the whole:

25,500 one-cent stamped envelopes @ $11.30 per M.. 31,500 two-cent stamped envelopes @ $21.30 per M. .

Total

9. An office uses 98 pounds of twine per year in tying packages. Allowing 178 yards to the pound, how many packages are tied, if each requires an average of 11⁄2 feet?

10. Multiply 693.6 by 785.09 and divide the product by 25.

MEASUREMENTS.

700. How many square inches in each of the following rectangles? First change each dimension to inches.

701. How many square feet in each of the following rectangles? First change each dimension to feet, or to feet and

702. How many square yards in each of the following rectangles? Change each dimension to yards, or to yards and a fraction.

708. Oral Problems.

1. I sold 375 bushels of wheat to one miller and 87 to Another. How many bushels did I sell?

2. Bought goods to the amount of $4.29. How much change from a $5 bill?

3. What will be the cost of 89 tons of coal at $5 per ton? 4. If 49 hats cost $147, what is the cost of one hat?

5. 567 marbles are divided among 9 boys. How many does each receive?

6. How many yards in 5 pieces of cloth, each containing 12 yd.?

7. Divide 29 by 7.

8. What will be the cost of a barrel of flour at $5.25 and 8 lb. of sugar at 6¢?

9. When silk is 75¢ per yd., how many yards can be bought for $9.75?

10. If 2ğ yd. ribbon cost 42 cents, what will 34 yd. cost? 11. How much must be paid for 55 lb. of raisins, at 8¢ per lb. ?

12. Find the cost of 320 lb. of hay at 60 per hundred pounds. 13. If eggs are sold at the rate of 18 for 25 cents, what will be the cost of 6 dozen eggs?

14. Three men require 22 days to do a certain piece of work. How long would it take 11 men to do the same work?

15. A father earned $14.60, his son earned $7.80. What were the earnings of both?

16. How many yards of fence will be required to enclose a rectangular field 98 yards long and 50 yards wide?

17. A farmer divides his farm of 425 acres into fields of 121 acres each. How many fields has he?