 By division we ascertain how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient.  Arithmetic: Lower Book - Page 123by William Seneca Sutton, William Herschel Bruce - 1906 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
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...division we ascertain how often one number if | contained in another. The number to be divided i,i called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divifj sor is called the quotient. • \ If- on dividing... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
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 | T. H. McLeod - Slide-rule - 1846 - 168 pages
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 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
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 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
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 | Daniel O'Gorman - 1847 - 152 pages
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 | James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
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 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 346 pages
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