Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-29
Specimen Examination Papers.


Below are given some of the examination
papers UPON the frst-grade branches SUBJ
mitted by the County Board Of Examiners
at the teachers examination held in this
city last week. Out of the forty-six appli-
cants, some nine of whom were experi-
menters, ten received firSt-grade certificates.
and two second grade fhe four papers
were prepared by w. J. Hyde, ex-member
of the Sacramento County Board of lIduca-
ton, and are selected from the list as a fair
sample of all:
ALGEBRA.
1. Define radical quantity, evolution, an
affected quadratie equation.
,. Three men, A. b and c, were discuss.
kIg their ages, when it appeared that the
sum Of AS and BIS was 81 years, The sum
of BIS and Cs was 9S years and the sum OF
AS and C's was 90 years what was the
age of each?
5. A boatman who can row at the rate oil
u miles an hour finds that it takes him
twice as long to run his boat mile up the
river as to run the same distance down The
river; what is the rate of the current?
4. A, Is and c have 81 500; the sum Of
of AS, of BIS and / Of C's equals 5000, an6
the sum of times AS, times BIS anG
twice Cs is $500; required the fortune o.
each
4. A Yacht sails 80 miles down a river
whose current moves miles an hour, anG
is gene 16 hours; required the rate of sail.
ing.
ARITHMETIC.
l. (a) Give four simple business problems
illustrating respectively the four fundamen,
tai rules of arithmetic. To- illustrate by a
simple problem, as to a class, how reduc-
ton descending and reduction ascending
mutually prove each other.
2. AT 81 so per yard what will be the
cost of a carpet of yard wide, that will
cover the floor of a room 29.5 feet long by
11.25 feet wide?
8. How much can be gained by buying
10 pounds of rhubarb at Sc 80 per pound
avoirdupois and selling it at the same price
per pound troy?
4. Bought bill Of goods amounting tc
$675, but for ready money discount of %
per cent. was allowed, with per cent. off
How much did pay?
.. If owe 81, 500 payable in four months
but to accommodate | pay 81, 800 down
how long in equity should l be permitted
TO keep the remainder after the expiration
of the four months?
6. Find the true discount and the simple
interest on $465 for eighteen months at A.
per cent. per annum.
T. / bought $50 apples at two for cent
and 100 at three for cent. | sold them all
at five for cents; how much per cent. die
gain or lose?
s. Mr.. Jones owes sum equal to two
thirds of his income for year; by saving
! fiye-eighthS of his income annually for five
years he can pay mis- debt and have s., 300
left. What is his yearly income?
| 8. A rectangular lot contains acres So!
square yards, and is one-third as broad a:
long What is the distance Gin rods from
one corner to the opposite corner?
10. A common water bucket is 81 inches
deep, IL inches in diameter at the top anC
8 inches at the bottom. How many quart:
will it hold?
BOOKKEEPING.
1. Define bookkeeping day book, ledger
/ 3. State the distinguishing features O.
both single and double entry bookkeeping
! 3. (d) For what purposes is Profit ant
Loss" account opened? (J) Mention the
necessary steps in closing the ledger"
4. Write negotiable interest bearing
prolnissory note, receipt in full Of all
demands, due bill for merchandise al
| order to apply on account.
5. Use either single or double entry
4uStuOQ III eHteTIDS lHe IOIlOWlnS uanSaC
tons in the proper books:
Sacramento. June %, 1886. Bought o.
Jones & Robinson bill of merchandise
amounting to $1,000; paid cash, 81, 500
note at six months, 81, 500.
Sold Brown, Smith & Co. 400 pounds
coffee at 80 cents; % barrels beef at SIG 50
Received in payment note of $275, made
by George Jones in favor of Brown, Smith
e Co, without interest Accrued Interest
on note, 81 So allowed Brown & Co. bal
ance on account
LITERATURE.
l. (a) Give a succinct statement o
ChauGer's character as a man, and his rank
as poet. ~ What is the plan of the
Canterbury Tales. and what is their his
I toric value?
.. (a) What is Millions rank as a poet
prose writer and scholar? ID Mention
only few of his chief works. (c) tive
the salient points of the plan of g Paradise
Lost" rs found in your text book, and
state the rank, rhetorical classification as
to the matter and FORM and literary char.
acteristics of that great work
3. Mention only the chief works of Lord
AIacaulay, and state their peculiar literary
and historic excellence.
1. Who is the author of "The Lady OF
the Lake?" The Deserted Village?"
Tam O'Shanter ~ Enoch Arden ?'
% Rape of the Lock ?" Pilgrims Pro
gress ~ :" Absalom and Ach;tophel ~
Hudibras ?'
5. Briefly state what you know about the
lives and enumerate only the chief works
of the following writers, and mention the
peculiar literary characteristics of each
Bryant, Longfellow, Prescott, Hawthorne