 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...of 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. —". ~~ II fs — "1 . _?s T-ar... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...are multiplied together are also called factors, in reference to the product. The sign x implies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. The multiplier and multiplicand may change places, without affecting the product, since 7 times 4 =... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1864 - 392 pages
...have a consistent meaning. 46. The 8iffn of multiplication is an oblique cross (x), and shows tlmt the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Tims, the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied... | |
 | John Purdue Bidlake - Arithmetic - 1866 - 232 pages
...result or answer is called the Product. The sign of Multiplication is x (multiplied by) and shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus 4x3 = 12, that is, Pour multiplied by three equals twelve ; or, Four times three are twelve. Multiplication... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 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. 2. When the same factors occur in both numerator and denominator of fractions to be multiplied together,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1867 - 204 pages
...it is still an abstract number. The sign of multiplication is an oblique cross (X), and shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Note 1.—The multiplier and multiplicand taken together, are often called factors, because they make... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...operation is called Simple Multiplication. ART. 29. The Sign X, read multiplied by, or times, 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 ,... | |
 | William L. Robinson - 1868 - 208 pages
...is to be taken from the former. Thus, 7 — 3 = 4. into, the sign of Multiplication, signifying that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, 7 x 3 = 21. » as. or to, '. ' so is, the sign of an equality of Ratios, signifying that the numbers... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - 1870 - 578 pages
...also, 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 -r- signifies division ; as 15 -=- 3 (read 15 divided... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...Mnltiplieation is formed by two short lines crossing each other obliquely ; thus, X • I' shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thua, 7 X 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. 35. What is multiplication 1 What three... | |
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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. 
