| 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 + 105/7 = 505/7 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 (32/9)/11 ÷ (23/7)/(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 $23/16 per day, how many days’ wages will he have to give for a suit of clothes, if the coat costs $25½, the pantaloons $89/11, 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.” |
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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? |
