 | James S. Russell - Arithmetic - 1847 - 340 pages
...KEY. Containing the Answers to all the Problems. ARITHMETIC. I. NUMERATION. 1. ARITHMETIC DEFINED. Arithmetic is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. As a science, arithmetic explains the nature and properties of numbers ; and demonstrates the principles... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...XLVII. MIScELLANEOUS QUESTIONS, .... 311 WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND MONEY, . 318 ARITHMETIC. ARTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. A number is a unit or an assemblage of units. A unit or unity is the number one, and signifies an individual thing or quantity.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...of those teachers who prefer that the pupil should not have access to them. ARITHMETIC. SECTION I. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. The operations of Arithmetic are performed principally by i Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...MENSURATION OF LUMBER AND TIMBER, 310 SECTION XLVH. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 311 ARITHMETIC. ARTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. A number is a unit or an assemblage of units. A unit or unity is the number one, and signifies an individual thing or quantity.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...SECTION XLVU. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 311 WEIGHTS, MsAsmtts AND MONET, . 318 ARITHMETIC. ARTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. A number is a unit or an assemblage of units. A unit or unity is the number one, and signifies an individual thing or quantity.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...units have reference to some particular thing or quantity ; as two books, five feet, seven gallons. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A rule of arithmetic is a direction for performing an operation with numbers. The introductory and principal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...comparison ; and in six pounds, the concrete unit, one pound, is that of measure or comparison. 10. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. It treats of the properties and relations of numbers, and teaches the methods of applying the principles... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...Materials, 852 ARITHMETIC. ARTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC* is the science of numbers and the art of computation. (a) A number is a unit or a collection of units — a unit f being the least whole number, viz. one. !2. Arithmetic employs six different operations, viz. Notation,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 332 pages
...units have reference to some particular thing or quantity ; as two books, five feet, seven gallons. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A rule of arithmetic is a direction for performing an operation with numbers. The introductory and principal... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...comparison ; and in six pounds, the concrete unit, one pound, is that of measure or comparison. 10. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. It treats of the properties and relations of numbers, and teaches the methods of applying the principles... | |
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ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. 
