 Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.  School Algebra - Page 62by James William Nicholson - 1909 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1857 - 408 pages
...dividend. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor ; the result will be the first term of the quotient. Multiply the divisor by this term, and subtract the product from the dividend. Divide the first term of the remainder by the first term... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1858 - 344 pages
...viz. Having arranged the divisor and dividend with reference to the powers of the same letter, 1°. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, the result will be the first term of the quotient; 2°. multiply the whole divisor by the term of the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1859 - 324 pages
...dividend and divisor with reference to a (Art. 44), placing the divisor on the left of the dividend. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor ; the result will be the first term of the quotient, which, for convenience, we place under the divisor.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - Algebra - 1859 - 538 pages
...dividend and divisor according to the ascending or descending powers of the same letter in both. 2. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor ; the result will be the first term of the quotient, by which multiply all the terms in the divisor,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...hand of the dividend, as in simple numbers. II. Find the first term of the quotient either by dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, or by dividing the first two terms of the dividend by the first two terms of the divisor ; multiply... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 330 pages
...reference to the same letter : II. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, for the first term of the quotient. Multiply the divisor by this term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend: m. Divide the first term of the remainder by the first... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 412 pages
...then divide the first term on the left of the dividend by the first term on the left of the divisor, for the first term of the quotient ; multiply the divisor by this term and subtract the product from the dividend. II. Then divide the first term of the remainder by the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...hand of the dividend, as in simple, numbers II. Find the first term of the quotient either by dividing the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, or by dividing the first two terms of the dividend by the first two terms of the divisor ; multiply... | |
 | Robert Fowler - 1861 - 426 pages
...both the divisor and dividend according to the powers of the same letter (a in the example) ; then to divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, place the result in the quotient and multiply the divisor by it ; subtract and proceed similarly with... | |
 | Thomas Sherwin - 1862 - 252 pages
...before; and thus continue, until all the terms of the root are found. \ Remark 2. In dividing, we merely divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor; and it is manifest, from the manner in which the divisors are obtained, as well as from inspection, that... | |
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