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" By division we ascertain how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient. "
United States Calculator: Or, Arithmetic Simplified - Page 75
by John M'Nevin - 1841 - 280 pages
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The American Tutor's Guide: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic. In Six Parts ...

James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...to find how often one number is contained in a»other, and readily performs many subtractions. Tile number to be divided is called the dividend The number to divide by is called the divisor. ThenutnoL-r of times the dividend contains the divisor is cal« led the -raoiier.t. The remainder,...
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors, and Intended to be ..., Volume 1

Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...contained in another of the same denomination, and thereby performs the work of many subtractions. The number, to be divided, is called the dividend. The number, to divide, is called the divisor. The number of times, the dividend contains the divisor, is called the quotient....
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The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Volume 1

John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...in. 175 136 150 25 150 DIVISION. DIVISION is an operation by which we discover how often one given number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend, the number by which you divide is the Divisor, and that which expresses how often the Divisor is contained in...
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The Teachers Assistant. Or, A System of Practical Arithmetic: Wherein the ...

Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...What would the tea weigh without the chests ? Ans. 9 1 2 pounds. u DIVISION. By division we ascertain how often one number is contained in another. The...dividend. The number to divide by is called the di-visor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient. If, on- dividing a number^...
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A Course of Mathematics ...: Composed for the Use of the Royal Military ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...how often one number is contained in another, or may be taken out of it : which is the same thing. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. — • The number to divide by, is the Divisor.- — And the number of times the dividend contains the divisor, is called the Quotient....
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...how often one number is contained in" another, or may be taken out of it : which is the same thing. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. — The number to divide by, is the Divisor. — And the number of times the dividend contains the divisotj is called the Quotient....
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The Teachers' Assistant, Or, A System of Practical Arithmetic: Wherein the ...

Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...\thecbeeisl' Ans 912 pounds. DIVISION. ? By division we ascertam how often one number is ccutained in another. The number to be divided is called the...dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The rnmber of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient. If, on dividing a number,...
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Logarithmick Arithmetick: Containing a New and Correct Table of Logarithms ...

Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...a quotient which multiplied into the divisor will produce the> dividend. The number to be divived, is called the DIVIDEND. The number to divide by, is called the Divisox. Tke number of times the dividend contains the divisor, i» called the QuotrlNT. ' - •'.-,•...
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The Teachers' Assistant: Or a System of Practical Arithmetic

Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...pounds. What would the tea weigh without the chests? Ans. 912 pounds. DIV1SION. By division we ascertain how often one number is contained in another. The...dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient. If, on dividing a number,...
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A Course of Mathematics for the Use of Academies: As Well as ..., Volume 1

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...how often one number is contained in another, or may be taken out of it : which is the same thing. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. — The number to divlile by. is the Divisor — And the number of times the dividend contains the divisor, is called...
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