 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...of the required part of the dividend ; 4. The Remainder, or the part of the dividend which is left, when the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times. The remainder is always less than the divisor. 70. The Signs of Division are -~, —, and ). Thus, 20-4-4=5,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...of the required part of the dividend ; 4 The Remainder, or the part of the dividend which is left, when the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times. The remainder is always less than the divisor. 70. The Signs of Division are -~, — , and ). Thus, 20+4=5,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...divide is the DIVISOR ; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is the QUOTIENT ; and, if the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, i\&part of the dividend that is left is the REMAINDER. NOTE. The remainder, being apart of the dividend,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided.. When the dividend does not contain the...may be regarded as a fourth term in the division. The remainder, being part of the dividend, will always be of the same denomination or kind as the dividend,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1870 - 208 pages
...divide is the DIVISOR ; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is the QUOTIENT ; and, if the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend that is left is the REMAINDER. NOTE. The remainder, being apart of the dividend,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided. When the dividend does not contain the...may be regarded as a fourth term in the division. The remainder, being part of the dividend, will always be of the same denomination or kind as the dividend,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 468 pages
...a number is 1 divided by the number. Thus, the reciprocal of 15 is 1 -j- 15, or T'5. NOTES. — 1. When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend left is called the Jiemainder, which must be less than the divisor. 2. As the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided. When the dividend does not contain the...may be regarded as a fourth term in the division. The remainder, being part of the dividend, will always be of the same denomination or kind as the dividend,... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...m the quotient, and therefore take 17 (thousands) for our first partial dividend. We find also that the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, but that there is a remainder of 5. As this does not contain 7 any whole number of times, we can indicate... | |
 | Popular educator - 1876 - 854 pages
...numbers means that the first is to be divided by the second. Thus, 19 -7- 5 means 19 divided by 5. If the Dividend does not contain the Divisor an exact number of times, it will contain it a certain number of times (the Quotient) with a number left over, which will be... | |
| |
When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the excess is called a Remainder, and may be regarded as a fourth term in the division. 
