Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 20

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  1. Multiply £6789 15s. 7¾d. by 789½, and prove it by Long Division.

  2. Reduce 5000 poles to yards.

  3. Reduce 5000 perches to square yards.

  4. Reduce 5000 half-guineas to half-crowns.

  5. Reduce 45678 guineas to sovereigns, half-sovereigns, crowns, and half-crowns, so as to have an equal number of each.

  6. It is found that 288 yards of paper 2ft. 8in. wide will cover the walls of a room; how many yards would be required of paper 2ft. 8in. wide?

  7. A cubic foot of water weighs 1000ozs.; what weight of water would be contained in a canal whose depth is 8 feet, width 25 feet, and length 25 miles?

  8. If 172 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. cost £87 6s. 8d., how much must be given for 7 cwt. 3 qrs. 11 lbs.

  9. A besieged fortress has provisions for 3 weeks at the rate of 14ozs. a day for each man; at what rate per day must the provision be distributed so that the place may hold out five weeks?

  10. The carriage of a parcel of goods weighing 1 ton 3 cwt. 2 qrs. cost £2 14s., what will be the charge for four other parcels each weighing 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs.?

  11. Explain Ratio, Proportion, Antecedent, Consequent, Proportionals, Extremes, Means.

ART OF TEACHING.

FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD CLASSES.

  1. Make a Concise Time Table for a mixed school of 100.

  2. Make an Explicit Time Table for the same school.

  3. What is "Oral Teaching?" To what extent is it desirable? In what respect, if any, is it objectionable?

  4. Define an "Object Lesson," the "Notes of a Lesson," the "Heads of a Lesson."

  5. State what "Object Lessons" you have given. Give the "Heads of one such Lesson," and the "Notes of the same Lesson."

  6. Is it desirable or objectionable to set pupils to correct exercises in false spelling and grammar; and why?

  7. State the plan and course you would adopt in introducing and carrying on the Study of History and Geography respectively.

  8. State what you know of the origin and advantages of the "Pestalozzian," "Lancasterian," "Glasgow," and other systems.

  9. What is the "Circulating Class System," and the good of it?

  10. The Inspector desires to consult you as to the suitableness of the books in use, and as to what reading and other books you would recommend, and in what order.

  11. Write an Essay on the best means of checking irregularity, and securing regularity of attendance; or, on the mixed school system—whether or not the sexes should be mixed in school and class; and why?



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