 | Charles Smith - Arithmetic - 1895 - 414 pages
...16. [Art. 55.] 22. ^f^ x 9. 121. Multiplication by a Fraction. We understand multiplication to be the taking one number as many times as there are units in another. Thus, to multiply 5 by 4, we take as many fives as there are units in 4. Now 4 is 1 + 1 + 1+1, and... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 248 pages
...finding the product of two numbers is called Multiplication. 34. The Product is the result obtained by taking one number as many times as there are units in another. 35. The number to be multiplied is called the Multiplicand. The number by which we multiply is called... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Mathematics - 1895 - 402 pages
...subtract one from the next order of the minuend and proceed as before. MULTIPLICATION Multiplication is taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. The Multiplicand is the number taken or multiplied. The Multiplier is the number that shows... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1896 - 282 pages
...subtract one from the next order of the minuend and proceed as before. MULTIPLICATION Multiplication is taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. The Multiplicand is the number taken or multiplied. The Multiplier is the number that shows... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Algebra - 1895 - 358 pages
...of the other two parts, MULTIPLICATION. 70. Multiplication is the process of taking one quantity as many times as there are units in another. The Multiplicand is the quantity taken. The Multiplier is the quantity which indicates how often the multiplicand is taken.... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1896 - 300 pages
...pupil really knows that 8 and 9 equal 17, he knows also that 17 less 8 = 9, and 17 less 9 = 8. 10. Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units' in another number. The multiplicand is the number taken or repeated. The multiplier is the number that shows how... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1896 - 268 pages
...subtracting. Observe that the sum of the subtrahend and difference equals the minuend.* MULTIPLICATION. Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. |3ß (Multiplicand.) The multiplicand is the number 25 (Multiplier.) taken, or repeated. $180... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Algebra - 1896 - 418 pages
...subtracted by changing the sign of the subtrahend, and then adding the resulting numbers. 75. Since multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number, the multiplication of positive and negative factors may be shown as follows : (1) lv ' (+ax... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1896 - 152 pages
...cents a pound ? 53. What will 9 barrels of apples cost, at 5 dollars a barrel ? At 6 dollars a barrel ? The process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another is called Multiplication. The symbol x is read times or multiplied by. Thus, 8 x 5 = 40 is read 8 times... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1897 - 264 pages
...subtracting. Observe that the sum of the subtrahend and difference equals the minuend.* MULTIPLICATION. Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. |36 (Multiplicand.) The multiplicand is the number 25 (Multiplier.) taken, or repeated. $180... | |
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Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another. 
