 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...sum or number. The 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 372 pages
...in Arithmetic are expressed by the ten following characters, which are called numeral figures ; viz. 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five), 6 (six), 1 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine), 0 (cipher, or nothing). The first nine of these figures are called... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1852 - 410 pages
...by numcril characters or figures. These Figures — sometimes called the digits of numbers — are 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eiyht, 9 nine, and the 0 zero or cipher, which denotes nothing. The figures from 1 to 9 inclusive,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...used, and they form the alphabet of the Arabic Notation. They are 0 called zero, cipher, or Naught. 1 - - One. 2 - - - Two. 3 - - Three. 4 - - Four. 5 - - Five. 6 - -Six. 'I Seven. 8 - - Eight. 9 - - Nine. 1 expresses a single thing, or the unit of a number. 2 - two things... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1853 - 622 pages
...are also called denominate or compound numbers. OBS. 2. Whole numbers are sometimes called integert. 7. In the computation of numbers, ten characters are...employed, called figures ; thus : 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, What is arithmetic ? What are numbers ? What is quantity ) What is a unit ? What is a concrete number... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1853 - 144 pages
...out or to tell " how many." How do you write down numbers 1 By means of marks called figures, namely, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, and 0, called a cipher or nought. Explain how many each of these figures means. What is the use of... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...numbers by numeral characters or figures. These Figures—sometimes called the digits of numbers—are 1 one, 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;... | |
 | William Scott - 1854 - 232 pages
...express units of the order immediately superior to those of that other figure. The symbols employed are 1 (one), 2 (two), 3 (three), 4 (four), 5 (five), 6 (six), 7 (seven), 8 (eight), 9 (nine). Besides these it is necessary that there be a figure without value to occupy the place of the units... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1855 - 380 pages
...figures or characters as we have separate words. The only signs in use are the following : 1 means one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; 8, eight ; 9, nine.* When any one of these figures is found alone, and in this form, it only stands for one of the first... | |
 | Noble Heath - 1855 - 468 pages
...progress regularly by adding a unit at a time, in forming what is called, the Scale of Natural Numbers : thus, 1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 1 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, &c. It is easy to see that, in this scale, the numbers are odd and even ad... | |
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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... 
