LESSONS AT HOME

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 186, 4 May 1937, Page 13

LESSONS AT HOME

Arithmetic and English TO-DAY’S ASSIGNMENTS The thirteenth assignment of arithmetic and the eighth assignment of English to be done at home by pupils of all primary schools are published below: — ARITHMETIC Assignment No. 13 STANDARD 1.

D. What is a quarter of 24 , the half of 16, the quarter of 36, the half of 14. E. —Add :— 15 19 15 q-16 +l7 +l6 STANDARD 2. A. —Write out and learn these tablas: 7 times up to 7 X 8 = 56 8 times up to 8 X 7 — 06 9 times up to 9 X 6 — 54 B. —Write in words: 42, 157, 201, 90. Write in figures: 'Thirty-seven, two hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-five. C. —Keep adding 6:— 5, 11. 17 .... 65 6, 12, 18 .... 54 Keep taking away 6: — 51, 45, 39 .... 3 53, 47, 41 .... 5

STANDARD 3. MENTAL: —Score rule, call the shillings, £'s: — (1) 20 books at 1/- each. (2) 20 books at 2/- each. (3) 20 books at 4/- each. (4) 20 books at 8/- each. (5) 20 books at 12/- each. (6) 9e. Od. X 20. (7) 3s. Od. X 20. (8) 15s. Od. X 20. (9) 17s. Od. x 20. (10) 14s. Od. X 20. WRITTEN— .. (1) Write in figures: Fifty-three thousand seven hundred and eleven. (2) Write in words: 21,330. (3) Find the sum of the smallest and largest numbers made with the figures 5,4, 9, O, 3. (4) 4837 X 30. (5) 59673 -> 12. (6) 49326 — 32718. (7) 3142 + 5639 + 2817 + 987 + 48. (8) £l3 16e. + £9 12s. + £l3 18s. + £l6 19s. + £9 Ils. 79) £lB 12s. Od. — £l3 15s. Od. (10) £l9 4s. Od. -> 6. STANDARD «. MENTAL— . , . , ~ (1) How many inches in i yard.' (2) How many feet in a chain? (3) How many yards in li chains. (4) How many chains in li miles? (5) How many yards in a mile? (6) How many cwt. in 14 ton? (7) How many quarters in Bcwt.? (8) How many lb. in 3qrs.? (9) How many lb. in a stone? (10) How many ounces in Jib.? WRITTEN—(I) 5 tons 15cwt. 3qrS. X 5. (2) 211 b. 2oz. -s- 6. 3 (3) There are 22401 b. in a ton. Find the number of lb. in 136 tons. (4) 6mls. 15 chains 13yds. X 8. (5) £43 12s. 7d. X 12. FORM 1. MENTAL— , m (1) I put by 2s. 6d. a week. What have I saved at the end of 19 weeks? (2) What is the cost of 81b. of tea at 2s. lid. a lb.? (3) How many minutes are there from 8.55 a.m. to 10.5 a.m.? (4) Take ong from ten thousand. (5) Write in words 60,050. (6) What must I pay for 66 books at 3s. 4d. each? (7) What will 24 buns cost at 14d. each? (8) Find the cost of 5 hats at 19s. lid. each. (9) Take 7s. lOjd. from 15s. 4d. (10) How much will 144 bananas cost at 2d. each? (11’) How many 41b. packets can be made from lewt.? (12) A boy was 14 years old in 1936. In what year will he be 50? (13) 27 people travel by train at a cost of 6s. Bd. each. How much do their tickets cost altogether? (14) I spend 15s. on IJd. buns for a school party. How many do I buy? (15) How much must I pay for 8 tons scwt. of sand at one shilling per cwt.? WRITTEN — (1) Add together 15360, 7714, 2870 and 21416. , „„„„ (2) From £3647 4s. 6d. take £757 16s. 9d. (3) Multiply thirty thousand one hundred and three by two hundred and eight, (4) How many miles are there in 12.320 yards? (5) Find the cost of 9yds. Ift, 6in. of carpet at £1 2s. Od. a yd. (6) Divide 264,391 by 83. (7) Take ten thousand and one from one million. (8) Find the cost of 417 articles at 3s. 4d. each. FORM 2. FRACTIONS—(I) Find the sum of two-thirds and three-quarters. (2) What is the difference between one-half and one-third? (3) If one-half, one-third, and onequarter are added together, what is the result? (4) Which is the larger, and by how much: Three-quarters or five-sixths? (5) A boy had 24 marbles. He lost 6 of them. What fraction had he left? (6) Two-thirds of a boy’s money equals 10s. How much money has he? (7) Add h third of 39 to an eighth of 128. (8) A wireless pole is erected with one-fifth of its length below the level of the ground. The part above the ground measures 24ft. Row long is the pole? (You are helped if you draw a picture of it.) (9) How much is five-sevenths of 24 guineas? (10) Which is the larger and by how much: (a) Six-sevenths of Ift. 9in. or (b) five-eighths of a yard? SIMPLIFY THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS BY CANCELLING TO THEIR LOWEST TERMS:— (11) 16 X 5 x 12 (12) 3 X 20 X 14 24 X 8 X 10 7 X 25 X 9 (13) 24 X 36 9X4X 8 X 6 (14) 15 X 16 x 17 x 18 9 X 10 X 12 X 34 (15) 16 X 12 X 13 X 14 26 X 48 X 21

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