LESSON IX.

1. How many balls are 1 ball and 2 balls? Express the answer on your slates, thus: 1 ball and 2

balls; or, 3 and 2 are 5.

balls are 3 balls; or, 1

and 2 are 3.

2. How many balls are 2 balls and 2 balls? Express the answer thus: 2 balls and 2 balls are 4 balls; or, 2 and 2 are 4.

3. How many balls are 3 balls and 2 balls? Express the answer thus: 3 balls and 2 balls are 5 3+2=5.

The sign takes the place of the word and. It is read plus.

The sign = takes the place of the word are. It is read equal. Then 1 and 2 are 3, is written 1+ 2 =3, and read, 1 plus 2 equal 3.

4. Express 2 and 2 are 4, and 3 and 2 are 5, on your slates, using the signs.

5. How many balls are 4 balls and 2 balls? 4+2 ? 5+2=? 6+2=? 7+2=? 8+2=? 6. How many are 9 balls and 2 balls? 10+2=?

=

Counting numbers together is called Addition. 7. Form the addition table of twos.

1. How many birds are 1 bird and 3 birds?

2. How many acorns are 2 acorns and 3 acorns? 3. Harry bought 3

oranges one day, and 3 the next. How many oranges did he buy?

4. How many figs are 4 figs and 3 figs?

5. How many boys

are 5 boys and 3 boys?

6. Helen gave a beggar 6 cents, and Mary gave him 3 cents. How many cents did both give him?

7. A man bought 7 loads of hay one week, and 3 the next. How many loads of hay did he buy?

8. How many are 8 and 3? How many are 9 and 3?

9. How many tops are 10 tops and 3 tops? 10. How many bees are 1 bee and 4 bees? 11. How many butterflies are 2 butterflies and 4 butterflies?

12. Mary had 3 cents, and her brother gave her 4 more. How many cents had she then?

13. A boy bought 4 pencils one day, and 4 the next. How many pencils did he buy in both days? 14. How many books are 5 books and 4 books? 15. How many are 6 and 4? 7 and 4?

16. If there are 7 boys on one seat and 4 on another, how many boys are there on both seats? 17. 8+4=? 9+4=? 10+4=?

18. Form the tables of threes and fours.

LESSON XI.

1. James had 3 oranges, and bought 4 more. How many had he then? 3+4=?

2. Mary had 4 pencils, and her aunt gave her 2 more. How many had she then?

3. If there are 9 cows in one field and 3 in another, how many are there in both fields?

4. John had 4 pennies, and earned 7 pennies. How many had he then?

5. Helen picked 3 roses from one bush and 7 from another. How many roses did she pick from both?

6. One hen's nest had 3 eggs in it, and another had 5. How many eggs were there in both nests? 7. 3+4=? 4+7=? 4+6=?

8. There are 6 lambs in one field and 2 in another. How many lambs in both fields? 6+2=?

9. 4+2 ? 7+3=? 3+5=?

10. A man paid 10 dollars for a coat and 4 dollars for a hat. What did he pay for both?

11. 93 ? 3+8=? 8+4=?
12. How many are 10 and 2? 2 and 10?

13. How many are 9 and 2? 2 and 9?

14. How many robins are 5 robins and 3 robins?

LESSON XII.

1. There is 1 pigeon on one limb and there are 5 pigeons on another. How many are there on both

cents for a lemon and 5 cents for an orange. How much did he give for both? 3+5=?

4. How many girls are 4 girls and 5 girls? 5. How many canes are 5 canes and 5 canes? 6. 65 ? 7+5=? 8+5=? 9+5=? 7. How many sheep are 10 sheep and 5 sheep? 8. A girl gave 1 cent for a needle and 6 cents for a spool of thread. How much did she pay for both? 1+6=?

9. A boy gave 2 cents for marbles and 6 cents for a top. How much did he pay for both?

10. How many lamps are 3 lamps and 6 lamps? 11. How many are 4 and 6? How many are 5

and 6?

12. A man bought 6 bushels of potatoes at one time, and 6 more at another time. How many did he buy at both purchases? 6+6=?

13. How many lambs are 7 lambs and 6 lambs?