SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS. FELTER'S COMPLETE ARITHMETIC. COMPRISING THE NEW INTERMEDIATE ARITHMETIC AND BY S. A. FELTER, A.M., AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF ARITHMETICS, AND S. A. FARRAND, A.M., PRINCIPAL OF NEWARK ACADEMY. NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, AND COMPANY. 1877. HARVARD COPYRIGHT, 1877, Electrotyped and Printed by Boston. PREFACE. THIS book is designed to make the pupil quick and accurate in calculation, and to give him a knowledge of those principles and processes of arithmetic which are needed in the ordinary transactions of life, together with skill in their application. To accomplish this, the DRILL CARD EXERCISES are arranged to furnish any desired amount of practice in computation; while the processes and analyses leading directly to the rule, together with the number, gradation, and character of the practical examples, give the knowledge of necessary principles, and skill in their use. All unnecessary distinctions, processes, and classifications have been omitted, and those only retained which are required in the preparation for ordinary business. Business-men generally and justly complain of the inability of pupils fresh from school to perform accurately the calculations required in ordinary transactions. This inaccuracy arises from want of suitable and sufficient practice. The Drill Card Exercises furnish an unlimited amount of graded work, from which the teacher, without labor, may select such examples as any pupil or class may require. The combination of oral and written work will commend itself to the intelligent teacher. 3 |