Amador ledger., 1906-09-21
Five Cents Per Copy.
I. Define or illustrate a loose sem

| Z. Define or illustrate loose SEN
tence.
8. Give two rules for securing har-
mony of style in composition.
y. When do singular nouns Joined
by and require plural pronounY
Give sentence to illustrate.
10. Name four elements that NAV
be made the subject of sentence.
Mental Arithmetic. 100 credits.
l. At the rate of miles an hour,
how far will boy ride in two trips.
one lasting 334 hours and the other
AZ hours if he stops Il of an hour
during each trip?
2. | bought 9 pounds of sugar for
Toe. What will pounds costY
3. Bought pencils at 3Oc per dozen
and sold them at &c each. What is the
gain on each dollar invested?
4. A merchant bought -four at 6s a
Dbl. and sold it for SIP a Dbl. Find
his per cent gain.
8. Eggs sold at 12e a dozen net a
profit of 20 per cent; lind the price
per dozen.
3. What is the length of a side of a
cube whose surface contains 90 so. it.?
Z. A boy lost d of his marbles and
has 30 left. How many had he at
first?
.. How many boxes of candy, each
containing half pound, can be put
up from 81 pounds?
9. S63 is divided between A &Bso
that has twice as much as b. How
much does each get?
10. horse was bought for $50 and
sold for $40. What was the loss per
cent?
Geography. 100 credits.
l. (a) What is the result of erosion
10y How are oceanic islands formedY
2. (a) What causes clouds to give US
rain? (b) Why do rivers flow in differ
ent directions?
3. What motions or movements
has the earth, and what do these
motions determine.
4. Locate and describe the desert
of Sahara.
o. What makes man superior to all
other animals. How many races of
mankind and what are they.
g. What can you say of the import
ance of coal. How was coal formed.
Z. Locate the following cities:-
San Jose, Boston, London, Canton,
and st. Petersburg.
8. Where do we find abundant
supplies of wheat, fish, wine, sugar,
and iron.
9. Name five seas that border
Europe.
10. What lands do the following
straits separate :-Yucatan Channel,
Magellan, Gibralter. Boring, Babel
Mandeb.
Arithmetic. 1OO credits.
1. Johns kite is caught in the top
of tree SO it. high, and John, who
is standing LEG tt. from the tree,
holds the kite by the end of the
string. His hand is 4 #. from the
ground. Represent the conditions
of the problem and find the length of
the string.
?. A boy had 80 per cent of a
dollar, spent so per cent of what he
had, and lost 80 per cent of what
remained. What per cent of the
dollar did he have then.
8. If 6 men can do piece of work
in 10 days, how long will it take 2
men to do it.
4. Some goods we're sold for $50.
which was 70 per cent above cost
price. How much did they cost. The
selling price was 20 per cent below
the marked price. How were they
marked.
8. The sum of the parallel sides of
trapezoid is 16 in. and the altitude
is in. What is the area.
6. (a) Find the area of a circle
whose circumference is ITO fit.
(b) Find the area of a circle whose
diameter is Is in.
7. How many cutie feet in cir
cular cistern #. in diameter and 7
it. deep. How many gallons will it
hold. (23l Gu. inohes-1 gallon.)
8. What is the difference in longi-
tude of two places between which
there is difference of hrs. 10 min.
II sec. of time.
8. Find the number of which 40 is
% per cent.
10 Three lines being given when
is it impossible to construct
triangle.
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Has Stood the Test 25 Years.
The old, original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you arc
taking. 1t is iron and quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure no pay. SOC.