 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...units have reference to some particular thing or quantity; as two books, five feet, seven gallons. x ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A rule of arithmetic is a direction for performing an operation with numbers. The introductory and... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...Timbar, &c 332 Gauging, 333 315 33« Interest at 7 3-10.$, . Metric System, . ARITHMETIC. AKTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. 2. A Unit is one. 3. A Number is a unit, or a combination of units. 4. A Concrete, or Denominate Number,... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...Timbor, Ac., ... .332 Gauging, 333 Interest at 7 3-10^ 335 Metric System, 336 ARITHMETIC. ARTICLE 1. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. S. A Unit is one. 3. A Number is a unit, or a combination of units. 4. A Concrete, or Denominate Number,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...kind as the number ; thus, the unit of six is one, and the unit of six pounds is one pound. Arithmetie is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A Rnle is a prescribed mode for performing an operation. The Introdnetory Proeesses of arithmetic are... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...kind as the number ; thus, the unit of six is one, and the unit of six pounds is one pound. Arithmetie is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A Rnle is a prescribed mode for performing an operation. The Introdnetory Proeesses of arithmetic are... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - 1872 - 64 pages
...radically defeated. In securing this object, much advantage is derived from frequent reviews. ARITHMETIC. Arithmetic is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A number is a unit or a collection of units. A unit is a single thing, or one. Quantity is anything... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...Measures of Capacity .'9 Tables of Metrical System 180 RAY'S RUDIMENTS OF ARITHMETIC. DEFINITIONS. 1. Arithmetic is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. 2. A Number is a unit or a collection of units. 3. A Unit is a single thing ; as, one book, one slate,... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Arithmetic - 1874 - 108 pages
...Gold or Currency, the price of either being given "" CALIFORNIA CALCULATOR. DEFINITIONS AND SIGNS. ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by figures. ABSTRACT NUMBKU. — An abstract number is a number used without reference to any particular... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1874 - 348 pages
...kind as the number ; thus, the unit of six is one, and the unit of six pounds is one pound. Arithmetie is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. A Rnle is a prescribed mode for performing an operation. The Introdnetory Proeesses of arithmetic are... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...eight pints are dissimilar numbers; also, three ones and six tens ; four tens and eight hundreds. 9. Arithmetic is the science of numbers and the art of computing by them. Note. — Asa science, arithmetic treats of the principles, properties, and relations of numbers. As... | |
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Arithmetic is the science of numbers, and the art of computing by them. 
