FOR PRIMARY PUPILS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 5

FOR PRIMARY PUPILS

ARITHMETIC AND ENGLISH

Arithmetic and English assignments! are published today for primary pupils who are doing lessons at home. English lessons for forms 1 and 2 for the week were published on Friday.

ARITHMETIC

ASSIGNMENT 12. • STANDARD 1. A.—Write down the answers to:— 9 and 6, 4 and 8, 3 and 5, 7 and 2, 4 and 9, 7 and 8, 6 and 5, 8 and 5. B.— 2 + 6 =..i2+6=..22 + 6=.. 32 + 6 = .. 42 + 6 = .. 52 + 6 = .. a— Twelve take away six. Fifteen take away seven. Twenty take away eighteen. Sixteen take away nine. D.— Four fives and four. Three eights and five. Five sevens and six. Six fours and five. STANDARD 2. A.—Write in figures: Twenty-six, one hundred and thirty-four, three hundred and thirty-three, ninety-eight. Write in words: 76, 54, 163, 411. B.—Keep adding s:— . 2, 7, 12 .... 52; 3, 8, 13 68. Keep taking away s:— 49 44, 39 4; 56, 51, 46 .... 11. C—Add:— 17 •+■ 14 + 29 + 47 = .. 14 -4- 12 + 26 + 18 = .. '11 + 19 + 17 + 77 = .. 34 +19+17+ 18 • = .. D.—Take away:— 143 321 247 321 , _79 _19 —138 —123 : ■ E. —Learn, these tables and write them out backwards: — 4 times starting 4 X 12 = 48 5 times starting 5 X .10 = 50 6 times starting 6 X .9 = 54 STANDARD 3. MENTALCD 16 + 7 +-25 = (2) 100 — 63 = (3) 135 -4- 5 '=".■' (4) 27 X 6 = . (5) Three score — two dozen = (6) 192 -r 12 = (7) 75 + 25 — 50 = (8) 56 — 17 — 21 = (9) £2 — £1 4s = (10) lOd + Is 3d +'2s 8d = WRITTEN—Add:— (1) 5 (2) 37 (3) £ s. 9 43 10 4 8 29 8 13 6 16 7 16 5 ' 30 19,13 £• s. £ s. (4) 7836 (5) 23 13 (6) 13 9 —2943 18 17 —5 11 • •'■ £; s. £ s. : - (7) 295 (8) 3 12 (9) 2 7 X 6 X 8 X 5 (10) Write in words: 20,908. STANDARD 4. MENTAL— (1) In the number 287639 what figure is .in the, hundreds of thousands place? (2) How many chains in 12 miles? (3) How many miles in : 400' chain's? (4) How many ounces in 81b 2oz? , (5) How many lbs in 80oz? (6) How many yards in 1 chain? • (7) Reduce 10 chains to yards. (8) From 2yds take 2ft. (9) Add 25 chains to lml. 70ch. (10) How many stones in scwt? WRITTEN— (1) A bale of wool weighs 5621b. Find the weight in lb of 300 bales. (2) How many yards in 124 miles? (1760 yds in 1 mile.) (3) 53642 4- 35. (4) From J of a million take 134872. f5) fl3 16s 8d + £45 17s lid + £29 15s 8d + £46 13s 9d + £47 19s 5d + .£23 14s lid. FORM I. MENTAL— (1) Add together 124, 436, 80. (2) Divide 15s 5Jd by 7. (3) Write in figures fifty-five thousand,"and five. (4) What fraction of £1 is Is 3d? (5) What is the cost of 48 articles at Is 3d each? (6) lcwt of potatoes at 2d a lb. (7) 30 x 60. (8) From 5000 take 197. (9) Find the cost of a dozen articles at Is s£d each. (10) Find the cost of 240 units of electricity at 5d a unit. WRITTEN— (1) Divide 23147 by 39. (2) What is the cost of 90 articles at Is IOJd each? (3) Find the amount in £ s. d. of the contents of a collection box—s37 pennies, 408 threepences, 270 sixpences, 173 shillings, 89' florins, and 50 halfcrowns. (4) Divide £43 2s into 16 equal parts. (5) Find the total cost of 160 biscuits at l£d each, 12 fruit loaves at 4sd each, and 250 halfpenny buns. FORM H. MENTAL— (1) Divide 10 by three and one-third. (2) 257 X 50. (3) What is the value of 99 florins? (4) What is the cost of 75 articles at 5 for 6d? (5) Give the cost of 1J dozen buttons at 9d a dozen. (6) Subtract 30 from 3000. (7) How much is 4£ guineas? (8) How much will 241b cheese at Hid a lb cost? (9) 19s lid X 240. (10) What is the difference between the-cost of 50 articles at 6s 3d and 50 at 5s 9d? WRITTEN— (1) £3 17s 9Jd + £145 13s 5d + 19s 4d + £83 6s Hid + £14 6s Bd. (2) Divide the difference between 121 tons 13cwt 2qr and 79 tons 19cwt 3qr by 39. (3) Bill: 20 loaves at s£d a loaf, 18 cakes at Ud each, 91b flour at 2Ad a lb. (4) Find simple interest on £18 for 4 years at 5 per cent. (5) I pay £10 10s. Od for 6 tons; what would 7 tons cost? .