Historical information

The Federal Arithmetic are a series of mathematics workbooks edited by J. McRae and published by Whitcombe and Tombs. The books were written to meet the specific requirements of Victorian primary school curriculum from Grade 2 through to Grade 6. They were used from the 1910s through the 1930s.

Physical description

Book with thin brown cardboard covers and cream paper with black printing.
Ink stains evident on the front cover.
Advertisements for other textbooks published by Whitcombe and Tombs on last two pages of textbook.

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover 'THE FEDERAL ARITHMETIC FOR GRADE VI. Edited by J. McRae M.A., Inspector of Schools, Victoria'.
'Specially written to meet the requirements of the New Victorian Course of Study for Elementary Schools'.
'MELBOURNE, CHRISTCHURCH, WELLINGTON AND DUNEDIN, N.Z. AND LONDON. WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS LIMITED'.