ARITHMETIC
(Write on any five of the questions)
- A field in the form of a square contains 30acres. It is to be inclosed by a fence costing 85c. per rod. Find the cost of the fence.
- Find the cost of plastering the walls and ceil¬ing of a school room 28 ft. wide, 36 ft. long, and 12 ft. high, at 30c, per square yard.
- Estimating the weight of a cubic foot of water at 62:1, pounds, what is the weight of water from an inch of rain fall upon an acre of level ground?
- Give dimensions of a cord of wood. Find the cost of a pile of wood 64 ft. long, 8 ft. wide and 4 ft. high, at $8.50 per cord.
- The assessed valuation of district 66 is $202,¬629. The law allows the directors to levy 14% for building purposes and 1.tfr% for educational purposes. How much money might raised in this district?
- Express as percent the following:
½ 4/5 7/8 1/3 1 2/5
- What percent of a section of land is 100 acres? Find the number of which 12 is 20%; 13 is 33A%; 27 is 75%.
- To five units add five hundredths, and five thousandths. Multiply the sum by five hundredths, and divide the product by twenty-five hundredths.
- A farmer sold 141 cords of wood a $3.87 per cord; he bought 198 pounds of sugar at $6.50 per hundred and spent the remainder for flour at $4.30 per hundred. How much flour did he receive?
- The longitude of Boston is 71 degrees, 3 min¬utes, 50 seconds west, and of Berlin 13 degrees, 23 minutes, 44 seconds east. What is the difference in longitude? In time?
- Draft in pounds required to draw one ton over level roads composed of different materials has been estimated as follows:
- Loose sand roads 448 pounds
- Ordinary dirt roads 224 pounds
- Common macadam road 64 pounds
- Hard and smooth macadam 46 pounds
b. A load of 35 bushels of wheat is hauled over an ordinary dirt road. How many bushels may be hauled over a hard macadam road, using the same force?
One of ten parts of the Winnebago County, Illinois Eighth Grade Examination given on May 5th and 6th, 1916.
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