No. 24.

603

BOOK-KEEPING.

CLASS II.

1. Rule out a sample page of a Journal, put the proper headings to the

columns and explain the uses of the different columns.

2. Journalise the following transactions in your own business :—

£

S.

d.

January 1st

Cash in hand,

50

0

27

Cash in bank,

1,000

0

77

2nd Bonght from A. Smith goods,

40

3rd

"

Sold goods for cash,

5

3

6

5th

??

A

Paid A. Smith cash,

38

10

0

27

Was allowed discount,

1

10

""

6th Bought goods (paid by cheque),

30

0

7th

15

Sold goods (paid by cheque),

15

10

6

3. Bank notes being only made of paper how is it that they are accepted

in payment of accounts just as though they were cash?

4. What is a cheque and why can you not cash a crossed cheque ?

No. 25.

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS I.

1. Find to the nearest penny the Amount and Compound Interest of £875 15s. Od. for 4 years at 45 per cent.

2. Find the cube root of 34,567.

3. If a man receives 5 per cent. on the money he invested in 7 per cent. Stock, at what price did he buy?

4. If 3 men can do the same amount of work as boys, how long will 15 men take to do the same piece of work which can be done by 40 boys in 20 days?

5. How many linear yards of matting 27 inches wide will be required to cover the surface of a floor 24 feet wide and 60 feet long?

No. 26.

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS II.

T3

1. Which is the larger fraction, the sum of 19 and 73, or the difference between 241 and 3?

2. Find by Practice the cost of 2,107 articles at £2 6s, 4d. each.

3. Find the square root of 7 to four places of decimals.

4. If you bought $1,009 worth of goods and sold them four months later for $756 how much money would you have lost assuming that you could have obtained 72 per cent. per annum for your money?

5. If 17 men can do a piece of work in 24 days working 10 hours a day, in how many days will 18 men do the work if they work 8 hours each day?

No. 27.

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS III.

1. Find the value of :-

16

of £5 17s, Od.

-T

of £8 2s. 9d. + 19 of £1 7s. Id.

2. Find the sum of :-

-414, 0352, and 6·101.

3. Find by Practice the cost of 231 articles at £1 6s. 8d. each. 4. What is the missing term in the following proportion 4: 6:: 7:

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