Mathematics Can Help You: A Course In Functional Mathematics For Senior High School

MATHEMATICS CAN HELP XOU A COURSE IN FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL A Project Presented to the Facility of the School of Education The University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Education by Donald Edward Me Clean January 1950 UMI Number: EP45953 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMT Dissertation Publishing UMI EP45953 Published by ProQuest LLC (2014). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code ProQuest* Que ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 4 8 1 0 6 - 1346 <> I 3 T h is p r o je c t re p o r t, w r i t t e n u n d e r the d ire c tio n o f the cand id a te ’s a d v is e r a n d a p p r o v e d by h im , has been presented to a n d a ccepted by the F a c u l t y o f the S c h o o l o f E d u c a t io n in p a r t i a l f u l f i l l m e n t o f the re q u ire m e n ts f o r the degree of M a s te r Science in E d u c a tio n . D a te «January~22*..195Q............ A d v is e r Dean of Mr. Donald Edward Me Clean has my authorization to submit his Master*s Project in elite type. Project Committee January 2 0 , 1950 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PART I. DOWN AT THE CORNER HOW TO MANAGE THE AWAY-FRQM-HOME FINANCES 1. SAVE WITH SAFETY: How to use the b a n k ......................... 2 2. BY, LAND, SEA, OR AIR: How to use the m a i l s ......... 3. GOING TO MARKET: 4. WORK AND PAY: How to get what is caning to you . . . . . . . . 8 How to do your shopping......................13 19 PART II. AROUND THE HOUSE HOW TO MANAGE AT HOME 5. HOME SWEET HOME: or buying. 6. THE BUDGET: ' 7. How to finance your home, renting . . . . . . How to budget your earnings . . . . . . . LIGHTS, GAS, AND WATER: 8, MOMIS ROOM: 9. PINS AND NEEDLES: . . . . 3 1 How to save on your public utilities . 37 How to use numbers in the kitchen . . . . . . . . 10. DO IT YOURSELF: 11. COVERED WAGON: 12. RECREATION: 25 How to clothe y