Author: George Payn Quackenbos

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-13

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781334615672

Excerpt from A Practical Arithmetic A Practical Arithmetic should deserve its name, and we have kept this in view throughout. We have asked, What appli cations of Arithmetic is the pupil likely to need in life? What are the shortest methods, and those actually used by business men? The branches of Mercantile Arithmetic have received special attention, - the making out of bills, the casting of interest, partial payments, operations in profit and loss, averaging accounts, equation of payments, due. Much collateral information on busi ness subjects has been embodied. In a word, the author has weighed every line, with the view of giving what would be most useful and best prepare the learner for the duties of the counting room. The great distinguishing feature of this book is that it is adapted to the present state of things. The last five years have been five years of financial changes; specie payments have been suspended, prices have doubled, the tariff has been altered, a national tax Rivied, &c. N o Arithmetic that ignores these changes should be placed in the hands of our youth. Time is too precious to be wasted in learning things wrong, only to unlearn them on enter ing into active life. Our examples are adapted to the present: the prices given are those of to-day; the difference between gold and currency is recognized and taught; the rates of duties agree with the present tariff; the mode of computing the national ih come taxis explained; a full description is given of the different classes of United States securities, with examples to show the comparative results of investments in them. These are matters that children, as well as adults, ought to know and understand. 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.