The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-01-04
and Imperfect numbers.

8 of all his money and had So less
than at first. How much had he at .
first?
3. Stock decreased 20 per cent. and
then 25 per cent; then rose 25 per
cent. and again 20 per cent; loss 1923:
What was the stock worth at first?
4. A and B together have $4,000;
A invests the sixth part of his money
in business, and B the fifth part Of
his, and then each have the same sum
remaining. How much has each?
5. A, B and C are partners. AS
stock $4,000, BIS $4,000, C's $4,000. A
and B together gain $63 more than
c. What is the gain Of Each?
6. The solidities of two similar solids
are 16 Gu. in. and 31.25O Gu. in; the
length of the first is 4 in, what is the
length Of the second?
7. What are the sides Of triangle |
whose area is 756 50. in, and whose
sides are as 13, IA and Is?
s. What is the length and breadth
Of a rectangular field whose perimeter
is 10 rods greater than square field
whose side is 50 rods, while its area is
$50 square rods less than the area of
the square field?
ARITHMETIC, SECOND CLASS-TIME
SEVENTY-FIVE MINUTES
1. What is rule? An aliquant?
Why do we invert the terms Of the
divisor, in dividing by fraction?
2. If cubic foot of iron were
formed into bar half an inch square,
what would be it's length?
3. The head of a fish weighs Is
pounds, the the tail weighs as much
as the head and one-sixth Of the body;
the body weighs as much as the head
and tail. How much does the fish
weigh?
4. Honolulu is in longitude 157
deg, 50 min. W., and Sydney 151 deg,
II min. E. When it is 5 min. after
four o'clock on Sunday morning at
Honolulu, what is the hour and the
day of the week at Sydney?
5. A, B, C and D gain 20 per cent on
the stock; A, B and C gain 1850; A,
B, D, S442O; B, C, D, $395O; A, C, D,
S364O; what was each mans stock?
6. A and B have the same income;
A saves fifth part Of his, but B by
spending $50 per annum more than
A, at the end of 4 years finds himself
800 in debt. What does each re-
ceive and spend per annum?
Z. The difference Of two numbers is
10, and their product is 10314; what
are the numbers? Draw figure to
illustrate your solution.
8. A and B are partners; AS capi-
tai is $4,000; BIS $4,000; after Z
months how much must A put in to
entitle him to I the years gain?
8. The area of certain equilateral
triangle is 104 02S25 so. rd.; what are
the sides?
10. A man desirous Of finding the
height of a tree placed ten-foot pole
perpendicularly 100 #. from the foot
Of the tree. He then stepped back
ward until he could just see the top of
the tree over the end Of the pole. On
measurement he found the place on
which he stood was - ft. from the
pole. How high was the tree, the eye
Of the man being ft. 9 in. above the
ground?
HIsTORY-FIRsT GLASS.
/. What did James the First prom
Use the Puritans when they applied to
him for charter?
2. What was the Indian name of
Philip, Chief Of the Wampanoags, and
why was he called Philip?
3. Who was Captain Pipe2 Cap
tain White Eyes? Captain Standish? :?
4. What were the last words Of
Washington? Of Franklin? Of
Adams? Of Jefferson?
5. When and where was the first
copper cent coined? When was the
first locomotive used in this country?
By whom built9
6. What were the words of the first
message by telegraph? When was
the first national bank established in
the United States?
7. When and where was the first
temperance society organized in this
country? When and where was the
first Union flag unfurled? Describe
that flag.
s. What the origin of Uncle Sam
ar Brother Jonathan, as applied to
the United States?
8. Who was Cotton MatherP Da-
vid Crockett? Return Jonathan
Meigs.
10. What State established the first
school in the United States? The
first academy? The first college?
Set up the first newspaper? Planted
the first apple=tree? Caught the first
whale? Furnished the first Vice
President Of the United States?
ALGEBRA-sECoND CLASS.
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