USING FRACTIONS IN THE HOME

1. Mary's mother is going to make towels, using ğ yd. for each. She wishes to know how many towels she can get from a piece containing 61 yd. Can you tell?

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2. Helen went shopping with her mother. They bought a remnant of muslin containing 10 yd. The mother asked Helen how many curtains it would make, allowing 12 yd. for each. She answered, "There is nearly enough for six." Was she correct?

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3. Then the mother asked, "If I cut it into six equal parts, how much shorter will each piece be than the 12-yard length that I wanted?" Can you tell?

4. George's father started to the field with 211⁄2 bu. of seed wheat for planting. He told George that he was going to use 12 bu. per acre and asked him to find how much it would plant. Can you tell?

5. Henry's mother uses an average of 1 lb. of butter per week and has 5 lb. on hand. She asked Henry to find how long it would last. Can you tell?

6. Mrs. Brown used 9 lb. of butter in 4 weeks. She wishes to know the average amount used per week. Can you tell?

7. If your father uses 12 tons of coal in 5 months to heat your home, what is the average amount used per month?

8. Three families joined in a Thanksgiving dinner and shared the expenses equally. They bought two turkeys, one weighing 92 lb. and the other 111⁄2 lb. They paid 52¢ per pound for the turkeys. Find each family's share of the cost of the turkeys.

9. In making candy for Christmas, Marion used 5 cups of sugar worth 9¢ per pound. Find what it was all worth, allowing 2 cups to the pound.

10. She also used 2 cups of milk worth 16¢ per quart. What was it worth, allowing 2 cups to the pint?

11. She used 2 tablespoons of butter worth 64¢ per pound. Allowing 9 tablespoons to the pound, what was the butter worth?

12. Which is cheaper and how much: 7 yd. of 36-inch material at 98¢ per yard, or 61 yd. of 46-inch material at $1.15 per yard?

13. How much will a dress cost if it takes 5 yd. of material at $1.15 per yard, yd. of satin trimming at $2.25 per yard, and 10 buttons at 60¢ per dozen?

A RACE IN DIVISION OF FRACTIONS

A RACE IN MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS

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Start when your teacher gives the signal. The first one to finish stands and all stop. Then check and see how many were correct. The one having the most correct wins.

CHAPTER IV

THE MEANING AND USE OF DECIMALS

REMAINDERS IN DIVISION

1. Helen has a piece of ribbon 38 in. long which she wishes to divide into 4 equal pieces. Find the length of

each piece.

4)38

92 = 912

You have learned that in some cases the remainder is written over the divisor and forms a fraction.

2. James sold 4 hens for $7. How much was that for each?

4)$7.00

$1.75

=

$12, but it

This could be written $7 ÷ 4 is more common to make a period after the dollars and write two zeros, and find the answer in dollars and cents.

3. John sold 45 chickens one summer and received a total of $63 for them. How much did that average for each?

$1.40

45)$63.00

45

180

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The answer to a problem like this is never written $118 or $13.

A period and two zeros is always written and the answer found in dollars and

cents.