ft ARITHMETIC. 



^To read NUMBERS, 



To the simple value of each figure join the name of 

 its place, beginning at the left hand and reading toward 

 the right. 



EXAMPLES- 



Read the following numbers : 



37 3<^79^ iiiooGiir 



loi 70079 1234567890 



1 107 3306677 102030405060708090. 



3. Beside the simple value of the figures, as above noted, they 

 have, each, a local value, according to the following law : 



Viz. In a combination of figures, reckoning from right to left, 

 the figure in the first place represents its primitive simple value ; 

 that in the second place, ten times its simple value ; that in the 

 third place, a hundred times its simple value ; and so on ; the value 

 of the figure in each succeeding pUce being ten times the value of i^ 

 in that immediately preceding it. 



3. The names of the places are denominated according to their 

 Order. The first is called the place of units ; the second, tens ; 

 the third, hundreds ; the fourth, thousands ; the fifth, ten thou- 

 sands ; the sixth, hundred thousands ; the seventh, millions ; and 

 so on. Thus in the number 3456789 ; 9 in the first place signi- 

 fies only nine ; 8 in the second place signifies eight tens, or eighty; 

 ^ in the third place is seven hundred ; 6 in the fourth place is 

 six thousand ; 5 in the fifth place is fifty thousand ; 4 in the sixth 

 place is four hundred thousand ; and 3 in the seventh place is three 

 millions ; and the v^hole number is read thus, three millions, four 

 hundred and fifty six thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine. 



4. A cypher, though it signifies nothing of itself, yet it occupies 

 a place, and, when set on the right hand of other figures, in- 

 creases their value in the same ten-fold proportion ; thus, 5 sig- 

 nifies only five, but 50 is five terxs or fifty, and 500 is five 

 hundred, Sec. 



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