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Public School Certificate Examinations, 1925

ARITHMETIC

(a) Add horizontally and vertically and prove your result:

4696+8759+6276= ............. 7654+4574+8354= ............. 7354+2367+7686= ............. 5675+7654+3276: ............. 7245+5467+7212= .............

(b) Define or explain: quotient, product, note, commission, discount.

Multiply the H.C.F. or 232, 290, and 493 by the L.C.M. or 63, 84, 99 and 156.

A can dig an acre of potatoes in 3 days. B can dig an acre of potatoes in 6 days. How long will it take A and B to dig 2 acres?

The trustees of a certain school district wish to build a schoolhouse at a cost of $500.00. The cost of collecting this sum together with several incidental expenses will amount to $18.75. The total cost must be raised by a tax on property valued at $26,304.00. How much will I have to pay on a property valued at $2,250.00? John Jones purchased from James Brown, merchant, April 7th, 1924, namely: -— 15! /2 yds. Of cotton @ 30c. a yard; 5 gallons of vinegar @ 12c. 21 pint: 35 lbs. of sugar @ $8.50 a cwt; 24 lbs. of flour @ $9.80 a barrel; 2 towels @$1.80 a dozen, 7 herring @ 60c. a dozen.

Make out a receipted bill of the above. How many demijohns, each containing 2 gals. 3 qts. 1 pt., can be filled from a

tank holding 143 gals. 3 qts. of water? (a) The base of a rectangular field is 30 rods long and the perimeter 140 rods. Find, in acres, the area of the field.

(b) Find the cost of fencing this same field if the posts, placed l6 1/2 feet apart, cost 7c. each: the woven wore 30c. a yard and the labor and other material cost $15.00.

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