 | John William Colenso - 1849 - 262 σελίδες
...then 5p _ 10 _ 5 За + 25 _ 6 +J$ _ 12 _ 26 ~ "6" ~ 3 ' 26^0" " 6~^2 ~ 4~ ~ ' 9. When any quantity is multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of the quantity, and is briefly expressed by writing down the quantity, with a small figure above it to... | |
 | Archibald Montgomerie - 1857 - 116 σελίδες
...x 4, denotes the continued product of 2, 3, and 4. 5. If the same quantity be repeated as a factor any number of times, the product is called a power of that quantity. When there are two factors, the product is called the second power, or square ; when there... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1858 - 530 σελίδες
...latter coefficients literal coefficients, and the former numerical coefficients. 16. If a number be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that number. Thus я xa is called the second power of a; also я xaxa is called the third power of a; and axaxaxя... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1861 - 140 σελίδες
...full-point is used instead of it : thus a X b X c, abc and abc all signify the same thing. When any quantity is multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of the quantity, and is briefly expressed by writing down the quantity, with a small figure above it to... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1866 - 580 σελίδες
...coefficients literal coefficients, and the former coefficients numerical coefficients. 16. If a number be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that number. Thus axa is called the second power of a; also axaxa is called the third power of a ; and axaxaxa is... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 σελίδες
...numbers into their prime factors. [Obs. "We must first explain that when a number is multiplied into itself any number of times, the product is called a power of the number ; above the number and to the right-hand of it is written a small figure, which denotes... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1873 - 366 σελίδες
...right of it are called DECIMALS, because they are fractions with either 10, 100, or 10 x 10, 1000, or 10 x 10 x 10, &c. as their respective denominators....82. It will be seen from what has been said, that DBCIMALS are in fact fractions having either 10 or some power of 10, for their denominators. For this... | |
 | Henry Evers - 1878 - 202 σελίδες
...figure, not at the bottom, thus either -4 or -4, not .4. Express 427-586 in tens and tenths. 427-586 = When a number is multiplied by itself any number of times the resulting product is termed a power of that number, as the second power, third, fourth, etc.; thus... | |
 | Joseph Wollman - 1879 - 120 σελίδες
...the latter literal co-efficients, and the former numerical co-efficients. Power.- — If a number be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that number. Thus axa is called the second power of a ; also axaxa is called the third power of a ; and so on. The... | |
 | R. M. Milburn - 1880 - 116 σελίδες
...when algebraically (ie by a letter or letters), a literal coefficient. 9. Power. — If a number be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that number. 10. Indices or Exponents. — Numbers placed above a quantity, to the right, to express the powers... | |
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If a quantity be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that quantity, and is expressed by writing the number of factors to the right of the quantity and above it. 
