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add the dots apple and gave Beginning bought bushels cake cents and spent cents apiece chairs cheese divided by five divided by four divided by three dollar and spent dolls eight cents Eight divided eighteen eleven dollars fifteen fifths five cents Five divided five dollars five-inch line four cents Four divided four-inch line gallon George Henry inch line inches wide Jennie less eleven less five less four less nine less six less thirteen less three less twelve lower number Lucy miles Nine divided number story oblong one-inch line ORAL AND WRITTEN oranges pencils pieces pints quarts rows seven cents Seven divided seventeen six cents Six divided six-inch line sixths sold Subtract at sight tenths are taken third three cents three equal three fourths three-inch line twelve cents two-inch line upper number walk Write table WRITTEN EXERCISE
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Page 15 - One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five . . . MISS CHANTRY : Shut up. Shut up. NOTT : One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five . . . GEORGE (shouts) : Don't hurt him.
Page 15 - One, one, two two, three, three, four, four, five, five, six, six, seven, seven, eight, eight...
Page 59 - When anything is divided into three equal parts, each part is called one third, and is written ^. 3.
Page 41 - How many are five and one ? Five and two ? Five and three ? Five and four ? Five and five ? 16.
Page 87 - Draw a square 1 foot on a side, and divide it into square inches. How many square inches in one row ? How many rows ? How many square inches then in the square ? How many square inches in a square foot ? 2.
Page 87 - ... the oblong into square inches. How many square inches are there in the oblong? 9. Draw an oblong 3 in. long and 2 in. wide. Divide it into square inches. How many square inches are there in the oblong ? What is the area of the oblong ? How many 3 sq. in. are there in the oblong ? 10. In Problem 9, two square inches are what part of the oblong ? Three square inches are what part of the oblong ? 11. Draw an oblong 4 in. long and 3 in. wide. How many 4 sq. in. can be made of the oblong ? What is...
Page 89 - How many rows are there ? How many square inches are there in the entire oblong ? 4 x 6 sq. in. = 24 sq. in. 2. Draw another oblong 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, and find, in the same way, how many square inches it contains. 3. Draw an oblong 5 inches long and 4 inches wide and...
Page 86 - If a unit is divided into ten equal parts, each part is called one tenth. If one of these tenths is subdivided into ten equal parts, each of these subdivisions is one hundredth (^5- of i^ = riir)' So, from further divisions by 10, we get thousandths, ten-thousandths, hundred-thousandths, millionths, &c.
Page 87 - ... rectangle. 3. All squares are rectangles. All oblongs are rectangles. What is the difference between a square and an oblong? 4. What kind of figure is the floor of your schoolroom? The ceiling? 6. The side wall? The blackboard? The door? 6. Name other rectangles. 7. Draw on your paper a rectangle five inches long and one inch wide. Divide it into square inches. How many square inches are there? 9. Draw lines dividing it into square inches. How many square inches are there in one long row? How...