Ⅰ.FACTORS AND MULTIPLES 1
Ⅱ.VULGAR FRACTIONS 5
Ⅲ.DECIMAL FRACTIONS-THE METRIC SYSTEM-CONTRACTED METHODS-AVERAGES 15
Decimal Fractions 15
The Metric System 26
Contracted Methods 29
Averages 32
Ⅳ.PROPORTION- 33
Direct Proportion 33
Inverse Proportion 36
Compound Proportion 39
Proportional Division 41
Ⅴ.USE OF SQUARED PAPER- 42
Plotting and Interpolation 42
Graphs of Proportional Quantities 48
Ⅵ.PERCENTAGES-INTEREST 53
Ⅶ.POWERS AND ROOTS 59
Ⅷ.ALGEBRA-FUNDAMENTAL RULES- 64
Use of Symbols 64
Algebraical Addition 66
Algebraical Subtraction 68
Algebraical Multiplication 69
Algebraical Division 72
Brackets 74
Simplification of Fractional Expressions 75
Ⅸ.SIMPLE EQUATIONS-SYMBOLICAL EXPRESSION-PROBLEMS- 77
Simple Equations 77
Symbolical Expression 80
Problems leading to Simple Equations 82
Ⅹ.LOGARITHMS-THE SLIDE RULE- 85
Logarithms 85
Calculations made by Means of Logarithms 92
The Slide Rule 95
Ⅺ.SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS 100
Ⅻ.GRAPHS OF FUNCTIONS AND EQUATIONS 106
ⅩⅢ.FACTORS-QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 128
ⅩⅣ.GEOMETRY OF RECTILINEAR FIGURES 138
Measurement of Length 138
Angles 139
Triangles 142
Parallel Lines 148
Quadrilaterals 151
Polygons 151
ⅩⅤ.GEOMETRY OF CIRCLES- 155
Chords 155
Angles in a Circle 157
Tangents 161
ⅩⅥ.LOCI 167
ⅩⅦ.MENSURATION:PLANE FIGURES- 172
Rectilinear Figures 172
The Circle 184
The Ellipse 187
ⅩⅧ.MENSURATION:SOLIDS-SIMILAR FIGURES-IRREGULAR FIGURES- 189
Solids 189
Similar Figures 204
Irregular Figures 210
ⅩⅨ.TRIGONOMETRY- 215
Trigonometrical Ratios 215
Easy Trigonometrical Problems 225
Solution of Triangles which are not Right-angled 230
ⅩⅩ.SOME APPLICATIONS 236
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES 252
LOGARITHMS 270
ANTILOGARITHMS 272
TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS 274
ANSWERS 283
ANSWERS TO ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES 298
INDEX 302