PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 4 May 1937, Page 8

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

HOME LESSONS. FOE MASTEKTON PUPILS. Wednesday’s Work. STANDARD 1. A.—

Bow many inches in 3 feet 1 ? How many inches in 5 feet? How many feet in 48 inches? How many feet in 12 inches? D. —What is a quarter of 24, the half of 16, the quarter of 36, the half of 14? E. Add:— 15 19 15 -|-16 -|-17 -[-16 STANDARD 2. A.—Write out and learn these tables: 7 times up to 7 X 8 = 56 8 times up to 8 X 7 = 56 9 times up to 9 X 6 = 54 E.—Write in word's: 42, 157, 201, 90. Write in figures: 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 D. Add:— 27 -|- 54 -[- 33 -[- 19 = .... 41 -j- 14 -|- 19 -|- 78 = .... 52 -|- 49 -| -18 -|- 19 = .... 23 -|- 19 -j- 14 -j- 75 = .... E. —Take away:— 176 333 281 247 —57 —99 —9l —l5B STANDARD 3. MENTAL —Score rule, call the shillings, £’s: — (1) 20 books at l/- 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) 9s Od X 20. (7) 3s Od X 20. (8) 15s Od X 20. (9) 17s Od X 20. 10) 14s Od X 20. WRITTEN—(I) 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, 9,0, 3. (4) 4837 X 30. ‘ . (5) 59673 -f- 12. (6) 49326 (7) 3142 -|- 5639 -j- 2817 -|- 987 -|- 48. (8) £l3 16s -|- £9 12s -|- £l3 18s -j----£l6 19s -j- £9 11s. (9) £lB 12s Od £l3 15s Od. (10) £l9 4s Od 4- v O. r STANDARD 4. MENTAL— ’• (1) How many inches in 4 yard? (2) How many feet in a chain? (3) How many yards in 14 chains? (4) How many chains in 1J miles? (5) How many yards in a mile? (6) How many cwt. in 14 ton? (7) How many quarters in Bcwt.? (8) How many lbs. in 3qrs.? (9) How many lbs. in a stone? (10) How many ounces in fib.? WRITTEN—(I) 5 tons 15cwt. 3qrs. X 5. (2) 211 b. 2oz, -4- 6. (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—(I) 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 one 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 lid each? (8) Find the cost of 5 hats at 19s lid each. ■ (9) Take 7s 104 d from 15s 4d. (10) llow much will 144 bananas cost at 2d each? (11) llow many 41b. packets can be made from lcwt,? (12) A boy was 14 years old in 1936. In what year will he bo 50? (13) 27 people travel by train at a cost of 6s 8d each. How much do their tickets cost altogether? (14) I spend 15s on lid' buns for a school party. How- many do I buy? (15) How much must I pay for 8 tons sewt. of sand at one shilling per cwt.? WRITTEN—(I) 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 yard. (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. i(2) Wh a t is the difference between one-half and one-third? (3) If one-half, one-third and onequarter are added to-gether, what is the result ? (4) Which is the larger, and by how much: Three-quarters or five-sixths? (5) A boy had 24 marbles. Ho lost 6 of them. What fraction had he left? (6) Two-thirds of a. boy’s money equals 10s. How much money lias he? (7) Add a 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. How 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

STANDARD 1. Read the story of “Willie Waggle..’’ Then answer the questions on page 38. 1. AVIio was Willie Waggle? 2. What was his home called? 3. Write down the kind of food Willie Waggle eats. 4. How does the worm hear? , 5. Write thh sentence which tells how Willie moves about, 6. Make up a : sentence about the blackbird and Willie. SPELLING: can’t; could; coming; cough; don’t. STANDARD 2. SPELLING: often; once; piece; ready; raise. READING: Read “Willie Waggle” to top of page 39. 1. When does the worm go in search of food? 2. What kind of weather does it like best? 3. Name some things that the worm ate. 4. What was the worm’s worst enemy ? 5. How did he tell when the enemy was coming? Find words in the story that mean these: — 6. The way a worm moves. 7. The worm’s hole in the ground. 8. Going slowly over the garden. 9. Putting his head out quickly. 10. The noise the bird’s beak made. STANDARD 3. Read again the last story in the April “School Journal.” Then answer these questions:—• 1. Lanvpon was a and also a Find the right words for the gaps from the story. 2. At what age did boys begin school in Athens? At what age do they usually begin in New Zealand? 3. How is your school room different from the one Theras was in? 4. Join together without using “and” or “but” ox “so”: (a) Then Pheidon took Theras V hand. He was taking the boy to school himself this day. (b) The disc was a round, bronze plate. Each boy , threw it in turn. STANDARD 4. Read again the last story Hi the April “Schol Journal.” Then answer these questions: — 1. What were the duties of a pedagogue ? 2. What ages were the boys who had the services of a pedagogue? 3. How did the class>-work and schoolroom of a Greek pupil differ from yours? 4. What did the boys wear to school? 5. He came suddenly. Suddenly tells HOW he came, and is called 1 . an adverb because it is usually with a verb. Adverbs telling * ‘how”—adverbs of manner—end in ly. Find the adverbs of manner on page 48. Write down the adverb and the word to which it is joined; then underline the adverb. FORMS I. & IL Your task for to-day is Section B, .published in yesterday’s “Times.” PRIMERS 3 & 4. Write out this story, filling in the missing words. Read it to mother. A little bird peeped .through the window of a house one day. It saw cooking the dinner and two children called and doing their lessons. It said, ‘‘ I will fly away to school and tell Miss how nicely and are doing their work. FRENCH. Write out the numbers 1 to 10 in French. Do this again, putting a noun with each number like this: Cinq cahiers.

6 -|- 4 -|- 7 -13 = .... 9 -|- 9 -|- 4 4 = .... 27 — 7 — 8 — O — ■27 — 0 — 5 — 6 = .... B — 11 X 3 = .... 25 -4- 5 — .... 12 X 5| = .... 30 -r- 2 = .... 6 X 6 — .... 18 -4- 6 = .... C.—

(13) 24 X 3G (14) , 9 X 4 X 8 X 6 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