Ray's Math Series

• A Complete K-12 math curriculum, from counting to calculus.
  The Ray's math series begins at a preliterate level with counting; then takes the child through addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and so upward until calculus, teaching concepts with thorough explanations followed by ample problem sets. The Ray's series provides a very full-bodied course of mathematics.

• America's standard math text for 50 years--- 
  Over 100 million students were educated using it. Ray's Arithmetic was endorsed by over 10,000 school boards. Click here to read more about America's math series during the Industrial Revolution!

• The  Ray's CD is a complete collection of the Ray's Arithmetic textbooks.
  The Ray's series includes a total of 38 books. These include the 12 core Textbooks, + Answer Key's, Teachers Editions, and several intriguing books of mathematical pursuits for the aspiring student, such as Surveying and Navigation, Astronomy, Book Keeping, and Physics. Click here to view a list of the entire collection of Rays' Arithmetic provided on the CD.

  
  

• View or print the books on any computer.
  The Ray's CD is designed to be a printing curriculum. The books are provided in PDF format, and can be viewed or printed from any type of computer. In case of torn or damaged pages, the books are easily reprinted. This also allows for easy use over multiple children.

• “What makes the Ray's Arithmetic a good math curriculum, and why is it a good choice for my children?” 
  Ray's Arithmetics are unique math books in many ways. The most major difference, and first thing people often notice when looking at a Ray's math book, is the abundance of word problems. Even many of the simple problems of addition are given a story setting. There are three interesting effects of this method. 

First, it gives children an example of how the principles of math they are learning are used in the world. This is incredibly helpful, especially to young children, who often struggle to bring the abstract ideas of mathematics into terms they understand.

“Real world, applied mathematics.
By providing plentiful and intriguing word problems, Ray's Arithmetic enables children to bridge the gap between abstract math and the real world.” -12 year homeschool veteran

Second, this method allows easy branching into different areas of the mathematical sciences. By allowing the child to see how math is applied to the world from the very youngest ages, it is a small step to continue to apply mathematics to the world in more complicated ways, such as geometry and accounting.

Third, and perhaps the most intriguing, giving math problems in a worded, story format allowed Joseph Ray to include educational ideas from other areas like history directly into the mathematical problems! Consider these problems taken directly from Ray's Practical Arithmetic: 24.“General Washington was born A.D. 1732, and lived 67 years: in what year did he die?” 25. “Alfred the Great died A.D. 901; thence to the signing of Magna Charta was 314 years; thence to the American Revolution, 560 years: in what year did the American Revolution begin?”

 

• “Is it difficult to teach the Ray's Arithmetic?”
  
  The Ray's Arithmetic was originally created to be used by frontier Americans, Americans that often lived in areas where available teachers were few, often far away, or even completely unavailable. For this reason the books are designed to allow children, once they can read, to educate themselves to a very great extent.

"The books are logically organized... concepts are built one upon another. This makes it very easy for students to transition to different thought processes as they mature. I have never seen another math curriculum like this." -Homeschool Mom of four 

Every concept is carefully explained, and all of the subjects follow one after another in a very logical progression, so that the child is never asked to work a type of problem which has not yet been discussed. The Ray's Arithmetic is uniquely qualified for just such situations such as today's Homeschool movement.

 

The entire collection of Ray's Arithmetic is now available on CD for only $59, less than the cost of an average textbook--- and your satisfaction is guaranteed. If unhappy just return within 30 day's, and we will immediately give you a full refund. 

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• Ray's Arithmetic is part of the Eclectic Education Series. 
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