Excerpt from Key to the Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Solution of the More Difficult Examples Many of the problems can be solved in several ways, but the author has deemed it best 'to give that form of solution which is most natural to the student, although it may be occasionally longer than some other form. 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.