INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC, PART II. CONTAINING Cards No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, SIMPLE ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, AND MULTIPLICATION, WITH A SKETCH OF DECIMALS. NOTE. It is asserted by an able critic, that the ancient method of saying, "2 and 5 are 7, or 3 and 6 are 9," &c. is not so elegant as to say, "2 and 5 is 7 or, 3 and 6 is 9," and the like in other expressions of plurality. The grammatical reasons given are," that the number 2, added to the number 3, is the number 5, or, the number 3, added to the number 6, is the number 9," &c.. The Author has seen fit to express the numbers differently throughout the work, in order to have his mode of expression agree with that of Lancaster:-This note is inserted to give a hint to Teachers, and at the same time means that they may use either of the above methods, as dictate. their fancy may |