 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 158 pages
...quotient. 4. A single horizontal line, with a dot above it and a dot below it, forms the sign of division. It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. ILLUSTRATION. " 12 -=- 2 = 6" means the same as " The quotient of 12 divided by 2 = 6." 5. The comma,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...The Sign of Division is a short horizontal line, with a point above and one below, -f-. It indicates that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it j as 18 -f- 6, read " -18 divided by 6. , _,_ Division is also expressed by writing the dividend above,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...The sign of division is a short horizontal line, with a dot above it and another below; thus, -f-. It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. The expression 6 -5- 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3. Division is also indicated by writing... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1861 - 452 pages
...be right. SIGN. — The sign of division is a short horizontal line between two dots, thus H-. This shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it ; thus 27-^9 = 3, is read, 27 divided by 9 is equal to 3 ; or, to shorten the expression, 9 in 27 3 times.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...cents in 10 cents, or as there are times 2 in 10, viz. 5. 70. The sign of division, -7-, indicates that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it; thus, 8 -f- 2 == 4, ie 8 divided by 2 equals 4, or 2 in 8, 4 times. 3. How many are 6 -H 2 ? Ans. 2 in 6,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 188 pages
...multiplied by five equals thirty, or six times five are thirty. 11. The sign of division, -s-, indicates that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it ; thus, 8 -5- 2 = 4 ; that is, eight divided by two equals four, or two in eight, four times. LESSON II. 1.... | |
 | William Henry Thorn - 1864 - 126 pages
...it is to be multiplied by the number after it ; thus, 9 X 3 are 27.— Is read divided by, and means that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it ; thus, 9 -r 3 are 3. '.i*. Is read 16-5 divided by 5-5, and means exactly the same -Vi> as 16-5 - 5-5. = Is... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...cents in 10 cents, or as there are times 2 in 10, viz. 5. TO. The sign of division, -4-, indicates that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it ; thus, 8 -4- 2 = 4, ie 8 divided by 2 equals 4, or 2 in 8, 4 times. 3. How many are 6 -4- 2 ? Ans. 2 in 6,... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1866 - 338 pages
...Remainder in Division is the part of the dividend which remains undivided. 5Tf. The Sign of Division (Ч-) shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 20ч-4 means that 20 is to be divided by 4. 38. The Fractional Sign of Division consists in writing... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1866 - 326 pages
...Remainder in Division is the part of the dividend which remains undivided. 5V. The Sign of Division (-f-) shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 20-f-4 means that 20 is to be divided by 4. 58. The Fractional Sign of Division consists in writing... | |
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