12. Change to ounces:

a. 2 lb. b. 1 lb. 6 oz.

c. 2 lb. 3 oz.

d. 3 lb. 2 oz.

13. Reduce to pints:

a. 2 gal. b. 1 qt. 1 pt. c. 2 qt. 1 pt. d. 3 qt. 1 pt. e. 10 qt. 1 pt.

14. Reduce to quarts;

a. 1 bu. b. 1 pk. 1 qt. c. 2 pk. 1 qt. d. 3 pk. 3 qt. e. 10 pk. 1 qt.

15. Change to the fraction of a foot:

16. Change to the fraction of a dollar: a. 50¢ b. 25¢ c. 75¢ d. 20 ¢ 17. Change to the fraction of a pound :

a. 8 oz. b. 10 oz. C. 2 oz.

f. 4 oz. g. 12 Oz.

e. 40¢ f. 60 ₫

d. 9 oz.

e. 6 oz.

20. Change to the fraction of a month of 30 days:

5. Give answers in whole or in mixed numbers. Express fractions in answers in lowest terms.

Adding Mixed Numbers

Sight Exercises

1. A man bought a suit of clothes for $27 and a pair
of shoes for $34. How much did he pay for both?

$273
23

PROCESS

under the fractions,

Find the sum of the fractions (§), change § to
14, and then to 11. Write
carry 1 to the whole numbers, etc.

$30 Ans.

1. From a farm of 160 acres 87 acres were sold.

many acres were left?

Ans.

160 A. -873

721 A.

PROCESS

How

Think and (writing ) are 1. Carry 1 to 7, making 8, and think 8 and 2 (writing 2) are 10. Carry 1 to 8, making 9, and think 9 and 7 (writting 7) are 16.

Cover 160 A. (the minuend) with a piece of paper. On the latter write the sum of 724 and 87, adding upward.

TEST

Think and are 1; carrying 1 to 2, think 3 and 7 are 10; write 0. Carrying 1 to 7, think 8 and 8 are 16; write 16.