New Practical Arithmetic

Excerpt from New Practical Arithmetic

The aim of this book is threefold: first, to cultivate habits of accuracy and rapidity in arithmetical computation; second, to develop the reasoning powers; and third, to make the pupils familiar with the ordinary commercial applications of arithmetic.

The chief means adopted to secure the end in view are clearness of explanation, conciseness of statement, and thoroughness of drill.

Each subject is introduced by carefully worded definitions which familiarize the students with the terminology. Then follows a statement of the principles involved in the processes to be developed. The next step is a model example with a written solution, accompanied by a clear explanation of the operations. When the process is thoroughly understood, it is generalized and fixed firmly in the mind by a briefly stated rule. After this follow the problems bearing on the subject. These, by their practical character as well as by their great number and variety, furnish the drill necessary to produce a ready skill in dealing with numbers as they present themselves in everyday life.

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