CORRE SPONDENCE.
A Refutation. We copy the following letter from the Hawera Star : - j TO THB EDrTOB OF THB STAB. | Sir, — The notice in your issue of the { 3rd instant, ' re the reinstatement of Mrs j Browne to the Feilding school must hare • been heartily welcomed by all those who have the true interests of education at heart. 1 venture to submit that the following process was the one that Mrs Browne was teaching, and. if so, she was mathematically correct by beginning at the left hand in a" multiplication table — in fact, it is the only way to teach, the true principles. Thus — 6321 x 4=25,284 i Explanation. — The six is 6000 by position. 6000 units x 4 = 24,000 units 0 300 units x4= 100 units 2(J units x 4 =.. 80 units J unit s4=" 4 units Total 25,284 units . SCBUTATOB. Manaia, August 3.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 28, 9 August 1883, Page 2
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