 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...also, by writing the divisor before the dividend, with a curved line between them, thus, 2)8; also, by writing the divisor under the dividend, with a line between them, thus, | ; each of which expressions means that 8 is to be divided by 2. 73. The last mode of indicating division,... | |
 | Spon E. & F.N., ltd - 1869 - 434 pages
...case, if x = 24, and у = 3, then ж-т-у = 24-!-3 = 8. However, division is more generally indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend, with a line between them ; as, - ; that is, x divided by y. x 20 •'' Supposing x to be put for 20, and у for 3, then —... | |
 | Henry Raper - 1870 - 968 pages
...multiplied by 5. (4.) The sign + signifies divided by. The operation of division is also indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend, with a line between them. Ex. 14 + 2 signifies 14 divided by i ; which is as frequently denoted thus, — . (5.) The sign = signifies... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1873 - 396 pages
...(xz— 4a2)3. CHAPTER VII. FRACTIONS. 105. A. fraction is a quotient expressed as described in Art. 71, by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them. Thus T is a fraction, and is read a divided by b. 106. Every fraction' is composed of two parts: the divisor,... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1874 - 232 pages
...square of a divided by 3 times the cube of b. Suggestion.—Division is represented, as in arithmetic, by Writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them. i 5a 3 Hence we have ^' 10. Represent 10 times a multiplied by the square of b, divided by ] 1 times... | |
 | Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne, Ernest Spon, Francis N. Spon - Engineering - 1874 - 396 pages
...particular case, if x = 24, and у = 3, then zty = 24-*-3 = 8. However, division is more guuefully indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend, with a line between them ; as, - ; that is, я divided by y. z 20 ^ Small figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., termed indices, are placed... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1875 - 212 pages
...also, by writing the divisor before the dividend, with a curved line between them, thus, 2)8; also, by writing the divisor under the dividend, with a line between them, thus, f ; each of which expressions means that 8 is to be divided by 2. 73. The last mode of indicating division,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 584 pages
...complex fraction may also have originated in the expression of the division of one fraction by another by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them; but the probabilities are that it originated as first indicated, by an extension of the fractional... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 482 pages
...by two), means that 14 is to be divided by 2, making 7. The operation of division is also indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them ; thus 14 by 2 is also frequently denoted thus y . 5. The sign =, signifying equal to (or amounting to), means... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 866 pages
...by two}, means that 14 is to bo divided by 2, making 7. The operation of division is also indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them ; thus, 14 by г is also frequently denoted thus y. 5. The sign =, signifying equal to (or amounting to), means... | |
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The operation of division is also indicated by writing the divisor under the dividend with a line between them ; thus 14 by 2 is also frequently denoted thus y. 
