 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 202 pages
...other, one at the rate of 9 miles an hour, and the other at Vttt, an hour, how many hours before « 23. Division is the process of finding how many times...the Quotient. The sign of division is written thus, -J-, and, placed between two numbers or quantities, shows that the one on the left is to be divided... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...one time 4000 dollars, and at another time 1875 dollars ; how much remained unpaid ? DIVISION. G-4. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 6*5. The Quotient is the result obtained, and shows how many times the divisor is contained in the... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 268 pages
...2354 by 6789, by reversing the multiplier. ^6.) Also, in the same way, 23789 by 365. DIVISION. 10. THE process of finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Divis1on. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which we divide... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...Here we are required to find how many times 2 is contained in 6. This process is called Division. 84. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. DIVISION TABLE. Any number is contained in 0, 0 times. 1 in 1, once. 1 in 2, twice.. 1 in 3, 3 times.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1867 - 358 pages
...clothing, $50 for books, and $100 for other expenses, Low much will he save in 3 years ? DIVISION. 69. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained i% another. The DIVIDEND is the number to be divided. The DIVISOR is the number by which to divide.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1867 - 600 pages
...portion divided or separated; separation : difference in opinion, &c. ; disunion : in arith., the rule or process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. division*!, di-vizh'un-al, adj., pertaining to or marking a division or separation. divisive, di-vl*ziv,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...12 apples are divided into 3 equal parts each part is 4 apples. These are questions in Division. GO. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; or, DIVISION is the process of separating one number into as many equal parts as there are units... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...many does each boy receive ? The preceding operations illustrate what is called DIVISION-. Hence, 57« Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or of finding one of the equal parts of a number. The DIVIDEND is the number to be divided. The DIVISOR... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1863 - 192 pages
...directly toward each other, one at the rate of 9 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 11 roi'e* an hour, how many hours before they will meet ? 23....the Quotient. The sign of division is written thus, -j-, and, placed between two numbers or quantities, shows that the one on the left is to be divided... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...There are 3600 seconds in an hour : how many hours in 738000 seconds ? DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. 41. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or, it is the process of finding one of the equal parts of a number. The Dividend is the number divided.... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
