 | George Leonard - 1841 - 350 pages
...Business Forms, 320 Signs 333 Repeating Decimals, 334 Duodecimals, 336 Proportion, 338 NUMERATION. 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...solved by one or more of them. Notation is the expressing of any number or quantity by figures ; thus, 1 one ; 2 two ; 3 three ; 4 four ; 5 five ; 6 six ; 7 seven ; 8 eight ; 9 nine ; 0 cipher. The nine first figures are sometimes called digits, from the Latin word digitus, which... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 186 pages
...Arabic numeral figures, which the Moors introduced into Europe about nine hundred years ago ; viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cypher, or nothing. Numeration teaches to express the value of numbers either by words or characters.... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 202 pages
...their alphabets to express numbers. The Arabic method of notation employs these ten characters, — 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher. It will be necessary to consider, in this work, only the Roman and Arabic methods of expressing... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...units, as, 2, 3, 7, &c. — where 1, 2, 3, 7 are called figures. The figures are nine in number, viz., 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine. By means of these figures, together with 0, nought or cipher, all numbers may be represented. Arithmetic... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - Arithmetic - 1843 - 156 pages
...twice in one. Digits, Units, or Figures — are the marks hy which numbers are expressed ; they are 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and 0 cipher or nought. NOTE. — All operations in Arithmetic consist of increasing or diminishing,... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - Arithmetic - 1843 - 472 pages
...ton, &c. 13. Digits or figures, are the characters by which you express numbers, and are as follow: 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and 0 cipher or nought. 14. The object of all Arithmetic, is to find out quantities not known, by some... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...called figures. There are ten of these characters. They are 0 which is called a cipher, or Naught, 1 ... One, 2 - - Two, 3 ... Three, 4 - Four, 5 ......6 - - Six, 7 - - Seven, 8 - - - . Eight, 9 - Nine. Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 340 pages
...called figures. There are ten of these characters. They are 0 which is called a cipher, or Naught, 1 ... One, 2 ... Two, 3 ... Three, 4 ... Four, 5 ......Six, 7 - ... Seven, 8 - .... Eight, 9 - ... Nine. Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed 1 How many figures are there ? Name them.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 184 pages
...Arabic numeral figures, which the Moors introduced into Europe about nine hundred years ago ; viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher, or nothing. The first nine are called significant figures, as distinguished from the cipher,... | |
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