First Book in Arithmetic, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Daniel W. Fish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330180771 ISBN 13: 9781330180778

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from First Book in Arithmetic, Vol. 1 of 3

HE division of this book into lessons is not at all intended 7to mark out the limit of the daily exercises. Each lesson dis cusses a separate topic, and many of them furnish or suggest mat ter upon which several days may be profitably spent. Some of them present drill exercises that may be frequently repeated with profit - returning to them from more advanced periods. Practically, the exercises embraced in this book cover three years or more of the primary school course as prescribed in most of our city schools. Advance slowly; one step at a time, and always secure a perfect mastery of any principle or Operation upon which another depends, before proceeding to the next.

Go over only so much ground at any one exercise as may be thoroughly understood, and review daily.

The greatest source of embarrassment to the teacher, and of dis gust and waning interest on the part of the pupil, is found in the accumulation of imperfectly mastered lessons.

Endeavor to secure the interest of the class, and never do for a pupil what he can be readily led to do for himself. Slate exercises are important from the first, and if judiciously conducted can never fail to please and instruct.

The various combinations by addition, subtraction, multiplica tion, and division, presented in the tables, furnish the instruments for all arithmetical Operations. If the pupil is skillful in these, the only other thing needful is such a familiar knowledge of the relation of things as to know what process should be used in the solution of problems.

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Excerpt from First Book in Arithmetic, Vol. 1 of 3 Arithmetic has been defined as "the science of numbers, and the art of computing by means of them." It embraces, 1st. The mode of representing numbers by figures and signs, in accordance with an accepted system; 2d. The principles and methods of their combination in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; and, 3d. The application of these principles and methods to the solution of practical problems. Primary Arithmetic can do little more than put the pupil in possession of the alphabet of numbers, and make him familiar with the various tables, securing readiness and accuracy in their use, and neatness and skill in written exercises upon them. In this book, the object has been to secure this end by easy, gradual, and rational steps, and in such a familiar manner, as to avoid the drudgery of memorizing the abstract tables, and at the same time inspire intelligent thought in regard to the more simple processes that involve the use of numbers. The plan of this book is unique, and it is believed that it will supply a want long felt by primary-school teachers. The natural and orderly development of the subject, the systematic arrangement, the copious illustrative exercises, and the provision for exhaustive drill exercises, cannot fail to meet the views of the most thorough and exacting teacher, and, at the same time, interest and attract the pupil. The first seventeen lessons are intended to present the numbers from one to ten, inclusive, as numbers, in such manner that each of them shall be intelligently apprehended, not merely as a name, but as an idea - what it is, how it is represented, and what is its value relative to each of the others. 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 w

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330180771
• ISBN 13: 9781330180778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172