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" The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. "
Arithmetic Simplified in Three Parts - Page 127
by Catharine Esther Beecher - 1833 - 283 pages
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 12

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....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 Quotient...
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The Modern Preceptor Or a General Course of Education: Containing ..., Volume 1

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,...
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The New Federal Calculator, Or, Scholar's Assistant: Containing the Most ...

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...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

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...
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A Short System of Practical Arithmetic: Compiled from the Best Authorities ...

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 be...
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The Federal Calculator; Or, Scholar's Assistant : Containing the Most ...

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...
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Mercantile Arith

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...
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The Arithmetical Manual

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...
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The Sure Guide to Written Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners, and Summer ...

Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1836 - 104 pages
...is finding how often one number is contained in another, and thus finding what part of one number is another number. The number to be divided is called...left over, after division, is called the Remainder. RULE : — Seek how often the firstp or first two figures, contain the divisor, then put the number...
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A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of ...

Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...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, of...
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