Smith's New Arithmetic. ARITHMETIC ON THE PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. ACCOMPANIED BY A KEY AND CUBICAL BLOCKS. BY ROSWELL C. SMITH, A M., AUTHOR OF PRACTICAL AND MENTAL ARITHMETIC; THE PRODUCTIVE GRAM- STEREOTYPE EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. Dupl часть HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY BY EXCHANGE FEB 12 1932 Adopted by the BROTHERS of the Christian Schools in the UNITED STATES. "IT IS NOT EASY TO DEVISE A CURE FOR SUCH A STATE OF THINGS, (THE DECLINING TASTE FOR SCIENCE;) BUT THE MOST OBVIOUS REMEDY IS TO PRO VIDE THE EDUCATED CLASSES WITH A SERIES OF WORKS ON POPULAR AND PRACTICAL SCIENCES, FREED FROM MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS AND TECHNICAL TERMS, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE AND PERSPICUOUS LANGUAGE, AND ILLUSTRATED BY FACTS AND EXPERIMENTS WHICH ARE LEVEL TO THE CAPACITY OF ORDINARY MINDS." QUARTERLY REVIEW. 41 THE FIRST THING TO BE REQUIRED IN A SYSTEM OF POPULAR INSTRUO MION, 18, THAT IT SHOULD BE INTELLIGIBLE; THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY LEARN. UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY LEARN IT MAY BE ASKED; WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO? WE ANSWER, THAT THEY MAY COMMIT IT TO MEMORY, MAY RECITE IT, MAY EVEN MAKE A FAIR SHOW OF KNOWLEDGE AND YET KNOW NOTHING. WE HAVE NOT THE LEAST HESITATION IN SAYING, THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS, IN THE EDUCATION OF ALMOST EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COUNTRY, HAVE FEEN THROWN AWAY UPON STUDYING WHAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND." NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. ARITHMETIC. PART FIRST: BEING A MENTAL2 COURSE FOR EVERY CLASS OF LEARNERS. NUMERATION.' Recite by the Questions. 1. 1. NUMBER, which shows how many are meant, is represent- ed by letters, by words, and by characters' called figures, as :— ... XX or cciɔɔccio. 20000 * Or, IIII for 4; vIII for 9; xxxx for 40; LXXXX for 90; and cм for 900, NOTE. L. stands for the Latin language; G for the Greek and F. for the French. 1 ARITHMETIC, [G. arithmétiké.] Computing, calculating or reckoning by numbers 2 MENTAL, [L. mentis.] Pertaining to the mind; intellectually. 3 NUMERATION, [L. numeratio.] Numbering; the method or act of numbering. 4 REPRESENTED, Exhibited; described; personated; to supply the place of 5 CHARACTER, A mark; a stamp; a letter reputation a personage. |