14. Oral.

1. Sixteen and one are how many?

2. There are 10 trees in one row and 7 trees in another row. In both rows there are . . . trees. 3. One dozen and five eggs are how many eggs?

4. In 2 weeks and 3 days there are . . . days. 5. Maria is 13 years old, and her sister is 4 years older. How old is her sister?

6. One foot and . . . inches are 17 inches.

7. I had 17 books and sold 8 of them. I then had... books.

8. Mr. Asico set out 2 rows of banana plants, putting 8 plants in each row.

did he set out?

How many plants

Let the pupils copy the dominoes, filling in the blank half of each with

enough dots to make 17 in each domino.

1. Felisa's mother has... bananas and . . . mangos in her basket.

2. At 3 centavos each, what did she pay for the mangos?

3. At 10 centavos a dozen,

what did the bananas cost?

4. Felisa bought 3 oranges at 2 centavos each, and 2 pieces of sugar-cane at 1 centavo each. How much did she spend?

5. If Felisa had 18 centavos when she went to market, how much has she now?

6. Place 18 sticks in 2 equal piles.

sticks are in each pile?

How many

of 18 is . . .

7. What will 2 handkerchiefs cost at 9 centavos each? 2 × 9 = 9 is ... of 18.

8. 6 triangles have how many sides? 9. A dozen and a half eggs are . . .

eggs.

Let the pupils write the answers to these problems in simple statements; for example,

2. "She paid 18 centavos for the mangos." 3. "The bananas cost 10

centavos."

... are nineteen.

1. Count 19. Eighteen and .

2. Leon had 17 centavos and he found 2 cen

tavos. How many centavos had he then?

3. 2 weeks and . . . days are 19 days.

...

4. I saw 19 little chickens. 13 chickens were eating and the rest were drinking. How many chickens were drinking?

5. Pedro paid 10 centavos for a ball and 9 centavos for a pencil. What did he pay for both? 6. One dozen and five mangos are how many mangos?

7. Take 19 sticks.

can.

Make as many 3's as you How many 3's have you? How many

sticks are left?

8. My brother has 9 centavos and 12 halfHow many 5-centavo pieces can he

centavos.

get for them?

Let the pupils write the answers to these problems in simple statements.

9. How many 3-inch sticks can you make from a 17-inch stick? How long a piece will be

left?

10. How many triangles can you make with 18 sticks?

11. 5 children were running, 4 were standing, and 6 were sitting. How many children were there?

Let the pupils make problems using the numbers in 13. 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18; for example, "Pedro had 16 marbles and Luis had 2. How many marbles had both boys?"

Place the circles on the blackboard for rapid drill work in subtraction. When the teacher points to one of the numbers around a circle, a pupil tells what number added to it will give the number within. For example, when the pointer is on 10 outside the first circle, the pupil thinks 10 and 7 are 17" and answers 7. Let the whole class stand. Pass quickly from one number to another, and from one pupil to another.

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Have the pupils write the table of 2's to 2 × 9, 3's to 3 × 6, 4's to 4 × 4,

5's to 5 x 3.