The Arithmetic section asked about the amount of interest at a rate of 7 percent, but does not say simple, compound, or what. I suppose one could answer it both ways. Good grief, is this real?
They didn't have psychology class back then so my guess is that they didn't know they had any esteem at all! :)
Good grief, is this real?
This is the eighth-grade Final Exam for 1895 from Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
Seems legit to me.