 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 352 pages
...Why? The process by which the preceding examples aro solved is called Division. DEFINITIONS. 36. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 2. The divisor is the number by which to divide ; the dividend is the number to be divided ; the quotient... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Mental arithmetic - 1877 - 156 pages
...receive ? 26. If you divide 45 oranges equally among 9 boys : how many oranges will each boy receive ? Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. LESSON XVII. DIVISION TABLE. 2-2= 1 3-3= 1 4-4= 1 4-2= 2 6-3= 2 8-4= 2 6-2= 3 930 ==: О 12-4= 3 8-2=... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1877 - 496 pages
...away 4 peaches from the number ? How many were left ? How many peaches did he receive in all? This process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating a number of things into equal parts, is called division. The number to be divided... | |
 | Lydia Nash - Arithmetic - 1878 - 102 pages
...six, by two hundred and forty-nine. 62. Multiply eight hundred forty-six millions, by five 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 we divide, the Divisor ; and the... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...substracted. Hence, we are to change the signs of its terms and add the result. 83. Define Division.^ Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. Division also enables us to separate a number into any number of equal parts, and find how many there... | |
 | James Morgan Rawlins - Arithmetic - 1899 - 458 pages
...$28, is $7 the other factor ? Is 7 sheep ? Is 7 ? What, however, does the 7 indicate? 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 of a number. 2. The Dividend is the number to be divided. 3. The... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1899 - 392 pages
...the multiplier. DIVISION. 41. Division is the process of separating a number into equal parts, or it is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. 42. The Dividend is the number divided. 43. The Divisor is the number by which another number is divided.... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 456 pages
...observations that this number equals the number of square feet ill 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.—The word number as used... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...portion divided or separated : separation : difference in opinion, etc. : disunion : (arith.) the rule or process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. DIVISIONAL, di-vizh'un-al, adj. pertaining to or marking a diińsion or separation. DIVISIVE, di-vfziv,... | |
 | Chemistry - 1900 - 530 pages
...(m) («) (o) 868,250. 17,890,276. 7,928,170. 1,830,400. 78,340 87,543,000. 4,876,300. 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... | |
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The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 
