 | Charles Mansford - 1875 - 110 pages
...subtraction, and means that the quantity before which it stands is to be subtracted. The sign x is the sign of multiplication, and denotes that the quantities...which it is placed are to be multiplied together. The sign -r is the sign of division, and denotes that the quantity standing before it is to be divided... | |
 | C R. Lupton - 1879 - 194 pages
...difference. Thus a ~ b signifies the difference between a and b. 1. The sign X into, signifies that quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus if a = 4, 6 = 6, then ax b = 24. This sign is often omitted and sometimes a point used instead ; thus... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - Ready-reckoners - 1882 - 232 pages
...to be subtracted from the number on the left. Thus, 7—3=4, is read, seven minus three equals four. The symbol X , is called the sign of multiplication; and denotes that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus, 3 X 4=12, is read, three multiplied... | |
 | Joseph Hughes (F.R.G.S.) - 1882 - 114 pages
...called negative, thus - a is a negative quantity. The sign x (read ' into ' or ' multiplied by ') is the sign of multiplication, and denotes that the quantities between which it stands are to be multiplied together. Multiplication may also be expressed by means of a dot, or by... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - Architecture - 1895 - 774 pages
...be modified 9 °7 thus: 45 x 87 = 435 x 87 9 87 in which x, the sign for multiplication, indicates that the quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; this ddition to each member of the equation does not destroy the equality ; the members are still... | |
 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1901 - 736 pages
...taken from 12, the result being 9. X The sign of multiplication. This means that the two numbers or quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus 12 X 3 is read 12 times 3 or 12 multiplied by 3, the result being 36. -f- The sign of division. This... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Horner - Engineering - 1906 - 572 pages
...Signs. — The common signs used in algebraical expressions and processes are as follows : h (plus) denotes that the quantities between which it is placed are to be added together ; - (minus) that the quantity before which it is placed is to be subtracted from the... | |
 | Anthony North Somerscales - Marine engineering - 1912 - 288 pages
...one quantity from another is called the difference. The sign x stands for multiplication, and means that the quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. The result is called the product. The sign -5- stands for division, and means that the quantity preceding... | |
 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1917 - 1012 pages
...taken from 12, the result being 9. X The sign of multiplication. This means that the two numbers or quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus 12 X 3 is read 12 times 3 or 12 multiplied by 3, the result being 36. -4- The sign of division. This... | |
 | William Frederick Durand, Charles Wilson Dyson - Marine engineering - 1917 - 1016 pages
...taken from 12, the result being 9. X The sign of multiplication. This means that the two numbers or quantities between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Thus 12 X 3 is read 12 times 3 or 12 multiplied by 3, the result being 36. -~ The sign of division. This... | |
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It denotes that the quantities between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. 
