| William A. Shepard - Arithmetic - 1849 - 72 pages
...he taught these signs until he can give any of them at a glance, and then he may be taught the 3 " Three 4 " Four 5 " Five 6 " Six 7 " Seven 8 " Eight 9 " Nine succeeding lessons in reading numbers expressed by figures. It will be seen that there is a figure... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; 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 of these figures are called significant, as distinguished from... | |
| James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...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... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 352 pages
...nine hundred & ninety-eight. 999, nine hundred & ninety-nine. 1000, one thousand. 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.... | |
| Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...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... | |
| Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...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;... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...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... | |
| De Witt Clinton Benjamin - 1852 - 76 pages
...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... | |
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