At 3 cents apiece how many oranges can you buy for 6 cents? At 2 cents apiece how many apples can you buy for 6 cents? If you can buy 3 sticks of candy for 3 cents, how many sticks can you buy for 4 cents? If you have 6 plates have you? eggs, 2 on a plate, how many If you can buy 2 apples for 2 cents, how many apples can you buy for 6 cents? What is one-half of 6 cents? one-third of 6 cents? two-thirds of 6 cents? three-thirds of 6 cents? Charlie sold 3 newspapers for 2 cents a paper. How many cents did he get for the 3 papers? It takes 2 cents to buy a paper. How many papers can you buy for 4 cents? for 6 cents ? If you have six cents, and spend half of your money, how many cents will you have left? How many balls in one-half of 6 balls? in twohalves of 6 balls? How many blocks in one-third of 6 blocks? in two-thirds of 6 blocks? in three-thirds of 6 blocks? in three-thirds of 3 blocks? If a cook has 6 eggs, and uses one-third of them for cake, how many eggs will be left ? A little boy had 4 newspapers to sell, and he sold half of them. How many papers had he left? How many pears are one-half of 4 pears and onehalf of 6 pears together? THE NUMBER SEVEN. Six dots and one dot make seven dots. Here are seven dots, We write the figure 7 for seven. Draw these cards, and write 7 under each card. How many are 3 and 4? 4 and 3? 1 and 6? 2 and 5? 5 and 2? 6 and 1? How many are 7 less 3? 7 less 4? 7 less 1? 7 less 2? 7 less 5? 7 less 6? 7 less 7? How many more are 7 chairs than 3 chairs? 7 balls than 4 balls? 7 kittens than 1 kitten? 7 mice than 5 mice? 7 ladders than 2 ladders ? 7 stars than 6 stars? How many dolls must you put with 3 dolls to have 7 dolls? How many cups must you put with 4 cups to have 7 cups? How many hats must you put with 1 hat to have 7 hats? How many cents must you put with 2 cents to have 7 cents? How many eggs must you put with 5 eggs to have 7 eggs? How many cents must you put with 6 cents to have 7 cents? There are 4 pigs in 1 pen and 3 pigs in another pen. How many pigs in both pens? How many must you add to 5 to make 7? If you draw 7 stars and rub out 3 of them, how many will be left? How many are 7 less 3? How many crosses are 6 crosses and 1 cross? If you have 7 pears and give away 6 of them, how many pears will you have left? How many are 7 less 6? 7 less 1? 7 less 3? 7 less 5? 7 less 2? 7 less 4? How many mittens make a pair of mittens? Call them horses, and find how many pairs of horses you can have, and how many single horses besides? NOTE. Show the pupils one-cent, two-cent, and five-cent coins. Let them count out the number of single cents a two-cent piece equals in value, and the number a five-cent piece equals in value. Show the one-cent, two-cent, three-cent, four-cent, and five-cent postage stamps. At 1 cent apiece, how many apples can you buy for a two-cent piece? for a five-cent piece? Harry has a two-cent piece and a five-cent piece. How many one-cent postage stamps can he buy? If you add 1 block to 3 times 2 blocks, how many blocks will you have? How many are☐☐ and☐☐ and☐☐ and □? How many are☐☐☐ and ☐☐☐ and ? How many are 2 and 2 and 2 and 1 ? How many are 3 and 3 and 1? Alice has a five-cent piece and a two-cent piece, and Harry has six cents. How much more money has Alice than Harry? How many peaches are 3 peaches and 4 peaches? A farmer had 7 horses. If he had 3 turned out in the pasture, and the rest in the stable, how many did he have in the stable? There were 7 windows in a room, and 2 of them were shut. How many were open? There were 7 eggs in a basket, but the cook used 5 of them. How many were left? A storekeeper had 7 saws. He sold one saw to a carpenter. How many had he left? A man had 7 cows to milk. When he had milked 6 cows, how many had he to milk? If one apple costs 1 cent, how much will 7 apples cost? 5 apples? 3 apples? 6 apples? If one peach costs 2 cents, how much will 3 peaches cost? 2 peaches? If you can buy one pencil for 2 cents, how many pencils can you buy for 6 cents? for 4 cents? How many three-cent stamps can you buy for 3 cents? for 6 cents? George has 7 cents. How many oranges can he buy at 3 cents each, and how many cents will he have left? Ellen has 7 cents. How many pears can she buy at 2 cents each, and how many cents will she have left? DRILL EXERCISE. NOTE. The Teacher may put the following groups of dots on the board, and call upon the pupils one by one to tell the number of dots as she touches the squares at random, with a pointer. Every child should be carefully drilled on this exercise until he can name each number of dots instantly. Name two numbers that together make 4. How many more are 5 than 3? How many more are 7 than 4? How many more are 7 than 3? than 3? than 2? than 5? than 2? |