Complete System of Practical Arithmetic, for the Use of Schools in British America: To Which Are Added, a Set of Book-Keeping by Single Entry; And a ... Bills of Exchange, Inland and Foreig - Tapa blanda

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Excerpt from Complete System of Practical Arithmetic, for the Use of Schools in British America: To Which Are Added, a Set of Book-Keeping by Single Entry; And a Practical Illustration of Mental Arithmetic, Federal Money, Receipts, Bills of Exchange, Inland and Foreign, Explanation of Commercial Terms, Etc;, The Whole Adapted to the Business of Real

The object the Compilers of the following treatise had in view was, to supply the Provinces of British America with a good Text-book for the use of Schools, comprising a full course of Arithmetical instruction; alike remote from the puerile and obsolete matter abounding in some works of the kind, and the abstruse and fanciful perplexities contained in others. Accordingly, in this will be found a great variety of exercises conveying pertinent information, adapted to the business of real life, and the present improved state of Commerce.

Great care has been taken to have the rules concise and perspicuous, and also appropriate exercises for their elucidation: hence the pupil is led on step by step, from what is easy to what is more difficult, without any thing that has a tendency to perplex or discourage him in his progress. But, as every practical Teacher knows well, it is comparatively easy to teach children certain rules, but to make them comprehend the various uses and applications of these rules to the everyday business of life, is very difficult. With a view to assist in overcoming this difficulty, and to excite the pupils to exert their ingenuity and exercise their reasoning faculties, a copious collection of miscellaneous questions is given at the end of every part. This, it is presumed, is the best exercise for their becoming acquainted with the meaning, reason, and use of the different rules.

This Arithmetic, is the first of a series, which the Compilers intend to publish for the use of Schools, as speedily as possible. They have ready for printing, - A Pronouncing and Explanatory Vocabulary; First, Second, and Third Reading Books: - also, a Geography, in a forward state of preparation.

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