Civil service examinations. Solutions of questions on arithmetic and book-keeping used in the examinations of 1862 |
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Page 25 - Bank . . . 31 1 9 2. Post the above transactions into the Ledger given herewith. No index to the Ledger need be made. 3. Balance and close the Ledger.
Page 8 - If 5 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days of 10 hours each, how many men will perform a piece of work four times as large in a fifth part of the time, if they work the same number of hours in the day, supposing that 2 of the second set can do as much work in an hour as 3 of the first set?
Page 20 - Copy the following transactions into the Sales Book and Invoice Book provided, putting all amounts for wine in the column headed " Wine," and so with spirits and beer. All the details must be given. 2. Post the transactions from these books into the Ledger, opening personal accounts only. The amount to be posted is that in the total column, and no details are to be given in the Ledger. Each Ledger entry must therefore be in the words "To" or "By" "Wine," "Beer," "Spirits,
Page 27 - Expenses .. .. 25 7 7 2. Post the same transactions from the Journal (or books substituted for it) into the Ledger. No index to the Ledger need be made. 3. Balance and close the Ledger. 4. Give the Journal entries that W. Short, Benj. Smith, and...
Page 18 - Wine,' and so with spirits and beer. All the details must be given. 2. Post the transactions from these books into the Ledger, opening personal accounts only. The amount to be posted is that in the total column, and no details are to be given in the Ledger. Each Ledger entry must therefore be in the words ' To ' or ' By ' ' Wine,' ' Beer,' ' Spirits,' or
Page 14 - Petersburgh a debt of 460 rubles, which must be remitted through Paris. He pays the requisite sum to his broker, at a time when the exchange between London and Paris is 23 francs for £1, and between Paris and Petersburgh 2 francs for one ruble.
Page 10 - A person invests £5460 in the 3 per cents, at 91, he sells out £2000 stock when they have risen to 93^, and the remainder when they have fallen to 85 ; he then invests the produce in 4J per cents, at 102.
Page 4 - The content of a cistern is the sum of two cubes whose edges are 10 inches and 2 inches, and the area of its base is the difference of two squares whose sides are 1¿ and If feet.