 | Charles Mansford - 1875 - 110 pages
...quantity before which it stands is to be subtracted. The sign x is the sign of multiplication, and denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. The sign -r is the sign of division, and denotes that the quantity standing before it is to be divided... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - Architecture - 1895 - 774 pages
...be modified 9 °7 thus: 45 x 87 = 435 x 87 9 87 in which x, the sign for multiplication, indicates that the quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; this ddition to each member of the equation does not destroy the equality ; the members are still... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Horner - Engineering - 1906 - 572 pages
...Signs. — The common signs used in algebraical expressions and processes are as follows : h (plus) denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are to be added together ; - (minus) that the quantity before which it is placed is to be subtracted from the... | |
 | Anthony North Somerscales - Marine engineering - 1912 - 288 pages
...one quantity from another is called the difference. The sign x stands for multiplication, and means that the quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. The result is called the product. The sign -5- stands for division, and means that the quantity preceding... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 260 pages
...signs. Thus, -\-a and +6, or — a and — 6 have like signs; while +c and — d have unlike signs. ART. 25- The sign of multiplication, X, is read into, or...which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. A dot or point is sometimes used instead of the sign X- Thus, aX6 and ab, both mean that b is to ,<s... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1875 - 424 pages
...like signs while -|~c and — d have unlike signs. 14. The Sign of Multiplication, X, is read into, 01 multiplied by. It denotes that the quantities between...multiplied together. The product of two or more letters is also expressed by a dot or period, or by writing the letters in close succession. The last method is... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 252 pages
...and — d have unlike signs. ART. 25. The sign of multiplication, X, is read into, or midtif plied by. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. A dot or point is sometimes used instead of the sign X- Thus, aX& and ab, both mean that 6 is to be... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 248 pages
...— d have unlike signs. ART. 25. The sign of multiplication, X, is read into, or multiplied l'ij. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. A dot or point is sometimes used instead of the sign X- Thus, aX6 and ab, both mean that b is to be... | |
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X. is read into, or multiplied by. It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. 
