6. Estimate the height of each pupil in the room and then measure. How nearly correct were you? 7. How many inches are there in a foot? In 2 of a foot? In 1% of a foot? In 1/4 of a foot? 8. Measure the top of your desk. Give its length and width in feet and inches. 9. How many feet are in a yard? How many inches? 10. How many inches are there in 1% of a yard? In 14 of a yard? In 12 of a yard? 2. How many working days are there in 4 weeks? 6 weeks? 8 weeks? 9 weeks? 7 weeks? 3. Find the cost of 8 six-cent street-car tickets; 7 tickets; 9 tickets; 6 tickets; 5 tickets. 70. Playing Bean Bag Draw on the floor of the schoolroom the figure shown here and divide the class into two groups, A and B. Throw the bean bag from a line about ten feet from the figure. Each time the bag falls on a space, score once for the amount the space shows. If the bag falls on a line, there is no score. One grade made the following scores, using tallies in scoring, thus: H (5). 1. Which side won? By how much? 2. John and Mary played as partners against Jim and Anna. Tell which pair won. John and Mary 4's: TH TH TH I 5's: TH TH II 6's: THE III Jim and Anna 4's: THI THI III 5's: TH TH II 6's: THL 11 3. You may play the game in these two ways. The score keeper may use tallies in keeping score. 71. Dividing by Six 1. Count by 6's from 6 to 72; from 72 to 6. 2. Answer these questions: 4. Tell how you would divide a pie equally among 3 children; among 6 children. When anything is divided into six equal parts, we call each part one sixth. It is written 16. 5. Finding % of a number is the same as dividing the number by 6. Find the answers: |