Excerpt from The Pupils' Arithmetic, Vol. 2: Primary Book The pupils' arithmetic is an effort to meet current criticism of methods and results in the teaching of elementary arithmetic. The manner in which the authors plan. To re gain for our schools that mechanical skill in com putation which characterized an older time, while retaining what is valuable in modern theory and practice, is aptly epitomized in the title, the pupils' arithmetic. Part One covers the work of the first three years of school; Part Two, the work of the fourth year. 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.