| William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...the work, is called the quotient. And there'is sometimes an uncertain number called the remainder. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which the dividend is to be divided. The quotient shows how many times the dividend contains the divisor, or how many times... | |
| Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...number is contained in another number, and thus finding what part of one number, is another number. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which you divide. The quotient is the answer obtained by dividing. Reduction is changing units of one order,... | |
| William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...the work, is called the pucttejit. And there is sometimes an uncertain number called the remainder. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which the dividend is to he divided. The quotient shows how many timesi.be dividend contains the divisor, or how many ti_es... | |
| James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...of any given number. The terms used in division, are the dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number to divide by, and it indicates what part of the dividend is required by the question. The quotient... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer. The dividend is the number to be divided. • The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient* is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. When the... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient* is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. When the... | |
| John Hunter - Arithmetic - 1852 - 184 pages
...divisible by 3 ? Name a number exactly divisible by 3 ; &c. The name dividend is employed to denote the number to be divided ; the divisor is the, number by which we divide; aud the quotient is the number of times which the dividend contains the divisor. The sign... | |
| Hugo Reid - 1853 - 144 pages
...— or the answer in Multiplication. A FACTOR of any product is the multiplicand or the multiplier. The DIVIDEND is the number to be divided. The DIVISOR is the number by which we divide. The QUOTIENT (or the " how often") is the number procured by dividing one number by another... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient* is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. When the... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...division there are three principal terms : the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer. The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. The quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. NOTE. —... | |
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