 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...minute, how many square feet could it make in 150 days of 1440 minutes each ? DIVISION DEFINITIONS 26. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another number, or of separating a number into a given number of equal parts. 2. The dividend is the number... | |
 | Charles Edward White, Bruce Mervellon Watson - Arithmetic - 1901 - 272 pages
...11 cords cost? 25. There are 144 pens in 1 gross. How many pens are there in 12 gross ? DIVISION 63. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or finding one of the equal parts of a number. Thus, 5 cents is contained in 20 cents 4 times. One-fourth... | |
 | Engineering - 1902 - 514 pages
...38,674 X 205. (/) 18,304 X 100. (m) 7,834 X 10. («) 87,543 X 1,000. (o) 48,763 X 100. 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... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1902 - 794 pages
...If each barrow contains 420 pounds of ore, how many pounds does he load ? Ans. 23,520 Ib. DIVISION. 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... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - English language - 1902 - 346 pages
...disunion : — part divided or set off : — discord : — part of a military or naval force : — process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. Di-vï'sçr, и. Number which divides. Di-TOrce', n. Legal separation of husband and wife: — disunion.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1903 - 364 pages
...of 10 ? Ans. 5. Why ? The process by which the preceding examples are solved is called division. 36. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. It is also the process of separating a number into equal parts. The "divisor is the number by which... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1903 - 296 pages
...walks 4 miles an hour for 5 hours a 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... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1903 - 400 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... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1904 - 656 pages
...15 miles an hour. How far apart will they be at the end of 205 hours ? Ans. 1,081 mi. 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... | |
 | John Henry Moore - Business mathematics - 1904 - 406 pages
...33^, the buckwheat at 60^, and the beans at $ 2, did he gain or lose, and how much ? DIVISION 102. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 103. The dividend is the number to be divided. 104. The divisor is the number by which the dividend... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
