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THESE small volumes contain the same series of 136 “model problems worked in full by elementary, and advanced methods” respectively. In part ii., the shorter method of long division is adopted, which makes it preferable to part i., even for beginners; and questions which are solved by the “unitary method” in part i. are solved by “proportion” in part ii. The problems are, many of them, of a somewhat old-fashioned and useless character, and while the range is fairly comprehensive, the omission of examples of methods of approximation seems remarkable. There is a misprint in the recurring decimals which are “worth knowing”; the terms “odd” and “even” instead of “alternate” in the test of divisibility by are apt to be misleading. Every pupil with a good teacher ought to make a collection like this for himself, but the books should prove useful to self-taught students.
How to Work Arithmetic. Parts i. and ii.
By Leonard Norman. Second Edition. Pp. xvi + 77 in each part. (Rugby: G. E. Over, 1902.) Price 1s. 6d. net each.
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How to Work Arithmetic Parts i and ii. Nature 67, 558 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067558a0
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