1912 Exam: Are You Smarter Than An Eighth Grader?

A copy of the 1912 eighth grade exam was donated to the Bullitt County History museum in Kentucky giving a glimpse of what students were learning more than a century ago.  The donation has brought the museum a notion of what it was like to be in the eighth grade in those days. David Lee Strange, a volunteer at the museum told ABC news,

“For us, this is just fascinating. It puts us in the mindset of 1912.”

The exam covers eight subjects: reading, spelling, arithmetic, grammar, physiology, history, government, and geography.  This period of time was right around the corner from World War I, eighteen men from Bullitt County would die in the conflict.  Let’s take a look at a few of these questions to see if you are smarter than a 1912 eighth grader. Can you answer the following?

Math

1. Spell:.00003,.5764, 43.37

2. Solve: 37-7, plus 4

3. Solve: At $1.62 1/2 a cord, what will be the cost of a pile of wood 24 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet 3 inches high?

Grammar

1. What is a personal noun?

2. Define common noun, proper noun.

3. Adjectives have how many degrees of comparison? Compare good; wise; beautiful.

Geography

1. Locate Erie Canal; what waters does it connect, and why it is important.

2. Locate the following countries which border each other: Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania.

3. Locate these cities: Mobile, Quebec, Buenos Aires, Liverpool, Honolulu.

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