1. Nora bought a tablet for 8 cents, a pencil for 7 cents, and a book bag for 75 cents. How much did she pay for these together? 2. Henry bought 36 tomato plants, 14 pepper plants, and 8 egg plants. In all, he bought plants for his garden. 3. Richard counted the people in a railroad car. There were 27 men, 18 women, and 7 children. How many people were in the car? 4. Tony picked 43 quarts of strawberries on Monday, 47 quarts on Tuesday, 54 quarts on Wednesday, and 58 on Thursday. How many quarts did he pick in all? 5. Ned sold newspapers one summer. One week his sales were: Monday, 19 papers; Tuesday, 31; Wednesday, 24; Thursday, 36; Friday, 35; Saturday, 47. How many papers did he sell that week? 6. Find the total cost of a 25-cent dust brush, a 65-cent broom, and an 8-cent cake of soap. 7. Sarah sold 36 Christmas seals, Ann 55, Edith 28, and Mary 9. How many seals did they all sell? Make up one problem about each of the following: 8. 45 + 26 + 64 + 58 10. 125 +19 +38 9. 157 +23 +9 11. 26+8+13+ 7 + 48 (c) To check an example in addition, we add again, but in the opposite direction from the first addition. Thus, if the first time we add upward, the next time we add downward. 32. 6846 33. 5847 34. 743 35. 8706 36. You should be able to write the correct sums under four of the following examples in 4 minutes. Don't copy the examples. Each These children are playing Bean Bags. They are divided into two teams, the Reds and the Blues. team tosses six bean bags in turn. If a bag goes through the hole marked 4, it counts 4 points for that team; hole 3 counts 3 points, and so on. If the bag fails to go through any hole, the throw count is 0. The score is on the board; the side making the largest score wins. Try this game. Circles on the floor may be used in place of the holes in the board. |