| Charles Davies - 1846 - 362 ページ
...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, 5 - ......- ... Six, 7 - - Seven, 8 - ... Eight, 9 ... Nine. Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them.... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 112 ページ
...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 ページ
...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, in a tenfold... | |
| Frederic A. Adams - 1846 - 230 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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;... | |
| Frederic A. Adams - 1847 - 238 ページ
...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... | |
| Charles Davies - 1847 - 368 ページ
...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... | |
| Peter Nicholson, Joseph Gwilt - 1848 - 750 ページ
...NOTATION. — The characters or figures, by which all numbers are expressed, are the following ; 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 0 a cipher, sometimes called nought. 2 is 1 and 1 more. 3 is 2 and 1 more. 4 is 3 and 1 more. 5 is 4... | |
| Austin Baldwin - 1848 - 80 ページ
...many figures are there, and what are they called ? A. Ten; namely, 1, called one; 2, two; 3, throe; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine ; 0, nought, or cipher. Q. How is the number known for which a figure stands ? A. By the place it occupies.... | |
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