Alan Brownjohn(b. 1931)
Common Sense
An agricultural labourer, w h o has
A wife and four children, receives 20s2 a week.
/4 buys food, and the members of the family
Have three meals a day.
H o w m u c h is that per person per meal
—From Pitman's Common Sense Arithmetic,1917
A gardener, paid 24s a week, is
Fined Vs if he comes to work late.
At the end of 26 weeks, he receives
The table printed below gives the number
Of paupers in the United Kingdom, and
The total cost of poor relief.3
Find the average number
Of paupers per ten thousand people.
—From Pitman's Common Sense Arithmetic,1917
An army had to march to the relief of
A besieged town, 5 0 0 miles away, which
Had telegraphed that it could hold out for 18 days.
The army made forced marches at the rate of 18
Miles a day. Would it be there in time
—From Pitman's Common Sense Arithmetic,1917
Out of an army of 2 8 , 0 0 0 men,
15% were
Killed, 25% were
Wounded. Calculate
H o w many men there were left to fight.
—From Pitman's Common Sense Arithmetic,1917
These sums are offered to
That host of young people in our Elementary Schools, who
Are so ardently desirous of setting
Foot upon the first rung of the
Educational ladder . . .
—From Pitman's Common Sense Arithmetic, 1917
MACPHERSN
b. 1931