 | Simon Newcomb - 1882 - 302 pages
...which follows it. 6. Signs of addition and subtraction. -\- read plus, is the sign of addition. It indicates that the quantity which follows it is to be added to the quantity which precedes it. Def. The number resulting from the addition is called the sum. — read minus, is... | |
 | Edward Mann Langley, Stephen Reginald Neville Bradly - 1901 - 258 pages
...b, 5x3 + 6, is spoken of as an expression. 4. The sign of Addition (read " plus ") is + , and shows that the quantity which follows it is to be added to the quantity which precedes it. All quantities to which this sign is prefixed, as well as those which have no sign... | |
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It indicates that the quantity which follows it is to be added to the quantity which precedes it. 