Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic: Arranged for Pupils in Classes; For the Use of Schools There is perhaps no branch of Education in which either activity or indolence may be more strikingly exemplified than in Arithmetic; for, by the manner in which it is taught, the pupil may either be kept in a state of inactivity and languor, or excited to energetic application. When taught in Classes, attention, activity, and emulation are secured; while, on the contrary, the solitary, individual mode of operation too frequently exhibits that listless and careless indifference which every experienced teacher must have observed. The various rules and examples in the following treatise are arranged in such a manner as appears best adapted to the simultaneous method of operation: and, to remove as far as possible the difficulties which occur in teaching Arithmetic, all superfluous matter, or questions tending to puzzle the learner, have been carefully excluded, - a circumstance not sufficiently attended to in many elementary school-books of this kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.