 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1816 - 288 pages
...DIVISION Teacheth to find how often one number is contained in another of the same name. The number given to be divided, is called the dividend. The number by which to divide, is called the divisor. 1 L¿ 3 4 5 5 7 1 S B 10 11 12 z 4 £ g 10 12 14 1 IG 18 20 22 24 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 |24 27 30 S3 36... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...subtraction. The number to be divided is called the dividend ; the dividing number is called the divisor ; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, is named the quotient : while what is left after the division is termed the remainder. Rule. — When... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Ottley - Algebra - 1828 - 140 pages
...times in 2124. 9S). The number that is to be divided is called the dividend. 101. And the answer, or the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient. Thus in our example, 2124 is the dividend, 6 the divisor, and 354 the quotient. 102. But as these successive... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...called the dividend; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the divisor; and the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend, is called the quotient. If there be any thing left aftef performing the operation, that excess is called the remainder, and... | |
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The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. 
