| William Scott - Algebra - 1844 - 568 pages
...it, have a common denominator. 222. In the case of decimal fractions, as well as of whole numbers, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order (Art. 213). Thus, 10 thousandths (for example) make 1 hundredth, or 1ig0=T^ir^'01, 10 hundredths make... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...the first order make one unit of the second ; ten units of the second, one of the third. Invariably, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. NOTE. — When units are named, those of the first order are meant. ART. 9. The name of each of the... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...DUODECIMALS. ART. 164. A Duodecimal (Latin duodecim, twelve) is a number whose scale is 12 ; hence, 12 units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. This system of numbers is used by artificers in finding the contents of surfaces and solids. For this... | |
| James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...its value? make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and, in short, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. 16. The cipher, when used with other figures, fills a place that would otherwise be vacant; thus, in... | |
| James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...its vniu«' make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and, in short, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. 16. The cipher, when used with other figures, fills a place that would otherwise be vacant ; thus,... | |
| James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...first order make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and, in short, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. 19. The cipher, when used with other figures, fills a place that would otherwise be vacant ; thus,... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...unit of the second order, ten units of the second order make one unit of the third, and, generally, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. Hence, 2. The value of the successive orders of figures increases tenfold from right to left. 3. The... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...Ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand ; and, generally, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. NOTE. — The teacher can make this principle plain by means of the illustration given on page 9. It... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...Which has no numerical value? What is meant hy orders of units? How are the orders numbered ? How many units of any order make one unit of the next higher order? What is meant by the simple value of a figure? On what does the local value of a figure depend ? What... | |
| Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...in Roman notation, to be read as a class-exercise. 13. Observe, that, in the Arabic notation, — 1. Ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order. 2. A digit in any place has a value ten times as large as that of the same digit one place to the right... | |
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