School Algebra First Second Course

Author : H. L. Rietz
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330025536
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book School Algebra First Course written by H. L. Rietz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from School Algebra First Course This book is the first volume of a two-book series. It contains ample material for a full years work in the first year of the high school, and covers the parts of algebra most likely to be of use to the student who goes no further in the subject. It will prepare for Plane Geometry and Physics, which come in the later years of the high school. The second volume, the Advanced Course, supplies the additional material demanded for entrance into the scientific and technical courses in our colleges and universities. The text represents a special effort at presentation of principles and definitions in clear, simple style, with wordy unessentials eliminated. The study of algebra is taken up as an extension of arithmetic. The laws of algebra are first suggested by induction from familiar rules of arithmetic, and throughout the book the close connection with arithmetic is kept in view. The pupil is led to see that new symbols are introduced into algebra, not arbitrarily, but because of their real advantages in representing numbers. Difficulties are taken one at a time at sufficient intervals to allow the mastery of each one before proceeding to the next. Thus the fundamental idea of representing numbers by letters is developed in the first two chapters; that of signed numbers in Chapter III; while the equation is not formally introduced until Chapter IV, though it is used informally without special definition from the beginning. In accordance with the same general scheme, each of the several chapters on the equation takes up a single new difficulty at a time when the pupil is ready for it. 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.