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Victorian School – Lessons 6/7

VICTORIAN ARITHMETIC

1. Count the beads on this abacus.

2. If one child in a Victorian classroom could do 12 sums

in 5 minutes, how many sums could he do in 15 minutes?

3. The postman delivers 5 letters in 6 minutes. How many

letters can he deliver in 30 minutes?

4. Each carriage on Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ holds 8 people.
How many people can be carried in 8 carriages?

5. If the engine burned 250 pieces of coal every 45 minutes,
how much would be burned in a 3-hour journey?

6. If 3 servants cleaned 6 rooms in a Victorian mansion
in 30 minutes, how long would it take 6 servants to clean
24 rooms?

7. The London to Oxford Stage Coach travels at 12 miles

per hour. How long will it take to complete a journey of
72 miles?

8. An electric tram holds 20 people on the top deck and

18 people on the lower deck. How many people could travel
on 7 trams?

9. The front wheel of a Penny-farthing bicycle turns 20
times a minute. If the smaller back wheel is ¼ its size, how

many times will it turn?

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