CHAPTER XVI
THE WORK OF THE SECOND SCHOOL YEAR

Whether or not arithmetic has a definite time allotment in the
first grade,' it usually has one in the second, although some
teachers oppose it even there. The argument already advanced
holds the more strongly here, especially as, in many schools,
the child is quite prepared to use a text-book by the middle of
this year.
The Leading Mathematical Features. In schools of average
advancement, where the question of language is not as serious
as in some cities in the East, children in this grade may be
expected to complete the addition tables and to learn the multi-
plication tables to lo X 5.
Number Space. Children will now take an interest in count-
ing to 1000, first by units to 10, then by lo's to 100, then com-
pletely to 100, then by lOo's to 1000, and finally completely to
1000. Their operations may also be anywhere within this space,
although, of course, most of their results will involve only small
numbers. In the Roman notation the limit may be set at XIT,
this sufficing for the reading of time and for the chapter num-
bers of their books.
