Arithmetic Applications Research Articles

Some Observations on Teaching Percentage

Percentage is without doubt one of the most widely used applications of arithmetic. If, on the grounds of universal practical direct utility, a case can be made for any part of secondary school mathematics, then certainly such a case can be made for percentage. Without some understanding of it, it is impossible to perform such simple and universally useful activities us computing interest, determining discounts, and making simple routine comparisons of quantitative data. Even the intelligent perusal of the daily paper requires an understanding of percentage. Aside from the fundamental processes themselves, percentage probably has more widespread and direct applications to the ordinary affairs of all people than any other special topic in the whole range of mathematics.

On the Arithmetical Applications of the Power Series for Theta Quotients

On the Arithmetical Applications of the Power Series for Theta Quotients

A Project in the Social Application of Arithmetic

Previous articleNext article FreeA Project in the Social Application of ArithmeticEvelyn HullEvelyn Hull Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Elementary School Journal Volume 24, Number 9May, 1924 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/455607 Views: 14Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Practical Application of Business ArithmeticPractical Business Arithmetic. Helen J. Kiggen

The Practical Application of Business Arithmetic<i>Practical Business Arithmetic</i>. Helen J. Kiggen

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Arithmetic. —The principles and processes of arithmetic applied to whole numbers and vulgar and decimal fractions. The metric system. Approximations to a specified degree of accuracy. Contracted methods of multiplication and division of decimals. Ratio and proportion. Percentage. Averages. Practical applications of arithmetic. Algebra.—Symbolical expressions. Equations of the first or second degree (and problems leading thereto). Square root. Graphs of simple rational integral algebraic functions. Arithmetic and harmonic progression. Geometric progression. Theory of indices. Logarithms. Theory and use of the slide rule. Binomial theorem for a positive integral index. Geometry.— The subjects covered by Euclid I.-IV. with simple deductions, including easy loci and the areas of triangles and parallelograms of which the bases and altitudes are given commensurable lengths. (Euclid proofs will not be insisted upon.) Trigonometry.—Up to and including the solution of triangles, together with the practical solutions of triangles and applications, and numerical examples involving the use of logarithmic and other tables.