| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 434 pages
...MULTIPLICATION OP [SECT. VII. MULTIPLICATION OP FRACTIONS. 209. We have seen that multiplying by a whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. (Art. 82.) On the other hand. If the multiplier is only a part of a unit, it is plain we must take... | |
| Jeremiah Day, James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1848 - 264 pages
...the product is a quantity of the same kind as the multiplicand. ' 70.- Multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. Multiplying by 1, i's taking the multiplicnnd once, as a. Mult, by 2, is taking the multiplicand twice,... | |
| Dana Pond Colburn, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1849 - 110 pages
...product in multiplication may be regarded as a number representing the sum which would result from taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. By division we can determine two distinct things ; first, into how many parts of a given size a given... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...denoting how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, is called the multiplier. The number arising from taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, is called the product. The multiplicand and multiplier, together, are called factors, or producers... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 356 pages
...operation may appear more like division than multiplication. And, in effect, multiplying by i or by ^V, &c., really is division. For multiplication, it will...will 7 yds. 3 qr. 2 na. of cloth come to, at £2 2s. 6d. per yard ? Ans. £16 14s. Sd. 1g. 2. What is the value of 6 cwt. 3 qr. 12 Ib. of sugar, at £3... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1854 - 106 pages
...? Ans. Take the multiplicand twice. Thus, 4X2 = 8. 3. How multiply by any whole number ? Ans. TAKE the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. 4. Hoqr then do you multiply by 1 half? Ans. Take 1 halflhe multiplicand once. Thus, 6 X 4=3. 5. How... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1855 - 436 pages
...wbcle nunitw 1 MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. 2O 9. We have seen that multiplying by a whole nuniber, a taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. (Art. 82.) On the other hand, If the multiplier is only a part of a unit, it is plain we musi take... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...factors in multiplication is always to be considered as a number. The operation consists in repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. How then can a line, a surface, or a salid, become a multiplier ? To explain this it will be necessary... | |
| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1855 - 356 pages
...take Qax'— 2amn + 3by'1 — 4m. Ans. SECTION IV. MULTIPLICATION. (48.) Multiplication is repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. When several quantities are to be multiplied together, the result will be the same in whatever order... | |
| Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1856 - 280 pages
...15. From a' \-abc-6 take 6±abc-a\ Ans. SECTION IV. MULTIPLICATION. (53.) MULTIPLICATION is repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. CASE I. When both the factors are monomials. If the quantity a is to be repeated five times, we may... | |
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