 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...by six equal three. (d.) X The sign of multiplication, called times or multiplied by, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Illustration. 7X5 = 35, is read, seven times five equal thirty-five ; or, Keen multiplied by five equal... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...operation is called Simple Multiplication. ART. 29. The Sign X, read multiplied by, or limes, denotes that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus, 4X3=12, shows that 4 multiplied by 3, or 4 times 3, are 12, or equal 12. In the table, the sign X ,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...multiplication is formed by two short lines crossing each other obliquely ; thus, X • It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 X 5 ' = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. QUESTIONS. — Art. 35. What... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 398 pages
...19=27-18 + 14 (read 4: plus 19 equal 27 minus 18 plus 14); 65-27 + 3=41. The sign X (times) shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Ex. : 4x15=60; 3x10=6x5. Multiplication is also sometimes expressed by a point, thus : 4-15=60; 3-10=6-5.... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...19=27 — 18 + 14 (read 4 plus 19 equal 27 minus 18jpfel4); 65-27 + 3=41. The sign X (times) shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Ex. : 4x15 = 60; 3x10 = 6x5. Multiplication is also sometimes expressed by a point, thus : 4 • 15... | |
 | John Mitchell (master of the Free sch, Leathley.) - 1859 - 188 pages
...— со . or *<ЛГ 17 130 x or . denotes into, or Ъу. The sign of multiplication, signifying that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus 8x6 denotes that 8 is to be multiplied by 6. In geometrical lines, also, ABxCD, or is expressed thus,... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 494 pages
...AB — CD signifies that the line CD is to be subtracted from the line AB. The sign x denotes that the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together; as 5 X 3 (read 5 multiplied by 3) = 15. The sign -4- signifies division ; as 15 -=- 3 (read 15 divided... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 362 pages
...compound fractions. The word of is simply an equivalent for the sign of multiplication, and signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. 9. Multiply T\ of 2J by $ of 7£. 10. Multiply $ of 16 by ^ of 26§. 11. What is the product of 3,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...denoted by two oblique lines crossing each other (x), called the sign of multiplication. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, the expression (9X6), signifies that 9 and 6 are to bepmultiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 388 pages
...by six equal three. (d.) X The sign of multiplication, called times or multiplied by, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Illustration. 7 X 5 = 35, is read, secen times five equal thirty-five ; or, seven multiplied by five... | |
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Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied. 
