 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1877 - 496 pages
...away 4 peaches from the number ? How many were left ? How many peaches did he receive in all? This process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating a number of things into equal parts, is called division. The number to be divided is... | |
 | Lydia Nash - Arithmetic - 1878 - 114 pages
...six, by two hundred and forty-nine. 62. Multiply eight hundred forty-six millions, by five DIVISION. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which we divide, the Divisor ; and... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 360 pages
...number is contained in another); and in the second that we find one of the equal parts of a number. 89. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another or of finding one of the equal parts of a number is division. 90. The number to be divided is the dividend.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1878 - 154 pages
...If a man can build 7 rods of fence in one day, in how many days can he build 35 rods? DEFINITIONS. The 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... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1899 - 392 pages
...the multiplier. DIVISION. 41. Division is the process of separating a number into equal parts, or it is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 42. The Dividend is the number divided. 43. The Divisor is the number by which another number is divided.... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 456 pages
...observations that this number equals the number of square feet ill the oblong. DIVISION. 124. Division is (1) the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another number; or (2), it is finding one of the equal parts of a number. . NOTE.—The word number as used... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...portion divided or separated : separation : difference in opinion, etc. : disunion : (arith.) the rule or process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. DIVISIONAL, di-vizh'un-al, adj. pertaining to or marking a diiñsion or separation. DIVISIVE, di-vfziv,... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1900 - 236 pages
...apples are divided equally among 5 children ? 10. What have you been doing with the above numbers ? 65. The process of finding how many times one number is...another, or the process of separating a number into equal parts, is called Division. 66. The number to be divided is the Dividend. 67. The number by which... | |
 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...is read 9 multiplied by 3. Q. 6. What is meant by division, and what sign is used to express it? A. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. A short, horizontal line with a point above and below it (-1-) when placed between numbers indicates... | |
 | Analytical chemistry - 1900 - 532 pages
...(m) («) (o) 868,250. 17,890,276. 7,928,170. 1,830,400. 78,340 87,543,000. 4,876,300. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
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The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. 
