New Math Multiplication Flash Cards
date: label: date made
content: ca 1966
name: label: maker
content: Ed-U-Cards Manufacturing Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: From the 1950s, particularly after the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1958, American mathematicians and mathematics educators introduced a variety of reforms in mathematics teaching dubbed “The New Math.” This set of flash cards reflects the way of presenting arithmetic problems that emerged.
label: Description
content: The set consists of 50 flash cards showing products of one-digit numbers. A product is written out horizontally on each side of each card. The sides are numbered from 1 to 50 on one side and from 50 to 100 on the other. A "sliding number cover" fits over a card to cover one term in the "number sentence." The child is to figure out the answer. A window in the back of the cover reveals the correct answer written on the back of the card. In addition to these cards, there is a card listing "Basic Multiplication Facts" (written vertically, with answers) and "Basic Multiplication Combinations" (written vertically, without answers). Four cards give tips and instructions for teachers and parents.
label: Description
content: A mark on the cardboard box holding the flash cards reads: NEW MATH (/) MULTIPLICATION (/) FLASH CARDS. Another mark reads: [copyright]1966 ED-U-CARDS MFG. CORP., L.I.C., N.Y. A third mark reads: No. 263.
label: Description
content: Compare 2005.0055.06, 2005.0055.07, 2005.0055.08, and 2005.0055.09.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Women Teaching Math
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Arithmetic Teaching
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sherman L. and Marjorie A. Naidorf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0055.09
label: accession number
content: 2005.0055
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0055.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flash cards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.8 cm x 18.7 cm x 15.6 cm; 1 3/32 in x 7 3/8 in x 6 5/32 in