Subtract one hundred and sixty-one ten thousandths (.0161) from twenty-five hundredths (.25.)
Multiply or divide twenty-six hundredths (.26) by sixteen thousandths (.016.)
They should also be able to change vulgar fractions into decimal fractions, and decimals into vulgar fractions, with examples like the following:
Change 15/16 into a decimal fraction of the same value.
Change one hundred and two thousandths (.102) into a vulgar fraction.
In simple and compound proportion, examples of various kinds should be given, and the candidates should understand the principles of the rules followed.
In English Grammar candidates should exhibit a familiarity with the nine parts of speech and the rules in relation thereto; should be able to parse any ordinary sentence given to them, and, generally, should understand those portions of the subject usually taught in the higher academies and schools throughout the country, under Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.
In Descriptive Geography they should name, locate, and describe the natural grand and political divisions of the earth, and be able to delineate any one of the States or Territories of the American Union, with its principal cities, rivers, lakes, seaports, and mountains.
In History they should be able to name the periods of the discovery and settlement of the North American continent; of the rise and progress of the United States, and of the successive wars and political administrations.
The examinations in Orthography, Grammar, Geography, and History may be either oral or written.