Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-10
In the public examination, Sept.
soth, the following list of questions
was used:

count on year mortgage of IS,
900, bearing per cent, if sold SO as
to draw 10 per cent on the money
paid for it, interest being paid annu-
ally? Ans. $24s.69.
6. A man receives annually $7l2.
On 3-5 of his capital he gets 10 per
cent interest, on / Of it per cent,
and on the remainder per cent.
How much is his capital? Ans. SO,
900.
I. What is the area of the sector
of a compass plate of inches radius
the arc Of which is bounded by the
east and northeast points? Ans. IA.
1871 SO. in.
8. If an ivory ball is let fall upon
marble slab from height of ten
feet, and it rebounds nine feet, and,
falling again, rebounds s Ito feet,
and SO continues, always rebounding
9l0 of the distance through which 1t
fell last, will it ever come to rest,
and if so, through what space will it
have passed? Ans. 100 feet.
9. How many hundredths in 400?
10. "A owes B 5000 payable in 6
months. At the close of months
he wishes to make a payment so as
extend the time of the balance to one
year. How great payment must B.
make? Ans. $500.
ARITHMETlC.-SECON CLASS.
l. What is the greatest length of
curb stones that can be used without
cutting, on either of three blocks,
$50 feet, 1874 feet, and 42O feet long?
Ans ~ feet.
2. a-5 of divided by { of .?
Explain fully.
8. Reduce 4.5O6 to billionths.
Ans. 1906, 100000.
4. BY diminishing the pressure
on steam-boiler per cent, it was
then only 64.6 pounds. What was it
before? Ans. So pounds.
5. What was the population of
California in 1850, if in 1870 1t was
$50, 1903, having increased "A 40 per
cent from 1860 to 1870 and 3lO4 per
cent from 1850 to 1860? Ans. 3d.
500, nearly.
6. A man who agreed to work 10
hours at 60 cents, and to forfeit 80
cents for every hour OF the ten he did
not work, received $3.50 on settle
ment; how many hours did he work?
Ans. 7 hours.
I. A man wishes to mix wine
worth $l.2O and $l.4O with water.
How much of each kind must he use
to make q mixture worth 81 per gal
Ion? Ans. gal. at sl.2O; 5 at $l.4O;
8 gal. water.
s. A merchant insures a cargo of
goods for ssl,sOO, covering both the
value of the goods and the premium.
What Is the value of the goods, the
rate of insurance being q per cent?
Ans. $4,000.
8. Find the cube root of .OOO,O97,.
1856. Ans. .O46.
10. If 40 cubic feet of bituminous
coal Of a3 degrees of hardness, weigh
1000 pounds, how many cubic feet in
1000 pounds of anthracite coal of
100 degrees of hardness. Ans. 81
Is.
GRAMMAR-FIRST CLASS.
Parse the words in italics.
Nature. attend! join every soul,
Beneath the spacious temple of the sky,
In alteration join; and ardent, raise one
general song!
His praise dttune, ye brooks, We trem.
bling 7ills;
And then, majestic main,
A secret w0rld of wonders in thyself,
Sound his stupendous praise whose
greater voice
Forbids you roar or bids your roaring
cease.
9. What is case?
3. What is the declension of a
noun.
4. What is defective verb?
Give examples.
5. Correct the following, give
reasons for the corrections, and parse
the words in italics: Thus the SAP
ing a great nation devolved on hus-
bandman.
6. To practice tale-bearing, or ev-
en- to countenance it are great injus-
tice.
7. Neither despise or oppose schat
you do not understand.
s. But him, the chiettain of them
all,
His sword lies rust,ng on the
wall.
8. The number of our days are
with thee.
10. Nay, weep not, gentle Eros;
there is left as ourselves to end our
selUes.
GRAMMAR-sECOND CLASS.
!, Parse the words in italics:
Forth in the pleasing spring
Thy beauty walks, thy tendernsss and
Echo the mountains round; the forest
smiles,
And every sense and every heart i; joy.
But, wandering oft, with rude, uncon-
. scious gaze,
Man marks not thee; marks not the
mighty hand
That, euer busy, aoheels the silent spheres.
In the following, make the correc-
tons, give reasons for the correc-
tons, and parse the words in italics.
2. In all his works, there is
sprlghtliness and vigour.
3. Town or country are equally
agreeable to me.
4. The chief magistrate is styled
a President.
5. The light and the worthless
kernels will float.
6. What is proposition?
7. Classify conjunctions.
8. Give synopsis of the verb
work, potential mode.
9. What is parsing?
10, Decline who, what, which,
city.
PHYSIOLOGY.
l. Name the sallyary glands?
Q. Name the outlets Of the sail
vary glands.
8. Name the digestive juices.
4. State the objections to rapid
eating.
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