Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 32

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  1. What do you understand by "the Least common multiple of two or more given numbers"? Find the Least common multiple of 15, 35, 63, and 72.

  2. Which is the greater, ¼ of 4, or ¼ of 5, and by how much?

Reduce to its simplest form—

1
— 2¼ — 3½ — ¾
3½ 9 2 4¾

  1. Multiply 351.7 by .0625. Divide 37.49 by .0163. Add together 416.3, 5.678, and .6217.

  2. What decimal of a Guinea is 10s.; and what fraction of a Pound is 19s. 11d?

  3. Find the area of a floor which measures 18 ft. 6 in. in length by 12 ft. 3 in. in width, and the expense of carpeting it at 3s. per yard.

  4. Define Simple and Compound Interest.—What is the Interest on £936 11s. 3d. for Eighteen Months, at Four per centum per annum? And in what time will £142 10s. amount to £235 2s. 6d., at Ten per centum per annum, simple interest?

  5. What is the true value of 4cwt. 13lbs. of Sugar, at 4¼d. per pound?

  6. A man spends £72 in cloth, at 2s. 2d. a yard, how much does he buy?

  7. If 15 Men can mow 300 Acres in 16 Days, how many Acres can they mow in 30 Days?

CLASSICAL PAPER.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17, 1864.

  1. Give the Vocative singular of Deus, Filius, Regnum; the Dative plural of Filia, Virgo; the Accusative plural of Animal, Cornu.

  2. Decline Duo, Ipse, Qui, Solus.

  3. Compare Bonus, Inferus, Magnus, Malus, Parvus, Superus.

  4. Give the Perfects and Supines of Dico, Do, Jungo, Lego, Moveo, Servo, Tondeo.

  5. Give the rules for the Agreement of—(a) a Verb with its Nominative; (b) an Adjective with its Substantive.

  6. Translate—(a) Mortem timebit; (b) Puer viam monstrat; (c) Filius patrem suum amat.

  7. Translate—Ad rivum eundem lupus et agnus venerant,
    Siti compulsi, superior stabat lupus,
    Longèque inferior agnus.

  8. Translate—Carmina sola carent fato, mortemque repellunt.
    Carminibus vives semper, Homere, tuis.

  9. Translate—Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere quotidianis
    proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut eos finibus suis prohibent, aut ipsi in eorum
    finibus bellum gerunt.



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