A Commercial Arithmetic For Secondary Schools

Author : Ernest L. Thurston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330272084
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Business Arithmetic Secondary Schools written by Ernest L. Thurston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Business Arithmetic Secondary Schools The use and applications of number vary with the changes and development of our industrial, commercial and social relations. The arithmetic of to-day is not the arithmetic of ten years ago. The fundamental principles and processes do not alter, but new applications constantly develop and older applications lessen in usefulness. In this sense, arithmetic is a living subject which deals with living phenomena. In these days arithmetic is commonly used not only for the necessary routine computations incident to our private, business, or scientific affairs, but its processes are called upon to study facts through number and to interpret these facts - to put number into things rather than to take number from them. Moreover, the modern use of number often takes the form of a language, as in the construction or reading of numerical illustrations, and statements or statistics which are designed to impress upon others certain facts or conditions. Thus modern arithmetic may be said to have a use as a tool, i. e., for routine computation, an interpretive use, and a language use. But accuracy and facility in the use of most working instruments presuppose a knowledge of the fundamental parts of the instrument, of the interrelation of these parts, of their working principles, and of the classes of material or work to which they may be applied. Thus, facility in the three "uses" of the arithmetic instrument is founded, primarily, on a logical working knowledge of the fundamental operations and principles. This is the more necessary because the arithmetic problems of actual life do not have a text-book form of statement. If formulated at all, they may offer no direct clue to a particular subdivision of the subject. 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.