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This is not that easy. Bear in mind, these were pre-decimal days, so its £sd, ( that should read, pounds, shillings and pence) and feet and inches. Every parent knows the dilemmas involved in getting their children into the best school. But do today's kids get a better chance than they would have had 50 years ago? In The Schools Lottery, a two part documentary to be shown on BBC Two, seven celebrities go back to school and see how the chances they had under the old 11-plus system measure up to the opportunities available to 11-year-olds today. To coincide with the programme we have selected some questions from an 11-plus paper set by the Glamorgan Education Authority in 1952. Find out how you compare to yesteryear's 11-year-olds but remember, calculators are not allowed. The answers are at the bottom of the page but no peeking until you've answered every question. Question 1 Divide 5,408 by 26 Question 2 &≠163 = pound sign. From the sum of £18. 16s. 9½d. and £38. 12s. 4¼d. take the difference between £53. 3s. 4¼d. and £39. 16s. 9½d. Question 3 How many yards are there in 8 miles 6 furlongs 7 chains 14 yards? Question 4 Multiply 2 tons 6 cwt. 3 qr. 17 lb. by 31. Question 5 Work out this: 6.47 x 26.8 ÷ 0.67 Question 6 At a party one-sixth of those present were adults, four-ninths of those present were girls, and the remaining 42 were boys. How many were at the party? Question 7 An oblong card measuring 1 foot 9 inches by 7 inches was completely covered by 6d. Saving Stamps which each measured 7/8 inches by ¾ inches. What was the value of the stamps on the card? Question 8 A man bought 216 dozen oranges from one grower, 496 score from a second grower and 3,472 oranges from a third. He packed them in boxes each holding a gross. How many boxes did he fill? Question 9 Coal costs £4. 15s. a ton and an electric fire costs 2½d. an hour to run. If it took 1½ cwt. of coal or 40 hours use of the electric fire to heat a room, how much would be saved by using the cheaper form of heating? Question 10 A cyclist begins a journey at 9.30am and finishes it at 2pm the same day. Until 11.15am he rode at 10 miles an hour. He then rested for half an hour and afterwards cycled the rest of the journey at 12 miles an hour. How many miles did he travel altogether? Question 11 Five oblong blocks of granite placed on top of one another and each of a different weight formed the base of a monument. If each block is half the weight of the block below it, and the total weight of the five blocks is 225 lb. less than a ton, what is the weight, in pounds, of the bottom block? Question 12 Rewrite the following passage, putting in punctuation marks and capital letters where you think they should be: john and mary were walking in Cardiff they met their friend mrs jones she took them to smiths shop john said lets buy a present for father. Question 13 Give one word for the groups of words underlined in the following sentences. (You need not write out the whole sentence.) That building has been in ruins for over a hundred years. We go to the seaside once every year. The caravan halted at the fertile place in the desert. She wore a dress that did not cost much. The boy pretended that he had hurt himself and started to walk as if he were lame. Question 14 These two sentences - "Mary's uncle was a stout, elderly gentleman"; "She had never see him" may be joined together as follows: "Mary's uncle, whom she had never seen, was a stout elderly gentleman." Now join the following pairs of sentences. (One sentence for each pair.) Do not use the word "and": The coracles are very light. They have a wicker frame. We reached the open sea. We put up the sail. Antonio was a Venetian merchant. He borrowed some money from Shylock. It was snowing. We did not stay indoors. Hurry up! You wish to be late. 1. 208 2. £44.2s 7d (20s = £1; 12d = 1s) 3. 15,568 (1 mile = 1760 yards; 1 furlong = 220 yards; 1 chain = 22 yards) 4. 72 tons 13cwt 3qr 23lb. (1 ton = 2240 lb; 1 cwt = 112 lb; 1 qr = 28 lb) 5. 258.8 6. 108 7. £5 12s. 8. 111 9. 14 1/2d cheaper using coal 10. 44 1/2 miles 11. 1040 lb. 12. John and Mary were walking in Cardiff. They met their friend Mrs. Jones. She took them to Smith's shop. John said "Let's buy a present for father." 13. (i) century (ii) annually (iii) oasis (iv) cheap (v) limp 14. (i) The coracles, which have a wicker frame, are very light. (ii) Having reached the open sea, we put up the sail. (iii) Antonio was a Venetian merchant who borrowed some money from Shylock. (iv) It was snowing but we did not stay indoors. (v) If you do not wish to be late, hurry up! :shock: :cry:
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Greetings, Do you know of Thai school or lessons in Nakhon Ratchasima (A. Muang) ? Or if any of you know somebody that is willing to give private lessons in Thai, please contact me.. Thank you in advance, Jack
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We are looking for a professional model manager to manage and promote the career of our 7 year old luk-krung daughter. She has been a professional model since she was 3, appearing on TV twice (Sunya Mahachon, and Tum Sip). She has done several catwalk shows in departments stores, as well as TV commercials and advertising photo shoots. She is poised, easy to manage, and takes direction well. The person we are looking for must be willing to work for standard manager's commission in return for promoting her career and pushing up her earnings. The more she makes the more you will. Interested? Please call 081 828 0871 any time to discuss.
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After being in several countries like England, U.S, Norway and Sweden where they have enormous support for the deaf community- ensuring they have access to information and education. I am less than fully aware about how its happening in Thailand which I would be very interested to hear about Thai deaf people?s accomplishments, does anywhere in Bangkok have a deaf club? Have they ever hosted any sporting events? (Melbourne Hosted Deaflympics hosting more 3,500 participants from more than 90 nations last January) for your interest http://www.deafsports.org.au/aboutus/2005_bid_story.php#issue2 I have failed to see any Athletes from Thailand in Melbourne deaflympics unfortunately, but I would very much would like to find out how they can make it for the next deaflympics in 2009 in Taiwan. Any helpful hints in guiding me about Deaf successes in Thailand would be much appreciated. Or any other ideas. Thanking you all Cheers Stewart