Principles of ArithmeticDeighton, 1885 - 220 pages |
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... further ten and ten and ten and one up to ten and ten and ten and ten . But we are naturally led to shorten these names by means of multiplication and to say two tens , two tens and one , two tens and two , three tens , four tens , five ...
... further ten and ten and ten and one up to ten and ten and ten and ten . But we are naturally led to shorten these names by means of multiplication and to say two tens , two tens and one , two tens and two , three tens , four tens , five ...
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... further , and say two ten hundreds , three ten hundreds , but instead a new word , one thousand , is introduced and we say two thousands , three thousands . We can now express any number up to ten thousands , such as three thousands ...
... further , and say two ten hundreds , three ten hundreds , but instead a new word , one thousand , is introduced and we say two thousands , three thousands . We can now express any number up to ten thousands , such as three thousands ...
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... further artifice has to be employed . The Egyptians arranged their units , tens , & c . in special figures , as we do the pips on a pack of cards . The Greeks and Romans had subordinate signs V , L , for five and fifty . 2. The Greek ...
... further artifice has to be employed . The Egyptians arranged their units , tens , & c . in special figures , as we do the pips on a pack of cards . The Greeks and Romans had subordinate signs V , L , for five and fifty . 2. The Greek ...
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... further to the left enables us to express every number by means of the ten symbols o , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 . Such is the system of notation invented by the Hin- doos , and used without alteration for nearly 15 centuries at ...
... further to the left enables us to express every number by means of the ten symbols o , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 . Such is the system of notation invented by the Hin- doos , and used without alteration for nearly 15 centuries at ...
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... further distinction in writing would be a su- perfluous complication . It follows then that we could not adopt any better method of expressing numbers than the one we now use . When we speak of the hundreds , tens , and units following ...
... further distinction in writing would be a su- perfluous complication . It follows then that we could not adopt any better method of expressing numbers than the one we now use . When we speak of the hundreds , tens , and units following ...
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2nd Edition 4th Edition addition arithmetical bers centimetres consecutive numbers contain Crown 8vo cube decimal fractions decimal places decimetre difference divisible by 9 divisors English equal number example F. A. Paley Fcap figures find the number finding the G.C.M. five four numbers fourth geometrical geometrical progression George Bell given number greater Greek Hence hundred hundredths Latin least common multiple length M.A. 3rd Edition means millimetres multiply Nicomachus of Gerasa notation number divisible number of combinations number of objects number of permutations number of variations number which divides numbers is equal obtain odd numbers perfect number place further places of decimals Post 8vo prime factors prime numbers prove pyramidal number quotient ratio remainder second number seven shew square inches square root subtract suppose symbols tens tenths thousand thousandths three numbers tion triangular number unaltered unit of measure vulgar fraction whole number words ΙΟ
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