 | Warren Colburn - 1824 - 292 σελίδες
...trees in a row of the former kind. The same thing may be demonstrated abstractly as follows : 6 limes 5 means 6 times each of the units in 5 ; but 6 times...second. But each unit of the first repeated so many times, makes a number equal to the second ; therefore the second number will be repeated as many timas... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 σελίδες
...Generally, to multiply one number by another, is to repeat the first number as many times as therfe are units in the second number. To do this, each unit...second. But each unit of the first repeated so many times, makes a number equal to the second ; therefore the second number will be repeated as many times... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 σελίδες
...units, points may be called the units of lines. 4. As to multiply one number by another is to take or repeat the first number as many times as there are units in the second ; so to multiply one line by another is to take or repeat the first line as many times as there are... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - 1845 - 300 σελίδες
...transported ? To which kind of conveyance is the most money paid ? MULTIPLICATION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS. 25* To multiply one number by another, is to repeat the...number as many times as there are units in the second. Thus, to multiply 3 by 4, is to take 3 as many times as there are units in 4, that is, 4 times; or... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - 1845 - 710 σελίδες
...transported 1 To which kind of conveyance is the most money paid ? MULTIPLICATION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS. 25« To multiply one number by another, is to repeat the...number as many times as there are units in the second. Thus, to multiply 3 by 4, is to take 3 as many times as there are units in 4, that is, 4 times; or... | |
 | Thomas Grainger Hall - 1853 - 268 σελίδες
...MULTIPLICATION. XIII. To multiply one number by another number, is to find the number made by repeating the first number as many times as there are units in the second number. Thus, to multiply 25 by 6, means that the sum of 25 six times repeated is to be found, as in the margin.... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1890 - 560 σελίδες
...multiplier is an arithmetical number. That is, to multiply a number by a positive integer is to add the first number as many times as there are units in the second. Thus, ax 3 is equivalent to a + a + a. Again, to multiply a number by a positive fraction is to divide... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1893 - 382 σελίδες
...36090 49374 73536 10968 IV. MULTIPLICATION. 27. To' Multiply one whole number by another is to take the first number as many times as there are units in the second. Thus, to multiply 3 by 5, we take 3 five times, as follows : 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 ; the result is 15.... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - 1893 - 358 σελίδες
...remainder. 18. Multiplication. As first defined in arithmetic, to multiply one number by another is to take the first number as many times as there are units in the second. Each of the two numbers is called a Factor, and the result a Product. The first factor is called the... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1897 - 422 σελίδες
...the multiplier is a positive number. That is, to multiply a number by a positive integer is to add the first number as many times as there are units in the second. For example, to multiply — 4 by 3, we add — 4 three times. That is, (- 4) x (+3) = (- 4) + (- 4)... | |
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... is 6, and 6 times 5 will be 5 times as much, that is, 5 times 6. Generally, to multiply one number by another, is to repeat the first number as many times as there are units in the second number. 