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Barnett, Carne, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book presents teacher-written cases relating stories, insights, and experiences about the teaching of fractions, decimals, ratios, and percents. The cases were written to stimulate colleagues to examine their own practice, to think hard about the mathematics they teach and would like to teach, and to initiate inquiries and discussions that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions
Emerson, W. – Printed for J. Nourse, 1763
This textbook is an introductory mathematics course. It is a treatise of arithmetic, containing all the practical parts thereof; both in whole numbers, vulgar fractions, and decimals; likewise the theory of numbers, and their principal properties, demonstrated in a plain and easy manner.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Arithmetic
Bailey, M. A. – American Book Company, 1897
This textbook presents the divisions of arithmetic in their natural order. The fundamental operations upon integers, common fractions, decimals, denominate numbers, and numbers expressed by letters, are followed by their applications to business and to various employments. The pupil is taught to develop observation and thought power, rather than…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Numbers
Davies, Charles – A.S. Barnes & H.L. Burr, 1859
This textbook seeks to (1) present to the young mind, unacquainted with the methods of exact reasoning, the elementary principles of arithmetic in their simplest form and combination; and (2) explain and illustrate the various applications of arithmetic in the transactions of business, and thus make known its great practical utility.
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Textbooks, Logical Thinking, Mathematical Applications
Hoyt, Cathy Fillmore – 2003
This book features a comprehensive review of the Math Sense series and is designed to help students gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life, work, and on standardized tests; overcome math anxiety; discover math as interesting and purposeful; and develop good number sense. Topics covered in this book include whole numbers;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Zeman, Anne; Kelly, Kate – 1994
This book is written to answer commonly asked homework questions of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Included are facts, charts, definitions, explanations, examples, and illustrations. Topics include ancient number systems; decimal system; math symbols; addition; subtraction; multiplication; division; fractions; estimation; averages; properties;…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Computers, Fractions