2. A boy buys 3 lb. of cherries and gives the clerk 50%. How much change should he receive?

3. Another boy gets 6 apples and 2 bananas. How much change does he receive from a quarter? 4. If you buy 7 bananas, 1 lb. cherries, and 3 oranges, what must you pay?

5. Appoint a keeper for the stand. Direct the pupils in their purchases. Use toy money. Let change be made in the usual manner. Let a pupil write the transactions on the blackboard.

READING AND WRITING NUMBERS TO 1000

Introductory Exercise

78. 1. What is the largest number you can write with two figures?

2. What is the smallest number you can write with three figures?

One hundred is written 100
One thousand is written 1000

3. How many ones make 1 ten?
4. How many tens make 1 hundred?

5. How many hundreds make 1 thousand?

6. How many ten-cent pieces make 100 cents? 7. How many ten-cent pieces make 200 cents? 8. Write one hundred forty in figures. 9. Write one hundred ten in figures. 10. Write one hundred one in figures.

3683 hundreds + 6 tens + 8 ones
9479 hundreds + 4 tens +7 ones
8028 hundreds + 0 tens + 2 ones

Read thus:

325, three hundred twenty-five
860, eight hundred sixty

905, nine hundred five

Oral Exercises

79. Tell whether the figures in the following numbers stand for thousands, hundreds, tens, or

1. Nineteen. Sixty-three. Nine hundred nine.

2. Eighty. Twenty-nine. Five hundred fifty. 3. Seventy. Seventy-two. Seven hundred sev

enteen.

4. Twelve. Five hundred. Five hundred twelve. 5. Fifty. One hundred.

One hundred. Four hundred four.

6. Ninety. Seven hundred. Two hundred nine.

Three hundred

7. Seventeen. Two hundred.

six.

8. Sixty. Six hundred. Five hundred ninety. 9. Eighty-one. Nine hundred. Three hundred

ten.

10. Seventy-five.

Three hundred. Three hun

dred seventy-five.

11. Twenty-one. Four hundred. Eight hundred sixty-nine.

12. Ninety-nine. One thousand. Seven hundred twenty-three.

13. Seventy-seven.

Four hundred forty. One

hundred ninety-nine.

14. Forty-nine. Nine hundred forty. Two hun

1. 10+5 2. 20+3 3. 40+7 4. 50+1

5. 70+6 6. 80+7 7. 90+2 8. 100+ 10+2

9. 700+40 + 5

10. 600+70+3

11. 300+20 +8

12. 200+80+5

One dollar and twenty-five cents
is written $1.25

Two dollars and forty-five cents
is written $2.45

The point (.) is used to separate the dollars
from the cents.

Money Written Exercises

84. Write in figures:

1. Three dollars and fifteen cents.

2. Ten dollars and fifty cents.

3. Five dollars and ninety-five cents.

4. One dollar and seventy-five cents.

5. Two dollars and ten cents.

6. Three hundred dollars.

85. Find the sum and write in figures and words: