 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...Arithmetic are expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; 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 of these figures are called significant, as distinguished from... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 352 pages
...ninety-two. 998, nine hundred & ninety-eight. 999, nine hundred & ninety-nine. 1000, one thousand. 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.... | |
 | Charles Arnold - 1850 - 164 pages
...NUMERATION. Certain signs have been used to express numbers from one to nine. Thus, 1 we call one : 2 we call two : 3, three : 4, four : 5, five : 6, six : 7, seven : 8, eight : 9, nine : and 0 we call cipher, or nought. By these figures, differently placed, we can express any number... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...which were introduced into Europe by the Moors about eight or nine hundred years since : viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher or nothing. These characters or figures were formerly all called by the general name of Ciphers;... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...integers. 7. In the computation of numbers, ten characters are employed, called figures ; thus : 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four; 5, five ; 6, six; 7, seven; 8, eight ; 9, nine • 0, cipher. The first nine figures are called significant, because they have a given value assigned... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...number. The characters used for this purpose are the ten numeral figures, or digits, 0 cipher, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five. 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine; by which, either singly or conjointly, all numbers can be expressed. This is done by giving to each... | |
 | De Witt Clinton Benjamin - 1852 - 76 pages
...and reading numbers by figures. 4. What are the figures made use of to express numbers ? A. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five), 6 (six), 7 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher or nought). 6. How do figures increase in value from the right to the left ? A. In ten-fold... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...numcril characters or figures. These Figures — sometimes called the digits of numbers — are 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eiyht, 9 nine, and the 0 zero or cipher, which denotes nothing. The figures from 1 to 9 inclusive,... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1853 - 144 pages
...tell " how many." How do you write down numbers 1 By means of marks called figures, namely, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and 0, called a cipher or nought. Explain how many each of these figures means. What is the use of... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...numeral characters or figures. These Figures—sometimes called the digits of numbers—are 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and the 0 zero or cipher, which denotes nothing. The figures from 1 to 9 inclusive, are significant;... | |
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Los números cardinales 0: zero 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: nineteen 20: twenty... 
