 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...(*) 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... | |
 | 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 - 300 pages
...3 horses. 30 men by 10 men. 3. 45 pounds by 9 pounds. 12 weeks by 6 weeks. 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 into which a number is to be separated. 2. The Dividend is the... | |
 | 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 diiñsion or separation. DIVISIVE, di-vfziv,... | |
 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...multiplied by 3. Q. 6. What is meant by division, and what sign is used to express it? A. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. A short, horizontal line with a point above and below it (-1-) when placed between numbers indicates... | |
 | Analytical chemistry - 1900 - 532 pages
...(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... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 720 pages
...one day. How many feet of entry will it drive in 289 days ? Ans. 10,404 ft. 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... | |
 | 1900 - 728 pages
...one day. How many feet of entry will it drive in 289 days ? Ans. 10,404 ft. 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 - Marine engineering - 1900 - 612 pages
...hour. How far apart will they be at the end of 205 hours ? Ans. 1,081 miles. 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. 
