 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...or, of separating a simple number into a proposed number of equal parts. The number which is to be divided, is 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,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...or, of separating a simple number into a proposed number of equal parts. The number which is to be divided, is called the dividend; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the divisor; and the number of timea the divisor is contained in the dividend,... | |
 | Robert Goodacre - 1839 - 320 pages
...equal parts, he finds that each part contains 8 marbles and that there are 3 left. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which...the dividend is divided is called the Divisor; the number which this operation produces is called the Quotient; and, when there is any n umber over at... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...DIVISION. DIVISION is the method of finding how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the divisor. The number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend,... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1860 - 188 pages
...subsequent operations. DIVISION. 35. DIVISION shows how often one number contains another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the DIVISOR ; and the result or answer the QUOTIENT. When the dividend does... | |
 | John Box (of London.) - 1861 - 138 pages
...which is found the number of times one number is contained in another. 36. The number which is to be divided is called the dividend ; the number by which the dividend is divided is called the jivisor ; the number obtained by dividing the dividend is called AMT1IMETIC. EXEBCISE XVI. (1) 2)2,462,464... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...27. DmstON is the process of finding how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the Divisor ; and the result or answer the Quotient. When the dividend does... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...expressing the number of equal parts, or by the number which is contained in it. 66. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which...the dividend is divided is called the Divisor. The number which tells how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend, or what is one of the required... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1878 - 154 pages
...process of finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which the dividend is to be divided is called the Divisor. The result in division is called the Quotient. The part of the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1879 - 320 pages
...27i DIVISION is the process of finding how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which the dividend is to be divided, is called the Divisor ; and the result or answer the Quotient. When the dividend does... | |
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The number to be divided is called the dividend; the number by which the dividend is divided is called the divisor. 
