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... cipher . The first nine figures are sometimes called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society people counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers — hence the ...
... cipher . The first nine figures are sometimes called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society people counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers — hence the ...
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... cipher , when standing alone , or at the left hand of another figure ? 19. What effect has it when placed at the right of another figure ? Art . 8. The cipher , when standing alone , 12 NUMERATION.TABLE . Division of Whole Numbers by ...
... cipher , when standing alone , or at the left hand of another figure ? 19. What effect has it when placed at the right of another figure ? Art . 8. The cipher , when standing alone , 12 NUMERATION.TABLE . Division of Whole Numbers by ...
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Charles Guilford Burnham. Art . 8. The cipher , when standing alone , or at the left hand of another figure , signifies nothing , as 05 , 005 , is five in either case , because it still occupies the unit's place . But when placed at the ...
Charles Guilford Burnham. Art . 8. The cipher , when standing alone , or at the left hand of another figure , signifies nothing , as 05 , 005 , is five in either case , because it still occupies the unit's place . But when placed at the ...
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... ciphers , we must go to the thousand's place . From the one thousand , which we borrow , we take ten units , and add them to the 5 units of the minuend . The remainder , nine hundreds and nine tens , now occupy the second and third ...
... ciphers , we must go to the thousand's place . From the one thousand , which we borrow , we take ten units , and add them to the 5 units of the minuend . The remainder , nine hundreds and nine tens , now occupy the second and third ...
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... cipher , call it 9 . Proof - Add the remainder and lower line together . If the work be right , the amount will correspond with the upper line . EXAMPLES . From 39070 Take 28931 From 506789 Take 467898 From 67023491 Take 57216532 ...
... cipher , call it 9 . Proof - Add the remainder and lower line together . If the work be right , the amount will correspond with the upper line . EXAMPLES . From 39070 Take 28931 From 506789 Take 467898 From 67023491 Take 57216532 ...
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Page 37 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
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Page 156 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
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Page 72 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 63 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
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Page 11 - 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...