| Peter Nicholson, Joseph Gwilt - Architectural drawing Technique - 1848 - 750 pages
...number. NOTATION. — The characters or figures, by which all numbers are expressed, are the following ; 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 a cipher, sometimes called nought. 2 is 1 and 1 more. 3 is 2 and 1 more. 4 is 3 and 1 more. 5 is... | |
| Austin Baldwin - Arithmetic - 1848 - 80 pages
...many figures are there, and what are they called ? A. Ten; namely, 1, called one; 2, two; 3, throe; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine ; 0, nought, or cipher. Q. How is the number known for which a figure stands ? A. By the place it occupies.... | |
| Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 pages
...9. The ten following characters, called the Arabic figures, or digits, are used in writing numbers. 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine ; and 0, naught. They are called digits, from the Latin word digilus, which signifies a finger. The... | |
| James Haddon - Arithmetic - 1849 - 144 pages
...by words or figures, or to read or write any number. The characters used for this purpose, are — 1, one ; 2, two; 3, three; 4, four; 5, five'; 6, six; 7, seven; 8, eight; 9, nine; 0, cipher. These figures have various values, depending upon their situation, as in the following Table,... | |
| William A. Shepard - Arithmetic - 1849 - 72 pages
...the.signs or figures used to express the first nine numbers is given in the following table. 1 expresses One 2 " Two 3 " Three 4 " Four 5 " Five 6 " Six 7 " Seven 8 " Eight 9 " Nine The pupil should he taught these signs until he can give any of them at a glance, and then he may be... | |
| William A. Shepard - Arithmetic - 1849 - 72 pages
...should he taught these signs until he can give any of them at a glance, and then he may be taught the 3 " Three 4 " Four 5 " Five 6 " Six 7 " Seven 8 " Eight 9 " Nine succeeding lessons in reading numbers expressed by figures. It will be seen that there is a figure... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...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), 7 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or nothing). The first nine of these figures are called significant, as distinguished from... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
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