Excerpt from The Arithmetic Primer: An Independent Number Book Designed to Precede Any Series of Arithmetics The teacher and pupil soon discover that the mastery of the first page of a group (and all preceding it) makes the work of the other three pages easy and interesting. The child quickly learns that it is necessary that certain number facts should be memorized. The teacher knows exactly where to find these facts, and is given definite direction in regard to the order in which they should be presented. 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.