 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...4, three times. We can arrive at the same result by a shorter method, called Division. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one ^number is contained in anotlter. It is a short method of subtraction. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 434 pages
...many times one number is contained in another, and is the same in principle as that of the first. 111. 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 we divide,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...? In 60 ? In 72 ? In 84 ? In 120 ? In 144 ? ART. 46. The pupil will now perceive, that DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. In division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer.... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...settlement in Virginia was made in 1607. How many years since ? DIVISION. SECTION VI. 80. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 31. The number divided is called the dividend. The number divided by is called the divisor. The result... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...22 ? In 55 ? In 77 ? In 88 ? In 110? In 132? ART. 4tG. The pupil will now perceive, that DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. In division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer.... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
...settlement in Virginia was made in 1607. How many years since ? DIVISION. SECTION VI. 30. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 31. The number divided is called the dividend. The number divided by is called the divisor. The result... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...? In 60 ? In 72 ? In 84 ? In 120 ? In 144 ? ART. 46. The pupil will now perceive, that DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. In division there are three principal terms ; the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...times as far. How far is Neptune from the Sun ? Ans. 2,850,000,000 miles. DIVISION. 66. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is...another ; or the process of separating a number into a proposed number of equal parts. In division there are three principal terms : the Dividend, the Divisor,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...12 in 36? In 60? In 72? In 84? In 120? In 144? ABT. 46. The pupil will now perceive that DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. In division there are three principal terms : the Dividend, the Divisor, and the Quotient, or answer.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...composed of 7 wires ; how many wires are there in the cable ? Ans. 133. ยง 6. 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 to divide, the divisor ; the... | |
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The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. 
