 A power of a number is the product obtained by using that number a certain number of times as a multiplier, starting with unity as first multiplicand. The operation of forming a power is called involution ; the number used as a multiplier is called the...  Elementary Algebra - Page 6by George Albert Wentworth - 1906 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...VII, SECTION I. II' INVOItitJTlJDM 486. Involution is the process of finding a power of a number. 487. A Power of a number is the product obtained by using that number several times as a factor. Thus, 125 is a power of 5, being equal to 5 x 5 x 5. 488. Involving a number... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1895 - 296 pages
...loss, that each partner's capital for one month is of the entire capital for one month. INVOLUTION A Power of a number is the product obtained by using that number a certain number of times as a factor. The First Power of a number is the number itself. The Second Power of a number, or the Square,... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1896 - 282 pages
...loss, that each partner s capital for one month is of the entire capital for one month. INVOLUTION A Power of a number is the product obtained by using that number a certain number of times as a factor. The First Power of a number is the number itself. The Second Power of a number, or the Square,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1902 - 544 pages
...to be increased by the quotient of by by n, and the sum diminished by the quotient of cx by q. 15. A power of a number is the product obtained by using...multiplications by the base is called the degree of the power ; and the number indicating the degree of the power is called the exponent or index of the power and... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1902 - 548 pages
...the quotient of by by n, and the sum diminished by the quotient of сx by q. 15. A power of a 11umber is the product obtained by using that number a certain...multiplications by the base is called the degree of the power ; and the manber indicating the degree of the power is called the exponent or index of the power and... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, Frank Charles Touton, William Arthur Luby - Algebra - 1910 - 368 pages
...6 x* — 4 xy first partial product. Multiplying by 3y, + 9 xy — 6 y2 second partial product. 30. Powers. A power of a number is the product obtained by using the number as a factor one or more times. For example, 8, or 28, is the third power of 2 ; 81, or 34,... | |
 | Charles W. Morey - Arithmetic - 1911 - 454 pages
...and 50; 25; 75; 16f; 33^; 66f; 83£; 12i; DECIMALS 1. Is -a decimal a whole number or a fraction ? A power of a number is the product obtained by using that number a specified number of times as a factor. Thus, the second power of 10 is 10 x 10, or 100. 2. What is... | |
 | Charles W. Morey - Arithmetic - 1911 - 452 pages
...25. A plumber is paid $4|- a day, and his helper % as much. How much is paid to both ? •DECIMALS A power of a number is the product obtained by using that number as a factor a specified number of times. Thus, the second power of 10 is 10 x 10, or 100; the third... | |
 | Charles William Morey - Arithmetic - 1911 - 274 pages
...? 25. A plumber is paid f 4J a day, and his helper -| as much. How much is paid to both ? DECIMALS A power of a number is the product obtained by using that number as a factor a specified number of times. Thus, the second power of 10 is 10 x 10, or 100; the third... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1919 - 536 pages
...22. (x2-3a;-2)(x2-2a; + 3). 25. (4 x - 2 x* - 5)4. 23. (t* — 3t + 2)". 26. (3 x2 - 4 x + 7)*. 41. Powers. A power of a number is the product obtained by using the number as a factor one or more times. For example, 8, or 28, is the third power of 2 ; 81, or 34,... | |
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