 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 324 pages
...6 3, 5 1 2 fi Srt C Si ^» Ei .^ ««* "f^ ~~ "*•" *^ -*™ "^ "^ — 1 T3 ^ C3aOt^<DU)'4'CQC4<-< To facilitate the reading of large numbers, we may...from left to right, in a ten-fold ratio ; and it is A FUNDAMENT4L LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions. — IT 9. How dp numbers increase ? how decrease,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...known, this division enables us to read numbers consisting of many figures as easily as we can regfl those of only three figures. Thus, in looking at the...left, and decrease from left to right, in a ten-fold proportion ; and it is A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions. — If 9. How do... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 322 pages
...sextillions, 715 quintillions, 203 quadrillions, 174 trillion, 592 billion, 837 million, 463 thousand, 512. IT 9. From the foregoing we deduce the following...left, and decrease from left to right, in a ten-fold proportion ; and it is A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions. — IT 9. How do... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...Cents. 1 10 100 1000 c. d. $. E. Mills. 10 100 1000 10000 The denominations of United States money increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same ratio as simple numbers. They may therefore be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...Cents. 1 10 100 1000 o, d. $. E. Mills. 10 100 1000 10000 The denominations of United States money increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same ratio as simple numbers. They may therefore be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...millionths. 12. Twenrttt-five hundred and thirty-seven billionths. ART. 1 83. It will be seen that decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same ratio as simple numbers ; hence they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...accurately expressed in decimals ? ADDITION OF DECIMALS AND UNITED STATES CURRENCY. ART. 148. Since decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same ratio as simple numbers, we can add, subtract, multiply, or divide them, in the same manner... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...been made use of alone in the operations. But as the units or denominations of United States money increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same manner as do the units of the several orders in simple numbers, they may, therefore, be added,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...significant figures of the decimal ; thus,- ^fy, or .6, is the same as T630jy, or .60. 4. Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio ; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided the same as whole number* 5. The denominator... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 362 pages
...we readily see that the Arabic method of notation is based upon the following TWO GENERAL LAWS. I. Numbers increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. II. Every removal of a figure or number one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold ;... | |
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From the foregoing we deduce the following principles : — Numbers increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a ten-fold ratio ; and it is A FUNDAMENT4L LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions. 
