Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-14

intendent of high schools, who suggested
some minor changes. which were made.
These examinations were held in the fol-
lowing schools:
Pupils.
Central High School. 852
Eastern High School. .................... 14I
Western High School. ::-.;....;...; JOB
High School of the ninth, tenth and
eleventh divisions. Observation-Disclosures. go
Business High School. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S29
Business High School of the ninth,
tenth and eleventh divisions. ........... 121
The examination papers were marked I'M
der the direction of the chief examiner of
the census bureau and the chief examiner
of the civil service commission. The books
in which answers TO questions were written
bears each a distinctive number besides the
name of the pupil and the school. SO that
the markings are subject to veriiication.
In Arithmetic.
The arithmetic examination paper was as
follows: Administrative the questions in
any order. work neatly, and do as many
problems the time will allow.
Question 1. Find the total cost of the fol-
lowing: 3ai pounds butter at % cents a
pound, . pounds ounces ham at 16 cents
pound, pounds 10 ounces cheese at "A
cents a pound.
Question . A man sold 81 of his farm for
$1,000 what was 40 of the farm worth at
the same rate?
Question 3. A builder bought $500 brick
at $50 per thousand, 1920 feet lumber at
St6.5o per thousand feet, and 975 pounds
nails at $3.50 per hundred pounds. What
was the amount of his entire bill?
Question What will 1t cost to carpet
room "A feet long and 81 feet inches wide
with Brussels carpet q Of a yard wide at
S1.24 per square yard, making no allowance
for matching?
Question 5. How many tiles 16 inches
square will be required to cover a court 80
feet inches long and AZ feet wide?
Question 6. A coal dealer bought $40 long
tons of coal at S6.I2 per long ton of 2.24O
pounds, and sold it by the short ton at IS
per short ton of 1000. How much money
did he gain?
Question I. A man bought a house for
5000 and sold it for s1S75. What per cent
of the cost did he lose?
Question s. What is the interest $3.50
at q per cent per annum from January 2,
1899. TO November ~, 1899?
Question .. The assessed value of proper
ty in a certain city is 3-5 of the market
value. If the amount of taxes collected in
one year. on a basis of 2I2 cents on the
81 OF the assessed value. was 81 ,325, 640,
what was the market value of the proper
ty?
Question 10. a merchant sold goods for
$40. thereby losing 20 per cent of the cost.
For what amount should he have sold them
to gain Is per cent?
Question IL. Divide 1,143.5125 by 2sss,
multiply the quotient by 63.0S, and to the
product add 1926 of 114.31.
The above paper has been done in twenty
minutes; it contains only such problems
occur in everyday business life, and it is
clearly within the instruction given in the
seventh grade. OF the 1,1SS pupils exam
ined. Il did all the problems correctly; of
this number IL were in the Business High
School. We're in the Central, and l was in
each the colored and Eastern High Schools
OF this number y We're pupils of the BUSH
ness High School (white).
While / per cent of the pupils made 100
per cent in arithmetic, SO per cent Of those
examined made 90 or above; 81 per cent of
the pupils made 20 per cent and above. The
average per cent attained by the 1,1SS pu-
pills was 5S.S2 In arithmetic the standing
of the pupils. by schools, was as follows: