 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 in the same manner as whole numbers.  A Business Arithmetic - Page 641893Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 322 pages
...thousands, 512. IF O. From the foregoing we deduce the following principles : — Numbers increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a ten-fold proportion ; and it is A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions. — f 9. How do... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 324 pages
...thousands, 512. IT 9. 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. — IT 9. How dp numbers increase... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 342 pages
...thousands, 512. IT 9. 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 FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION; that, Questions. — If 9. How do numbers increase... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 322 pages
...463 thousand, 512. IT 9. From the foregoing we deduce the following principles : — Numbers increase from right to 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...of notation is based upon the following TWO GENERAL LAWS. I. Th", different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. II. Every removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold ; and every... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...by applying the ten figures to different orders of units. II. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. III. Every removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold; and every... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1861 - 452 pages
...figures is called Numeration. 3. From the foregoing we deduce the following principles : Numbers increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold proportion ; and it is A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION — that, I. Removing any figure one... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...applying the ten figure* to the different orders of units. IT. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. III. Every removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its local value tenfold; and every... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...as to denote the different orders of units of that number. 2. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. 3. Each removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its value tenfold ; and each removal of... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...as to denote the different orders of units of that number. 2. The different orders of units increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio. 3. Each removal of a figure one place to the left, increases its value tenfold ; and each removal of... | |
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