Filbert and the melon cheater (subtraction with borrowing)

Duration: 0:10:22

Genre: Children's | Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Illustrates simple subtraction in groups of ten through an animated story about the problems of an honest melon merchant. Records how Filbert devises an accounting system called "dump a box" which is based on subtraction with borrowing to try to stop a melon thief. Shows how "dump a box" becomes the key to Filbert's subtraction problems and to catching the thief.

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