| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...Numbers in Arithmetic are expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; viz. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five),...(seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or nothing). The first nine of these figures are called significant, as distinguished from the cipher, which is... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...or more of them. Art. 3. — 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 first nine figures are sometimes called digits, from the Latin word digitus, which means a finger.... | |
| James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 276 pages
...by nnmeral 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;... | |
| 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.... | |
| James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...numeral characters or figures, These Figures — sometimes called the digits of numbers — are 1 me, 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;... | |
| 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... | |
| Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...called 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 them. The cipher... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...sum or 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... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 372 pages
...Numbers in 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), 1 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or nothing). The first nine of these figures are called... | |
| Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1852 - 600 pages
...any proposed number, either "by words or characters ; or to read and write down any sum or numberThe numbers in Arithmetic are expressed by the following...figures were formerly all called by the general name of Ciflters; whence it came to pass that the art of Arithmetic was then often called Ciphering- Also,... | |
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