 | Bézout - 1825 - 258 sider
...idea which we have given of multiplication, we see that we could perform this operation by writing the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, and afterward performing the addition. For instance, to multiply 7 by 3, we could write 7 + 7 + 7,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1826 - 114 sider
...a fraction? for doubtless it has appeared rather strange. In multiplying by a whole number we take the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier; and in multiplying by one then, how many times do you take the multiplicand! Ans. 1. Give an example... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1827 - 352 sider
...to attend to multiplication by positive whole numbers. This, according to the definition (Art. 90.) is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier. Suppose a is to be multiplied by b, and that b stands for 3. There are, then, three units in the multiplier... | |
 | B. M. Tyler - 1827 - 308 sider
...answer by adding ; but when the multiplier is a large number, it would be very tedious to set down the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, and be obliged to add them up. This shows the great utility of multiplication. 8. What is the price... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1827 - 216 sider
...fraction, for doubtless it has appeared rather strange. In multiplying by a whole number, we talte the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier ; and in multiplying by one then ; how many times do you take the multiplicand ? A. 1. Give an example.... | |
 | William Ruger - 1832 - 282 sider
...the right to the left. SUPPLEMENT TO MULTIPLICATION. Multiplying by a mixed number, as 6J, 5J, &c. is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier ; and likewise taking a part of the multiplicand as many times as there are like portions of a unit... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1833 - 284 sider
...altering the product. We see from the above examples, that any product may be found by setting down the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, and adding all the numbers together. $ 31. Multiplication is therefore a short method of addition.... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 120 sider
...amount, several times repeated, may be accomplished by Addition ; first, by writing down the figures of the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, in a column, and adding them up. But the end is attained much more quickly, more pleasantly, and with... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1835 - 378 sider
...b). MULTIPLICATION. 40. Algebraic multiplication has the same object as arithmetical, viz. to repeat the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. It is generally proved, in arithmetical treaties, that the product of two or more numbers is the same,... | |
 | 1836 - 488 sider
...of all the quantities to be subtracted, and then proceeding the same as in addition. Multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many...there are units in the multiplier. Multiplying by a fraction is taking a certain portion of the multiplicand, as many times as there are like portions... | |
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We have seen that multiplying by a whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier. 
