Key and Manual to The Normal Union Arithmetic: And Also Methods of Teaching ArithmeticChristopher Sower Company, 1878 - 282 σελίδες |
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Key and Manual to the Normal Union Arithmetic, and Also Methods of Teaching ... Edward Brooks Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2017 |
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A's age acres age equals AMELIA WATSON apples B's age B's gain Balance due bought bushels cents CHRISTOPHER SOWER common fraction compound numbers contain cube root decimal Deductive denominator difference discount divide dividend equals the interest equals the number feet gallons gives gold greatest common divisor hence to gain horses inches indorsement JAMES HAVEN June 18 leap least common multiple length Mental Arithmetic MENTAL EXERCISES method metic miles an hour minus number equals number multiplied ounces par value premium principal equals problems proportion pupils quires received recitation Reduce remained repetend rods Sept shares sheep silver sold solution solved square root subtract surface teacher term text-book twice weeks weighs whole number Written Arithmetic WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Σελίδα 10 - mental arithmetic is, in my opinion, truly a whetstone of wit. It is a mental grindstone; it sharpens the mind and gives it the power of concentration and penetration. To omit a thorough course of mental arithmetic in the common school is to deprive the pupil of one of the principal sources of mental power.
Σελίδα 15 - ... explanations as to the intentions and sentiments of the Whig leaders. I see that there are many dissentients from the course that is going to be adopted, many who think this attempt to oust the Government at once neither patriotic nor politic. Without any very decided opinion, or the means of forming one, I am rather inclined to think that it would be better to leave them alone, and to trust to their furnishing good cause for turning them out, as they probably will do. The Government does not...
Σελίδα 10 - ... and philosophy that the youthful learner can follow it with interest and pleasure; and one of the most influential agents in this work has been the system of mental arithmetic. The importance of this change can hardly be overestimated. The study of mental arithmetic, introduced by Warren Colburn, to whom teachers and pupils owe a debt of gratitude which can never be paid, affords the finest mental discipline of any study in the public schools. When properly taught, it gives quickness of perception,...
Σελίδα 264 - THE greatest common divisor of two or more fractions is the greatest number that will divide each of them, and give a whole number for the quotient.
Σελίδα 220 - The head of a fish is 7 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and |- of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish ? 9. A piece of steel was broken into 3 pieces; the first piece was j- of the whole, the second weighed...
Σελίδα 223 - The first cup weighs 12 oz. If the first cup be covered, it will weigh twice as much as the second, but if the second cup be covered, it will weigh three times as much as the first. Required the weight of the cover and of the second cup.