Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-08-30

List OF Questions Submitted to Appli
canta for Certiflcatea.

I. Dehne the following terms: Maine
mates, Arithmetic, Interger, Fraction, Math-
ematical sign.
2. Name the fundamental operations in
arithmetic. (b) Define the following:
prime factor, composite number, reciprocal
of number, cancellation, multiple Of a
number.
3. What is the difference Of H. c. D.
and L. c. M. of two numbers2 tb) Find
the l.. c. M. and H. c. d. Of 3, IS, 4os,
243o, 1850.
4. Define the following terms: Fraction,
common, proper, improper, simple. (b)
How is the H. c. D. and L. c. M. Of frac-
tons found?
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S. Reduce ----- X As Of Il to a
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decimal.
6. What is the difference between yard
square and square yard; five square yards
and five yards square?
7. How many cubic inches in a wine
gallon, cubic inches ia a bushel, feet 10
mile, square rods IN an acre, value Of the
Pound Sterling in U. S. money!
8. For what are the following weights
and measures used: Troy Weight, Avoir-
dupois Weight, Apothecary's Weight, Lin
ear Measure, Square Measure, Cubic Meas
ure. Dry Measure, Circular Measure2 (b)
Give tables for the above. tct Wl,ich is
the heavier, pound OF butter or a pound
Of silver2
9. Define percentage, profit and loss,
commission, insurance, exchange, taxes, al
legation and mensuration.
10. How do you find the surface Of
sphere, the solidity Of sphsref
II. What must be dealers asking and
selling prices of an article that costs 81 20,
in order that he may abate 20 per cent. from
his asking price, allow 10 per cent. for de-
layed payments, and still make 40 per cent?
IL. Sent $5,r28 o5 10 a broker in Gin
cnnati with directions to purchase pork at
sI2 SO per bbl., to insure it for sixty days
at fifteen cents per 500, to pay storage at
five cents Dbl. for ten days, and to de-
duct his commission Of 2 per cent. ON the
money expended. How many bbls. of pork
did he buy9
10. | wish to carpet room FL feet by 30
feet with body brussels two-thirds yards
wide; allowing nine inches for matching and
the strip to run lengthwise; what will it cost
at 81 IS per yard.
Ia. A, B, and C are partners; AS stock
is S.. 900; BIS sIz, 500; C's SIS, 200. A and
B together gain sI,638 more than c; what
is the gain OF each1
IS. A horse is tethered with a rope Is
feet long, over how much ground can he
grazee
HISTORY.
I. Give a brief description of the Amer
lean Indians, as they have manifested them
selves to the Whites2
2. How came this country to he called
American (b) Why were the Indians SO
named2
3. Name five Spanish, four English, three
French, and two Dutch explorers, with the
date and location Of their explorations.
4. Give name and dates of the first per-
manent settlements made by the nations en-
gagged in exploring the future United States.
5. When, where. Sand by whom convened,
was the FIRST legislative body in America?
| (bj When was Nego slavery introduced into
America? (c) State the cause and dale Of
Bacons Rebellion1
6. What colonies composed the famous
''United Colonies of New England"
(b) What was the purpose Of the Union9
7. Explain the origin Of Mason and Dix
on's Liner (b) What was "Locke's Grand
Model? (c) What forms of Government
existed in the colonies prior to the Revolu-
tion2
8. What noted events occurred on the
following dates: Oct. IL, 1892; May 23d,
1907; June 2Stb, 1919; Dec. 2Ist, 1920;
Feb 22nd. 1882?
Q. Give the causes, dates, six important
battles, six prominent Generals. and the re-
suits Of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars?
10. BY whom was the Declaration of In
dependence drawn up1 (b) When was it
adopted (c) When was the present Amer
lean flag adopted? Gay What was the Mis-
sour Comprehensive Monroe Doctrine2
(e) State fully the nature Of the Alabama
Claims.
IL. Name the Presidents in chronological
order and term of Office
IL. In what four ways have the U. S. &C.
quired territory (b) Specify the territory
gained by each method, and state from whom
acquired.
49, Name three orators, three poets, three
statesmen, three historians, three novelists,
three inventors of America.
IA. Name FIVE important national events
since the Rebellion.
IS. Name the members OF the Presidents
cabinet; (b) Name the officers incumbent
Of this State.
Gauge, Bicycle, Euchre, Fusillade, Cyni-
cal, lnhammatory, Paraphernalia, Whimsey.
Indelible, Surcingle, Initiation, Millionaire,
Alpaca, Meerschaum, Ternfy, Lachrymal,
Chamomile. Bulletin, Balance, Inoculate,
Isosc!es, Bacchanalian, Corpuscle, Chenille,
Cavalier, Coadjutant, Leihargic, Bronchitis,
Rai:lery, Acclima,e, Accessory, Caoutchouc,
Iodine, Globules, Laboratory, Ascetic, AS
latA Mo eli
Panacea, Apocrypha, Gherkin, Pleiades,
Sadducee, Parallelogram, Scissors, Hygiene,
Millennium, Labyrinth.
GEOGRAPHY
!. State three facts which prove the ro-
tundity of the earth; (b) What is the gen
orally accepted theory of the fiattening OF
the earth at the poleSs
2. Give the length in miles Of the equa-
torial diameter, Polar diameter, the eaith's
circumference, the earth's extent OF surface,
what prnDortion is wafer?