going to and from school? | | | |-----------+----| 14. A boy who made 67¢. a day carrying papers, was | | | hired to run on a long errand for which he received | | | 50¢. What was the total amount the boy earned that | | | day? | | | |-----------+----| Total Right | | | +-----------+----+ (Two more similar problems follow.) Test 6 and Test 8 are from the Courtis Standard Test. Used by permission of S. A. Courtis. ARITHMETIC--Test No. 8. Reasoning In the blank space below, work as many of the following examples as possible in the time allowed. Work them in order as numbered, entering each answer in the "answer" column before commencing a new example. Do not work on any other paper. +--------+-+ | ANSWER | | |--------+-| 1. The children in a certain school gave a Christmas | | | party. One of the presents was a box of candy. In filling | | | the boxes, one grade used 16 pounds of candy, another 17 | | | pounds, a third 12 pounds, and a fourth 13 pounds. What | | | did the candy cost at 26¢. a pound? | | | |--------+-| 2. A school in a certain city used 2516 pieces of chalk | | | in 37 school days. Three new rooms were opened, each | | | room holding 50 children, and the school was then found | | | to use 84 sticks of chalk per day. How many more sticks | | | of chalk were used per day than at first? | | | |--------+-| 3. Several boys went on a bicycle trip of 1500 miles. | | | The first week they rode 374 miles, the second week 264 | | | miles, the third 423 miles, the fourth 401 miles. They | | | finished the trip the next week. How many miles did they | | | ride the last week? | | | |--------+-| 4. Forty-five boys were hired to pick apples from 15 | | | trees in an apple orchard. In 50 minutes each boy had | | | picked 48 choice apples. If all the apples picked were | | | packed away carefully in 8 boxes of equal size, how many | | | apples were put in each box? | | |