| Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...is called the Decimal System. Decimal means by tens ; so that Decimal System means a system by tens. Ten units make one TEN. Ten tens make one HUNDRED. Ten hundreds make one THOUSAND. 1 Auxiliary means helping. The character 0 is called an auxiliary character because it helpt the digit*... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...hundred fold by removing it two places ; a thousand fold by removing it three places, etc. ; that is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on. 18. The cipher, when used with other figures, fills a place that would otherwise be vacant... | |
| Seth T. Farnsworth - Ready-reckoners - 1889 - 78 pages
...means that, in numbers, ten similar units united constitute a new unit of the next higher order. Thus ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, etc. Our United States money system, following this natural law of numbers, is also decimal in its... | |
| William Seneca Sutton - Arithmetic - 1892 - 144 pages
...thousands, nine hundreds, and no unit. 40. Nine thousands, nine hundreds, nine tens, and nine units. Ten units make one ten. Ten tens make one hundred. Ten hundreds make one thousand. Ten thousands make one ten-thousand. Ten ten-thousands make one hundred-thousand. Ten hundred-thousands... | |
| Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...units are omitted. 3. Ten units of any lower order are always equal to one of the next higher. That is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on. Hence. 4. Each removal of a figure an order towards the left, makes the value expressed... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 pages
...hundred fold by removing it two places ; a thousand fold by removing it three places, etc. ; that is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and 'so on. 18. The cipher, when used with other figures, fills a place that would otherwise be vacant... | |
| Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...Arabic system of notation, ten units of any order always make a unit of the next higher order. That is, ten units make one ten; ten tens make one hundred ; ten hundreds make one thousand ; and so on to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions,... | |
| William Seneca Sutton, William Herschel Bruce - Arithmetic - 1906 - 296 pages
...that can be shown with four figures? in the largest number that can be shown with three figures ? 235. Ten units make one ten. Ten tens make one hundred. Ten hundreds make one thousand. Ten thousands make one ten-thousand. Ten ten-thousands make one hundred-thousand. 103 236. 1. Write... | |
| Charles Ernest Chadsey - 1914 - 264 pages
...period. When we write the one in thousands' period, this is called "carrying the thousand." Remember that ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, ten thousands make one ten-thousand, etc. Add these numbers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 521 745 999 189 878... | |
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