 | Anthony Nesbit - 1847 - 492 σελίδες
...lines also, AB — CD, signifies that the line CD is to be subtracted from the line A B. The sign x denotes that the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together ; as 5 x 3 (read 5 multiplied by 3) = 15. The sign -s- signifies division ; as 15 -f- 3 (read 15 divided... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 434 σελίδες
...usually denoted by two oblique lines crossing each other (x), called the sign of multiplication. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, the expression (9X6), signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - 336 σελίδες
...sign of multiplication is formed by two short lines crossing each other obliquely ; thus, x. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 X 5 r= 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. QUESTIONS. — Art. 34. What... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 σελίδες
...sign of multiplication is formed by two short lines crossing each other obliquely ; thus, X. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 X 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. EXERCISES FOR THE SLATE. ART.... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 σελίδες
...: 4 + 19=27—18 + 14 (read 4plus 19 equal 27 minus l8plusU"); 65-27+3=41. The sign X (times) shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Ex. : 4x15=60; 3x10=6x5. Multiplication is also sometimes expressed by a point, thus : 4 • 15=60... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1854 - 106 σελίδες
...is the sign of multiplication ? Ani. The sign of multiplication ia an oblique cross (x), and shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus, the expression 4x3, signifies that 4 and 3 are to be multiplied together, and is read, "4 multiplied... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 σελίδες
...sign of multiplication is formed by two short lines crossing each other obliquely ; thus, x. It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 x 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35. QUESTIONS. — Art. 34. What is... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1855 - 218 σελίδες
...would be 2 ; in like manner 9 + 3 is 12, and 9—3 is 6. 3. x , the sign for multiplication, implying that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together : thus, 6x4 implies that 6 and 4 are to be multiplied together, so that 6 x 4 is 24. In like manner xx 4 or... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1855 - 396 σελίδες
...diminished by six equal three. (rf.) X The sign of multiplication, called times or multiplied by, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. « Illustration. 7 X 5 = 35, is read, seven times five equal thirty-five ; or, icvcn multiplied by... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1856 - 392 σελίδες
...diminished by six equal three. (d.) X The sign of multiplication, called times or multiplied by, signifies that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together. Illustration. 7X5 = 35, is read, seven times five equal thirty-five ; or, Keen multiplied by five equal... | |
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It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied by 6," or, simply, 
