 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Arithmetic - 1818 - 78 pages
...sum by which we divide is called the divisor, The result is balled the quotient. SIMPLE DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of Uie same kind. ILLUSTRATION. Take in the hand 9 cents — count them out into parcels if two each.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1826 - 114 pages
...denomination, Compound of more than one, or different denominations. What is Compound Division then? Ans. It IS the process of finding how many times, one number is contained in another, of different denominations. With which denomination do you begin to divide? Any. The highest. How divide... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1827 - 216 pages
...parts, or finding hnw many times one number is contained in another, called ? Д. Division. What is the process of finding how many times, one number is contained in another of the same kind or denomination, called ? A. Simple Division. How many parts is it divided into ?... | |
 | Henry Ottley - Algebra - 1828 - 140 pages
...with a remainder of 2 ; and lastly 6. is contained four times in 24, leaving no remainder. 98. The act of finding how many times one number is contained in another, is called dividing the latter by the former; for it is in fact, dividing or separating the one into as many parts... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 112 pages
...another. 1. In what does the solution of the preceding examples of this section, consist ? 2. What is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, called 1 Ans. It is called DIVISION. • I 3. What is the number to be divided, called ? Ans. The Dividend.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 108 pages
...consist 1 Ans. It consists in finding how many times one nuntber is containtd in another. 2. What is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, called 1 Ans. It is called DIVISION. 3. What is the dumber to be divided, called ? Ans. The Dividend.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...many times one number is contained in another, and is the tame in principle as that of the first. 111. The Process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, is called DIVISION. The number to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which we divide, is called the divisor.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 434 pages
...many times one number is contained in another, and is the same in principle as that of the first. Ill* The Process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, is called DIVISION. The number to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which we divide, is called the divisor.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...4, three times. We can arrive at the same result by a shorter method, called Division. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. It is a short method of subtraction. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...4, three times. We can arrive at the same result by a shorter method, called Division. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one ^number is contained in anotlter. It is a short method of subtraction. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
