Eighth grade math test circa 1920:
How many gallons per minute are discharged by 2 pipes of one discharges 25 3/4 gallons per minute and the other 6 3/8 gallons less?
After traveling 34.875 miles, how far must a man go to travel 40 miles?
A dealer buys 2 1/2 bushels of chestnuts for $1.80 per bushel and sells them for 8 cents per quart. What is his profit?
The schoolhouse door is 4 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches high. What is the perimeter? What is the area of one side? Draw a plan to represent this door using the scale of 4/16 inch to a foot.
A lady buys 5 lbs of tea and 48 lbs. of sugar. She pays 60 cents per pound for the tea and her bill is $5.40; what is the price per pound of the sugar?
I loaned $750 at 6% interest. After 1 yr. 8 mo. I received principal and interest. How much did I receive?
A famer bought a field of 16 1/2 acre at $37 1/3 per acre and sold it for $45 1/4 per acre. How much did he gain?
A man bought 60 cords of wood for $200. He sold them at a loss of 10%. At what price did he sell per cord of wood?
Harry is making boxes. It takes 2 oz. of nails to make each box. How many boxes can he make with 1 lb. of nails? How many lbs. of nails will be needed to make 52 boxes?
Two persons start from the same point. One walks 12 miles due west and the other walks 9 miles due north. How far apart are they?
My Dad and Mom studied latin in High School too.......
What's heavier, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Fun over here!
Wonder if I could find the Math questions California has for Teacher's.......
It is actually a decent test.
No one ever asks about the Mobius Strip and the Klein bottle though.
And Cantors levels of infinity.
And space filling lines/...
What percentage passed?
Those are really from 1920?
I like them.
45 1/8 gpm
After traveling 34.875 miles, how far must a man go to travel 40 miles?
5.125 miles
A dealer buys 2 1/2 bushels of chestnuts for $1.80 per bushel and sells them for 8 cents per quart. What is his profit?
$1.90
The schoolhouse door is 4 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches high. What is the perimeter? What is the area of one side? Draw a plan to represent this door using the scale of 4/16 inch to a foot.
Perimeter: 23 Ft. Area 30 Square Feet
A lady buys 5 lbs of tea and 48 lbs. of sugar. She pays 60 cents per pound for the tea and her bill is $5.40; what is the price per pound of the sugar?
5 cents per pound
I loaned $750 at 6% interest. After 1 yr. 8 mo. I received principal and interest. How much did I receive?
$825
A famer bought a field of 16 1/2 acre at $37 1/3 per acre and sold it for $45 1/4 per acre. How much did he gain?
$130 5/8
A man bought 60 cords of wood for $200. He sold them at a loss of 10%. At what price did he sell per cord of wood?
$3
Harry is making boxes. It takes 2 oz. of nails to make each box. How many boxes can he make with 1 lb. of nails? How many lbs. of nails will be needed to make 52 boxes?
8 boxes and 6 1/2 pounds
Two persons start from the same point. One walks 12 miles due west and the other walks 9 miles due north. How far apart are they?
15 miles
Whew! Did I miss any? Can I get out of 8th grade now? I've been stuck here since 1918.
I can do dis**
John
I suppose this was before the concept of compound interest... It's very easy for people who understand math, to get money out of those who don't.
Do you want the Sodano Inverse Ellipsoidal solution or will the spherical trig solution suffice?
(Simple questions are not always as simple as we first suppose.)
--Boot Hill
After traveling 34.875 miles, how far must a man go to travel 40 miles?
The rest of the way
A dealer buys 2 1/2 bushels of chestnuts for $1.80 per bushel and sells them for 8 cents per quart. What is his profit?
Jesus, but we're not supposed to talk about that stuff in skool.
The schoolhouse door is 4 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches high. What is the perimeter? What is the area of one side? Draw a plan to represent this door using the scale of 4/16 inch to a foot.
Kerry didn't reveal his plan, and I won't reveal mine!
A lady buys 5 lbs of tea and 48 lbs. of sugar. She pays 60 cents per pound for the tea and her bill is $5.40; what is the price per pound of the sugar?
About 2 pounds on the hips.
I loaned $750 at 6% interest. After 1 yr. 8 mo. I received principal and interest. How much did I receive?
Every dime, or else!
A famer bought a field of 16 1/2 acre at $37 1/3 per acre and sold it for $45 1/4 per acre. How much did he gain?
Some self-esteem, a higher tax bracket, and some cash.
A man bought 60 cords of wood for $200. He sold them at a loss of 10%. At what price did he sell per cord of wood?
10% less than he bought it for. Duh!
Two persons start from the same point. One walks 12 miles due west and the other walks 9 miles due north. How far apart are they?
21 miles (unless you don't follow their paths)
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Awaiting the abuse I'll receive for this one! =^)