| William Duane - Education - 1811 - 378 pages
...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... | |
| B. M. Tyler - Arithmetic - 1827 - 308 pages
...names of the figures. The word written before each figure below, is its common name; — one 1, two 2, three 3, four 4, five 5, six 6, seven 7, eight 8, nine 9, cipher 0. Each figure, when standing alone, always denotes the same number, which is called its simple... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...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
...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... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...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 - Arithmetic - 1830 - 286 pages
...very general use, as will appear by observing what follows : — A unit, or one, is written 1. Two, 2. Three, 3. Four, 4. Five, 5. Six, 6. Seven, 7. Eight,...Figures. Q. By what other name are they sometimes called ? A. The Э digits. Ç. What is this method of expressing numbers called ? A. The Arabic method. Q.... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1831 - 286 pages
...inkstand; how much do they come 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 8 Nine 9 Ten 10 Eleven 11 Twelve 12 miurteen ..13 Fourteen ..14 Fifteen 15 Sixteen 16 Seventeen . 17 Eighteen... | |
| 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... | |
| William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1836 - 274 pages
...in the Arabick method, are ex* pressed and writteii as follows : — Unit, unity or one, I Two, . 2 Three, 3 Four, 4 Five, 5 Six, 6 Seven, 7 Eight, 8 Nine, . 9 And a cipher, 0 These figures are also called digits, from the Latin word lUgitus, a' finger. The,'... | |
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