Calendar: 1870-1871 Page 526

526 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 12 If 29 men in days of 12 hours each reap 32 acres in how many days of 13 hours each will 20 men reap 40 acres 13 Required the price of 21 tons 12 cwt qrs at £2 15s per ton 14 Extract the square root of 0019140625 and the cube root of to figures 15 Find the simple interest on 10 guineas for 117 days at per cent 16 Find the compound interest on £690 for years at 4J per cent 17 £1 037 10s is invested in the per Cents at 83 and when this fund has risen per cent the capital is transferred to the per Cents at 96 find the alteration of income -The above prices include brokerage 18 How much land worth 17 Gd per acre must be added to farm of 51 acres roods 20 poles worth £1 14 Gd per acre that the average value of the whole may be £1 2s 9d per acre 19 If 594 mils 480 rees are received for £158 16 9d find he value of milree in English pence -1 mil 000 rees 20 Standard gold being coined at the rate of £3 7s 10 per ounce required the least number of ounces that can be coined into an exact number of sovereigns 21 Find the exact times between and o'clock when there are 120 degrees between the hands of watch 22 Required the edge of cube of metal worth £10 481 Is id at 10s 5d per cubic inch