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Victorian School – Lessons 6/7

VICTORIAN ARITHMETIC

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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? 3x12 -=36

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

letters can he deliver in 30 minutes? 5 x 5 = 25

4. Each carriage on Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ holds 8 people.

How many people can be carried in 8 carriages? 8 x 8 = 64

5. If the engine burned 250 pieces of coal every 45 minutes,
how much would be burned in a 3-hour journey? 4 x 250 = 1000

6. If 3 servants cleaned 6 rooms in a Victorian mansion
in 30 minutes, how long would it take 6 servants to clean 2 x 30 = 60
24 rooms?

7. The London to Oxford Stage Coach travels at 12 miles 72 / 12 = 6
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 20 + 18 = 38

18 people on the lower deck. How many people could travel x7 = 266
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 20 x 4 = 80
many times will it turn?

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