4th Grade Test Questions from the 1800’s

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Directions: Instructors can use all or a selected subset of these problems as a review, to informally check for
understanding, or as a formal test. If children do not show proficiency, review related concepts and retest.

All Questions are taken from: RAY’S NEW ARITHMETIC – INTELLECTUAL, PRACTICAL, AND TEST EXAMPLES

  1. Multiply $8,293 by 24.
  2. Multiply $9,835 by 36.
  3. Multiply $43.75 by 84.
  4. Multiply $8,008 by 65.

  5. Multiply $9.12 by 60.
  6. Multiply $27,008 by 400.
  7. Multiply $29,632 by 750.
  8. Find 39 times $.636.
  9. What is 891 times 13 cents 6 mills?
  10. $87, 3 cents X 3000=?
  11. $68, 5 mills X 560=?
  12. What cost 49 barrels of flour at $6.75 a barrel?
  13. What cost 67 acres of land at $159.60 an acre?
  14. What must be given for 34 horses at $88.40 each?
  15. What cost 54 yards of grading at $7,282 per yard?
  16. What must be given for 89 hogs at $8.34 apiece?
  17. What cost 956 gallons of vinegar at 12 cents a gallon?
  18. What will be paid for 526 quarts of berries at 22 cents a quart?
  19. Sold 351 sheep at $2.50 apiece; how much did I receive for them?
  20. What cost 5000 tickets at 18 cents apiece?
  21. What cost 42357 yards of calico at 8 cents a yard?
  22. What cost 4500 bolts at 6 mills each?
  23. How much will a man earn in 57 days at $2.25 a day?
  24. What cost 40 boxes of starch, containing 33 pounds each, at $.075 per pound?
  25. If a soldier receives a pension of $1.75 per month, how much will 38 receive in 19
    months?
  26. What cost 40 boxes of candy, 40 pounds each, at 40 cents a pound?
  27. What cost 808 bales of cotton, containing 465 pounds each, at 3 cents 6 mills per pound?
  28. What cost 87 boxes of eggs, each containing 72 dozen, at $.125 per dozen?
  29. What cost 9388 papers of pins, each containing 30 dozen pins, at 2 mills per dozen?
  30. What will the glass cost for 8 houses, each containing 8 rooms, each room having 4
    windows, and each window 4 panes, at 37 cents 5 mills per pane?
  31. A man has 10 casks of stove polish, containing 425 pounds each; each pound will fill 6
    papers, sold at 5 cents a paper. How much will be received for the entire amount?
  32. What cost 40 bundles of paper, containing 2 reams each, each ream weighing 60 pounds,
    at 8 cents 3 mills per pound?
  33. What cost 708 boxes of tomatoes, each containing 24 cans of 2 pounds each, at 11 cents a
    pound?
  34. Find the cost of 82 boxes of calico, each box containing 40 bolts, and each bolt 30 yards,
    at $.066 per yard.

  35. Find the amount received for 5 blocks of building lots, each block containing 12 lots,
    each lot being 25 feet front, the whole being sold at $8.75 per front foot.
  36. What will be the wages of 240 men, employed 17 days, of 10 hours each, at 17 cents 5
    mills per hour?