By Foxfire Fund Inc.

The Foxfire Americana Library takes you again to the great ol' days with a suite of easy, vintage toys that may be made at domestic. whole with illustrated step by step directions, "Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs" contains recommendation on the way to make:

Ball and Cups
Blowguns
Bouncing Pigs
Bows and Arrows
Bubble Blowers
Bull Grinders
Buttons on a String
Climbing Bears
Corn Guns
Cornstalk Animals
Cornstalk Fiddle
Apple-head Dolls
Cucumber Dolls
Fluttermills
Fly Guns
Hoops
Jumping Jacks
Kicking Mules
Limberjacks
Pop Guns
Puzzles
Rattletraps
Rolling Clowns
Sling Shots
Smoke Grinders
Squirt Guns
Stick Horses
Stilts
Grapevine Swings
Rope Swings
Tops or Dancers
Whimmy Diddles or Jeep Sticks
Hollow Whistles
Split Whistles
Whittled Animals

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A) 219 (b) 914 (c) 214 (d) 523 13. Change (a) 314 (b) 134 (c) 413 Fractions: Part 1 CHAPTER 3 Fractions: Part 1 7 (d) 111 14. Change 5 38 to an improper fraction. 43 (a) 8 (b) 23 8 (c) 16 8 (d) 29 8 15. Change 278 to an improper fraction. 22 (a) 8 (b) 17 8 (c) 23 8 (d) 8 23 16. Change 534 to an improper fraction. 4 (a) 23 (b) 17 4 (c) 19 3 (d) 23 4 17. Write 8 as a fraction. 8 (a) 1 51 CHAPTER 3 52 (b) 1 8 (c) 8 8 (d) 16 8 Fractions: Part 1 18. Write 10 10 as a whole number. (a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 0 (d) 1 19.

Use this number for the numerator and use the same denominator as the denominator of the improper fraction. EXAMPLE Change 7 23 to an improper fraction. SOLUTION Multiply 7 by 3, then add 2 to get 23, which is the numerator of the improper fraction. Use 3 as the denominator of the improper fraction. 7 23 ¼ 3 Â 7 þ 2 23 ¼ 3 3 EXAMPLE Change 9 45 to an improper fraction. CHAPTER 3 46 Fractions: Part 1 SOLUTION 9 45 ¼ 5 Â 9 þ 4 49 ¼ 5 5 Math Note: Any whole number can be written as a fraction by placing the whole number over one.

3-2. A fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator is called a proper fraction. For example, 58, 23, and 16 are proper fractions. A fraction whose numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator is called an improper fraction. For example, 53, 66, and 10 4 are improper fractions. A number that consists of a whole number and a fraction is called a mixed number. For example, 6 59, 1 23, and 3 18 are mixed numbers. Reducing Fractions A fraction is said to be in lowest terms if both the numerator and denominator cannot be divided evenly by any number except one.

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