2. Find the difference between
9⅕ - 1⅔ × 3⅜ and 2¾ × 1⅙ - ⅘.
3. Find the square root of 4⅑ to four places of decimals.
4. If, by selling an article for $2, a man gains ⅐ of the cost price, at what price must he sell it so as to gain 8 per cent.?
5. The area of one side of a cubical cistern is 14·0625 square feet; find to the nearest gallon the amount of water which it will hold when full, assuming that one cubic foot weighs 1,000 ounces and that one gallon of water weighs 10 lb.
6. Find the cost of a carpet to cover a floor 22 ft. 6 in. long and 18 ft. 9 in. wide at 5s. 4d. per square yard.
7. Divide £37. 10s. 4½d. by 4⅐ and express £3. 14s. 7½d. as the decimal of £10.
8. A sum of $2,500 is lent at compound interest at 3½ per cent. per annum. What is due to the lender at the end of three years?
9. A can do a piece of work in 24 days which B can do in 36 days. What fraction will remain to be done if both are engaged upon the work for 6 days?