FEMALE PUPIL TEACHERS' GOVERNMENT EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. COMPOUND RULES (Money). 1. If I buy 2048 yds. of linen at 3s. 24d. per yard, and sell the whole for £359, 6s. 8d., what is the gain? 2. How much may I spend daily out of an income of £862 per annum, so as to put by 200 guineas yearly? COMPOUND RULES (Weights and Measures). Miscellaneous. bales of 1. A truck which weighs one ton is loaded with equal weight; the truck and its contents weigh together 3 tons 8 cwts. 2 qrs. 13 lbs.: find the weight of each bale. 2. How many acres will supply 53 horses with hay and oats for a year, if each horse consume annually the produce of 5 ac. 3 rds. 26 poles? PRACTICE (Simple). Find the cost of : 1. Find by Practice the value of 2416 at 34d. each. 2. 3467 at 3 d. 3. 746 articles at 5 d. each. 4. 2937 at 10d. 5. 25 articles at £2, 16s. 8d. each. 6. 385 yds. at 10 d. per yard. 7. 71 articles at £4, 8s. 11d. each. 8. 235 articles at £8, 4s. 1od. each. 9. 385 yds, at 11s. 10ld. per yard. 10. 947 articles at £4, 155. 10дd. each. 11. 9034 hats at 8s. 11d. each. 12. 7250 at 2s. 3 d. 13. 6008 at £4, 5s. 6}d. 14. 1296 articles at £40, 16s. 10 d. each. 15. 5198 articles at 14s. 7d. each. 16. 4204 at 4s. 7 d. 17. 1298 at 175. 93d. each. 18. 1023 articles at £2, 5s. 3d. each. 19. 8679 articles at 16s. 74d. each. 20. 7777 articles at 175. 84d. each. 21. 7263 articles at £2, 12s. 4 d. each. 22. 7487 articles at 13s. 114d. each. 23. 3158 articles at £5, 3s. 10 d. each. 24. 5721 feet at 16s. 9d. per foot. 25. 8015 articles at 16s. 10d. each. 26. 2937 articles at £2, 11s. 10ąd. 27. 2081 articles at £30, 1s. 111d. 28. 954 articles at £77, 15s. 2 d. each. 29. 8311 articles at 14s. 34d. each. 30. 1781 articles at £10, 1s. 9 d. each. 31. 55017 dictionaries at 8s. 1d. each. 32. (a) 7257 articles at £5, 16s. 9ąd. (b) 9462 articles at £3, 16s. 91d. each. 33. 8097 articles at £7, 17s. 101d. each. 34. 3825 cwt. at £2, 17s. 44d. per cwt. 35. 7689 articles at £7, 19s. 81d. each. 36. 1530 articles at 15s. 9d. each. 37. 1050 articles at 15s. 9d. each. 38. 385 yds. at £3, 11s. 104d. per yard. 39. Find by Practice the value of 217 articles at £2, 17s. 7 d. each. 40. 6413 articles at 4s. 10d. each. 41. 2037 cwt. of sugar at £1, 19s. 8d. a cwt. 42. 749 cwt. at 11s. 8d. per cwt. 43. 7844 at £70, 155. each. 44. 527 yds. of cloth at 16s. 3d. per yard. 45. 165 cwt. at £2, 5s. 6d. per cwt. 46. 273 articles at £33. 47. 674 at £3, 19s. 6d. 48. 305 cwt. at 3 guineas a cwt. 49. 785 at £57, 15s. 71d. 50. 397 at £5, 10s. old. 51. 9741 at £1, 2s. 9fd. 52. 4627 at 19s. 10d. 53. 5694 articles at £3, 11s. 94d. 54 3544 articles at £120, 45. old. 55. 8976 articles at 8s. 11d. each. 56. 8697 yds. of velvet at £1, 75. 2d. per yard. 57. 8976 articles at £12, 9s. 4 d. each. 58. 8967 pipes of wine at £50, 8s. 71d. per pipe. 59. 7698 articles at £2, 11s. 71d. each. 60. 3276 lbs. at £1, 135. 24d. per lb. 61. 3987 articles at £1, 25. 1d. each. 62. 839 articles at £13, 125. 51d. 65. 1587 articles at £130, 11s. 91d. 66. Find the cost of three thousand and thirty-seven articles at nine pounds fifteen shillings and tenpence three farthings each. 67. Find the dividend on £5398, at 14s. 3d. in the pound. 68. Find the value of 10 thousand and three yds. of cloth a 7s. 84d. per yard. 69. A person pays 13s. 10d. in the £ on £7689, 10s.; what are his assets worth? 70. Find the cost of seventeen thousand and nineteen yards of velvet at seventeen shillings and eightpence three farthings per yard. 71. Find the cost of seven thousand and sixty-eight articles at one pound seventeen shillings and sevenpence farthing each. 72. Find the value of three thousand and twelve articles at eight shillings and elevenpence halfpenny each. 73. A bankrupt's liabilities amount to fifteen thousand and seven pounds; he pays his creditors seven shillings and elevenpence three farthings in the pound: find the value of his assets. 74. A man is able to pay 12s. 6d. in the £, and his debts are £3600; what is his estate worth? 75. What is the expense of digging a ditch, of which the solid content is 5755 cub. yds., at the rate of 1s. 7 d. per yard? 76. Work by Practice :-A bankrupt's debts amount to £3548, 6s. 8d.; what will his creditors lose if he pays 125. Iold. in the £? 77. Find by Practice the value of 16 dozen pairs of boots at 19s. 7 d. a pair. 78. Find by Practice what 5s. 94d. multiplied by 102397 will amount to. 79. A stack of hay was sold at £4, 7s. 6d. per ton; how much was received for it, its weight being 374 tons? 80. Find by Practice the value of three million forty thousand two hundred and seven yards of silk at 4s. 11d. per yard. 81. Find the price of 379 qrs. of barley at £2, 3s. 51d. per quarter. PRACTICE (Compound). Find the cost of : 1. 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 16 lbs. at £3, 7s. 8d. per cwt. 2. 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. at £3, 4s. 2d. per cwt. 3. 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. at £4, 135. 6d. per cwt. 6. 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. at £3, 4s. 2d. per cwt. 7. 5 cwt. I qr. 14 lbs. at £8, 10s. 6d. per cwt. 9. 57 cwt. 3 qrs. 10. 84 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. at £5, 9s. 6d. per cwt. 14 lbs. of sugar at £12, 11s. 8d. per cwt. 11. 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. at £3, 16s. 7d. per cwt. 12. 16 acres 2 rds. 18 pls. at £63, 18s. 9d. per acre. 13. 319 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs. at £2, 12s. 6d. per cwt. 14. 44 ac. 2 rds. 25 pls. at £55, 16s. 71d. an acre. 15. 39 ac. 3 rds. 27 pls. at £4, 3s. 4d. per acre. 16. 37 yds. 2 ft. 7 in. of silk at 5s. 31d. a yard. 17. 16 yds. 2 ft. 10 in. at 2s. 6d. a yard. 18. 6 months 3 weeks 2 days at £3, os. 6d. per month. 21. 5 ac. I ro. 32 po. at £4, 7s. 10d. per acre. 23. 35 ac. 3 ro. 34 pls. at £9, 17s. 6d. per acre. 24. 215 ozs. 13 dwts. 16 grs. of gold at £3, 17s. 6d. per oz. 25. 7 st. 9 lbs. 14 oz. at 10s. 4d. per stone. 26. 3 mths. 2 wks. 4 dys. at 6 guineas per month of four weeks. 27. 5 st. 3 lbs. 12 oz. at £1, 4s. 1od. per stone of 14 lbs. 28. (a) 145 ac. I rd. 32 poles at £10, 5s. 3d. per acre. (b) 7 oz. 15 dwts. 15 grs. at £6, 3s. 9d. an ounce. 29. 27 yds. 3 qrs. I nl. of cloth at £2, 5s. 4d. a yard. 30. 123 yds. 3 qrs. 3 nls. of cloth at 3s. 8d. per yard. 31. (a) 13 qrs. 2 bush. 1 pk. at £3, 19s. 5d. per qr. (6) 17 qrs. 5 bush. 3 pks. 1 gall. at 1, 18s. 6d. per qr. |