...the right hand towards the left, the first figure is considered as representing units; the second, tens; the third, hund-reds; the fourth, thousands; the fifth, tens of thousands ; the sixth, hundreds of thousands; the seventh, millions, etc. Also, 0 is put in the place of the...

...from the right hand towards the left, the first figure in any line of figures is units ; the second is tens ; the third, hundreds ; the fourth, thousands ; the fifth, tens of thousands, &c. ; and whatever station or place any figure may occupy, its value becomes ten times as great by...

...previous remarks, that the first or right-hand figure of any number of figures, is units; the second from the right, tens; the third, hundreds; the fourth, thousands ; the fifth, tens of thousands ; the sixth, hundreds of thousands ; the seventh, millions, &c. Also that the local value of any figure...

...the place they occupy. The first place, which is always at the right, represents units : the second, tens; the third, hundreds; the fourth, thousands ; the fifth, tens of thousands; the sixth, hundreds of thousands ; the seventh. millions, &c. Thus the figure 1 represents a unit,...

...arranged in a horizontal line, the first, or right-hand figure shall represent simply units, the second, tens, the third, hundreds, the fourth, thousands, the fifth, tens of thousands, the sixth, hundreds of thousands, the seventh, millions, and so on. Hence, by this method of notation,...

...series, the fourth, fifth, and sixth figures of a number are called thousands ; the fourth, units of thousands ; the fifth, tens of thousands; and the sixth, hundreds of thousands. Give the totals of the following EXERCISE III. sums : — (1).6 5 4 18 13 1 9 (2) '3 13 5 4 16 20 34...