Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-10
0uE@g.rTgONIS
Used by the School Sup't of Pierce
Co., in the Fall Examinations. 1866.
VyY5ttena Arithmetic.

housandths multiply remainder by thousands di'
vide the product by four tenthorsandths
g Required the of an equatera triangle whose
sides are one hundred rods in length.
g. REQUIRED of the head of cask whose diameter
Is inches and circumference 40 inches
Divide l72sOOO by II 10; asO' reduce 81 to decimal
Explain both. aooo u.ua,,o :,
EIGHT months, at per cent discount
g. What will be the expense 20 cents per square yard Tor
MASTERING room whose length lS3 feet width IA feet and
hoht feet deductng fire place feet inches by3 feet IN
chcs and two windows, each feet by feet inches
Z. Add together of yard IL OF an e' EngiSn' anu
Bought 100 gallons of mOasses for $l2O per gallon; paid
for storage 81 So by accident Is gallons leaked out AT
what rate per gallon must sell the remainder to gain SS
and what rate per cent do / gain
O. A. and b. gain $6l0 of which A to have 10 per cent
more than B. What the share of each
10 If travel 40 miles, ful0ng' 80 poles yards,
feet every day 53 days. how far will he go Do by COM
pound multiplication
Mental Arithmetic.
! "A. B. and c. hired pasture for 800 A. put in cows
for months B. put in for months and c. put in cows
for months. How much ought each to pay .c
. AS age is double that Of b. and BIS triple that OF W
and the sum all their ages $50. What is the OF each
g. yard of cloth TO A for IA more than cost me-
who sold B. for $lO which was is less than cost him.
A. If 5 of hoghead wine $50, how many yards of
cloth at So per yard will pay for two hogsheads Of wine
Sold yard cloth for "a per yard; by doing
lost 30 per cent ought have gained 80 per cent
What was the real value of the cloth per yard
Bought "a of house valued at $50; afterwards sold
of my purchase, How much money did receive and what
fractional part of the house do own
4 A and b. piums. a. has rs many plums
as B and B. has II as many A. Both have A Plums
s. What is the present worth of $3.50 due years and
nentls hence I?
O. How long will it take men do the work that
10. sold horse for $a4c on months credit which
$500. How much did GAIN beng worth 20 per cent?
Grammar.
L. In what respect does adjective differ from 3
2 different kinds of verbs How passive verbs
81 conusao the verb ,oalk in the fsSra and infnvo
l. Analyze following and parse the words in
italics IKE what you dislike. Charity like tie sun, brghten
s. Correct the following 1 able to judge the
books If he acquires riches will corrupt his
mind lie done HARM for had wrote my letter before ne
come home shall leave to-day unless it rains. -Four and
three makes | never snch hard essonS
all the parcps of the verb Lore also, the synopsis
of the and imperative moods the passive
When the singular ends in x ch SOFT sh S. plural
formed How when the singular ends in y
In the following sentences parse the words in italics Or
had faith ike that 0kb Israel when Moses gave them MIR
acies and law.
the iufinive mood Give examples.
10 How are all regular verbs formed What auxiliary
verbs
Geography.
/. OF what does mathematical geography treat, and what
?. How do account for the eartrs sphercty
3. Explain physical and political geography.
How does the American continent compare with the eastern
continent
What the grand divisions of the eastern continent +
Give brief description of each.
s. What are the political divisions of North America p!
Bound the largest and smallest Give tho capitals of all.
Z. What is the equator, and whence its name
How long is the going from the equator to either
tropc, and returning to the equator again
What the length Of the days and nights at the poles 3!
Explain.
10 extensively engaged in ship building
EsistOry.
l. When where, and by whom, was America discovered
2. Why called America ?
t,a fr,4,
made
4 Who first settled New England Give a brief sketch of
them
s. What were some of the causes that led the American colo.
ues TO resist the mother country ?
6. Where and at what time, the first battle fought during
first with England
Z. Give the time and place of the first meeting of the con
mental congress.
g. How long did this war last and what did we gain by it
What foreign nation first acknowledged the American indie
pendence (?
10 Give brief sketch of Benedict Arnold
photography.
l. What photography and what does this part of gram
teach us
9. What the English alphabet are superiuous =
the English alphabet perfect Explain.
5. Is a consouaut a simple a complex sound (? Explain.
4. What are the substitutes for long
D. What elemea sounds heard the following words
Hasten Great Design, Bury 4?
g. What combination of letters may be used substitutes for
V,F.SH?
z. What letters have substitutes
s. Correct the spelling in the following words Bacaauri
ate, Whites, Poecnic Paa Coursion, Cuender Erispeas
Sinonemous, Crisnge, SsOrs, Mogerson, Bowmonge.
o. is there necessary connection between words
Why obliged words in their customary sense
TO- How vowel and sounds English lam
guage Give each separate.