...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. In the early stages of...

...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. In the early stages of...

....ten characters called figures. 4. What are these characters 1 They are 1 called one, 2 " two, 3 " three, 4 " four, 5 " five, 6 " six, 7 " seven, 8 " eight, 9 " nine, 0 " naught, cipher, or zero. 5. How are the first nine characters called? They are called significant...

...numbers, Numeration from Numerus, (Latin.) 3. The figures we use in numbering are: 1, one; 2, two; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine ; and 0, naught, or cipher. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, are called significant figures ; 0 is called...

...alphabet yf lite Arabic Notation. They are, 0 called zero, cipher, or Naught, 1 - - One. 2 - Two. 3 - - Three. '4 - - Four. 5 - - Five. 6 - - Six. 7 - - Seven. 8 - - Eight. 9 - - Nine. 1 expresses a single thing, or the unit of a number. 2 -. two things - -or two units. 3 - three things...

...numbers by numeral 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 0 zero or cipher, which has no value. 0 is used to occupy vacant places in Notation. The Higher...

...under the common figures of civilised nations, that are under belief and baptism. " 1 One, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 ten ; and before the 0 the number it bears ; as one ten 10 ; 20 two tens, 30 three tens, 40 four tens,...

...they are in reality perfectly distinct. 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 or nought. These figures have various values, depending upon their situation as in the following table,...

...under the trite signs of number in use by the civilized nations of Belief and Baptism. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 ten, and placing before the 0 the number which it has, thus, 10 one-ten, 20 two-tens, 30 three-tens,...

...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; whence...