Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-27

They we're examined in grammar and
arithmetic today. which concluded their
torture, other than the anxiety they
have to know that they were successful.
GRAMMAR.
l.. What Is grammar, What Is Eng.
iish grammar?
2. Into how many parts is English
grammar dividsdi Name and define
each.
3. Give three rules for the use OF cap
itals.
4. Name and define the different parts
OF speech.
s. State the difference. IL any. be.
tween an adjective and an adverb; be.
tween O proposition and q conjunction.
G. Into how many classes are sen.
fences divided? Write q OF each and
change the interrogative sentence to q
declarative sentence.
z. Into how many principal classes
are adverbs divided? Write sentences
containing each.
8. What is number person2 casef
o. Int how many principal classes are
adjectives dividsd2 Name and define
each.
10. What Is q relative pronoun?
IL. "He will do what 10 right" Ana
lyzs and parse "what."
l2. Name and define the different
classes OF verbs as regards form.
IL. What properties have verbs3 De.
6ne tense and mode.
IA. Correct these sentences, II wrong,
and give the reason for the correction:
The plas,ering has fell from the ceiling.
Who learned you how to spell2
He could have went.
10. Parse Thine slept on flowers and
lent his glass to hope"
l6. Name and define the principal ele.
ments OF q sentence.
II. What lie an adjective elsment3 An
advsrbial element?
IS. Write Q sentence containing both.
10. Write . compound sentence; q
complex sentence.
90. What is . copulativs vsrbf An
auxiliary vsrbG
ARITHMETIC.
The following questions In arithmetic
closed the examination:
1. What is q number? Simple num-
Der? Abstract NUMBER
2. What Is division? How do You
prove division?
3. What 10 q composite NUMBER What
il an odd number
4. What Is the least common multiple
of two or mere numbers? Find the least
common multiple Of 48. 90. 40. 1874.
9. Write the prime numbers between
/ and 80. Write the even numbers DO
tween 1 and 90.
G. Multiply 3256 by 80 1919; 4 Of
XoflZ Of 2 80 Of s As Of 4 OF di.
vided by g., OF AZ OF 6 40 Of 1929.
z. Write o complex fraction and re.
duce II to It's simplest form. How do
you divide mixed numbers? illustrate
by any example.
8. II $71Is will buy 81, cords Of wood,
how many cords can be bought Tor
s33H?
o. What Is o decimal2 State the dif.
ference, 10 any. between Q common and
o decimal fraction.
10. Find the sum Of As units, 705 ten.
thousandths, 2305 nillionths. and 50
thoussndths.
II. What is the cost Of 2s,964 feet Of
lumber ct 80 IS per thousand feet?
I2. What Ia q cubsl What Is q pile
Of wood worth 2s feet long. 10 feet wide
and l2 feet high. at Sl4 per cord?
IL. What will Il cost to plaster the
sides. ends and ceiling OF . house 2S
feet long. 16 feet wide and IA feet high.
at 10 cents q square yard. allowing for
three doors, each Z feet 8 inches by 4
feet G inches, and four windows. each 8
feet G inches by 4 feet nine inches.
II. What will II cost TO carpet . room
80 feet long by "a feet wide with carpet
ing =. Of q yard wide, worth IS cents a
yard?
Is. What 10 interest? What Is the
amount Of q note dated November %,
1878. for Si25 70. payable October IL.
1881, at s per cent? 49,.
lC, A commission merchant sold IL
casks Of wine. each containing "a gal.
Ions, 8 quarts. I pint and 2 sills a. 50
per gallon. What was his commission
at 81. per cent. and what were the pro.
ceeds?
IL. II II csst SIS to carry 90 tons l.
miles. what will IL cost to carry 400 tons
2. Of o mile?
Is. What Is square rooti Extract the
square root OF 576. 1925 and Of 1885,.
GA.
10. What Is $4,000 in currency worth
in gold. when gold Is at q premium Of
81 per cent?
20. A merchant bought 784 bushels
OF wheat and sold 47S bushels. 8
pecks. 6 quarts and l pint at 50 per
bushsl. What did he receive for II and
how much was the remainder worth ut
81 Is per bushel2