The St. Johns herald., 1892-06-30
TEACHERS COLUMN.

TEACHERS COLUMN.
 We publish the following questions which were submitted to applicants for teachers certificates, at the last exami- nation, by request: WRITTEN ARITHMETIC. 1. Define the following terms as ap- piled to arithmetic: Problem, example, solution, formula, concrete number, ab- stract number, compound number.
 ?. Illustrate the difference between common and decimal fraction.
 8. Give the following tables: Square measure, cubic measure, linear measure, avoidrupois weight, troy and apotheca- ries weight.
 1. A contractor received $247.50 for Tagging courtyard 30 feet long at $2.75 square yard. What was the width of the yard?
 5. Define the following: Percentage, base, rate, amount, difference,
 6. bought a house for $2,S7O, and agreed to pay for it in one year and six months, with 61a per cent interest. What amount did pay?
 7. A can do piece of work in three days, B can do three times as much in s days, and c can do 5 times as much in F days. In what time can all do the first piece of work?
 g. Two ships sail from the same port, one goes 125 miles due north, the other 75 miles due east. How far apart are they on a direct line?
 g. How many acres in piece of land 1000 lks by 100?
 10. What is the area of one side of a cubical bin which holds 137 Az bushels of grain?
 ENGLITH GRAMMAR,
 Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more dis posed to suffer, where evils are suffera- ble, than to right themselves by abol- ishing the forms to winch they are ac- customed.
 l. Select one adjective clause; one ob- iective clause one adverbial clause.
 ?. Give the modiiers of are disposed.
 8. Select the verbs, each in different mood, and give the mood of each.
 f. Select five adverbs,
 5. Give syntax of governments; forms.
 6. Select a particlple in the active voice; participle in the passive voice. '. Give the plural of court martial, , brother-in-law, lady, child, woman.
 8. Correct the following sentences and give reasons: Mrs. Smith invited he and : I to supper. Neither olive oil nor alec hol are so heavy as distilled water, bu, , milk and sea water is heavier. 9. To what extent would you use g text book in teaching grammar?
 UNITED STATES HISTORY. l. Speak of Columbus and his work.
 ?. What traditions are there that the Northmen discovered and settled Amer ica?
 8. What forms of government haC there been prior to the Revolutionary war?
 4. How did England treat the colo : nies. and what was the result?
 5. Who were the Pilgrims, where from, and what the date and place o :, landing?
 6. When and where was the first Con ; tinental Congress, and what did it ac 7 complish?
 t 7. What was the cause of the war o : 1872, and the dates of subsequent wars
 s. What Territory has been acquired by the United States by conquest, pur :, chase. annexation?
 9. To whom were the following name given: Swamp Fox, Poor Richard, Tn AIill-boy of the Slashes, Old Rough anc Ready?
 10. What event is the coming World Fair to commemorate What woult : you substitute? a GEOGRAPHY. > l. Into what braches is geography di $ yided? Define each. :, ?. Give the names of the zones, an, n the comparative climate of each. l, 8. In what does North America sur q pass the other grand divisions? e 4. Locate the following: Vancouve e Island, New Guinea, Madagascar. }, 5. Describe trip by water from Chi l. cago to Calcutta. d 6. What is the leading branch of in n dustry in the United States, what tn