Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-07
Examination Questions.

poleOn Union Scnool at Ine teDruary
examinations:
GRoMETRY-HIGH SCHOOL.
/. What is the difference between
equal and equivalent figuresf Ex-
plain carefully.
2. What is known as the Pythagor-
can theorem2 Demonstrate il.
3. A board is 16 in. wide at one end
and tapers to a point. Ifit measures
13t in. 8 #. from the base, how long
is itH How many feet of board meas
ure in it3
4. In any triangle, the square of
the side opposite an acute angle is
equal. Complete and demon
strate.
8. AS farm is in the form of a
square, the diagonal being 800 rods.
Find the area in acres. Upon what
fact do you base your solution?
6. The reetangle of the sum and
difference of two lines is equivalent
to the difference of their squares.
Prove it.
Z. of the diameter of circle is
equal to the altitude of the inscribed
equilateral triangle. Prove it.
s. What is the rule for finding the
area Of a rectangle2 Prove it.
8. The middle of the hypotenuse of
right triangle is equally distant
from the three vertices. Demon
strate it.
10. A house 36 #. square is rooted
with / pitch, that is, fall of in. to
the foot. Find the length of rafter if
hn ,Nrotan4s4, &c 10 IA in
IL. Find the perimeter of BIS farm
that is in the form of a parallelogram,
if two adjacent sides are 6Oand S0rds.,
and one of the diagonals 80 rods.
Also other diagonal
Highest grades.--Earl Crawford,
81; Reuben Nyswander, SO; Edna
Balsley, 81.
1. What is a surd; an imaginary
root? The two roots of an equation
are q and minus over q, what is the
equationP
2. A drover bought cattle for 81, $50
and sold all but 20 for $1,000, and
gained $40 head on those sold. How
many did he buy?
3. A courier proceeds from P to @
in IA hr. A second courier starts at
the same time from place 10 mi. be-
hind p and arrives at @ at the same
time as the first courier. The second
courier finds that he takes half an
hour less than the first to accomplish
20 mi. Find the distance from P to
Q.
4. What is simple ratio; a complex
ratio; a compound ratio; a duplicate
ratio; sub-duplicate ratio? Illustrate
each of the above.
s. Divide into two parts such that
the first increased by b shall be to
the second diminished by b, as plus
2b is to a minus 3b.
6. Find on the line joining two
lights the points which are equally
illuminated by those lights. Given:
equals intensity of light A at units
distance, b equals intensity of light B
at units distance, d equals the dis
tance between the lights. Discuss
values found.
7. The perimeter of a rectangle is
112 rods, and its area is 720 SO. rds.,
what are it's length and breadth2
s. Solve: x square plus plus plus
1 over plus 1 over x square equals
one.
Highest grades-Madge Hudson, 80;
Marie Weisbach, 80; Mollie Finnegan,
90. ,M
GRAMMAR-A GRAMMAR.
1. Give aeeomplete classification of
the verb. fU
2. Define the following: Voice,
tense, Defective verb, compound verb,
finite verb and synopsis.
8. What is an adverb? Name the
different kinds of adverbs. What
parts of speech are infected?
4. What is a connective? What
parts of speech are used as connec-
tives? Outline connectives.
5. How, many parts of speech are
there? Write a sentence that contains
the exact number and each word q
different part of speech.
6. Infiectthe following words: Jane,
I, who, may, soon, darkness, that,
and greenish.
7. Correct if necessary and give
reasons 1t is time we went. Peters
Johns, and Andrews occupation
was that of fisherman. He invited NY
brother and to see his labrary.
8. Give the princial parts of read
bid, drink, bear, chide, choose, anG
hang. Is hear a regular or irregular
verb? Why?
8. Parse italicized words: Il solo
fve-taOeFths of his farm for tWo hous
and dollars. We are such stuff a.
dreams are made Of
10. What are the different offices o.
that? Illustrate. Give the adjectives
that have a plural.
Highest grades-Grace Packard ant
Martha Russell, 90; Ottie Brown, 80
Dorr Woodward and Otto Tietjen ss