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511-512 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE EBP 1947 rent $2.60 511 division is b tractions. 1 thru tlie an under MEANING OF LONG DIVISION. 16min sd (Arithmetic ser) |45, el-jh-sh Guide Revision of "Long Division" Tiiru animated diagrams iong shown as a mere series of simple su More animation devices carry pupilsolution of actual problems and to standing of long division MEANING OF PERCENTAGE. YoungAmerica 1947 llmin sd (Arithmetic ser) $40 511 el-Jh Guide Collaborators: Dr William Brownell and Dr Laura K. Eads i^rovides an introduction to the meaning of percentage by relating it to the student's previous understanding of fractions and decimals MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS. KnowledgeBldrs 1948 llmin sd (Simplified arithmetic ser) $40, rent $2 511 el-Jh Opens with a scene in which a boy needs to multiply fractions; then a kitchen scene in which a girl learns to multiply fractions in using cooking recipes. Apples are used to make 1/2 X 1/2 and 1/8 x 7 mean something real. A block cut into units shows clearly why 1/3 x 2/5 equals 2/15 PARTS OF NINE. YoungAmerica 1947 llmin sd (Arithmetic ser) $40 511 p-el-Jh Guide Sequel to "What is Four" Develops the meaning of the number 9 thru experience situations and the use of concrete material involved in preparing for a birthday party PARTS OF THINGS. YoungAmerica 1947 llmin sd (Arithmetic ser) $40 511 p-ei Guide Collaborators: Dr William Brownell and Dr Laura K. Eads Develops tne meanings of one-half and one-fourth of single things, as an early introduction of the child to the concept of fractions. Abstract objects are carefully explained in relation to real things PER CENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. Coronet * 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 511 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: H. C. Christofferson, professor of mathematics, Miami University Follows Bob's problems in figruring commissions, taxes, interest and discount with general, rate and base formulas PERCENTAGE. JohnsonHunt 1948 llmin sd ♦ (Fractions ser) $45; also color $85 511 el-Jh-sh Guide Gives in animation the definition of percentage. Treats percentage as a special form of fractions and emphasizes its relationship to decimal and common fractions. Gives examples of two different types of problems SIMPLE FRACTIONS. KnowledgeBldrs 1948 12min sd (Simplified arithmetic ser) $40, rent $2 511 el-Jh-sh Guide Gives meaning to fractions. Animation is used in repeated examples to show the roles played by numerator and denominator. Simple additions are made reasonable by showing parts being combined. Concrete objects are used in the gradual development of abstract ideas SUBTRACTION IS EASY. Coronet 1949 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 511 p-el-Jh Guide Collaborator: F. Lynwood Wren, professor of mathematics, George Peabody College for Teachers Billy faces the problem of deciding whether he will have enough money to buy a baseball after purchasing paints and a bat. Shows mathematics in action and teaches borrowing, place value and other fundamentals of subtraction TEEN NUMBERS. Young:America 1947 lOmin sd (Arithmetic ser) $40 511 p-el Guide Technical advisers: Dr William A, Brownell, Duke University and Dr Laura K. Eads, Board of Education, New York city The meaning of the one place numbers 1-9 is shown thru grouping objects and by indicating these numbers in a series. The meaning of the numbers 10-19 is developed as groups of ten and ones and as they are shown in relationship to the single digit numbers 1-9. Understanding of the concepts in this film is basic to an understanding of the nature of our decimal number system WE DISCOVER FRACTIONS. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 511 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Dr Harold P. Fawcett, professor of mathematics, College of Education, Ohio State University Helps students relate the arithmetic symbols of fractions to their own experience. A piece of pie, half an apple, a board sawed in fourths for shelves, and a cup and a half of milk for a layer cake present fractions in familiar terms "An excellent aid to the understanding of fractional facts. To grasp the meaning that a fifth is smaller than a third, and a half larger than a fourth is essential to our pupils. The number 'five' in the denominator tends to represent something bigger than the number 'three' in the denominator of another fraction." Catholic school journal WHAT ARE FRACTIONS? Films 1948 lOmin sd $45 511 el-Jh Guide A basic film to be used early in the study of fractions. Deals with fractions as parts of things and as parts of groups of things. Shows how fractions are written and develops the meaning of numerator and denominator WHAT IS FOUR? YoungAmerica 1916 15min sd (Arithmetic ser) $48 511 p-el Guide Also available in a shorter version (8min $40) Collaborators: Dr William Brownell and Dr Laura K. Eads Develops the meaning of a number. Introduces the number four in a variety of concrete situations understandable to a child beginning to appreciate numbers. Balance of film for more advanced children develops four as an abstract number and introduces concept of addition and subtraction 512 Algebra ALGEBRA IN EVERYDAY LIFE. Coronet 1948 ♦ lOmin sd $45; also color $90 512 Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: R. Orin Cornett, Oklahoma Baptist University Explains that there is nothing mysterious about algebra. It is only a language of numbers. Grace and Bill solve a problem which confronts them in the preparations for their annual school revue . . . solve it by using algebra. With emphasis on these three basic algebraic steps: 1) observation, 2) translation, 3) manipulation and computation, this film shows how algebra Is used in everyday life as well as In specialized fields m