Civil Service Tests in Arithmetic ...

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Seite 1 - ... how much is the daily cost of each man, woman, and child ? 28. In 1858 the value of 100?. tithe rentcharge, reckoned on the average price of corn in the 7 years immediately preceding, was 105?. ; in 1859, reckoned in the like way, it is 3 per cent. more. If it were reckoned on the price in 1851 only, it would be but 69?. What would it be if reckoned on the price in 1858 only...
Seite 68 - You are requested to write your name at the top of each of your papers; to put the number to each question; to send up the working as well as the answers...
Seite 70 - After a certain number of men had been employed on a piece of work for 24 days, and had half finished it, 16 men more were set on, by which the remaining half was completed in 16 days ; how many men were employed at first ; and what was the whole expense, at Is.
Seite 3 - Supposing that in England gunpowder is made of 75 parts of nitre, 10 of sulphur, and 15 of charcoal ; in France, of 77 of nitre, 9 of sulphur, and 14 of charcoal ; if a ton of each be mixed, what weight of nitre, sulphur, and charcoal will there be in the compound ? 8.
Seite iii - Add up as many of the columns as you can in the time allowed (£ an Sept.
Seite 13 - In the month of December last the number of paupers in a certain union was 336, the number of women being double that of the men, and the children being as many as the men and women together. If a man cost $ more than a woman, and 3 children as much as a man and.
Seite 3 - ... what is the thickness of the boards ? 20. A tradesman starts with a capital of 960/. and after 3 years takes another into partnership with 2,100/. After 4 years more the whole profits amount to 2,304/. How ought this to be divided between them?
Seite 2 - By selling cloth at the rate of 12s. per yard, 15?. per cent. was gained, what per cent. would be gained when it was sold at the rate of 10s.

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