| 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... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 186 pages
...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 - 458 pages
...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 - 472 pages
...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 Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1858 - 400 pages
...divide, is called the divisor. The answer, or number obtained by division, is called the quotient, and shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend. Hence, it may be said, 65> Division ù finding a, quotient, which multiplied into the divisor, will... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...14. How many times 9 in 36? in 63? in 81 ? 15. How many times 7 in 49 ? in 70 ? in 84 ? 72. Division is the process of finding how many times one number...divisor is contained in the dividend. NOTES. 1. "When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend left is... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 208 pages
...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... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 144 pages
...divide, is called the divisor. The ansiver, or number obtained by division, is called the quotient, and shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend. Note. — The term <p:atient is derived from the Latin word quotitt which signifies how )ften, or how... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...dollar pieces ; what was the total value of this gold coin ? Ans. $29,507,732. DIVISION. 1O3. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another. The Dividend is the number to he divided. The Divisor is the number to divide by. lOS. The Quotient... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1860 - 164 pages
...6 in 9 tens 1 ton time, and 3 tens remainder ; 6 in S tens, or 30, 5 times ; answer, 15. * 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. The number to be divided... | |
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