 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...times 12 in 36 ? 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 - 1857 - 314 pages
...60. How much is the excess of the number 90,845 above the number 70,767 ? DIVISION.* SECTION VI. 30. DIVISION is the process of finding how many times...contained in another of the same kind, or of finding into how many equal parts a given number can be divided. 31. The number to be divided is called the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...many times 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.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...Neptune is 30 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 contained in another ; or the process of separating a number into a proposed number of equal parts. In division there are... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...each bundle 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...Neptune is 30 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 contained in another ; or the process of separating a number into a proposed number of equal parts. In division there are... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 186 pages
...tens 1 ten time, and 3 tons remainder ; 6 in 3 tens, or 30, 5 tunes ; answer, 15. 3. Divide 96 by 8. * DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or the process of separating a number into any proposed number of equal parts. Tho number to be divided... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...Neptune is 30 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 contained in another ; or the process of separating a number into a proposed number of equal parts. In division there are... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 80 pages
...earth ? LESSON XI. DIVISION. 1. In 24 how many times 4 ? How many times 6 ? How many times 8 ? 2. What is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another called ? ANS. Division. 8. What is the number to be divided called ? ANS. The Dividend. 4. What is... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 208 pages
...miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 11 miles an hour, how many hours before they will meet ? Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; and the result is called the Quotient. The sign of division is written thus, -;-, and, placed between... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
