Excerpt from Elementary Arithmetic, for the Slate: In Which Methods and Rules Are Based Upon Principles Established by Induction A knowledge of the preceding chapters prepares the pupil, on reaching Fractions, to comprehend the new facts to be learned, viz. The Notation of Fractions, the General Principles of this class of numbers, and the application of these principles to the operations ugon Fractional Numbers. 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.