this direction was the New Math of the 1960s and 1970s, which attempted to teach arithmetic in the spirit of axiomatic development from set theory, an echo of the prevailing trend in higher mathematics. Also, arithmetic was used by Islamic Scholars in order to teach application of the rulings related to Zakat and Irth. This was done in a book entitled The Best of Arithmetic by Abd-al-Fattah-al-Dumyati. The book begins with the foundations of mathematics and proceeds to its application in the later chapters. See also Lists of mathematics topics Outline of arithmetic Slide rule Related topics Addition of natural numbers Additive inverse Arithmetic coding Arithmetic mean Arithmetic number Arithmetic progression Arithmetic properties Associativity Commutativity Distributivity Elementary arithmetic Finite field arithmetic Geometric progression Integer List of important publications in mathematics Lunar arithmetic Mental calculation Number line Plant arithmetic Notes References Cunnington, Susan, The Story of Arithmetic: A Short History of Its Origin and Development, Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1904 Dickson, Leonard Eugene, History of the Theory of Numbers (3 volumes), reprints: Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, 1932; Chelsea, New York, 1952, 1966 Euler, Leonhard, Elements of Algebra, Tarquin Press, 2007 Fine, Henry Burchard (1858–1928), The Number System of Algebra Treated Theoretically and Historically, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, Boston, 1891 Karpinski, Louis Charles (1878–1956), The History of Arithmetic, Rand McNally, Chicago, 1925; reprint: Russell & Russell, New York, 1965 Ore, Øystein, Number Theory and Its History, McGraw–Hill, New York, 1948 Weil, André, Number Theory: An Approach through History, Birkhauser, Boston, 1984; reviewed: Mathematical Reviews 85c:01004 External links MathWorld article about arithmetic The New Student's Reference Work/Arithmetic (historical) The Great Calculation According to the Indians, of Maximus Planudes – an early Western work on arithmetic at Convergence Mathematics education