Chapter XVIII: Appendix: The Examination Questions of 1869

MENTAL ARITHMETIC

1. ⅛ of a number exceeds 1/9 of it by 20. What is the number?

2. A can do a piece of work in 1⅕ hours: A and B can do the same
work in 48 minutes; in what time can B do it alone?

3. ½ + ⅓ + ⅕ + ⅙ of a certain number, increased by 3½ + 10-5/7 =
50-5/7. What is the number?

4. When gold sells at 59 per cent advance, how much can be bought
for $100 in bank bills?

5. What must be the amount of my sales for one year that I may
clear $800, at 16 per cent profit?

6. An attorney collects a bill and receives for his services $1.26,
which is ⅛ per cent of the amount of the bill. What was the value
of the bill?

7. If cloth is a yard and a quarter wide, and shrinks 6 per cent in
length and 6 per cent in width, what part of a square yard will one
yard of the cloth contain after shrinkage?

8. Bought paper at $1.75 per ream and sold it at 1 cent a sheet.
How much per cent did I gain?

9. If gunpowder is composed of nitre, charcoal, and sulphur in the
proportion of 7.6, 1.4, and 1, how much of each article will it
take to make 2500 lbs. of gunpowder?

10. A and B had the same income. A saved ⅛ of his, but B spent $30
a year more than A; and at the end of 8 years, found himself $40 in
debt. How much did each spend yearly?

WRITTEN ARITHMETIC

1. What is the value of 5/7 of {8½}/{9⅔} of (3-2/9)/11 ÷
(2-3/7)/(5½)?

2. If 1 gal. 1 qt. 2 gi. of water passes through a filter in one
hour, how much will pass through in 4 h. 20 m. 24 sec.?

3. Sold goods for 2½ per cent commission and invested my commission
in sugar, which I sold at an advance of 15 per cent, and gained
$240. How much was my commission, and what was the value of the
goods sold?

4. If I invest $3500 for 1 year, 2 months, and receive on my
investment a dividend of $490, what rate do I receive per year?

5. A cubic inch of earth weighing 220 grains, consists of 41
billions of infusoria. What is the weight of one insect?

6. If a man can earn $2-3/16 per day, how many days’ wages will he
have to give for a suit of clothes, if the coat costs $25½, the
pantaloons $8-9/11, and the vest $5¼?

7. If a man buys bank stock at 35 per cent above par, what per cent
does he receive on his investment if the bank pays 8 per cent on
the par value of the stock?

8. What will be the length of a straight walk between the opposite
corners of a rectangle whose length is 40 rods, and width 36 rods?

9. A, B, and C joined their capital in the proportion of ½, ⅓, ¼.
At the end of 9 months they divided their profits, amounting to
$2860. How much did each receive?

10. How much money should you receive from a bank for a note of
$820 for 90 days, discounted at 8 per cent?

GRAMMAR

1. Write the plural of _baby_, _belief_, _journey_, _potato_,
_prospectus, sheep_, _wife_; and the feminine nouns corresponding
to _actor_, _bridegroom_, _heir_.

2. Compare _able_, _beautiful_, _chief_, _free_, _like_.

3. Write the possessive case, singular and plural, of _deer_,
_goose_, _it_, _lady_, _man_.

4. State the mood, tense, and voice of the following verbs: I am
struck. He is reading. Dost thou sleep? He will have been thinking.
Do not run.

5. Write a sentence containing a transitive verb with an object,
and change the sentence to one expressing the same thought with the
proper forms of the same words, with the verb in the passive voice.

6. Comprise in a single sentence an adjective element of the third
class, a complex objective element of the first class, and a
complex adverbial element of the second class.

7. Analyze the following sentence: “‘All’s well that ends well,’ is
a familiar proverb.”

Parse the words in _italics_ in the following sentences:—

8. That is _true_. It is seen _that that “that”_ stands _first_ in
the sentence.

9. It is difficult _to decide what to do_ under circumstances _so_
unusual as _these_.

10. Correct the following sentences: It has been talked over
between you, John and I. The cause of these quarrels are unknown. I
ain’t got none. You daresn’t do it. What had I ought to do?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Name the rivers in America, beginning on the Northeast, that
flow into the Atlantic.

2. Draw a map of Maryland, with its rivers and principal towns.

3. What does Central America comprise?

4. What are the principal exports of South America?

5. What are the principal towns in England?

6. What are the principal towns in Scotland?

7. What are the principal towns in France?

8. What are the principal seaports in Spain?

9. What are the principal towns in Austria?

10. Describe the route and the waters a steamer would pass through
in going from New York to Manilla.

HISTORY

1. Give an account of the discoveries of the Cabots.

2. Give an account of the settlement of Salem.

3. Give an account of the causes of the French and Indian War.

4. Give an account of the First Continental Congress.

5. Give an account of the Evacuation of Boston.

6. Describe the Battle of Camden.

7. Give the names of the most important events of 1781.

8. State the causes of the Civil War.

9. Describe Sherman’s March.

10. Describe Lee’s Surrender.

MUSIC

1. Describe a diatonic scale, stating how many notes it contains;
how many tones and semi-tones; the order of these tones and
semi-tones, and give the scientific reason why No. 8 agrees with
No. 1.

2. Give the signatures of the keys of Mi, Fa, Si, and La flat.

3. Write out eight notes, beginning with Mi flat, and flat the
notes where necessary.

4. What is a chromatic scale?