SQUARE INCH AND FOOT

1. How many equal sides has this figure? how many square corners?

2. What is the name of the figure?

3. Measure with your rule and tell the length of each side of the square. The whole square is a square inch.

4. Draw a square inch on paper.

One Square Inch

1 sq, in.

5. Cut several square inches from cardboard.

How

6. Draw an oblong 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. Cover it with square inches cut from cardboard. many square inches are needed to cover the oblong?

7. Make an oblong that will contain 8 square inches. How long is it? How wide is it?

8. Make a different oblong that will contain 8 square inches. How long is it? How wide is it?

9. Draw on the blackboard a square one foot on each side. The square that you have drawn covers one square foot.

10. Find the number of square feet there are in an oblong 3 feet long and 2 feet wide.

11. Cut a square foot from paper and divide it into square inches. How many square inches are there in a square foot?

4. Cut an apple into 4 equal parts. Each part is named one fourth, or one quarter.

One fourth of 1 is written 1. 5. How many fourths of an apple equal a whole apple?

6. Write in figures: one half; one third; one fourth. 7. Which is greater, or of a circle?

8. is equal to how many fourths?

9. If you eat of an apple, what part of the apple is left?

10. Mother divided a pie equally among Grace, Lucy, and Tom. What part of the pie did she give to each?

11. Draw three squares and divide them into fourths, each in a different way.

splints? 10 splints contain 2 splints times.

Show by separating into twos:

2. 6 contains 2

12 contains 2

The sign

by 2.

times. 8 contains 2

times.

times. 14 contains 2

times.

÷ is read divided by. 4+2 is read 4 divided

4. At 2 dollars a pair, how many pairs of gloves can be bought for 8 dollars?

5. How many quarts are there in 10 pints of milk? 6. How many 2-cent stamps can you buy for 18 cents?

7. There were 16 eggs in a basket. Frank took them out of the basket by 2's. How many times did he take out 2 eggs?

8. I have a dozen apples. To how many boys can I give 2 apples?

9. Twenty boys are marching by 2's. How many boys are there in each file?

10. How many 2's are there in 20? in 4? in 24? 11. How many 2's are there in 24? 24+2=?

DIVIDING BY 3

1. Count by 3's to 9; to 18; to 30; to 36.

2. How many times does 6 contain 3? ||| |||

3. Show by separating into groups:

6. At 3 cents each, how many pencils can be bought for 21 cents?

7. Two dozen cups were arranged three in a pile. How many piles of cups were there?

12

33

She used 18

8. Mary put 3 spoons at each place. spoons. For how many persons did she set the table? 9. Among how many children could I distribute 15 plums if I gave 3 plums to each?

10. At 3 dollars a yard how many yards of silk can be bought for 27 dollars?

11. How many 3's are there in 30? in 6? in 36?

12. Divide each of these numbers by 3: 27, 18, 15, 36, 21, 9, 3, 12, 6, 24, 30, 33.

MAKING CHANGE

Secure toy money, or make circles of cardboard to represent the different pieces.

Appoint storekeepers and purchasers, and have the counting done in the schoolroom.

The sign for cents is . Thus, 5 cents may be written 5¢. These articles are for sale in a store near a large school.

3. A kite, a ball of string, and a bag of marbles?

4. A doll, a hoop, and a ball?

5. A pen, an eraser, a pencil, and a pad?

6. A whistle, a kite, and a ball?

7. A bag of marbles, a whip, and a kite?

8. Select as many articles as you can buy for a quarter.

9. How many pens could you buy for 9 cents?

10. How many pencils could you buy for 24 cents?