 | Joseph Ray - 1857 - 358 σελίδες
...97£. CASE II. ART. 152. To multiply a whok number by a fraction. Multiplying by a whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are...units in the multiplier. Multiplying by a fraction, or part of a unit, is taking a part of the multiplicand. Therefore, Multiplying by J, is taking 1 half... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1869 - 336 σελίδες
...; foe, make, do, produce. 122 PRODUCT. — MULTIPLICATION TABLE OF 0. twice ? The number, found by taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, is called the Product,* which, literally, means that which is brought from; so that — PRODUCT is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1872 - 234 σελίδες
...80 cents, what will f of it cost ? SLATE EXERCISES. 38. What is meant by multiplying by a fraction? Multiplying by a Fraction is taking a certain part...multiplicand as many times as there are like parts of & unit in the multiplier. 39. How find a fractional part of a number ? Divide the number into as many... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1875 - 392 σελίδες
...multiplicand once ; Multiplying by 2 is taking the multiplicand twice ; and Multiplying by any whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. NOTES. — i. The term multiplication, from the Latin mvltiplico, multus, many, and plico, to fold,... | |
 | 1877 - 682 σελίδες
...subtrahend is the greater. Next consider Multiplient ion. And first, multiplying by a positive quantity is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, and does not change its sign. For example, 7ax3 means Ta taken three times, and equals 21a; so —... | |
 | Popular educator - 1880 - 852 σελίδες
...tho same kind as tho multiplicand. 68. / ' u plain, therefore, that multiplying by a whole nvmber is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. Thus multiplying a by 1, U taking the multiplicand once, as a. Multiplying a by 2, is taking the multiplicand... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1882 - 416 σελίδες
...what cost 5-f pounds of tea 23. What cost 7f acres of land, at $10 per acre ? WRITTEN EXERCISES. 208. Multiplying by a fraction is taking a certain part...the multiplicand as many times, as there are like partr of a unit in the multiplier. Thus, Multiplying by \, is taking 1 half of the multiplicand once,... | |
 | George Soulé - 1888 - 568 σελίδες
...result is decreasing. This is evident from the fact that multiplication is the process of repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, ami, therefore, when the multiplier is less than a unit, the multiplicand will be repeated only apart... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 σελίδες
...how many repetitions of the addend are required ; and the Product is the result obtained by repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. REM. 2. — The multiplicand and multiplier are called factors of the product. REM. 3. — The Sign... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 σελίδες
...how many repetitions of the addend are required ; and the Product is the result obtained by repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. REM. 2. — The multiplicand and multiplier are called Factors of the product. REM. 3. — The Sign... | |
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We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. 
