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ply 2341705 by 23870 and divide the product by 6789. _Give operation in full._ _Question 2._ Divide two hundred and five thousand two hundred and five, and two hundred and five ten-thousandths, by one hundred thousand one hundred, and one hundredth. _Question 3._ Multiply 10-2/3 by 7-1/8 and divide the product by 9-1/2, reducing the same to the simplest form. _Give operation in full._ _Question 4._ The annual cost of the public schools of a city is $36,848. What school-tax must be assessed, the cost of collecting being 2 per cent., and 6 per cent of the assessed tax being uncollectible? _Give operation in full._ _Question 5._ Add 7-3/4, 3/5 of 6-2/9, 8-11/12, 6-1/2 divided by 8-1/8, and reduce to lowest terms. _Give operation in full._ _Question 6._ The Government sold 3000 old muskets at 22-1/2 per cent, of their cost. The purchaser becoming insolvent paid only 13 per cent. of the price he agreed to pay; that is, he paid $900. What did each musket cost the Government? _Give operation in full._ _Question 7._ What will it cost to carpet a room 36 feet wide by 72 feet long with 3/4 width carpet at $2.12 per yard, including cost of carpet-lining at 11 cents a square yard and 12 cents a yard for making and laying the carpet? _Give operation in full_. _Question_ 8. A owned 7/8 of a ship and sold 4/5 of his share to B, who sold 5/9 of what he bought to C, who sold 6/7 of what he bought to D. What part of the whole vessel did D buy? _Give operation in full_. _Question_ 9. A man bought a cargo of wool and sold seven thousand and forty-five ten-thousandths of it. How much had he left? _Give operation in full in decimal fractions_. _Question_ 10. A merchant imported from Bremen 32 pieces of linen of 32 yards each, on which he paid for the duties, at 24 per cent, $122.38, and other charges to the amount of $40.96. What was the invoice value per yard, and the cost per yard after duties and charges were paid? _Give operation, in full_. THIRD SUBJECT. _Question_ 1. On a mortgage for $3,125, dated July 5, 1880 (interest at 3-1/2 per cent), a payment of $840 was made April 23, 1881. What amount was due January 17, 1882? _Give operation in full_. _Question_ 2. The Government sold an old vessel for $160,000, payable two fifths in eight months and the residue in seventeen months from the sale. What was the present cash value of the vessel, the current rate of interest on money b
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