Excerpt from The American Primary School Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Pupils in Primary and Intermediate Schools
The object of the author, in preparing this little work, has been to furnish lessons in Arithmetic for young children suited to their age and capacity. To accomplish this desirable object, care has been taken that they should be strictly progressive.
Commencing, therefore, with the simplest elements and combinations of numbers, the lessons advance by easy and gradual steps, in the form of tables, interspersed with practical examples and simple exercises to be performed on the slate, until they conduct the pupil through the various operations, with numbers as high as 12, of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division.
Having completed the tables, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division, and their appropriate arithmetical terms and signs, are clearly defined, and the methods of operation explained, and illustrated by appropriate examples. The Rules for their operation are also given, with exercises in larger numbers to be performed on the slate, followed by a few practical questions. It is believed that these slate exercises will furnish young children with pleasing employment, and facilitate, rather than retard, their progress in mental and oral arithmetic, and be found to be a valuable feature of the work.
Fractions, with appropriate exercises, have also been explained, and introduced as extensively as would comport with the general design of the book. Tables of money, weight, and measure, have been added, which may be learned by pupils in primary and intermediate schools.
With this brief explanation of the object and plan of the work, the author commends it to the favorable notice of teachers, school committees, and the friends of education.
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