Excerpt from The New Normal Primary Arithmetic: Designed as an Introduction to a Thorough and Complete Course in Mental and Written Arithmetic This little work, as its title indicates, is designed to precede, and prepare the student for a thorough course in Mental and Written Arithmetic. Its peculiari ties, although such as can be better appreciated by an examination of the book itself, will be briefly specified. 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.