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" It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 x 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. "
Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the ... - Page 17
by James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 422 pages
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Cocker's Decimal arithmetick. Whereunto is added, his Artificial arithmetick ...

Edward Cocker - 1729 - 514 pages
...— j fignifieth that j is to be fubftrafted from 8. x Is the Sign of Multiplication, and fignifieth that the Numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together ; as 6x8 fignifieth that 6 and 8 are to be multiplied together. = Is a Sign of Equality, and fignifieth...
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The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States ...

Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...— 4 signifies that 4 must be taken from 16. X Is the sign o. Multiplication ; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9 X 9 X 9 must be multiplied. — Is the sign of...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...also, AB — CD, signifies that the line CD is to be subtracted from the line AB. The sign X denotes that the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together ; as 5X3 (read 5 multiplied by 3) = 15. The sign -f. signifies division; as 15 -j- 3 (read 15 divided...
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A treatise on mercantile and practical arithmetic

John Penrose (teacher of arithmetic.) - Arithmetic - 1824 - 320 pages
...which shall be equal to the sum of the given numbers. This character + Plus, denotes addition, and shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together. thue 5 + 2 + 6, signifies that to the number 5, we are to add the number 2, and to...
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A New and Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: Containing. A system of ...

Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...thus, 8 minus 5, or the difference of 8 and 5. X Into, or with ; the sign of Multiplication, signifying that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, 8x2, signifies that 8 is to be multiplied by 2, and is- read, 8 into 2, or the product ofS and 2. *...
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A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of ...

Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...than the first, and how much did she pay for both ? Signs. — A cross -|- is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added. Two parallel horizontal lines = signify equality. Thus 8-|-4=7 is read, 3 added to 4, or 3 plus...
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Complete Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Plain Comprehensive System of ...

Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...TABLE. Signs. A cross + with one line perpendicular and the other horizontal, is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together. It is sometimes read plus, which is a Latin word signifying more. It also denotes a...
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A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of ...

Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...thousand, four hundred and seventeen. ADDITION TABL.E. Signs. — A cross + is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added. Two parallel horizontal lines = signify equality. Thus : 3+4=7 is read, 3 added to 4, or 3 plus...
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Welch's Improved American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United ...

Arithmetic - 1841 - 200 pages
...16—4 signifies that 4 must be taken from 16. X Is the sign of Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied. -f- Is the sign of Division;...
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The elements of arithmetic. [With] Key

Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...3 means that 3 is to be subtracted from 4. X Multiplied into, the sign of Multiplication, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus 3x4 means that 3 is to be multiplied by 4. -4- Divided by, the sign of division, signifies that the...
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