How Long to Read Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics

How Long Does it Take to Read Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics by M.A. (Ken) Clements

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Description

This well-illustrated book, by two established historians of school mathematics, documents Thomas Jefferson’s quest, after 1775, to introduce a form of decimal currency to the fledgling United States of America. The book describes a remarkable study showing how the United States’ decision to adopt a fully decimalized, carefully conceived national currency ultimately had a profound effect on U.S. school mathematics curricula. The book shows, by analyzing a large set of arithmetic textbooks and an even larger set of handwritten cyphering books, that although most eighteenth- and...

How long is Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics?

Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics by M.A. (Ken) Clements is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics aloud.

What Reading Level is Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics?

Thomas Jefferson and his Decimals 1775–1810: Neglected Years in the History of U.S. School Mathematics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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