| Osgood Carleton - Arithmetic - 1810 - 264 pages
...equality, as 20«.= ^. 1. ie ¿ twenty shillings are equal to one pouna, Sec. The sign of Addition, and signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together, to discover their sum ; thus, 5+3 = 8. ie 5 more, 3 are equal to 8 ; or if 5 and 3 are added together,... | |
| 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 letters ; then... | |
| John Penrose (teacher of arithmetic.) - Arithmetic - 1824 - 320 pages
...shall be equal to the sum of the given numbers. This character + Plus, denotes addition, and shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together. thue 5 + 2 + 6, signifies that to the number 5, we are to add the number 2, and to their sum add six,... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...first, and how much did she pay for both ? Signs. — A cross -|- is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added. Two parallel horizontal lines = signify equality. Thus 8-|-4=7 is read, 3 added to 4, or 3 plus 4 (plus... | |
| Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...Signs. A cross + with one line perpendicular and the other horizontal, is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together. It is sometimes read plus, which is a Latin word signifying more. It also denotes a remainder after... | |
| Duncan Macdougal - 1840 - 272 pages
...year 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... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...four hundred and seventeen. ADDITION TABL.E. Signs. — A cross + is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added. Two parallel horizontal lines = signify equality. Thus : 3+4=7 is read, 3 added to 4, or 3 plus 4 (plus... | |
| 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,... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...Sigtis. A cross + with one line perpendicular and the other horizontal, is the sign of addition. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be added together. It is sometimes read plus, which is a Latin word signifying more. It also denotes a remainder after... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...plus. It consists of two lines, one horizontal, the other perpendicular, forming a cross, and shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be added together. Thus the expression 6+8, signifies that 6 is to be added to 8. It is read, " 6 plus 8," or « 6 added... | |
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