| Edward Cocker - 1729 - 514 pages
...— j fignifieth that j is to be fubftrafted from 8. x Is the Sign of Multiplication, and fignifieth that the Numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together ; as 6x8 fignifieth that 6 and 8 are to be multiplied together. = Is a Sign of Equality, and fignifieth... | |
| Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...— 4 signifies that 4 must be taken from 16. X Is the sign o. Multiplication ; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9 X 9 X 9 must be multiplied. — Is the sign... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...placed, are equal ; as 4 poles — 22 yards = 1 chain = 100 links. The sign + (called plus, or more) signifies that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be added together; as 9 + 6 (read 9 plus 6) = 15. Geometrical lines are generally represented by capital... | |
| Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...thus, 8 minus 5, or the difference of 8 and 5. X Into, or with ; the sign of Multiplication, signifying that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, 8x2, signifies that 8 is to be multiplied by 2, and is- read, 8 into 2, or the product ofS and... | |
| Duncan Macdougal - 1840 - 272 pages
...before Christ. AD signifies Anno Domini, or year after Christ. — is the sign of Subtraction, and signifies that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be subtracted from each other, as AM 7001— B. c. 3969. = is the sign of equality, and is placed thus... | |
| Arithmetic - 1841 - 200 pages
...16—4 signifies that 4 must be taken from 16. X Is the sign of Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied. -f- Is the sign of... | |
| Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...thus 4 — 3 means that 3 is to be subtracted from 4. X Multiplied into, the sign of Multiplication, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus 3x4 means that 3 is to be multiplied by 4. -4- Divided by, the sign of division, signifies that... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...often denoted by two oblique lines crossing each other x , called the sign of multiplication. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...often denoted by two oblique lines crossing each other (x), called the sign of multiplication. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, "9 multiplied... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...often denoted by two oblique lines crossing each other x , called the sign of multiplication. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied... | |
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