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Arithmetic

1. The basement is 24 feet wide, 30 feet long and 7 feet deep. Find the cost of the walls and the floor at $2.70 per square yard. What would this be a cubic foot if the walls are 6 inches think and the floor 6 inches deep?

2. Clyde Smith found that he could buy a radio set for $150.00 cash or $175.00 on the following terms: $25.00 down and $25.00 a month for the next six months. If he bought the set on the installment plan, what yearly rate of interest would he have to pay?

3. (a) Change 17/1000 to a mixed decimal.
(b) Divide 22,560 by 48.
(c) Find the product of 508 and 698.
(d) Subtract 4,457 from 13,943.
(e) Add 121, 273, 465, 423, 597, and 753.

Civics

1. How is the President of the United States elected? How is a member of your school board elected?

2. Name three departments of government. Give three important powers of Congress.

3. What is meant by real estate tax? Sales tax?

Physiology and Hygiene

1. Name three forms of exercise which help keep you fit.

2. What is Diphtheria Immunization? How many pupils in your classroom have been immunized?

3. Explain what should be done in any of the following cases:
(a) apparent drowning (b) cut artery (c) burning clothes (d) fainting
(e) removing a person from a charged electric wire or third rail.

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