Excerpt from Ferrell's Elementary Arithmetic This book was prepared primarily as a first book in Arith metic for those schools in which a text is not put into the hands of the pupil before the beginning of the third school year. It contains the mathematics for the third, fourth, and fifth school years. But, if preceded by Wooster's Arithmetics or their equivalents in the first, second and third years, Parts One and Two may be completed during the fourth year. In that event, only time enough need be taken with Part One to review hastily and to understand the plan of work preparatory to taking up Part Two. This is the companion book of Ferrell's Advanced Arith metic, which contains the mathematics for the sixth, seventh and eighth school years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Rational Elementary Arithmetic He is next led to apply his facts to other concrete problems, such as: If John has one marble and Henry has three, how many have both? Which are not constructive, but which oblige him to use his judgment. Finally the number combinations thus learned and applied are fixed by a series of drills. An essential feature of these drill tables is that they make the subject less formidable to the child. For example, the tables on page 43 show that if the child adds three, say, to a series of numbers ending in six, all the sums will end in nine. As soon as the child masters the develop ment of a number, he is taught to associate it with certain facts of his daily life; as, for example, in connection with the number eight, is given the table of dry measure, and with the number twelve, the foot, the months, and the mysteries of the clock face. In this way the child is sure to be interested, and his powers both of memory and of judgment are developed. Throughout the book much use is made of graphic illustrations and concrete problems, such as drawing to scale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Elementary Arithmetic Convinced that too much theory and rule embarrass the young pupil, the author has in this respect sought to strike a happy mean, presenting necessary explanations, but in few words; giving example sometimes the precedence over precept, and making rules intelligible by means of preliminary illustrations. Definitions are made brief and Simple. Technical terms unnecessary at this stage of progress are avoided. The difficulties of beginners being appreciated, it is believed that they are here so met as to save the teacher the annoy ance Of constant demands for explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.