| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1846 - 206 σελίδες
...Arabic numeral figures, which the Moors introduced into Europe about nine hundred years ago ; viz. 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 cipher, or nothing. The first nine are called significant figures, as distinguished from the cipher,... | |
| Charles Davies - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...called figures. There are ten of these characters. They are 0 which is called a cipher, or Naught, 1 - ... One, 2 - ... Two, 3 - ... Three, 4 ... Four,...- ... Six, 7 - - Seven, 8 - ... Eight, 9 ... Nine. Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them.... | |
| mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 σελίδες
...ton, &c. 13. Digits or figures are the characters by which you express numbers, and are as follow: 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and 0 cipher or nought. 14. The object of all Arithmetic is to find out quantities not known, by some... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 112 σελίδες
...two Is, thus 11 j to express twelve, we use 1 and 2, thus 12; and so on, as in the following TABLE. 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.... | |
| Almon Ticknor - 1846 - 276 σελίδες
...teaches to express words, or numbers, by ten Arabic characters, or digits, namely, 1, one ; 2, two ; 9, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine ; 0, cipher ; by the use of which, all numbers are expressed, and increase in value from right to left,... | |
| Frederic A. Adams - 1846 - 230 σελίδες
...NUMBERS. IN common Arithmetic there are 9 figures used for the expression of numbers. 1, one ; 2, two ; S, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine. When one of these figures stands alone, it signifies so many units, or ones ; when two figures stand... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...The numbers from one to a thousand are expressed in the following manner : 1, one. 2, two. 3, throe. 4, four. 5, five. 6, six. 7, seven. 8, eight. 9, nine. 10, ten. 11, eleven. 12, twelve. 13, thirteen. 14, fourteen. 15, lifteen. 16 sixteen. 17, seventeen.... | |
| James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 σελίδες
...the writing of numbers. Ten characters, or figures, are used in writing numbers. These figures are 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 zero, or cipher. Each of these figures, except the cipher, always expresses the same simple number;... | |
| Charles Davies - 1847 - 368 σελίδες
...they are the alphabet of the arithmetical language. They are 0 which is called a cipher, or Naught, 1 . . . ... One, 2 ....... Two, 3 Three, 4 Four, 5 Five, 6 Six, 7 Seven, 8 . .Eight, 9 Nine. We see from the language of figures, that 1 expresses a single thing, or a unit of a number. 2 - two... | |
| Frederic A. Adams - 1847 - 238 σελίδες
...NUMERATION OF WHOLE NUMBERS. IN common Arithmetic there are 9 figures used for the expression of numbers. 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine. When one of these figures stands alone, it signifies so many units, or ones ; when two figures stand... | |
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