LESSONS AT HOME

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 174, 20 April 1937, Page 6

LESSONS AT HOME

Arithmetic For All Standards A NEW ENVELOPE All Wellington Board’s Schools Lessons to be done at home to-day by children attending schools in the Wellington education district and other children who are instructed to do them are printed below. A meeting of headmasters is to be held to-day to plan the introduction of new subjects. To save stationery an envelope that, can be used 12 times is being introduce'd. It is larger than the kinds usually available at home. The envelope is not to be sealed, but its flap merely turned in so that it can be used again. The front is ruled into 12 spaces, and each time the envelope is used the old address will be crossed out and the new address written in the fresh space next to it. The first space used will be that in the upper left-hand corner, and the other spaces will be used in order, working from left to right, first along the top row of spaces, and then along the second and third rows. ARITHMETIC Assignment No. 5 STANDARD 1. Remember to get someone to give you 20 adding suras like 9 + 6, 3 + 8. Tell your teacher how many you got right.

C.—Write in figures:— (1) Thirty four thousand and thirteen. (2) One quarter of a million. Write in words:— (3 ) 7003. (4) 142365. FORM 1. Mental:— (1) Multiply 4 by 41. (2) Reduce 3s. 4d. to halfpennies. (3) Find a number a third of which is 15. (4) How many hundreds are there in 2,000? (5) Change left from a 10s. note after buying 12 exercise books at 4J<l. each? (6) Cut a piece of wire a foot long into 8 equal pieces. How long is each piece? (7) How much is one-third of £1 10s. od.? (8) In 12 hours how many minutes? (9) How many books at half-a-crown each can 1 buy for £2 15s. od.? (10) What is the area of a rectangle sin. by 9in.? Written :— (1) Bring 5400 m. to yards. (2) From £lOO7 ss. 7d. take £BB9 10s. lOld. (3) How many pounds of butter at ,Is. lOd. per lb. can be purchased for £1 Ils. 2d.? (4) What is the value of half a ton of sugar at 4d. a lb.? (5) £3 17s. Old. X 117. (6) What is the cost of posting 87 letters at l!d. each and 750 circulars at -Jd. each? (7) A steamer began a voyage on 15th March and finished on 9th June. How many days did the voyage last? (8) From 5 tons 3cwt. Iqr. take IScwt. 3qrs. (9) Change £7 13s. 9Jd. to halfpence. (10) After 12 quarts 1 pint have been sold from a 9-gallon barrel of vinegar, how many pints are left? FORM 2. Mental: — (1) Express three-tenths as a percentage. (2) Express one-half as . a percentage. (3) Express one-quarter as a percentage. (4) How much is live per eent of

£200? (5) How much is thirteen per cent, of £200? , t r „ (6) Find the value of 4 per cent, ot HOOO. „ . on (7) What percentage of 30 is 3r (8) What percentage of 500 is 25? (9) What per cent, of one shilling is £1? (10) What does 300 become when increased by 5 per cent.?

Written: — (1) If 12yds. of material cost £1 15s. o<l., find the cost of 16yds.’ of the same material. (2) My railway fare for 66 miles is Bs. 3d. How far can I travel for 2s. 9d.? (3 A boy walks one-quarter of a mile in 71 minutes. How far will he walk in half an hour at the same rate? (4) I buy 3jlb. of sugar foi Is. 2d. How much sugar can I buy for half-a-crown?

(5) A turnip field will feed 120 sheep for a fortnight. How long would the field maintain 35 sheep?

(6) The rent of a house for 12 weeks is £7 10s. Od. How much rent would be paid in 39 weeks? (7) I walked 13| miles in 4J hours. How long would it take to walk 9 miles at the same rate? (8) The cost of IJcwt. of potatoes is 14s. Od. What should I pay for- 2ewt. Iqr.?

A.— 7 and 3 ; 17 and 3 ; 27 and 3, 37 and 3 47 and 3; 4 and 5 ; 14 and 5; 24 and 5 34 and 5; 44 and 5 ; 8 and 7; IS and 7 28 and 7; 3S and 7 ; 48 and 7. B.— 4 4-7 4-64-3 16 4- 3 4-4 4-5 17 4- 6 4-54-6 27 4- 5 + 7 33 4- * 4- 6

7 X 7 + 3; S X 3 + 5; 6 X 5 + 4. 6x6 + 5;5x5+7;9x3 + 4. D.— 36 — 7; 44 — S; 27 — 5 1!) — 11; 25 — 8; 30 — 6 STANDARD 2. A.—Add 22 + 14 + 70 4- 40 = .. 11 + 10 + 39 + 12 = 6 + 8 + 5 + 6 + 7+ 7 — .. 9 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 7 =: .. 4 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 7 + 6 — ■ • 15.— _, „ From 420 402 240 204 200 Take 86 86 86 86 86 .. —— ■■■■■' ’ ■ C.—Multiply:— 75 29 58 147 128 4 5 6 4 6 D. —Divide:— 264 by 4 265 by 5 264 by 6 266 by 7 264 by 8 13.—How many pennies are worth: — 3s. 4d., Is. 10d., 4s. 6d.? STANDARD 3. A.—SPEED TEST: Write down the answers to these 20 sums and see if you can finish them in 7 minutes. (1) 17 (2) 28 (3) 15 (4) 25 (5) 21 16 13 16 13 17 23 16 23 19 15 18 19 18 14 16 — — — — — — —. (6) 41 (7) 35 (8) 21 (9) 48 (10) 56 —17 —16 —18 —29 —27 — — — — —• (11) 17 X 5; (12) 26 X 4; (13) 38 X 5; (14) 27 X 6; (15) 49 X 4. (16) 420 h- 7; (17) 120 6; (18) 560 8; (19) 370 -r- 10; (20) 6-10 -i- 8. B.—Written work :— (1) 48653 X 9. (2) 51694 -4- 8. (3) 69432 — 48769. (4) 4674 + 2896 + 56987 + 28363. (5) £1 5s. Od. + £2 18s. Od. + £3 12s. Od. + £1 15s. Od. STANDARD 4. A.—Speed Test: Write down the answers to these 20 sums and see if you can finish them all in 7 minutes. (1) 375 (2) 413 (3) 147 (4) 135 (5) 254 286 286 286 427 179 145 175 135 175 286 136 143 76 288 137 (6) 134 — 76: (7) 245 — 87; (8) 131 — 68; (9) 152 — 79; (10) 100 — 04. (11) 354 -h 7; (12) 286 -t- 9; (13) 475 -h 1.1; (14) 637 9; (15) 816 -t- 8. (16) 167 X 5; (17) 157 X 6; (18) 239 X 8; (19) 348 X 7; (20) 159 x

11. B.— (1) 61b. 12oz. X 9. (2) 71b. 13oz. x 8. (3) 9cwt. 7st. X 7. (4) 11 hrs. 40min. X (5) 9 years 15 weeks 12. X 7.