Arithmetic.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 4, 4 January 1878, Page 2

Arithmetic.

N.B.— All the.steps of the solutions must be shown. 1. Write out the table of " Lineal Measure," and reduce one hundred thousand two hundred and thirty-four millions five hundred and sixty-seven thousand eight hundred and ninety inches to ac. r. po. yds. ft. in. 2. (a) Explain why fractions must he reduced to equivalent ones with a common denominator before they can be added together. (6) How are fractions compared ? 3. Find the sum of IJ, 2£, 3fe 4|, s£, both by Vulgar ana Decimal Fractions, and show that the two results coincide. 4. A bankrupt owes £4397 ss, and his property amounts only to £2862 15s. How much will he be able to pay a creditor to whom he owes £399 los ? 5. If a train which travels at an average rate of 27| miles an hour, and spends ■& of its time in stoppages, takes 7 hours to perform a journey ; how long will another train take to perform the same journey which travels at an average rate of 24| miles an hour and spends £th of its time in stoppages ? 6. How much i 3 six hundred and twentyfive millionths of £65 ? 7. Find, by Practice, the co3t of 3cwt 3qrs 171bs at £1 7s 6d per cwt. 8. What is the difference between Simple and Compound Interest. Find the simple interest and amouut of £189 16s 6d for 3£ years at 3± per cent. 9. Multiply -6 by 10, by 100, by 1000000 ; and divide -6 by 10, by 100, by 1000000. 10. A man sold a horse for £42 17s, and by so doing lost 7 per cent on what it cost him. Find the cost priae.-