 | Thomas Grainger Hall - 1853 - 268 pages
...by another is to find how many times the former is contained in the latter. The operation is called Division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which we divide is called the Divisor. The number of times it is contained in the Dividend is called the... | |
 | Mathew Wilson - 1854 - 210 pages
...SIMPLE DIVISION. SIMPLE DIVISION. Division teaches to find how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend ;...number by which you divide is called the divisor; and the number found is the quotient. EXAMPLE. Divisor 3 ) 74603859 dMdend, 24807953 quotient. EXERCISES.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1854 - 152 pages
...times 12, without writing figures; but the calculations beyond this point are usually written down. The number to be divided, is called the dividend; the number by which it is divided, is the divisor ; and the result is termed the quotient, from a Latin word, which means,... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...subtraction, taking 5 from 20 as many times as possible, thus changing the 20 to 15, to 10, to 5, and to 0. The number to be divided is called the dividend ; the number by which we divide is called the divisor ; and the result of the division is called the quotient. Thus, if it... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 356 pages
...subtraction, taking 5 from 20 as many times as possible, thus changing the 20 to 15, to 10, to 5, and to 0. The number to be divided is called the dividend ; the number by which we divide is called the divisor ; and the result of the division is called the quotient. Thus, if it... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1855 - 388 pages
...NUMBERS. . DIVISION teaches the method 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 is called the divisor. The number of times which the dividend contains the divisor is called... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...2. Division consists in finding how many times one number contains another. As in Multiplication two numbers are required to perform the operation, so...number by which you divide is called the Divisor. TJie Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors, of which the Divisor is one, and the... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...'2. Division consists in finding how many times one number contains another. As in Multiplication two numbers are required to perform the operation, so...divided is called the Dividend ; the number by which you itiyj^, is called the Divisor. The Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors, of which... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...6. 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 to divide, the divisor ; the result, the quotient ; if anything is left after dividing, the remainder.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1858 - 288 pages
...number must be taktn 3 times to equal 24). Each question requires that 24 should be divided by 3. (b.) The number to be divided is called the DIVIDEND; the number by which we divide is called the DIVISOR ; and the result is called the QUOTIENT. (c.) The REMAINDER, if there... | |
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The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. 
