Complete Intellectual Arithmetic: A practical, graded course for grammar schools and academies
This is a comprehensive non-fiction math text designed for classroom use.
It presents a clear path through mental and written arithmetic, emphasizing analysis, logical steps, and practical application. The work introduces the Metric System and shows how its units relate to familiar measures, helping students connect theory with real-world problems.
Structured to support teachers and learners, the book groups principles under clear heads and provides progressive examples, drill exercises, and review questions. It aims to foster confidence with calculations used in daily life and in broader mathematics, from basic operations to fractions, decimals, percentages, and introductory algebra topics.
- Step-by-step explanations that build a strong foundation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Structured practice with drills, questions for review, and applications to business and daily life
- Introduction of metric weights and measures and practical comparisons to common units
- Expanded topics including fractions, decimals, percentages, interest, banking, and exchange of commodities
Ideal for teachers and students seeking a thorough, classroom-friendly arithmetic course that combines traditional skills with modern measurement systems.