1926 July Aug. Sept. Oct. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nov. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dec. Fri. 1 2 3 567 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 (a) At the left is the calendar for 1926. On what day does each week Sun. stand for? the days of the (b) What is the first month of the year? What does Jan. stand for? Feb.? Aug.? Sept.? (c) How many months are there in one year? (d) How many days are there in 1926? (e) Learn this rhyme : Thirty days hath September, To which we twenty-eight assign, WRITTEN WORK 1. Make a calendar for January. Start with Thursday, Jan. 1st. 2. How many days are there in a leap year? 3. Write the names of the days of the week. 4. Write the names of the months. 5. By using the calendar on page 134 find the number of weeks in a year. Then check this number by dividing the number of days in a year by 7. 6. Suppose it is Dec. 11th. How many days will you have to wait till Christmas (Dec. 25th)? (Count Dec. 25th, but not Dec. 11th). How many weeks is this? 7. Our school closes June 13th. Find how many days after that it will be before the Fourth of July by counting the rest of the days in June, and adding the first 4 days of July. How many weeks is this? From the calendar find how many days there are: 8. Between March 3d and March 31st. 9. Between April 21st and May 5th. 10. Between August 18th and September 6th. 11. Our summer vacation starts June 13th and closes September 5th. How many days are there in our summer vacation? 12. A man rents a garage for $8 a month. How much rent does he pay in a year? (a) Fill a pint measure with water. Empty this water into a quart measure. What part of the measure is filled? How many pints are in 1 quart? 1 quart = - pints. (b) Fill a quart measure with water. Empty this water into a gallon measure. Repeat this until the gallon measure is full of water. How many quarts of water did it take to fill the gallon measure? 1 gal (c) Name some liquids which are sold in pints and quarts. (d) How many pints of lemonade will a 3-quart pitcher hold? 3 quarts pints. Did you add, = subtract, multiply, or divide to find this answer? (e) What measure is used in buying gasoline? (f) Mary drinks a pint of milk a day. How many pints will she drink in 6 days? How many quarts is this? 6 pints = --- quarts. (g) From 2 gallons of milk, how many quarts can be sold? How many pints? (h) Read and put the right number where the blanks ORAL OR WRITTEN WORK 1. If John drinks a pint of milk at breakfast and a pint at night, how many quarts does he drink in a day? 2. Our milkman has a large can holding 12 gallons of milk. He sells his milk by the quart. How many quarts does he get from this can? 3. Ruth drinks a pint of milk a day. How many quarts does she drink in 4 days? 4. Mother put 3 gallons of grape juice into quart jars. How many jars did it take? 5. We buy 2 quarts of milk a day. How many quarts do we buy in 6 days? How many gallons? 6. Mary's mother put up How many quarts was that? 16 pints of grape juice. How many gallons? 7. At 70¢ a quart, how much would a pint of cream cost? (Do you divide or multiply?) 8. Oil for our car costs 32¢ a quart. At this price, how much would it cost for a gallon? 9. If we buy oil by the gallon, it costs 80¢ a gallon. How much a quart is this? 10. If there are 2 glassfuls in a pint, how many glassfuls of milk should Robert drink in order to drink a quart of milk a day? 1 11. How many glasses of lemonade will a 2-quart pitcher hold? |