| William Duane - Education - 1811 - 378 pages
...old tedious and confused Roman mode of computation by alphabetical letters ; they are as follow ; One 1 Two .... 2 Three 3 Four ... - . 4 Five ' -' - - 5 Six 6 Seven - - - - - 7 Eight 8 Nine 9 Cypher 0 The first nine of these are called significant figures, to distinguish them from the cypher,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Readers (Elementary) - 1825 - 176 pages
...is one. I want more, I want ten if you please. Here are ten. Count them. I will. Ofte(l),two(2]Ji, three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7)•, eight (8), nine (9), ten (10). Lesson 16. . Tom fell in the pond; they got him out, but he was wet and cold; and his eyes... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1827 - 216 pages
...inkstand ; how much do they como to ? How many are thirteen and three ? 25. Count one hundred. One .... 1 Two .... 2 Three 3 Four .... 4 Five .... 5 Six .... 6 Seven ... 7 Eight Й Nine .... 9 Ten . . . .10 Eleven . . .11 Twelve ... 12 Thirteen . . .13 Fourteen ... 14 Fifteen... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...LXX. One million M. I.XXX. Two million TSM. A unit, unity, or one, is represented by this character, 1 . Two . ' 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five 5. Six .6. Seven " 7. .Eight .....,..-.. 8. Nine 9. Ten has no appropriate character to represent it ; but is considered as forming a unit of a second... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 266 pages
...IOO.orV.J CCIOO.orX. 100O. CCCIOOD.orC. M. MM. A unit, unity, or one, is represented by this character, 1. Two 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five . 5. Six 6. Seven 7. Eight 8. Nine 9. Ten has no appropriate character to represent it ; but is considered as forming a unit of a second... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1829 - 284 pages
...thousand, . • MM. IÎ VI. We have a shorter method still, which is in very general use,.as wiliappcar by observing what follows: — • • A unit, or...Four, 4. Five 5. Six 6. Seven, 7. Eight, 8. Nine, U. . Q. What are these characters called ? A. Figures. Q. By what other name are they sometimes called... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...numbers, characters, or figures, and teaches to read and write them by their true value. Thus, one I, two 2, three 3, four 4, five 5, six 6, seven 7, eight 8, nine 9, nought or cipher 0; and this is the reading and writing of figures. These nine figures or digits are... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Accounting - 1832 - 296 pages
...jjeneral use, as will appear by observing what follows : — A unit, or one, is written 1. Two, 8. Three, 3. Four, : 4. Five, .• 5. Six, ; 6. Seven,...Figures. Q. By what other name are they sometimes called ? Л. Tim Э digits. Q. What ia this method of expressing numbers called -" s). The Arabic method.... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...characters, or figures, and teaches to read and write them by their true value. Thus, one 1, two 3, three 3, four 4, five 5, six 6, seven 7, eight 8, nine 9, nought or cipher 0 ; and this is the reading . and writing of figures. These nine figures or digits... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1836 - 308 pages
...DCCCC. One thousand, M. Fifteen hundred MD. Sixteen hundred, MDC. Two thousand, MM. MDCCCXXXIV *' VJ-« We have a shorter method still, which is in very general...3. Four, 4. Five, 5. Six, .6. Seven, 7. Eight, 8. Nme/ 9. Q. What are these characters called '! A. Figures. Q. Bv what other name are they sometimes... | |
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