| James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 300 pages
...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. 2. The Dividend is the number to be divided. 3. The Divisor... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1903 - 296 pages
...day, how many days will he take to walk 100 miles ? L ONG DIVISION. 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 is the number by which we divide. The quotient... | |
| James S. Sweet - Business mathematics - 1907 - 268 pages
...Wafers 22c 230 Ginger Snaps 14c 260 Graham Wafers 13c 65 Pretze1s 12c 325 ' Sodas 9c ? DIVISION 96. Division is the process of ascertaining how many times one number is contained in another. 97. The Dividend is the number divided. 98. The Divisor is the number by which to divide. 99. The Quotient... | |
| George E. Mercer, Mabel Bonsall - Arithmetic - 1909 - 168 pages
...? In 88 ? 11. How many 6's in 36? In 48? In 66? In 120? In 240? 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. 8 mangos -i- 2 mangos, means " Find how many times 8 mangos contain 2 mangos." The result is 4. 8 mangos... | |
| Engineering - 1883 - 562 pages
...DIVISION. By J. BRUEN MILLER, M. «. Contributed to VAN NOSTBAND'S ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. Division, or the process of ascertaining how many times one number is contained in another, is universally performed by one method. For convenience, the terms " short '' and " long " division... | |
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