 | Daniel Leach - 1857 - 316 σελίδες
...What is quantity? What is a unit ? What is a concrete number ? What is an abstract number? * Note A. three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8,...value, but is used where no number is to be expressed. (•us. l. By the aid of these ten characters any possible or conceivable quantity may be expressed.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 328 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Claudius Crozet - 1857 - 192 σελίδες
....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... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1858 - 346 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | David Price - 1858 - 264 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1859 - 368 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Daniel Leach, William Draper Swan - 1861 - 344 σελίδες
...numbers? What is quantity) What is a unit >> What is a concrete number ? What is an abstract uumber ? three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven , 8,...they have a given value assigned them. The cipher has no.representative value, but is used where no number is to be expressed. OBS. 1. By tne aid of these... | |
 | 1861 - 370 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | James Haddon - 1862 - 358 σελίδες
...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,... | |
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Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty... 
