for change as follows. Tell how many coins of each kind you should give: 1 dollar in dimes. 1 dollar in nickels. 1 dollar in quarters. 2 dollars in 50-cent pieces. 4. A merchant hands you a five-dollar check to be cashed in nickels. How many nickels should you give him? 5. If a lady presents a $50.00 bill and asks to have it changed as follows, tell how many bills or coins of each kind you will use: 1. If you save one cent a day, how much will you save in a 30-day month? In a year? 2. If you save 10 cents a day, how much will you save in a 30-day month? In a year? 3. Remember the following facts when you are tempted to spend money foolishly: Saving 1 cent a day Saving 10 cents a day For ten days saves $1.00. For one month saves $3.00. For one year saves $36.50. Try to save $3.65 a year if you can't save $36.50 a Put this money in a savings bank. year. 4. Harold puts 2 cents in his savings bank every day except Sunday. How much money does he save in a week? In 3 weeks? In 6 weeks? 5. Kate puts 10 cents a week in her savings bank. How much does she save during a year of 52 weeks? The children in a school discussed what they would do with their savings when they had saved $10. These are some of the suggestions made by the children: 6. John: I would put my $10 in the bank. By the end of the year it would have earned 40 cents interest. How much should I have? 7. Kate: I would buy some hens and some chicken feed. I think I could make enough to put $5 in the bank every three months. How much should I save in a year? 8. James: I would buy a pig for $10 and feed it on the waste products on the farm. When it became large enough, I would sell it for $16. I should make. on my $10. 9. Tell what you would do if you had $10.00. 9. William Finds Some Uses for Addition William worked in Mr. Frost's grocery store after school hours. He told his teacher about his work and she asked him to bring to class on Monday morning some addition problems he had used at the store. He brought the following problems for his classmates to solve: 1. A lady came into the store and bought 7 different articles. They were: a package of Corn Flakes for 13 cents, 42 cents' worth of sugar, a pound of coffee for 39 cents, a peck of potatoes for 85 cents, a yeast cake for 3 cents, a loaf of bread for 9 cents, and a pound of cheese for 36 cents. How much was her bill? 2. Mr. Frost asked me to keep an account of the receipts from the sale of candy during the week. The sales were as follows: Monday, $6.42; Tuesday, $4.08; Wednesday, $8.11; Thursday, $3.17; Friday, $5.27; Saturday, $12.50. What were the total receipts from the week's sale of candy? 3. When Mr. Frost closed his store on Saturday night, I helped him count his cash. He had 12 tendollar bills, 22 five-dollar bills, 37 one-dollar bills, 48 half dollars, 32 quarters, 80 dimes, 75 nickels, and 27 pennies. How much cash did he have? 4. Mr. Frost wanted to check up the charged sales for the day. He gave me the following amounts to add: $17.84, $2.08, $4.73, $9.85, $11.14, $.84, and $29.60. I added them and told Mr. Frost the total was $75.08. He looked over the figures and said that I had made a mistake. Can you find the mistake? 10. Practice in Adding 1. After discussing William's experience in the store, the class decided it would be a good idea to practice adding, since addition is so much used in business. Every one agreed that only correct answers are of any use. Perhaps you need practice, too. See if you can find correct answers for every one of the following examples: 2. Your teacher will dictate these examples: 4846 17658 21687 32678 12968 |