 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...DIVISION. 1. THE process of finding- bow 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. The result — riz., the number of times which the Dividend contains the Divisor — is called the... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...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 the Dividend,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...methixl of performing Subtraction. The sum to be divided is called the dividend ; the figure, er figures, by which we divide,' is called the divisor; and the result is called the quotient. In this Rule, as in Multiplication, there are sereral distinct cases. I. When the divisor does not... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1825 - 224 pages
...There are four terms made use of to designate the different parts of the operation of dividing, viz. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which it is divided is called the divisor. The number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend is... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...times. As in Multiplication, there are always two numbers given to find a third. The largest number, or number to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which you divide, is called the divisor. The result of the operation, or number of times the divisor is contained... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 246 pages
...in another ; as 24 divided by 6, produce 4 in the quotient ; that is, 6 are contained 4 times in 24. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient. The remainder, if there... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1830 - 188 pages
...There are four terms made use of to designate the different parts of the operation of dividing : viz. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which it is divided is called the Dioi*or. The number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend is... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1831 - 348 pages
...210 SIMPLE DIVISION Teachcth to find how often one number is contained in another of the same name. The number to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which to divide, is called the divisor. The number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, is... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...DIVISION. Simple Division teaches how to divide a given number into a certain number of equal parts. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which we divide, or which shows into how many parts the number is to be divided, is called the Divisor. The number which... | |
 | Oliver A. Shaw - Arithmetic - 1832 - 108 pages
...larger number in Division, or the number to be divided, is called the dividend; the smaller number, or the number by which we divide, is called the divisor; and the number which denotes the number of times the dividend contains the divisor, is called the quotient.... | |
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The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. 
