 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...top-turn is repeated twice, and LESSONS IN ARITHMETIC.— V. DIVISION. 1. THE process of finding- bow many times one number is contained in another is called...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...reverse of Multiplication. As in multiplication 2 numbers are required to perform the operation, so in division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which you divide is called the Divisor. The Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...reverse of Multiplication. As in Multiplication two numbers are required to perform the operation, so in Division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which you divide is called the Divisor. The Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors,... | |
 | 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...to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which we divide, is called the divisor. The number obtained by division, or the answer to the question,... | |
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Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. 
