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... tens and four ; thirty - seven means three tens and seven . And in like manner forty - eight means four tens and eight ; and this number , written in figures , is 48 . You see then , that , in a number of two figures , the first , or ...
... tens and four ; thirty - seven means three tens and seven . And in like manner forty - eight means four tens and eight ; and this number , written in figures , is 48 . You see then , that , in a number of two figures , the first , or ...
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... tens : there may be no units after the hundreds and tens ; if so , a nought or 0 , is put for the last figure : thus , five hundred and seventy , would be written in this way , 570 ; and seven hundred and fifty , Iwould be written 750 ...
... tens : there may be no units after the hundreds and tens ; if so , a nought or 0 , is put for the last figure : thus , five hundred and seventy , would be written in this way , 570 ; and seven hundred and fifty , Iwould be written 750 ...
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... tens ; the next , the place of hun- dreds ; the next , the place of thousands ; and so on , as in the following Table , which is called the 3 7 5 2 Numeration Table . 6 8 4 3 6 2 9 units . tens . hundreds . thousands . co tens of ...
... tens ; the next , the place of hun- dreds ; the next , the place of thousands ; and so on , as in the following Table , which is called the 3 7 5 2 Numeration Table . 6 8 4 3 6 2 9 units . tens . hundreds . thousands . co tens of ...
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... ten times what it would be if the figure were in the next place on the right . This ten - fold increase in the local value of a figure , when it is advanced one place from right to left , is the reason why our system of notation in ...
... ten times what it would be if the figure were in the next place on the right . This ten - fold increase in the local value of a figure , when it is advanced one place from right to left , is the reason why our system of notation in ...
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... tens in the second column , the hundreds in the third column , and so on . 2. Add up the column of units ; that is , find the sum of the units in this column ; if this sum be a number of only one figure , put this figure down under the ...
... tens in the second column , the hundreds in the third column , and so on . 2. Add up the column of units ; that is , find the sum of the units in this column ; if this sum be a number of only one figure , put this figure down under the ...
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