A Complete Arithmetic

First published in 1879, this textbook is a comprehensive guide to arithmetic, covering everything from basic addition and subtraction to complex fractions, decimals, and square roots. It includes hundreds of practice problems, examples, and diagrams to help students master the principles of arithmetic. A must-have for anyone looking to improve their math skills or brush up on the fundamentals of arithmetic. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from A Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written In Part II. (pp. 151 as in Part I., each page is a unit of the greater ten-page unit. The first six pages of every ten-page group are devoted to some general topic. Upon the seventh and eighth pages the algebraic phase of this topic appears; upon the ninth, elementary work in geometry, and upon the tenth, miscellaneous problems. This arrangement makes the book convenient for reference and review, and, it is believed, will greatly aid the pupil in properly correlating his own mathematical knowledge. In Part III. (pp. 371 the matter is arranged under four general heads, Viz.: Denominate Numbers, Short Meth ods in Multiplication and Division, Practical Approximations, and Miscellaneous Problems. With the denominate number tables, many practical problems in measurements are pre sented. The short methods are, for pedagogical reasons placed near the close of the book. The miscellaneous prob lems include many typical sets of examination questions supplied to the author for this use. Altogether, Part III. Provides for a complete and thorough application of the prin ciples presented in Parts I. And II. E. H. H. 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.

A comprehensive guide to arithmetic, this book covers all the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as more advanced topics such as fractions, decimals, and percentages. With clear explanations and plenty of examples, this is the perfect resource for anyone looking to improve their math skills. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems—Western and non-Western—and weighs the pluses and minuses of each.