ARITHMETICAL TABLE BOOK. LESSON 1. 1. What is a single thing called? ANS. A Unit, or one. 2. If another is put with it what is it called? ANS. Two. 3. One doll and one doll are how many? One and one are how many? 4. Two quails and one quail are how many? Two and one are how many? 5. Three dogs and one dog are how many? 9999 6. Four tops and one top are how many? 7. Five roses and one rose are how many? do de de 8. Six crowns and one crown are how many Six and one are how many ? 0000000 9. Seven hives and one hive are how many? Seven and one are how many? ? 10. Eight flowers and one flower, are how many? Eight and one are how many? are how many ? 11. Nine chairs and one chair LESSON II. 1. What do the words, one, two, three, four, &c., ANS. Numbers. express? 2. What is counting? ANS. Expressing numbers by words. 3. What is a number? ANS. A unit or a collection of units. 4. How many ways to express numbers? ANS. Three. 5. Name them. ANS. By words, figures, and letters. 6. Which is the most common method? ANS. By figures. 7. How many figures are used to express numbers? ANS. Ten. 8. Name them. Naught, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine. ANS. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 9. Here is a picture of some birds, count them. How many are there? ANS. Ten. 10. Write on your slate the following figures: 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 0. 11. How do you express ten by figures? ANS. By placing the figure 1 before the cipher LESSON III. 1. Count the drums in each row, and tell the 2. How many are 1 and 1 more? 2, and 1 more? 3 and 1 more? 4 and 1 more? 5 and 1 more? 6 and 1 more? 7 and 1 more? 8 and 1 more? 3. How many drums in the first and second lines counted together? In the second and third? In the third and fourth? In the second and fifth? LESSON IV. 1. What is the method of expressing numbers by figures called? ANS. The Arabic Method. 2. Why is it so called? ANS. Because it was first used by the Arabs. 3. How many letters are used to express numbers? ANS. Seven. 4. What are they? ANS. I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. 5. What does I stand for? ANS. One. 6. What does V stand for? ANS. Five. 7. What does X stand for? ANS. Ten. 8. What does L stand for? ANS. Fifty. 9. What does C stand for? ANS. One hundred. 10. What does D stand for? ANS. Five hundred. 11. What does M stand for? ANS. One thousand. 12. What is this method called? ANS. The Roman Method. 13. Why is it so called? |