Junior High School Mathematics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Junior High School Mathematics, Vol. 1<br><br>It is the business of schools to give children during the first six years of school life that kind of instruction in mathematics which will lead them to a quick recognition and a ready knowledge of number combinations and number operations, and then enable them to apply these number combinations and number operations to the solution of simple problems. The instruction for this period, if it is to serve its purpose, must be definite and specific.<br><br>At the end of the sixth year the pupil should have a thorough mastery of the number combinations in integers; of the four fundamental operations with integers, common fractions, and decimal fractions; of the common measurements; and of the use of all of these in the solution of problems. Since eternal review is the price of excellence in all mathematical work, especially in computations, this book contains a complete but not lengthy review of the work of the first six years. The reviews are arranged elastically, however, so that the time devoted to them can be determined by the needs of the class. Monotony, the one great drawback of reviews has been removed by connecting the matter reviewed by historical references of interest, by looking at it from a standpoint of business, by number contests, by using the matter to be reviewed as a background for new work.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.