 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1877 - 496 pages
...away 4 peaches from the number ? How many were left ? How many peaches did he receive in all? This process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating a number of things into equal parts, is called division. The number to be divided... | |
 | Lydia Nash - Arithmetic - 1878 - 114 pages
...six, by two hundred and forty-nine. 62. Multiply eight hundred forty-six millions, by five 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 we divide, the Divisor ; and... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1878 - 154 pages
...If a man can build 7 rods of fence in one day, in how many days can he build 35 rods? DEFINITIONS. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another is called Division. The number to be divided is called the Dividend. The number by which the dividend... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 360 pages
...number is contained in another); and in the second that we find one of the equal parts of a number. 89. The process of finding how many times one number is contained in another or of finding one of the equal parts of a number is division. 90. The number to be divided is the dividend.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 238 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 DIVISOK... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1898 - 298 pages
...observations that this number equals the number of square feet in the oblong. DIVISION. 124. Division is (1) the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another number; or (2), it is finding one of the equal parts of a number. NOTE 1 . — The word number as used... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 458 pages
...$28, is $7 the other factor ? Is 7 sheep ? Is 7 ? What, however, does the 7 indicate? DEFINITIONS. 1. 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. 2. The Dividend is the number to be divided. 3. The... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 302 pages
...horses by 3 horses. 30 men by 10 men. 3. 45 pounds by 9 pounds. 12 weeks by 6 weeks. DEFINITIONS. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts into which a number is to be separated. The lutter part of this... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...17,890,276. (*) 7,928,170. (/) 1,830,400. (*•) 78,340. (*) 87,543,000. . <*> 4.876,300. DIVISION. 55. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...substracted. Hence, we are to change the signs of its terms and add the result. 83. Define Division.^ Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. Division also enables us to separate a number into any number of equal parts, and find how many there... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
