Ten years' Queen's scholarship questions, 1870-9, with answers to arithmetic, algebra, and mensuration |
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... Express the following in musical symbols : -G clef ; signature for three sharps ; common time sig- nature ; minim rest ; quaver rest ; C quaver ; B quaver ; bar ; A minim ; C minim ; bar ; B dotted minim ; C crotchet ; bar ; D crotchet ...
... Express the following in musical symbols : -G clef ; signature for three sharps ; common time sig- nature ; minim rest ; quaver rest ; C quaver ; B quaver ; bar ; A minim ; C minim ; bar ; B dotted minim ; C crotchet ; bar ; D crotchet ...
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... express , consequence , inadmissible , subterranean . 4. Decline , in all cases , tu , nullus , alter ; and give the comparative and superlative of similis , malus , prope . 5. Give the indicative imperfect , the indicative future , and ...
... express , consequence , inadmissible , subterranean . 4. Decline , in all cases , tu , nullus , alter ; and give the comparative and superlative of similis , malus , prope . 5. Give the indicative imperfect , the indicative future , and ...
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... Express 27 miles 5 furlongs 184 yards in metric denominations , assuming that 1 metre 39.3708 inches . SECTION VIII . A garrison of 1000 men , provisioned for 60 days , was reinforced at the end of 18 days , and the provisions were ...
... Express 27 miles 5 furlongs 184 yards in metric denominations , assuming that 1 metre 39.3708 inches . SECTION VIII . A garrison of 1000 men , provisioned for 60 days , was reinforced at the end of 18 days , and the provisions were ...
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... Express in figures- ( a ) Five hundred thousand six hundred and seventeen . ( b ) Nine thousand and eight . Find the product ( c ) and the difference ( d ) of these numbers . Write the sum of ( a ) , ( b ) , ( c ) , and ( d ) in words ...
... Express in figures- ( a ) Five hundred thousand six hundred and seventeen . ( b ) Nine thousand and eight . Find the product ( c ) and the difference ( d ) of these numbers . Write the sum of ( a ) , ( b ) , ( c ) , and ( d ) in words ...
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... of £ 100 what was the amount of his error P 2. A grocer bought butter at 1s . 1 d . per lb. , and sold it at 1s . 4 d . per lb .: express his profit as a decimal of the cost price . 3. Find , by decimals , the rent of 89.
... of £ 100 what was the amount of his error P 2. A grocer bought butter at 1s . 1 d . per lb. , and sold it at 1s . 4 d . per lb .: express his profit as a decimal of the cost price . 3. Find , by decimals , the rent of 89.
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ALGEBRA ARITHMETIC Candidates in Scotland cent chief cost dative decametres decimal Decline DICTATION AND PENMANSHIP Dictation Exercise Ditto Divide DOMESTIC ECONOMY England English equal erasures EUCLID Examiner Explain feet Female Candidates Find the value following passage form one question GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY Give examples Grammar inches instance be given intelligible method Investment Languages Latin length lesson letters major scale major third Male Candidates measure miles millions Moffatt's Multiply Music nine hundred paper parallelogram Parse the words perfect fourth permitted to answer plural prepositions Price printed in italic Pupil Teachers rectangle reign rhombus right angle SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SECTION II SECTION VII seven questions Show sides specimen of Penmanship subjunctive teach Test Cards thousand THREE HOURS allowed Tonic Sol-fa Translate triangle verbs VIII vulgar fractions Write full notes yards δὲ καὶ οἱ τὸ τοῖς τῶν
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