Principles of ArithmeticDeighton, 1885 - 220 pages |
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... symbols following one another in a definite order . If however these words or symbols were all arbitrary it would soon become impossible to remember them . The problem then is to express all numbers on a systematic plan by means of a ...
... symbols following one another in a definite order . If however these words or symbols were all arbitrary it would soon become impossible to remember them . The problem then is to express all numbers on a systematic plan by means of a ...
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... symbols : thus , twenty - three is XXIII . This system was adopted in its simplest form in the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing . The earliest system in use among the Greeks was also fundamentally the same . • As however it is not easy to ...
... symbols : thus , twenty - three is XXIII . This system was adopted in its simplest form in the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing . The earliest system in use among the Greeks was also fundamentally the same . • As however it is not easy to ...
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... symbols : thus twenty - three is This system was used by the later Greeks . ky . 3. The Indian or modern . The arbitrary signs I , 2 , 3 ... 9 for the first nine numbers and o for the absence of a number are adopted . As in the spoken ...
... symbols : thus twenty - three is This system was used by the later Greeks . ky . 3. The Indian or modern . The arbitrary signs I , 2 , 3 ... 9 for the first nine numbers and o for the absence of a number are adopted . As in the spoken ...
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... practical inconvenience . So far only twenty- seven unconnected symbols are required and many more * The latter signs are known as the Herodian numbers . can easily be retained in the memory if only they NUMERATION . 13.
... practical inconvenience . So far only twenty- seven unconnected symbols are required and many more * The latter signs are known as the Herodian numbers . can easily be retained in the memory if only they NUMERATION . 13.
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... symbols will be much reduced and yet the notation will be as concise as before . Natural as such a step seems it was not taken by the Greeks but by the Hindoos . The numerical notation which we still use seems to have been adopted by ...
... symbols will be much reduced and yet the notation will be as concise as before . Natural as such a step seems it was not taken by the Greeks but by the Hindoos . The numerical notation which we still use seems to have been adopted by ...
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3rd Edition adding addition already arithmetical begin bers called combinations common considered contain continue count cube decimal fractions definition denominator difference divide divisible divisors dozen Edition eight Elementary English equal exactly example expressed fact factors Fcap figures five four fourth further geometrical give given greater Greek groups half Hence hundred hundredths inches increased instance language Latin least leave length less letters means method multiply namely nine notation number divisible objects obtain once operation permutations prime numbers properties proportion prove quantity question quotient ratio reader reason relations remainder result revised rule seen seven shew side square root subtract suppose symbols taken tens tenths theorem things third thousand tion triangular number twice unit of measure variations whole number wish write written
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