 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...separated into 6 equal parts, how many are there in each part ? 6 times what number makes 18 ? 64. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Division. Division enables us also to separate a number into any number of equal parts, and... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 pages
...number divided is the Dividend; the number we divide by is the Divisor. The definition usually given is, "Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another." This is regarded as correct, but is less simple and concise than the one above suggested. Defining... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...900. 17. 40034— 900. 6. 983—700. 12. 49730— 800. 18. 20306— 700. 800. 700. DEFINITIONS. 144. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 145. The Dividend is the number divided. 146. The Divisor is the number by which the dividend is divided.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...$1500 and the dividend $564000: what is the quotient? DEFINITIONS, PRINCIPLES, AND BULES. Art. 38. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The Dividend is the number divided. The Divisor is the number by which the dividend is divided. The... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...distinguish them from unbroken or whole numbers, which are called Integers, or Integral Numbers. 59. 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... | |
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...OFFICE. M a 1O3. First. 5 " -"" " I 1O4. Second. CC PRINCIPLES, j CASES. 1O6. Case J. SECTION VI. 96. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The Terms in Division are Dividend, Divisor, and Quotient. 97. The Dividend is the number to be divided.... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1876 - 322 pages
...the results for a = 10, x = 6, c = 8, d = 1, y = 3, b = 2. SECTION III. DIVISION. 110. Division is a process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The process called Division is the converse of Multiplication; ie, by means of a knowledge of the products... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...many 4's are there in 40? How many times is 4 contained in 40? How many are 10 fours? DEFINITIONS. 83. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another; or, The process of separating a number into equal parts. 84. The Dividend is the number to be divided.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Mental arithmetic - 1877 - 156 pages
...receive? 26. If you divide 45 oranges equally among 9 boys: how many oranges will each boy receive? Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The divisor is the number by which to divide. The dividend is the number to be divided. The quotient... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...Why? The process by which the preceding examples aro solved is called Division. DEFINITIONS. 36. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 2. The divisor is the number by which to divide ; the dividend is the number to be divided ; the quotient... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
