 | Education - 1877 - 682 pages
...subtrahend is the greater. Next consider Multiplient ion. And first, multiplying by a positive quantity is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, and does not change its sign. For example, 7ax3 means Ta taken three times, and equals 21a; so —... | |
 | Popular educator - 1880 - 852 pages
...tho same kind as tho multiplicand. 68. / ' u plain, therefore, that multiplying by a whole nvmber is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. Thus multiplying a by 1, U taking the multiplicand once, as a. Multiplying a by 2, is taking the multiplicand... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...result is decreasing. This is evident from the fact that multiplication is the process of repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, ami, therefore, when the multiplier is less than a unit, the multiplicand will be repeated only apart... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...how many repetitions of the addend are required ; and the Product is the result obtained by repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. REM. 2. — The multiplicand and multiplier are called factors of the product. REM. 3. — The Sign... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...how many repetitions of the addend are required ; and the Product is the result obtained by repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. REM. 2. — The multiplicand and multiplier are called Factors of the product. REM. 3. — The Sign... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 312 pages
...how many repetitions of the addend are required ; and the Product is the result obtained by repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. REM. 2.—The multiplicand and multiplier are called Factors of the product. REM. 3.—The Sign of... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 388 pages
...the number which is to be taken a certain number of times. 73. The Product is the result obtained by taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. 74. The sign of multiplication is an inclined cross, x, and is read times or multiplied by. Thus, 3... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1906 - 550 pages
...positive integer or a positive, fraction. That is, to multiply a number by a positive integer is to add the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. For example, to multiply — 4 by 3, we add — 4 three times. Thus, (-4) x(+3) = (-4) + (-4) + (-4)... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1906 - 484 pages
...positive integer or a positive fraction. That is, to multiply a number by a positive integer is to add the multiplicand as many times' as there are units in the multiplier. For example, to multiply — 4 by 3, we add — 4 three times. Thus, (-4) x(+3) = (-4) + (-4) + (-4)=-12.... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1908 - 442 pages
...Multiplication. The definition of multiplication often given is that multiplication is the process of taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. We may picture this process by thinking of a person picking out from a basket containing eggs six at... | |
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The number arising from taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, is called the product. 
