IN ARITHMETIC BY S. W. BAIRD PRINCIPAL FRANKLIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WILKESBARRE, PA. FIRST YEAR NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 20 NEW YORK.:. CINCINNATI.: CHICAGO NOTE THE lessons in this book are on numbers from 1 to 20, and are designed to cover the first year's work in arithmetic, although some classes will undoubtedly complete the exercises in less than one year, and others may require more time. The fundamental operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and simple fractions are. introduced in connection with each number. There are frequent reviews, many drills, and a combination of slate and oral work. The problems are simple and practical. Pictures, suggestions for object lessons, and other devices calculated to interest the pupil, are presented; and the illustrations, type, and arrangement of matter have been selected with a view to render the book attractive to young children. 3 How many girls do you see in the picture? How many girls are on the bench? How many are standing? How many hens do you see in the picture? How many eggs do you see in the nest? If each of the two girls on the bench takes an egg out of the nest, how many eggs will be left in the nest? If you take two eggs from three eggs, how many eggs will be left? Now, if each hen lays an egg in the nest, how many eggs will there be in the nest then? One egg and two eggs are how many eggs? |