| James B. Dodd - 1850 - 278 σελίδες
...numeral characters or figures, These Figures — sometimes called the digits of numbers — are 1 me, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and the 0 zero or cipher, which denotes nothing. The figures from 1 to 9 inclusive, are significant;... | |
| Charles Arnold - 1850 - 164 σελίδες
...NUMERATION. Certain signs have been used to express numbers from one to nine. Thus, 1 we call one : 2 we call two : 3, three : 4, four : 5, five : 6, six : 7, seven : 8, eight : 9, nine : and 0 we call cipher, or nought. By these figures, differently placed, we can express any number... | |
| Oliver Byrne - 1851 - 310 σελίδες
...numeral figures, which were introduced into Europe by the Moors about eight or nine hundred years since : viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher or nothing. These characters or figures were formerly all called by the general name of Ciphers; whence it came... | |
| Daniel Leach - 1851 - 280 σελίδες
...called integers. 7. In the computation of numbers, ten characters are employed, called 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 called significant, because they have a given value assigned them. The cipher... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 σελίδες
...sum or number. The characters used for this purpose are the ten numeral figures, or digits, 0 cipher, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five. 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine; by which, either singly or conjointly, all numbers can be expressed. This is done by giving to each... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 372 σελίδες
...Numbers in Arithmetic are expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; viz. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five), 6 (six), 1 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or nothing). The first nine of these figures are called... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1852 - 380 σελίδες
...Numbers in Arithmetic are expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; viz. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five),...(six), 7 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or-nothing). The first nine of these figures are called significant, as distinguished from the cipher,... | |
| De Witt Clinton Benjamin - 1852 - 76 σελίδες
...expressing and reading numbers by figures. 4. What are the figures made use of to express numbers ? A. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five), 6...(six), 7 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher or nought). 6. How do figures increase in value from the right to the left ? A. In ten-fold ratio. 6.... | |
| James B. Dodd - 1852 - 410 σελίδες
...by numcril characters or 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 eiyht, 9 nine, and the 0 zero or cipher, which denotes nothing. The figures from 1 to 9 inclusive,... | |
| Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 σελίδες
...used, and they form the alphabet of the Arabic Notation. They are 0 called zero, cipher, or Naught. 1 - - One. 2 - - - Two. 3 - - Three. 4 - - Four. 5 - - Five. 6 - -Six. 'I Seven. 8 - - Eight. 9 - - Nine. 1 expresses a single thing, or the unit of a number. 2 - two things... | |
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