poſed, all thoſe Characters make but one number, which conſiſts of ſo many places as there are Characters ſo placed together: ſo this number 205 conſiſts of 3 places, and this 30600 of five places, &c.
X. Notation conſiſts in the knowledge of two things; viz: the order of places, and the value of every place in any number.
The order of places in any number.XI. The order of palces is from the right hand towards the left: So in this number 465, the figure 5 ſtandeth in the firſt place, 6 in the ſecond, and 4 in the third; likewiſe in this number 7560, a Cypher ſtands in the firſt place, 6 in the ſecond, 5 in the third, and 7 in the fourth.
The values of places in any number.XII. The firſt place of a Number, (which as before is the outermoſt towards the right hand) is called the place of Units or Unities; in which place any figure ſignifieth its own ſimple value: ſo in this number 465, the figure 5 ſtanding in the firſt place ſignifieth five Unities, or five.
XIII. The ſecond place of a number is called the place of Tens; in which place any figure ſignifieth ſo many Tens as the figure containeth unities: ſo in this number 465, the figure 5 in the firſt place ſignifieth ſimply five, but the figure 6 in the ſecond place ſignifieth ſix tens, or ſixty.
XIV. The third place ofa number is called the place of Hundreds: in which place any figure ſignifieth ſo many hundreds as there are unities contain'd in the figure: So in this number 465, the figure 4 in the third place ſignifieth four Hundreds: wherefore if it be required to read or pronounce this number 465, you are to begin on the left hand,