UNIVERSITY ARITHMETIC. DEFINITIONS. 1. A single thing, is called one or a unit. A number is a unit, or a collection of units. 2. A single thing of a collection, is called the unit or base of the collection. The primary base of every number is the unit one. 3. SCIENCE treats of the properties and relations of things: ART is the practical application of the principles of Science. 4. ARITHMETIC treats of numbers. It is a science when it determines the properties and relations of numbers; and an art, when it applies principles of science to practical purposes. 5. A PROPOSITION is something to be done, or demonstrated. 6. An ANALYSIS is an examination of the separate parts of a proposition. 7. An OPERATION, in Arithmetic, is the act of doing something with numbers. The number obtained by an operation is called a result, or answer. 1. What is a single thing called? What is a number? 2. What is a single thing of a collection called? What is the primary base of every number? 3 Of what does science treat? 4. Of what does Arithmetic treat? 5. What is a proposition? 6. What is an analysis? What is art? When is it a science? When an art? 7. What is an operation? What is the number obtained called? |