ADVANCED ARITHMETIC 



A the reader will now know, Lola was already 

 acquainted with the simpler modes of arith- 

 metic such as addition, subtraction, multi- 

 plication and division; and we continued practising 

 these forms for some time, even though my mind was 

 already busy planning other and more ambitious 

 tests. Arithmetic had of late only been taken as a 

 corollary to her other studies, but the time seemed to 

 have come when further advance in this too, might 

 be deemed desirable. Her ability to " reckon " had 

 already proved itself of practical use in facilitating her 

 other accomplishments, and I determined now to try 

 and put it to a still more objective test, first of all in 

 such simple forms as : " How many people are there 

 here ? " Answer : "7." " How many of them are 

 women ? " Answer : " 6." " How many dogs are 

 there in this room ? " Answer : " i." " And who is 

 that ? " " Ich " (I). A little later I said : " Listen 

 to me, Lola ! There are thirty cows in the stalls ; 

 ten of those cows go to graze, and two cows have been 

 killed, how many cows remain in the stalls ? " 

 Answer : " 18." Then I said : " Six oxen are in the 

 stalls how many legs have six oxen ? " Answer : 

 " 24." and so we continued, the right reply being 

 generally given after this exercise had been repeated 

 a few times. 



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