 | 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... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...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 number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the di-visor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Arithmetic - 1818 - 78 pages
...dividend. The 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.... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...would the tea weigh without the chests? Ans. 912 pounds. DIV1SION. 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... | |
 | 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
...equal 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 ?... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1835 - 210 pages
...would the tea weigh- without the chests? Ans. 912 pounds. DIVISION. By division we ascertain, how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to d.ivide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...the reverse of multiplication, and is a short method of subtraction — it teaches to find 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. And the number of times the divisor is contained in... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1840 - 68 pages
...SUPPLEMENT TO DIVISION. Note to Teachers, Division has, thus far, been applied simply to tne purpose of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The object now is, lo apply Division to the purpose of separating a number into a given number ot- equal... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...119 quotient. LONG DIVISION. Division is a compendious method of subtraction, it teaches 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, and the number of times the dividend contains the divisor,... | |
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Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. 
