"Decuple" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rewle, how {o}u schalt fynde e nounb{r}e at comes by e m{u}ltiplicacio[n] of a digit be ano{er}. loke how mony [vny]tes ben. bytwene e mor{e} digit and 10. And reken ten for on vnite. And so oft do away e lasse nounbre out of his owne decuple, at is to say, fro at nounb{r}e at is ten tymes so mych is e nounb{re} {a}t comes of e m{u}ltiplicacio[n]. As yf {o}u wol m{u}ltiply 2 be 4. loke how mony vnitees ben by-twene e quych is e mor{e} nounb{re}, ...
— The Earliest Arithmetics in English • Anonymous |
