Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, Theoretical and Practical: Adapted to the Instruction of Youth in Schools and CollegesWhen a number or quantity is produced by the multiplica tion of two or more factors it is called a composite number or quantity thus, 35 is a composite number, being produced by the product of 7 and 5 also. Bacx is a composite quantity, the fictors of which are 5, a, c, and z.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.