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... practical examples more easily for it , because he does not discover the connexion , until he has performed several practical exam- ples and begins to generalize them . After the pupil comprehends an operation , abstract exam- ples are ...
... practical examples more easily for it , because he does not discover the connexion , until he has performed several practical exam- ples and begins to generalize them . After the pupil comprehends an operation , abstract exam- ples are ...
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... practical examples . Care has been taken to select such as will aptly illustrate the combination , and assist the imagination of the pupil in por- forming it . In most instances , immediately after the prac- tical , abstract examples ...
... practical examples . Care has been taken to select such as will aptly illustrate the combination , and assist the imagination of the pupil in por- forming it . In most instances , immediately after the prac- tical , abstract examples ...
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... practical examples . Abstract numbers , and the operations upon them , must be learned from practical examples ; there is no such thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first ...
... practical examples . Abstract numbers , and the operations upon them , must be learned from practical examples ; there is no such thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first ...
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... practical examples are usually given , but these again are so large that the pupil cannot reason upon them , and consequently he could not tell whether he must add , subtract , multiply , or divide , even if he had an adequate idea of ...
... practical examples are usually given , but these again are so large that the pupil cannot reason upon them , and consequently he could not tell whether he must add , subtract , multiply , or divide , even if he had an adequate idea of ...
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... practical profession , I see no reason to doubt that he may in time become sufficiently qualified for it . It is my favourite maxim , sir , that every thing most valuable in this life may generally be acquir ed by taking pains for it ...
... practical profession , I see no reason to doubt that he may in time become sufficiently qualified for it . It is my favourite maxim , sir , that every thing most valuable in this life may generally be acquir ed by taking pains for it ...
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100 dollars 12 dollars 30 dollars 9 dollars asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of cider bought broadcloth bushel cost bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents apiece cloth cost contained cost 2 dollars divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard eight cents eighteen Eleven equal farthings feet fifteen fifths firkins of butter five dollars flour cost Forty-eight Forty-seven Fourteen gallons gave gills give them apiece half halves horses eat hundred weight improper fraction lars lowest terms miles months nails nine Nineteen oranges cost pears pence penny perform piece pints plate ples pound cost provisions will serve pupil quarters wide quarts rectangles Reduce rods row count Seventeen sevenths sheep shillings a bushel six cents Sixteen sixths sold square subtraction tenths Thirteen three dollars twelve dollars week whole apple whole numbers worth of provision yards cost yards of cloth